We stopped at perfect days
and got out of the car.
The wind glanced at her hair.
It was as simple as that.
I turned to say something—

WITNESS FOR TROUT FISHI
In San Francisco around Easter t
trout fishing in America peace par
of red stickers printed and they p
foreign cars, and on means of nati

Yup.
A long lazy September look
in the mirror
say it’s true.
I’m 31

Oh, Marcia,
I want your long blonde beauty
to be taught in high school,
so kids will learn that God
lives like music in the skin

Just because
people love your mind,
doesn’t mean they
have to have
your body,

If I were to live my life
in catfish forms
in scaffolds of skin and whiskers
at the bottom of a pond
and you were to come by

Ah,
you’re just a copy
of all the candy bars
I’ve ever eaten.

A RETURN TO THE COVER OF
THIS BOOK
Dear Trout Fishing in America:
I met your friend Fritz in Washin
to tell you that his case went to

I go to bed in Los Angeles thinki
about you.

Everybody wants to go to bed
with everybody else, they’re
lined up for blocks, so I’ll
go to bed with you. They won’t
miss us.