wild bill kept me camp and saved my life
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               my pard my pal was wild bill
               i slept not zipped not once
               my feet would glow yet cold outside

               my wild bill was wall and home
               on bed of stone i slept a prince
               on thermalite in wild bill
               i was a cat in the window

               one day miles and days into the land
               a wiley light came on and stayed

               and wild bill caught a hole i felt
               the scent but dismissed it -- it's
               farmers burning weeds in the fields

               wild bill kept the flame down and
               this smoke had no fire.  but

               ...fuel in a red fuel cell...
               ...fuel in a 2 gallon fuel jug...
               ...unleaded fuel rode in the back...

               my wild bill proved plainsman-well
               on the plains in the mountains
               stood guard at night then saved my life

               and so i recommend my pard my pal my good
               friend bill my teal-black plainsman and scout
               try wild bill with 3-D polarguard fill
               to plus fifteen farenheit.

               but think twice of
               glossy new cars with
               flimsy sensors bossing
               the naked though recessed

               ambushme baby lightmyfires


                       Marek Lugowski
                       11 September 1997
                       Chicago, Illinois