Welcome to Mineral Wells, Texas!
CRAZY, RIGHT?
In a little town
Which shall be nameless
But very far from here,
I saw an old house with no door.
But there were three locks on a window.
Imagine that.
On the main street there were
Stores, plenty of them.
But every store was named “Crazy.”
There was the Crazy Sports Bar
And the Crazy Boutique
And the Crazy Office Supply…
The Crazy Gift Shop and Crazy Bakery.
The Rialto movie theater was showing
“Crazy, Stupid, Love.”
I went into a diner called The Crazy Diner and
They were playing “Crazy” by Patsy Cline.
I sat down and a couple in the next booth
Told me they just got back from
Crazy Park Panama.
After my peanut butter sandwich on banana nut bread,
I left and walked to a place called “Pessimist Park.”
It looked like it might rain.
The guy sitting next to me said:
“Man, there is some crazy shit goin’ on
In that town, huh lady?”
Marjorie J. Levine © 2024
