There is another story about Jimmy...
Jimmy was having a tantrum.
His shark bait had disappeared.
He had plucked him out of the water when no one was noticing.
He was just out for his usual swim.
When suddenly he was swooped up out of the water.
He woke strapped the side of a boat.
This kid was screaming at him.
Shark bait shark bait.
He could not understand what the kid wanted.
But he knew he was in trouble.
The guy was nuts.
He was American celebrity's kid.
He got caught keeping a man from coming home.
No one strands anyone out in the desert.
But the kid had gotten hold of the radio.
By the time the man had come home
He was not the same man.
He held out he said and did not go all the way as some had before him.
He had even gone to visit the family.
They had one of those old ranches on the coast.
It had been dismantled after wwii.
It was a rundown property
But had nice view of the ocean
And a safe harbor for those with boats.
He remembered it location.
As they sailed through the pacific
They met absolutely no one at all.
He wondered was sailing the boat.
At some point someone
Besides the kid had to surface.
Meanwhile,
It was his turn
To hang on to his mind.
The kid showed up from time to time
Screaming at him.
And then it happened
The kid got caught
The man leaning over the boat was not pleased.
He said they would let him go
If he did not come back to them
When they were in port.
He did not care.
He was stranded.
He was released from the ropes
And gently carried on to the beach.
Where he lay until he was woken
BY the angry hut owner.
He tried to speak to people
They all spoke Spanish.
No English
No Australian.
He was up the pole.
He tried the local authorities
Where he found the kid was in custody.
He was told to move on.
He was offered a ride by some Hippies.
He found he was in California.
But lower Baja.
He was got out to use the toilet
And got left behind
He had no wallet
Nor money and no ability
To speak to anyone
Another couple came along
They were camping with their kids
He got a lift
He was now hitch hiker.
Wonders of the world.
Ensenada is where he wanted to go.
He walked all the way out
To the beach
And found no one
It looked as if it had been raided.
A man from a Trailor yelled
At him.
He thought he said
They are looking for you
He began to sweat.
He walked all the way downtown.
Where he bumped into a man
He knew.
The man was scared.
His wives foster son
Had been picked up
She had run off with the car.
He was trying to bum a ride.
They both got into the fishing boat.
Hey, it's great to be top side
He explained.
And then it happened again.
The man had gone into make phone call
And he never came back.
Rosa rita...
He never did find the guy.
Some hoodlums
Tore out of the parking lot
Screeching.
The trunk had fists pounding
But he did not hear it.
He saw a map
Look he had come a long way
From San Lucas
All he had to do was walk around that corner
He walked and he walked.
No one else spoke English
He just kept on going
And then he saw the signs
And the wall.
He got caught attempting to cross
The border without a license
He thought all you had to do
Was walk across from Mexico
Into America.
No, they said as they put him in the back of a truck.
They forgot to lock the handcuffs
He watched until they went to get their next victim
Another heavy-set white man
He slipped out of the truck
And ran.
He was joined quickly
By a pack
Not wolves
Thank God
But young Mexicans.
He had no idea where he was going
But they did.
He soon found himself dodging
Traffic in the middle of highway.
He stopped to catch his breathe.
And was told
Hey man, you made it.
He was on the other side of the border.
He hung his head in shame.
He could not go back and explain
To these guys.
He would have to find someone else.
As he sat by the side of the road
A motorcycle slowed down
Want a ride.
Sure. why not.
This is downtown.
You have to let go now.
Very gently,
His hands were removed from the guy.
He stood there swaying
And praying
That he was alive
And in one peace.
He lay down in the city park near the fountain.
He was not sure how he was going to face home
After what he went through
Just to get to a place
That spoke English.
Somewhere in the morgue is a guy
Who should not have closed his eyes.
Nor wished he did not have to explain
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How he had got where he was.
No identification
No way of telling whom he was.
Some rich guys go that way
Once they have been robbed.
A number of royals and politicians
Just disappear
Because there is no way of telling
Who they are once their heart gives out.
In this case,
The guy lived a little longer.
He made contact with the local mayor
But the local constables-cops
Moved him on before he could explain
And then luck would have it
He ran into his friend
From the fishing boat.
Abducted he said.
They had put him in the trunk
And then found out they could not keep him
Instead, he was given a ride all the way back.
They were out looking for some crazy guy
Walking the highway.
He gave him the key to the room
And told him to take a shower
While he went to find his wife
And give her a spanking.
He did not want to know
Nor ask.
He was relaxing on the bed
Having put through
A trunk calls
He was waiting the response
When he heard its voice,
NO! it screeched.
His shark bait! was in his room.
He could not move fast enough
For the kid was on top of him.
As he struggled the phone rang.
As the phone rang
Two men stepped through the curtains.
But could not keep them from falling
To the sidewalk below
The kid broke his fall.
Two men showed up with a white jacket.
The kid they trussed up
While the other guy they left for the next crew.
It was the mother
When she came along
Who lay down near the fountain.
Because she had not understood.
He had accidently hit on the head.
The Ambulance had transported him
To the hospital.
But he lay there unable to speak
And if he had he could not have told
Anyone anything at all.
But he could he the kid scream and screech.
At Paradise Valley hospital.
Far from home, so far from his home.
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Meanwhile there are mushrooms
Growing in an oblong pattern
Downtown near the fountain.
If anyone cares to observe
And wonder whose soul
Did not make it home....
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Another set of white sneakers appeared
One day on a different beach
The little girl took a beating
She had not a clue as to what
Nor why.
Some kid had jumped into the lake.
And left them
She thought
But was not sure
There was something
She was trying to remember
A story she had heard
Or an image,
She was just wondering what had happened
To her family and their homes
Somewhere along the way
A whole lot had gone wrong
Shortly after Jimmy found the same set of white sneakers
The little girl
Ended up in a coma
And he turned off her life support system....
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