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All right already I’ll fucking say it

“I still miss Jerry.”

I mean “Reality reared its ugly head

and I won’t look for Jerry

in 7-11’s or pictures of clouds

on Oprah’s show

but I still miss jerry

I miss that high

in “I Know You Rider”

as Jerry told us prophetically

we would miss him when he’s gone

I still cry over brown eyed women

and candy men and wharf rats

and I refuse to accept rationalization

but I won’t pretend

the sky is red or the sun is blue

I still miss Jerry

because something is still missing

Shakedown Street just isn’t the same

and the journey to Terrapin

has lost its allure

4-5-2009