Burnt Fly Blog

Gypsies on the line

hasn't been a moment
without fail,
where a futures crystal ball coupon
hasn't caught my eyes inquiring
into why the gypsy women
seem always on the phone
3am 8th ave raging on
a land line
4am McDougal
cordless divination
she's need it
she needs to know
now
like me
not later
how the present is going to shape
if the payment went through to God
I'll pay her, the dirty little store
a visit, with a clean purple velvet couch
just to see one off the line
circuits not replacing the major arcana
I'll drop in, and wait for her to get off
"Palm read'a?"
"What's the lucky number?"
hold on
5am and she's screaming
at the gypsy king
on the palm pilot
12pm and she's dreaming futures
as the visions rage in the Verizon