Leonard Peltier, in prison for over 33 years, will have his first full parole hearing since 1993, in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, July 28, 2009

SOMEONES BEEN IN HERE

I don't even think you wonder about it
or anything
as far as i can tell

like a room filled with
like
eighty cups
products
fresh drinks
old drinks
lipstick stains on the rim

everyone is in their meeting
and when i think about it
i think
you can sometimes make a wrong world
seem alright
i think

i dunno

maybe like lava
i picked it up when i was tripping out in the desert
and carried it with me
then i got in a fight with Orion's belt and the moon ditched me and all i had
was the
rock

then i started itching a lot months later
even better
and the rock scratched me

telling him about organic gardening and the best mayo to marshmallow ratio for your waldorf salad

this is how it goes
portland portalnd
raisins are good with nuts in salad
ooo and marshmallows
yes
and going to church
ummm
the subway to the sea will make Santa Monica overrun with criminals
hmm

its worth a shot

Whatever he was
He is
no longer

Whatever i am
I feel is annoying
a fire burns on the freeways

the city eats
the houses hunger
ice cream trucks sing and get in the way

speeding up often times
means you will just make it back to the beginning
faster.

side streets pass through the houses
freeways pass through the streets
a fire burns in the hills

foxes and bats listen
with perked ears

something moves
on barren highways
whatever
its worth a shot
if your in a bind.

we dont say,
i beat my heart,
in the same way that we say
i walk
i think
i talk
we feel that our heart
beats itself