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Beatlick
Joe Holds Court in the Desert
Late at night I hear laughter at the
Evangelico Cemetery
poet Beatlick Joe entertains eighty six
souls
raconteur extraordinaire cracking jokes
from the grave
red ants vibrate out of their nests
confused
ask the crickets what to do
coyotes in the Sandia Mountains howl and
join the laughter
when that casket's rockin' don't come
knockin'
leave them in peace, leave them in joy
Beatlick Joe holds his audience enthralled
high in the desert on a starry, starry
night.
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Beatlick Joe Speer's ashes were buried alongside the ashes of 86 other souls in a single casket now interred in the Evangelico Cemetery, Albuquerque, New Mexico. You can read more about Joe's fittingly unusual last ride by following the link: "Poet Proud Among Paupers".
