Modigliani, Miles & myself & oh yes, Kerouac
Sat together
In a barroom in Cartagena
To
Talk
About
Goodness & Dignity & God & Beauty & Love
We all agreed
In the absence of these things
There is but darkness
We understood there probably should be more
So,
We threw in World Peace
&
Then ordered beer
The exact amber of the stucco barroom walls
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This all happened in 1988 I think