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The Holy Man on Malibu Bus Number Three
Dory Previn

when i was two years oldnin my mother's armsnon the malibu bus number threena holy man laid his hand on my headnand said i see i see i seenthis here childnshe's got two diff'rent eyesnone is dark and one is lightnone looks out at the morningnone looks in at the nightnsome see smiles or some see tearsnsome see sun or some see rainnbut the child who sees both at oncenis the child who is destined for painnni was just two at the timenbut i remember him wellnwhen i am lost and lonelyni look for him in religious booksnto find his face againnto find his face againnperhaps i will some timenhe was hungrynand asked for a quarternhe was so hungrynand asked for a quarternmy mother gave him a dimenhe blessed her generous contributionnand then he headed for the doornand he said i got to transfer nownto the busnthe bus number fournni been down to the depotnto look for number fournthe station master shook his headnand said four don't run no more no more no morenni ride the malibu bus almost every daynbut no one's seen or heard of himnno one's seen or heard of himn(my mother died last may)nhe had the nicest smilenjust like a silver starnit lit up malibu bus number threenbut i don't have two diff'rent eyesnas far as i can seenthe right one looks with the bodynthe left one sees with the soulnthat was the very last thingni heard him saynbefore he took his transfernand was on his waynhe crossed the road to number fournbut number four didn't run any moreni don't understandnsometimes i think he was yellownsometimes i think he was tannand sometimes i think he was a womanna woman dressed as a mannand though he was old and ancientnand i was less than threenwould you laughnif i should mentionnsometimesni thinknhe was mennI don't understand


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