7 SEPTEMBER POSTCARD FROM LOUISVILLE
KENTUCKY’S DERBY DAY HAS FINALLY FULFILLED HUNTER THOMPSON’S PROPHESY
FORETOLD FIFTY YEARS BACK
THAT’S WHEN HE PRANKED A GOOD OLD BOY
WITH DIRE WARNINGS OF MILITIAS WHITE+BLACK
HAVING IT OUT AT THE RACETRACK
IN FACT EXCHANGING INSULTS THIS WEEKEND
INSTEAD OF SWAPPING LEAD
WHO KNOWS HOW THEY’LL CONFRONT EACH OTHER NEXT YEAR?
HUNTER ONLY SAID IT FOR THE SCARY EFFECT
BACK THEN HIS SERIOUS SATIRE HAD TO BE OF SUCCESSFUL SOUTHERNERS
THEIR ‘PRETENTIOUS MIX OF BOOZE FAILED DREAMS AND A TERMINAL IDENTITY CRISIS’
TODAY THE OLD SOAKS ARE SIDELINED
‘WHISKEY GENTRY’ CONSIGNED TO WHITE-SUITED OBLIVION
BY THE PROSPECT OF NEW CIVIL WAR
RATHER THAN BONE DRY CALIFORNIA
READY TO BURN
LOUISVILLE NEEDS THE DAMPENER OF SENEGAL’S RAINFALL
WISHING THAT ‘RACE’ WOULD RUN AWAY ENTIRELY YOURS TRULY THE NEWS POET
