The purple-nailed, blacksuited,
mad-hatted, workbooted,
vodka-drinking, rollie-sucking,
McCartney-bashing, Lennon-hugging,
clanging, slanging, banging, whanging,
smoothfaced and making up for it
poems
Here’s Jack White*, with Satan still in front of him and without
the marimba
— Ain’t that a kick in the head?
Nah, it’s a bottle of vodka
Drown yourself
*From The White Stripes
(First published in The Word Is Out)