| Military perfection. Fragile tranquility. |
| Artificial familiarity. Civility. |
| What happened? Nosey neighbours died of suspense. |
| Have a nice day and stay on your side of the fence. |
| My crew was called the Right Angles. We made a remark, |
| We played in the park and we’re afraid of the dark. |
| Declared destroyed and paranoid in the bathroom. Checkers |
| 3-D movies and Pat Boone records. |
| At noon that tune becomes my own truth. |
| 22 grown youth crammed inside a phone booth. |
| Davy Crocket. Magic tricks. They call me 'Crazy Pockets'. |
| Butt kicked. A-bombs. Sputnik. Navy rockets. |
| Napalm and mustard on hot dogs at the diner. |
| Shoulder blades of older dates and waitresses on roller skates. |
| Solar plates and gasoline. Vaseline. Oh, Fanny Mae. |
| Hardware — the family trade. Planning a panty raid… |
| What’cha gonna do when the bad man comes back? |
| Beach blanket party. Clean faces, serene places. |
| Silence betweens spaces and submarine races. |
| Obscene cases of extreme racists. Stone jerk. |
| Diminished and degraded when I’m finished doing the homework. |
| White bread. Nose bleed. Chose speed. Don’t need to |
| Grow weed. Law abiding citizen. Exposed greed. |
| Two-shoes. Optimistic, hoping for better weather. |
| Pretty girl with a pony tail I’ll let her wear my letter sweater. |
| Working up a sweat. Bench press. Chin up curls. |
| Action-adventure in my bedroom with the pin up girls. |
| Perry Como. Johnny Mathis. Astronomy classes. Crap |
| You’ve been slapped wearing a coon skin cap. |
| Fingers and demonic jaws. Peace treaties. Atomic laws. |
| Cosmic flaws. Conspiracy theories and the Masonic lodge. |
| Milkshake — spilled mine. Guilt finer than silk twine. |
| Baby-doll: built fine. Lighting up the tilt sign… |
| What’cha gonna do when the bad man comes back? |