The Night Willie Peacock Preached Us (1965)
by Maria Varela
Willie Peacock preached us
a history lesson
beginning at the ice age
and then questioned his students…
“Why are you working in this movement.
The history of man has shown it’s fruitless”
he said
“I’m working for me…
I said
You don’t really understand.”
he said
He turned to Charlie:
“Why are you working in this movement?”
“I’m busy growing hair for the next ice age”
Charlie said
“You dig” …. approved the preacher
and then returned to his errant student…
“Now…Why you keeping on?”
“Because I don’t have enough
hair for the next ice age”
I said
“You dig!”
