Sunday, July 15, 2012

Forest Park, 1979 - Pt. 5


ROCKAWAY BEACH: 116 STREET!

The Gang's all here, the usual suspects…

Everybody except

THE SUN.

The Sun never really appears that day -

The Rockaway Sky is just as overcast

As the Forest Park sky.

The usual comments from THE TANNING COMMITTEE:

"Well, ya can still get COLOR on a day like today…"

"You CAN!  You can even get a BAD BURN on a day like today…"

"I KNOW!  Because the OZONE…"

"RIGHT!  THE OZONE still BURNS THRU the CLOUDS…"

"What?"

"I don't know.  Something like that…"

No, the sun never quite appears, and yet

One thing remains,

Burning brite…

We just can't shake IGGY

(Or at least Lee can't)

The man is relentless

His ardor increasing, his passion

A-FLAME.

All our friends on the boardwalk are like:

"Who the fuck is that guy you came with?"

"O, that's just IGGY.  He gave us a lift."

"Jeez.  Desperado."

"Yeah, what can ya do."


"What is he?  FORTY?"

"Somethin' like that."

My brain still mushy

From the ELP tunes and the weed

Yet I can't help but notice that Lee has now

Taken Iggy up on his KNISH OFFER.

Me: "NOW you've done it.  You gotta marry him now."

Lee: "Oh, shut up." (Chew-chew-gulp.)

Me: "YOU shut up.  Oh, and by the way, ya might wanna wipe that mustard off ya nose.  Not very dignified."

 TO BE CONTINUED…

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