Four-Legged Mystery Man

Four-Legged Mystery Man

The legs are twinned: 2 rights and 2 lefts.  They move sinuously, the 2 rights fighting to be the first to step onto the next tile (will it be black or white?), while the 2 lefts heft ballet shoes against each other.  It’s like a walking banyan.  The things you knew in the past, the things you would do in the past, are useless now—

Don’t listen to Bukowski. 

Don’t emulate Tom Waits. 

There is no “Nick Cave.”