MuthaFucka Ska echoes down empty splinterwood boardwalk br Low band of brown smog hides horizon between gray sea and gray sky br br Copper casino, green filigree of swirling suns br Hollow now, all bets are off br br “All this was rides once” she said br “Then it was pretty” br br A surfer, expensive black wetsuit br Manages to stand in two foot waves br Near the sewer outfall br br The last HoJo in New Jersey br (Yes, Bruce Springsteen was here br Tony Soprano too) br Has a roof like its spike-haired customers br Who lose their nose rings rolling down artificial dunes br br The House of Good Intentions is boarded up br Gone to hell I guess br br And Madame Marie knows; she KNOWS; she left br br It’s 4: 20 pm 4202002 in Asbury Park New Jersey USonofA.