Message from Janis Joplin’s Northern Lights

by Jason Lynn

I heard Judy say
that when she
Ran out of money
for her life-long hotel stay
She climbed out on the ledge
Of the Waldorf-Astoria
& yelled
“LOOK OUT!”
“Dorothy’s comin’ down”
That works, right?
I mean I tour the ledges everyday anyway,
Man, I mean,
                                               I tour ALL the ledges.
I might as well
                                Fuckin’ get something out of  it.