translation...

hey-- wait. listen.

it's not that i'm following you, or that i'm nothing but an old hippie.

no, no, no. not at all.

well, ok, a little, and both.

krikey! a new poem? a bit? the both?

my back (untranslatable-- the name of a popular drag bar) is better. and you? you're the best.

but what's "kiff"? i saw that in a text message in a film called "paris" with juliette binoche.

d'oh.

but the rest of it--life, saloon, and all the other stuff--it's (or they are) too serious.

yes.

too serious.

sincerely, your good friend,

etc etc etc.