dick dale desert sunset

high on a quiet desert plain,
lonesome staccato guitar
in hand
Dick Dale
rules this joshua tree empire
like a Machiavellian prince
of old
come to life
in the
here and now
in order to
totally kick your ass

lonesome staccato guitar:
ostinato crying
like the desert winds
in a black leather jacket;
the Dick Dale desert
stretches out
as far as the human eye
can see

quiet on the high desert plain
Dick Dale ostinato
lonesome staccato guitar
reverberates
through
sand rock canyons:
tube riders
on longboards,
horses hooves
beating ceaselessly
on Pacific Beach
desert sand
waves

lonesome staccato guitar
in the Dick Dale desert:
reverberation screaming
louder than
adobe
women giving birth
to adobe sons
riding longboards,
endless summer
setting on
Pacific Beach
desert sand
waves

Dick Dale desert sunset
cries Miserlou
"hup ho- Miiis-er-loooooo-"
quietly
alone
again