Over The Mountains There Is An Ocean - doug draime

Cops to the left

of me

cops to the right

and here I am stuck

in the middle with my

stoned self

and my .... almost 

stoned wife.

We’re headed to a motel

on the

beach,

with an 1/8 oz. of dynamite

weed

2 open bottles of beer

1 open bottle of whiskey

a loaded

unregistered

38

and a roach

burning in

the clip.

My wife is  driving, she’s my Bonnie.

I’m way way more fucked up than

Clyde

She’s as calm as

a cool summer night,

with an open bottle

of beer

between her legs,

she turns down the blasting 

Lou Reed CD,

checks the rear view mirror

and takes

another 

hit.

Doug Draime's most recent book is More Than The Alley, a full-length collection

from Interior Noise Press. Also available are two chaps: Los Angeles Terminal:

Poems 1971-1980 (Covert Press) and Rock 'n Roll Jizz (Propaganda Press).

Draime has been a presence in the literary 'underground' movement since the

late 1960's. He currently lives in the foothills of Oregon.