The Dog

in sixty-five vickie lived in the trailer court

in a ten-foot chromium box

extensive inner world

imaginary girl

her older brother says that she rocks

well it felt like bad religion

daddy had some hard luck

the boys all want to play

she’s crazy anyway

he said: teach her how to make us a buck

and vickie talks to her dog

and he tells her someone someday

will give her freedom

todd had a trailer

hippie painting on the wall

he had long long hair and smoked the pot

it tugged at his soul

as he watched them come and go

he knew because he read a lot

well it felt like bad radiation

todd had seen her once or twice

she had long long hair

an unusual stare

her eyes were the color of ice

one day todd heard vickie screaming out loud

he came flying out the trailer door

grabbed a piece of pipe

and took a man’s life

the others wouldn’t stay for more

well it felt like predestination

as they got into the car and drove

when the brothers came around

they tried to track them down

but no one can fight true love

the children play with the dog

when he tells them: i will always love you

they can hear him