Jeans

he's gotta
brand new (spanking)
pair of first cigarette jeans
an alligator full of
stripes along his upturned collar
his cock-fighting voice
splits the difference
with his
unfounded
unpounded
unrounded
ideas
he's an american commodity
his words are those of a few
untamed
unnamed
unarmed
warriors
fighting for reality
squinting as he drags
he only half understands the
not-quite-yet-english-speaking
fellow next to him
who has worked ten times harder
to take the same direction
even now he can feel himself
shrugging his shoulders