For Andy Warhol.

Nico, and the Velvet Underground

(The Exploding Plastic Inevitable Tour 1966)

Chains on shiny
shiny boots of leather
musk of black jackets
hung in a row

Come on Monday
Wednesday Thursday
Come on Friday
See the show

Crack of whip
iron-studded leather
drip of wax on
sweating skin

Outside the door-bolt
rev of motor cycles
Iron Crosses
Come see the show

Stretched like Jesus
by shiny boots of leather
God will get you
if you don’t watch out