Out past Paradis,
before you get to the end of the land,
there is a long stretch of bayou
and you will come to a place called Larose.
Dive into the life
of tattoos
and pinup girls
and hot rods.
You will find it hard to wake up
from this
rough and tumble dream
of guns and ‘gators.
A swampy primitive scent:
you can’t get it out of your skin.
And, when you do wake up,
you tell yourself it was a crazy dream.
But, you know it is your reality
of normal life
that is the dream.
