I.  why i hate ukiah

    because you are not london paris new york
    buenos aires or even topeka

    because you wear khakis
    because you
    just
	    do
		    it
    because you are haiku
    spelled
    backwards


II.

    Universal
    Karaoke
    Insanity
    Ah
    Home!


III.

    Ur-
    Kaos!
    Insipid
    Alabaster
    Hell.
    

i saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by latte wandering the bruised streets of small northern california towns at ten am stirring cappuccino at marble tables in coffee bars with silverspoons