LAST NIGHT I DREAMT IN GERMAN
AND MY WINDOWS WERE RATTLED
BY THE HOLLYWOOD 101
THE TRUCKS SHOOK PAST SALINAS
YOUR FRENCH ACCENT SPOKE ENGLISH
I DID NOT KNOW WERE I WAS
SAN ANTONIO WAS FLIPPED OVER AND PUT AWAY
JUST A DUST RING FROM A GLASS CANDLE
LAST NIGHT I DREAMT IN GERMAN WITH A NINE HOUR DIFFERENCE
HALF THE WORLD AWAY
THE PIGALLE POLICE SIRENS
WOKE ALL THE HOMELESS
FROM THE SACRED HEART TO THE TRINITY
FROM A CAR WRECK THEY CRAWLED DEAD
UP TO MY BACK PORCH
THE HOMELESS ALL CAME HOME TO ME
SAN ANTONIO WAS FLIPPED OVER AN PUT AWAY
JUST A DUST RING FROM A GLASS CANDLE
LAST NIGHT I DREAMT IN GERMAN AND MY WINDOWS WERE RATTLED
HALF THE WORLD AWAY
-Charlie McGovern
JULY 2000
Silverlake, California