Gravel seems lovely until you eat it / That could
be a bumper sticker / The cool kids would put it
across the tops of their bicycle helmets / &
everyone else would follow suit in search of being
cool / But nobody would ride bicycles / Everyone
would start eating gravel by the handful / Even
though its not lovely / Even though the bumper
sticker clearly says that / It wouldn't matter /
Because the cool kids aren't in search of
something / lovely / Nobody is /Everyone's a cool
kid / While loveliness does the searching these
days / Dogs the size of dogs with lanterns around
their necks / Their wet noses / Touching the back
of one knee / & then the other