He Said

He said:
      I come out here, 
            To experience life, ma'am,
      Big, bold, undistilled
            American life,

The rough, uninhibited,
            Unscripted color of life,
Folks from out the neighborhoods,
      Off mowers in cul se sacs,
Folks from off combines on farms,
            And all mixed up,
                  Going here to there
            Going there to here,
                  Just going,
                        Moving,
Heading somewhere sweet,
      Or even heading somewhere,
                  Scowling,
Don't make no never'mind to me,
            Either way
Makes a study

He said:
      Yes ma'am
            I come out here
To experience life.


For Conversations With Walt
Denis J. Kelly
June 29, 2011