RED TATE – BAD POETRY by Peter Nolan Smith

Red Tate lies on the pavement
Helpless flat on his back
If his mother saw this sight
Tears would fill her eyes

Red Tate drinks Ripple.
Sometimes Thunderbird
Red wine dulls his nerves.
A bum
A tramp.
His mother’s second son.
1978

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