YRKB
07-13-2017, 08:25 PM
Two man-boys in a scratch peel pickup,
State Route 32;
Radio playing stuff
they sometimes sing along to.
Got a gun in the dash -
hacksaw under the seat:
Entering City of Chico
and onto Walnut Street.
One's dirty blonde with hazel eyes,
one has a red buzz-cut, the mean laugh of a child:
Did things that'd turn stomachs where they're coming from -
still not been found out, but it won't be long.
Buck and Tel:
One last play for a throne in hell,
the law's arm hasn't yet reached out -
and that's something they've been thinking about.
Buck and Tel:
So far it's all worked out so well -
and the hunting season's open still;
not how, but when and who to kill.
Just who.
Forest Ranch, Tehama County..
the road rolls out and on,
burning fuel for human bounty -
there's gonna be someone.
Hell, just one this time's not gonna do -
been talking 'bout a family home;
kind with a double front drive and a swimming pool -
before starting, splitting 'em in rooms on their own.
One grinds his teeth and drums on the wheel,
one wears the first hit's boots, capped toe in steel -
he hosed them down 'bout two gas stations along
from where they made sure the last of him was gone.
Buck and Tel:
One last play for a throne in hell,
the law's arm hasn't yet reached out -
and that's something they've been thinking about.
Buck and Tel:
So far it's all worked out so well -
and the hunting season's open still;
not how, but when and who to kill.
Just who.
They've got a place now,
they're waiting round back
for those porch deck lights to go.
Then just in that way they know somehow
after 20 more in pitch black -
the time will be right
for blood to flow.
© Yafeu-Khamisi Rodway-Brown
State Route 32;
Radio playing stuff
they sometimes sing along to.
Got a gun in the dash -
hacksaw under the seat:
Entering City of Chico
and onto Walnut Street.
One's dirty blonde with hazel eyes,
one has a red buzz-cut, the mean laugh of a child:
Did things that'd turn stomachs where they're coming from -
still not been found out, but it won't be long.
Buck and Tel:
One last play for a throne in hell,
the law's arm hasn't yet reached out -
and that's something they've been thinking about.
Buck and Tel:
So far it's all worked out so well -
and the hunting season's open still;
not how, but when and who to kill.
Just who.
Forest Ranch, Tehama County..
the road rolls out and on,
burning fuel for human bounty -
there's gonna be someone.
Hell, just one this time's not gonna do -
been talking 'bout a family home;
kind with a double front drive and a swimming pool -
before starting, splitting 'em in rooms on their own.
One grinds his teeth and drums on the wheel,
one wears the first hit's boots, capped toe in steel -
he hosed them down 'bout two gas stations along
from where they made sure the last of him was gone.
Buck and Tel:
One last play for a throne in hell,
the law's arm hasn't yet reached out -
and that's something they've been thinking about.
Buck and Tel:
So far it's all worked out so well -
and the hunting season's open still;
not how, but when and who to kill.
Just who.
They've got a place now,
they're waiting round back
for those porch deck lights to go.
Then just in that way they know somehow
after 20 more in pitch black -
the time will be right
for blood to flow.
© Yafeu-Khamisi Rodway-Brown