the rooster crows in my belly
and old hangout for the billiard cues of the morning
and table-hopping hail hail the ganglias all here
after sunset like a mouthwash last yesterlight
and the white tails of the gorilla on television
and that liberal politician stumping for twilight
       supremacy
down by that old
       shill
       stream
As I buttonholed the Ancient Auctioneer
how goes America going
                going