Purple Shirt Man

by J and J - Cancer

so see i say
i was on this train from chicago to nyc,
feeling the 24 hour ride slowly crush my soul,
for this WAS the train of last souls, the train
of the damned...you had your toothless drug addicts
your truckers wifes - hell i love those trucker wifes -
your deadheads and your phish phisherman looking for jesus
damn, everyone was looking for jesus, even my buddy
ahmed the jordanian and even i.
sure there was some kid locked in the bathroom
for 8 hours, but that wasn't jesus, nope.
just another dope addled youth, cookie cutter
old navy style junkie -
but there was this old guy, now that i think about it
purple shirt man who writes sci fi and travels
around the country solving mysteries with a dog
and a kid who wears an ascot, i'm pretty sure that hippy guy
wasn't jesus
but at least i found the purple shirt man,
that has to mean something.
something.
Birth sign: Cancer
Date created: 2001-08-30 22:30:54
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:44:56
Poem ID: 64714

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