As faithful friends gathered
after the opening night
of The Show in New York,
the one where
SISTER LOUISA
was censored;
a ridiculous,
yet SOUL-BALANCING idea
flashed before my eyes!
I furiously flew back to Atlanta,
bought THAT white van
from a generous art patron
for $200.00,
then in a similar flash,
it became SISTER LOUISA’S ROLLING GODBOX.
“Just drive this van
to Home Depot down the street,
don’t put it on the interstate,
I don’t trust it on the road”,
he said.
jajaj a jaja
The sayings I feverishly wrote
on the side of the van
were the sayings that were banned
from The Show.
The Balance Needed Further Tipping.
“I found 33 identical pieces
of shitty old boards.
I wrote a censored-saying
on each of the boards,
loaded them in
SISTER LOUISA’S ROLLING GODBOX,
along with an 8′ ladder,
and just damn DID IT.
Adrenaline MADE me DO IT,
That I was choosing to honor my creation
MADE me DO IT.
I left Atlanta,
my faith in the cause
greater than the
condition and appearance
of the van.
With a friend,
we stopped every 33 miles
and nailed a board
with one of these sayings
to a tree
all the way back to
New York Damn-Tittie-Ass City.
Atlanta to Augusta,
up the coast to New York,
without a blink.”
I’m recounting THIS
as if confessing to a crime
in the Admissions Office
of a Psych Ward,
or Holding Cell
of a Country Jail.
I admit it.
I did it,
I don’t remember doing it.
I plead Sanity,
by Reason of Insanity.
I would do it again,
in a New York Minute,
if i HAD TO.
$200 van made it from Atlanta to New York without as much as a flat tire.