RUNNING
      WATER,
      DROWNING
      MAN
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Memphis
      shone
      its
      light,
     
    

    
     
      Through
      your
      smoke
      and
      your
      window.
     
     
      Your
      urges
      carried
      you,
      fully
      clothed,
     
     
      in
      to
      the
      running
      water.
      Gone.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      white
      horse
      on
      a
      white
      screen.
     
     
      Found
      you
      levitating
      and,
     
    

    
     
      Suddenly
      you
      were
      conscious,
     
     
      Mounting
      the
      horse,
      you
      serenaded,
     
     
      And
      pranced
      off.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Memphis
      gave
      you
      silence
     
    

    
     
      It
      gave
      you
      death
      and
      spirit.
     
     
      It
      trampled
      a
      million
      hearts
      _
     
     
      By
      taking
      only
      one.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      was
      one
      of
      those
      million
      hearts
     
     
      who
      felt
      deceived,
      angry,
      and
      loved.
      .
     
     
      We
      all
      carry
      a
      crown,
      crowns
      of
      shit”
     
     
      Crowns
      of
      gold,
      crowns
      of
      muscle,
     
     
      Crowns
      of
      weakness.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      drug
      habit,
      trembling
      flesh.
     
    

    
     
      _
      Aconfidence
      meter
      that
      read:
      0.
     
     
      You,
      although
      perished,
      brought
      life
      to
      me.
      ~
     
     
      And
      persuaded
      me
      to
      live
      it.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      So
      now
      I
      smoke,
      I
      drink,
      I
      eat,
      I
      cry
     
     
      I
      am
      one
      of
      a
      million
      crown
      wearing,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Angry
      young
      men.
     
     
      Memphis
      will
      never
      take
      the
      most
      eminent
      piece;
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Your
      guiding
      suffrage.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dennis
      Ellsworth