while surreptitiously holding their
knees together to avoid
voiding their bladders all
to extinguish burning peglegs
while using arm hooks
to try to scratch
in yellow five-part harmony.
Arlo Guthrie’s “Alice’s Restaurant”
(the extended dance remix)
at Thanksgiving Day Dinner
was the highlight of
all the jukebox selections
, which also included classics
such as "Low Blow
" by Victor Bailey, synthesizer extraordinaire,
and the nose flautist
who accompanied Yma Sumac
from Peru to Brooklyn
while riding a one-wheeled
18-wheeler down 5th Avenue