POEM: rock." and roll- (the dayton "sound")

rock."
and roll-
(the dayton "sound")

it's the first day of spring and
i'm driving home from work when
the guy on the radio tells me
he's gonna play journey's 3rd
album in its entirety but
first he wants to play some-
thing by styx from their "pieces
of eight" album (more like "pieces
of shit" by stynx i'm thinkin') then
he breaks for a local lounge commercial
where a bunch of southern dix-
i.e. "all-stars" (a band that includes
former members of molly hatchet and
blackfoot) will be "servin' up a steady
diet of good old confederate-fried
rock."

and roll-
ing down the window

i let in some fresh air.

only four more days till
the new guided by voices album.

(from the chapbook ROCKING GENTLY OUT OF SYNC, 1995 - also published in The Dayton Voice; photo by me)