Once

He often wakes up naked
in a street and pretends
nonchalance when the Yankee girl
confronts him
they enter a place
medieval and dull
they hear a sigh
and step on a beggar
and that turns into
the hose of a hookah
he disguises his confusion
when his parents find him
trading hash for guns in Plaza Miserere
they go to a funeral for the chaparral
they kiss the widow
who disfigures herself
and that grimace becomes his relative
bring home my rock'n'roll

A tribe of orthodox
from messianism ambushes him
heading to the medina in a trance
chanting his name
bring home my rock'n'roll

Boys and girls dance
boys and girls dance
at the rock funeral