Woodstoked
by Sari Grandstaff


you get used to the hippie language
living in a 60's stronghold

wearing stained glass garments,
for the tourists to gaze through

a regular roadside attraction
of drummers and dream catchers
junkies and blanket people
riding on the village greenbacks

droplets glisten on dreadlocks
twisted and insistent on
soaking up the juice of
ditch sinners and hothouse weeds

kicking up dirt around the tax base
it's a steady conundrum






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