In response to: A Cicada ReunionRoy Herndon Smith ’70 4 Years AgoGraduation, Princeton, June 1970graduation, princeton, June 1970“the locusts sang, and they were singin’ for me… his head was explodin’ ”—Bob Dylansitting on my behindthank god sans robeas lofty admonitionsand four years ofweighty articulationsdissolve in floods of sweatcrescendos and decrescendosof seventeen-year-oldcicadasand the shimmering greenshading to shivering purplefoliage
graduation, princeton, June 1970
“the locusts sang, and they were singin’ for me
… his head was explodin’ ”
—Bob Dylan
sitting on my behind
thank god sans robe
as lofty admonitions
and four years of
weighty articulations
dissolve in floods of sweat
crescendos and decrescendos
of seventeen-year-old
cicadas
and the shimmering green
shading to shivering purple
foliage