it never stops

by wiggly jones, "the little hippie boy"

al was an agitator bob was a slob chuck was a troll dave could not hold a job ella was a feminist francine was a babe glenda lived in a penthouse helen lived in a cave ivan was a dreamer joey had a modest goal kenny liked rap music lenny liked rock and roll mona was a drunkard nellie ate candy all day olivia read the bible paula got in everybody’s way quentin saved his money rita liked to walk in the rain sammy kept a diary tony had a set of toy trains uncle joe had a thousand jokes vera was one of the girls willie went and lived in the woods expecting the end of the world a young man arrived from the country with zero recommendations he asked a stranger for direction but got lost behind the railroad station a bear emerged from the piney woods and regarded the stranger askance the stranger did not know what to say so he asked the bear to dance the stranger’s name was william smith the bear’s was jonathon jones one of them ate the other but they never found the bones the forest ranger was catherine brown the detective was dan mccraw they walked on the side of the highway and knew that someone had broken the law all you evildoers and espousers of anarchy go back to your homes and children there is nothing here to see I went for a walk at midnight because there was nothing on tv everything looked like it always did at least it did to me