Wyn Cooper . The Country of Here Below . Ahsahta Press
Here's the poem that the Sheryl Crow song is based on.
Wyn Cooper . The Country of Here Below . Ahsahta Press: "Fun
'All I want is to have a little fun
Before I die,' says the man next to me
Out of nowhere, apropos of nothing. He says
His name's William but I'm sure he's Bill
Or Billy, Mac or Buddy; he's plain ugly to me,
And I wonder if he's ever had fun in his life.
We are drinking beer at noon on Tuesday,
In a bar that faces a giant car wash.
The good people of the world are washing their cars
On their lunch hours, hosing and scrubbing
As best they can in skirts and suits.
They drive their shiny Datsuns and Buicks
Back to the phone company, the record store,
The genetic engineering lab, but not a single one
Appears to be having fun like Billy and me.
I like a good beer buzz early in the day,
And Billy likes to peel the labels
From his bottles of Bud and shred them on the bar.
Then he lights every match in an oversized pack,
Letting each one burn down to his thick fingers
Before blowing and cursing them out.
A happy couple enters the bar, dangerously close
To one another, like this is a motel,
But they clean up their act when we give them
A look. One quick beer and they're out,
Down the road and in the next st"







1 Comments:
Damn! I think the poem is much bettter than the song, but Cheryl Crow is much better looking than Wyn Cooper.
Check out Cooper's new "postcard poems" in "Postcards from the Edge."
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