STEP ASIDE, DEAR LADIES,HE’S COMING THROUGHTHE SKELETON MANIS IN THE ROOM;WHEN YOU SEE HIMDON’T BE FRIGHTENEDPLEASE TRY NOT TO SWOONHE REALLY IS QUITE HARMLESSYOU, TOO, WILL MEET HIM SOMEDAYBUT I HOPE IT’S NOT TOO SOON WATCH HIM TAKE A DRINKAND LAUGH AS IT SPILLSONTO THE FLOOR-HE USED TO DO IT ALL THE TIMEBUT NOT SO […]
LANGUID EVERGREENSAS THE SOIL CONVENESON AN OVERCAST MORNINGA COMMUNE WITH NATURE’SPEACEFUL, EASY SERENITY;AN EPIPHANY AS JUNIPERS BLOOMIT’S FAIR TO ASSUME;THE TREES ARE SCREAMINGANCIENT INCANTATIONS DREAMINGUNEMBELLISHED INVOCATIONSGIVE EACH LIFE NEW MEANING KEEPERS OF THE FLAMEINDIGENOUS REMAINSCAGED IN METAL BOXESUPON THE OPEN PLAIN;A HAWK CIRCLES LISTLESSLYHUNG IN THE WESTERN SKY RIGHTEOUS YOUTHSTIR UP THE EARTHTO MAKE WAY […]
I DON’T WANT TO TAKE A PILLWHAT I NEED IS HINDSIGHTSOMETHING THAT WILL LASTOR BETTER STILLGIVE ME A TIME CAPSULESO I CAN GO BACKAND FIX ALL THE THINGS I FUCKED UP IN THE PAST THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCEIS THE ONE I CHOOSE TO TAKETHE EASY WAY IS ALWAYS BESTTHROUGH SHEER PERSISTENCEI RIDE THE CREST;DRIFTING […]
The whole point of being a cat is to find a decent place to nap On a cushion or a window sill – better still a human lap To lay and clean and preen; and keep you mesmerized until your bladder intervenes This is my lap of luxury: Not one cat, not two cats, but […]
WELL, WE WENT TO THE RIO GRANDEAND WE WALKED ALONG THE SHOREAND WE SAW THERE WAS NO WATERSO WE WALKED AROUND SOME MOREAND WE MADE A PACT RIGHT THEN AND THERETO FILL IT UP AGAINSO WE TOLD ALL OF OUR FAMILYAND WE GATHERED ALL OUR FRIENDSWE STORMED THE CORNER MARKETTO SEE WHAT WE COULD FINDWE […]
STOP ME IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFOREBLUE EYED TEARS MATTER MORE ONE THING I’VE LEARNED IN LIFEIS THAT THINGS ARE NOT THE SAMEEQUALITY AND JUSTICEARE JUST A RICH MAN’S GAME THE WAY WE TREAT OUR BROTHERS IS A REFLECTION OF OUR SOULSAS THE WORLD TURNS ALL AROUND USTHE WORLD INSIDE GROWS COLD I SEE […]
I was once engagedto the devil’s daughterShe used all of the tricksthat her parents taught her she made my life a living hellthen she broke my heart in twoshe learned those demon lessons wellI learned a few things, too one time I tried to kiss herbut the lips burned off my facewhen I tried to […]
A paradise where mammon reigns and the sun it always shines The wild fires char the foothills and no one can afford to pay the bills; But life goes on much as before inside their gilded, golden shrines The moguls and their minions live among the palm trees and heather in winding hills so beautifully […]
I fell in love with a Spanish Rose she follows me wherever I go She doesn’t know me but that’s okay I still see her every day Spanish Rose Her eyes are dark and full of surprise But I can never see through her disguise I can’t leave her – she was never mine I’ve […]
Please come to my pity party…don’t bring a friend;It’s hard enough to see your facewhen the world’s about to end All the stupid things I’ve doneThe mistakes that I’ve made;remind me of the reasonsfor the dues that I must pay Please come to my pity party!There will be games and clowns but no funWe’ll spin […]
