It was hard, so hard… And it was all uphill. Never any grub to eat They just brought the bill. Complain? What’s that? And how you go about it? Quietly, or is it shouted? And wouldn’t we surely be outed? As them who cannot stand alone? Will not make it on our own? Won’t they […]

They were right down there in the water. Bright clothed like they oughta Want to be rescued But no, it’s fuck you. You old fuck know nothing.

Say what you have to. Even if you don’t like it. Say what you have to Even if they could give a shit. Get it out your system. It will cause you grief. Tumble up your tummy ya, You will get no sleep. Leave it, believe that, It will go away. Let it go today […]

An end to coincidence. No synchronicity. No chance to meet each other. No movies they could see. No fancy restaurant dinners. No late night toasts at bars. No bare face to admire. Some wore their masks in cars. No hey, I sat beside you! At last week’s hockey game. No yes, l saw you in […]

Watch your speed, he said. Though in me, dread. I asked not where we went. All curiosity spent. I watched, in horror. The closer we were. To the guardrails they call life. Does it really take so much strife? To say we bin there. Now, we’re all square. Take as much sand as you need. […]

There’s Iraq and a hard place. They face The hard race To that place Called heaven. Forgiven, They try, like us, to get in. But heaven’s closed. To especially those Sinners who knock too hard. In heaven there’s no reward For giving hard knocks Or backwards talking. In heaven, no prize for hard.

Mom didn’t die The day she died. She ate a pill Said open wide. Then her good life And death collided. They didn’t know they met. There was no regret. Just, hello Reaper. Mother’s keeper. You old sneaker Skulking up behind her. Death, we knew, would find her. Said, don’t be so damn kind sir. […]

A spark. A flash. A cymbal smash. A slug that turns your lights off. That shot that knocks your block off. You were just so slightly here.

SNAP! Went the lady. Who weren’t no lady at all. That bitch would scratch your eyes out. Kick your feet out as you fall. Then she’d yell at you. Call you out. Bitch would cry and holler and shout. Complaints would gouge like hidden knives. Guilt icing chocolate cake. Pile on pity til the horse […]

Nobody took you to the cleaners. You went by yo’ seff. Zero percent. Givin’ money away. You just step off de shelf? It’s deep out here man. Swim if you can But me…? I’d stay out de water. Unless you tink ya gotta Sink or swim If shit’s so dim Shoulda stayed on land But […]

It was one early, February covid day when I broke my usual silence. I was qued up with a gaggle of fellow gasoline serfs in our local co-op fuel station, collectively drifting in and out of linehood when a member attendant queried the actively waiting. “Pump number 4?” She asked without prejudice. I was pump […]

Sideways uses the second dimension. Did you know there is a third? You are not the same damn you each day You’re not, or haven’t you heard? There’s a fourth and fifth and Next to it, another. And another And another one after that Until you stop. Which you don’t.

God damn whiskey! Bastard beer! Shit head vodka! Christmas cheer?! Sorry I’m drunk now. Shouldn’t be here. Goddamn whiskey! Bastard beer! Don’t leave me Lucifer. I need your fear. Cause if you leave It’s only me here.

Pretend you’re not some loser. Maybe you’re no dumb fuck. How ’bout the world is not your oyster? What if it runs on luck? Say you ain’t some lucky bastard. You had to lie and cheat and steal. Then the god of luck means zip to you. And luck’s not really real. But what if […]

Dude pointed out And there was no doubt It was the same shit, Different day. There was just no effing way. This could be the same damn play. But it was. It was. It really was…

Look through any window. Window in this basement. Notice every footprint. You can see where they went. Peer now through this window. Into living, kitchens, bedrooms. You can see those lives unfold. Folks sorting through their ruins. Now rooftops rule the plane. The streets and distance gain Notice in your reality. Horizons crawl close and […]

Shit happens all the time. That’s the job of shit. You get a little out of line Life will see to it That your comeuppance is on it’s way. It might not hit you square today. But when it does hit, you will say Why me Lord? Why me…? Don’t you see Lord, don’t you […]

He said there’s only so much internet. And you’re taking up alot. We replied the only internet we used Is the internet we bought. We own it. It’s ours. And if we want the internet To travel in our kar… We shall have the internet! And we will drive it far!

A closed pie hole saves Itself for pie. It doesn’t interfere. It doesn’t ask why. Changes what it can. Mostly changes pie. Doesn’t pick up all the chunks Of a still not falling sky. Here to watch the show. Guess a plot unfolds like so. You don’t make it go. You’re just an actor.  

There is a richochet. No matter what you say. Maybe not today, But it’s coming. If I were you, I’d start running. Not off from your mouth which Brought you so far south. Your north star can’t be seen. But see your tail now, Where have you been? And who in the hail has been […]

Get a life, my friend. Then almost lose it. Have some pain, my friend. Then slowly lose it. Work your fingers to the bone then Before you get home, Have some joker say “you’re gone!” And friend, you’re fired. Lose your job and then your house. Feel like a teeny mouse In a trap that […]

Skid mark where there was none. Chip dip on the dim sum. Come git ifya want some. Buddy don’t store no water. Bill your damn like ya otter. Savin’ up fo’ some dream. Ain’t quite easy lak it seems. Gotta firss have dat dream.