Ted Davis

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Born in Illinois, but never knew the State. Lived in various Midwestern towns and cities. Dropped out of school. Worked as a dishwasher in Chicago. Worked in factories in Indiana. Wandered to Sausalito in 1959. Worked briefly in San Anselmo. Then back across the country to New York City. Performed with amateur theatrical groups. Roamed around northern Mexico, from Chihuahua to Guadalajara. Worked as a freight-handler and served as a Union Rep in El Paso, Texas. More of the same in Tucson, AZ. Spent decades in San Francisco attempting to understand its appeal to me or anybody else. Jumped into information technology jobs back in the day when all that was required was the ability to format a diskette. Worked ten years as a Network Administrator for a Human Resources Department. Worked five years as a Network Administrator for San Francisco's Department of Juvenile Probation. Now retired and preparing to move to Mexico. Spent fifty years learning to read. Plan to spend the rest of my life learning how to write. Hope to do some Spanish-English translations of the unwritten stories of migrant workers.)

The Best Poem Of Ted Davis

Incident At The Farm North Of Las Cruces

Now the killer sees the snake;
Boards are kicked aside.
Now the snake stares through the sun.
Birds chirp from the corn

When the rats burn through the brush,
When the dog barks past the moon,
When the wasp stings to the bone,
Death will find a home.

Hiding now,
Rising low.
Hear the heartbeat
From the dirt?

Watch the fear,
Numb the mind.
Hear the moaning
From the cave?

The snake is kissing killer's head.
Wind shrieks through the boards;
Black dust blows above the corn
While birds and rats lie low

Is the torment over now?
Are the children in the barn?
Has rain cleaned the blackened air?
Let's stand and guard the house.

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