Rio

If you should find yourself, by chance,

in Rio, West Virginia,

(pronounced RYE-oh)

and you happen to be traveling down the only road there

Keep an eye out

for the “Free Library”.

It seems redundant,

but considering the gas it’d cost

to get to a real library,

“free” seems appropriate.

And if you’re ever in Rio,

look up that old guru I talked to

one afternoon in the lysergic sunshine

about the chaotic forces of existence.

And smoke a spliff with his son

beneath the old spruce tree by the pond.

If you’re ever in Rio, West Virginia,

Check in on that memory of mine

so I can be sure it hasn’t gone away.