| MATT
Penny
slots are gone
I feel I've lost my father
Oh waitress! Drink please.
Where'd
I put my slacks?
The Sahara porte cochere?
I'll gamble pantless.
C'mon,
eat the crab
Allergic? Don't be a wuss
Whoa, you're turning blue.
Klondike
Peppermill
Gold Spike Hotel Nev Western
Where do dollars go?
Chip
dirt under nails
Ancient smoke soaked in my clothes
Bloodshot, not my blood
These
trips remind me
How special a friend you are
Loan me some money.
Left
to die out here
In the desert near Lake Mead
Don't tease the strippers
Smells
sort of clean here
And check out the show in front
6 to 5? Screw that
Take
the glass with you
Take it from one place to next
Smash it for defense
The
view from up here
Is spectacular. See all
Houses with no roofs
Giant
pyramid
Reveals the mysteries of
Tired, ancient H-VAC
Traffic
is tangled
Revelers and commuters
Versus stumbling drunks
Buffet
sneezing fit
Drippy, snotty all over
Dig down for clean shrimp
Meow,
meow. Look!
I'm a pussycat dealer
Blackjacks and blowjobs.
I
miss quarter craps
Getting hissed at by men with
tracheotomies
Saw
man hit by car
But was late to place a bet on
the big baseball game
Guy
with cracked glasses
at Western: "If you're tourin'
You're in the wrong place."
Pockets
full of small
L iquor bottles. Threw up, broke my
finger: Reno's fun too
Old
ladies are still
Not amused by our stunts, now
we're almost their age.
DAN
Dawn
in Las Vegas.
It feels empty, hung-over,
deserted and broke.
A
sleepy sun lights
the layer of dust swirling
over parking lots.
A
smudged highball glass
glints in the gutter. A Coke
cup rolls in a breeze.
Suddenly
erupts
a volcano! The nearby
lake catches on fire!
Then,
for “Lucky” Ned,
a magical noise begins:
“ching-ching-ching-ching-ching…”
Follow
the rainbow
to its terminus. There dwells
Mr. O'Lucky.
Craps
at Joker's Wild
Comes with poetic rants from
A repentant drunk.
MIKEY
With
Aztec coupon
Phil wants more than free photo
snags bags of money
Beef
Tongue hangs 'em high
Stevie knuckles bones on felt
Mad Geek tags old man
"Field's
my friend," she says
"Wild Thing!" Wally yells, "Wild Thing!"
then Bagels craps out
Basket
o' Burgers
"Oh, they're nasty," says waiter
Shakes gobbles them all
Gary
gets some pop
Newspapers on air mattress
Wacky in desert
Stupak
rocket car
Dixie cups, wrong-way dealers
Little Caesar's gone
Ja,
lederhosen
Oom pah pah in The Plaza
German Mardi Gras
Greedy
VIPs
Are you Matthew or Richard?
Vegas World Manor
Look!
Major cleavage!
Mary swears like a sailor
No breakfast, Jerry
ROBERT
The
burgers and fries
Tasty nasty and filling
A challenge is born
The
first dish ready
Inhale the burgers so warm
Healthy, this is not
A
full plate arrives
Open gut, down easily
The fries piled so high
The
third tower gels
Every bite, compacts slowly
All watch, all eaten
Must
walk so slowly
Holding distended belly
A bench to lie on
A
short Plaza stroll
Fries and meat splash on sidewalk
This moment feels good
The
audience pays
Yes, I will do anything
For thirty dollars |
PHIL
Staggering
back from
The El Co at 3am
I do not feel pain
You
people are the
Most pedestrian that man
Has ever laid there
Three
kings on the flop
I raise, he calls. Damn bastard
Fills on the river
Lost
enough money
One thing left to do: buy porn
The sky gets lighter
Man!
You are a pig!
Oh, excuse me, ma'am. I thought
You were someone else
Empty
eye socket
No patch, says, "Relief" while at
The next urinal
She
knows what I want
Without asking, another
SoCo on the rocks
How
do old ladies
play keno in Las Vegas
while writing haiku?
Fascinating
things
Can be learned here, example:
Gemni's life story
Smells
like spoiled sausage
In a dirty ash tray, in
A biker's armpit
Are
you gay? But we're
Here to have fun tonight, that's
The important thing
We
need a new word
That means upgrading something
While making it worse
Pleased
to meet you, miss
Allow me to say, you have
Some very nice tits
Gold
Spike snack bar, late
"I have it on tape, fucker!"
Patrons turn to see
B-10,
I-18,
Free, G-47, 0-
68, Bingo!
Not
an all-nude show.
We're only interested
in the ice skating.
Bare-breasted
mermaids
Squirt water from their nipples
Poseidon looks on
At
Little Caesar's
They deal blackjack backwards and
Pay on twenty-two
Jimmy
Guy is here
Allen, Rossi, E.P. King
Piano Princess
Every
minute
We're not gambling, is money
Out of our pockets
Bob
Stupak tells us:
Never gamble more than you
Can afford to win
We
annoy patrons
And employees of the Spike
Yet they don't stop us
STEVIE
The
Gold Spike Diner
For the drunk and wide-awake
Consume with caution.
Wally and Peaches
Together, rolling the dice
That's what I call love
First playing small rooms
Then, on to the bigger crowds
Cook E. is a star!
Ghizal, get your shake
I will wait right here for Phil
He's still in the john
Down from the penthouse
Jackie checks up on his guests
Roots for them to lose
I've crapped out again
Time for a second mortgage
Damn, I'm addicted
Shrimp, pie, and "the Bone"
Generous offers, indeed
I'm still not going.
Oh,
sexy blackjack!
Can it be at the Gold Spike?
Prayers are answered.
GHIZAL
Drunk
Phil With His Pipe
How are Teen Girls on Fremont?
Off Phil Goes With Them
The Main Street Buffet
This Must Be What Heaven Is
Just With More Fried Shrimp
Driving On Fifteen
Phil Tells Rosemary Story
We're going to Crash
Late Night Is For Pie
Along with Local Color
Don't Threaten The Help
Standing in Elevator
Enter the one called String Cheese
Phil's question answered
How We Love Downtown
No Matter How Bad The Smell
More Dollar Hot Dogs
Missing Vegas World
Free Drinks for all your Sorrows
More Late Nite So Co
Prepare To Be Great
The Solar System Series
Burt's Head The Grand Prize
JAMES
The
Gold Spike suite has
Communal balconies and
Phil’s pants on the floor
Door stays closed to us
and them with coat hanger tools
“we were not trying”
“Shut
the fuck up and
Get back from my door. I can’t
Hear my loud TV”
Canadian ass
who so easily beat matt
arrives to help us
Back
in the penthouse
Teen mags in the microwave
Carpet smells like horse. |
The
Japanese Form - Devalued