TYTOLI DI TESTA

...well Frank settled down in the Valley
and he hung his wild years
on a nail that he drove through
His wife's forehead
he sold used office furniture
out there on San Fernando Road
and assumed a S 30,000 loan
at 15 ¼%
and put a down payment
on a little two bedroom place
his wife was a spent piece of used jet
trash
made good Bloody Marys
kept her mouth shut most of the time
had a little Chihuahua named
Carlos
that had some kind of skin disease
and was totally blind
they had a thoroughly modern kitchen
self-cleaning oven (the whole bit)
Frank drove a little Sedan
they were so happy

One night Frank was on his way
home
from work, stopped at the liquor store
picked up a couple Mickey's Big Mouths
drank 'em in the car on his way to the
shell station
he got a gallon of gas in a
can
drove home doused everything in the
house torched it
parked across the street
laughing
watching it burn
all Halloween orange and chimney
red
Then Frank put on a top forty station
got on the Hollywood Freeway
headed north

Never could stand that dog