Ocionec? and the men's room in Tulsa..

"Ocionec" (How are you doing white boy?) - The first Cherokee word ever spoken to me by the great and somewhat concerned Charlie Soap - medicine man and husband of Chief Wilma Mankiller..

Here's the story of why, in a song by Marjorie Classen.



Men's Room in Tulsa
(c) Marjorie Classen


AT LEAST I'M NOT STILL IN THE MEN'S ROOM IN TULSA
WITH AIR TRAFFIC ALL BACKED UP
APPRECIATING THE GRACE
OF A COLD TOWEL IN MY FACE
AFTER I'D REALLY THROWN UP

MY CLEANLINESS ISSUES
WERE BURIED IN TISSUES
ALL USED IN THE FOULEST OF WAYS
I WAS LESS THAN LIGHT HEARTED
AS MY FLIGHT DEPARTED
I KNEW I WOULD BE THERE FOR DAYS

I HAD BEEN A VEGAN 
ATTENDING A HOG FRY
THEN COATED MY INSIDES WITH LARD
THEN WITNESSED PAT BOONE 
DO A HEAVY METAL TUNE
AND LIFE SIMPLY SEEMED WAY TOO HARD

AT LEAST I'M NOT STILL IN THE MEN'S ROOM IN TULSA
IN MORAL AND PHYSICAL PAIN
MY TUBE WAS SO CLEANED OUT
I HAD NOT A DOUBT 
MY PAST LIVES ALL WENT DOWN THE DRAIN

AT LEAST I'M NOT STILL IN THE MEN'S ROOM IN TULSA
WRITHING AROUND ON THE FLOOR
ALL OF LIFE'S TESTS
CAN'T COMPARE TO THIS MESS
THAT WENT ON BEHIND THAT CLOSED DOOR...