Notes From Mulligan's Bar The Night Jason Left Us For DisneyWorld

don't go there
the whole idea is
way too goofy
they make you wear
the big Mickey head,
don't they?

four in the corner pocket
off the seven ball
yes its an impossible shot
a fantasy

are we stripes or solids?
never mind
we're all stripes, all solids

we can talk about the Magic Kingdom
and the weather in central Florida
or we can talk about
something solid
or striped

may I remind you:
if you have to ask
what's in a fried twinkie
you never ate
a hot greasy twinkie

the best billiards
is a torrent
of angles eyeballed and
submitted to physical law
sent back as audible thunks of truth:
corner pockets, beer, women,
sticks, cues, chalk
and vodka martinis

this is a three cushion shot if
you've got the power
the liquid
billiard ball juice power

we're not stripes
we're not solids
we're the color
of a deep blue sky

we will never visit
Mickey Mouse
unless his head is ablaze
with holy fire

I don't care if I'm crazy as hell
just listen

or do what I say

by the boy poets on the cue tip