Star Burlesque Poems

With apologies to Albert Camus

I once was a circus strongman,
Sovereign of midway spectacles.
I wore a leopard-skin loincloth
And a lion-claw necklace.
My club was seasoned hardwood.
I proudly...

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Can I go to the bathroom? This place is full of jackasses. This place is full of jackasses jerking each other off. This place is...

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Out on the edge of the shadow, the day begins
Charting out a course to an aimless star, but not to wander
The pioneer has a map,...

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Fiery I canst me be a man of the 50 feet spacecraft, he ask is he or rampant bugger me skipper
Ask not oh mister jakin,...

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IT WAS FIRST WORD OF MOUTH
WE HEARD SOME RAMBLINGS
ON THE RADIO
THEY SPOKE OF THINGS
IN WORDS THAT
ALL COULD UNDERSTAND
WE THOUGHT IT THROUGH
AND REFUSED WHAT WE HEARD
THEIR...

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Uniform bravery blue
checked out 
before the stroke of midnight
Just as my black butt inadvertently ran into
a bullet fired by
the nervous trigger finger of officer Fife
But...

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Hi!  My name is Mr. Green
I'm sure you've heard of me....... I get around
I just can't go anywhere without being seen

You know, it's amazing...

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(POETIC DIALOGUE BETWEEN JCV AND RICHY)


PRESTIGIOUS JCV
I told the moon my story last night... I never knew love could hurt like a heart attack.


RICHY ROYAL
If...

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He met an actor at the theatre bar;
‘Hey Dame,’ he joked, ‘you ugly hag.’
‘I’m Cinderella,’ snapped the panto star. 
‘I’m not a bloomin’ bloke in...

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Tomorrow’s the day
New job on the way
Interview at eight
You gotta look great
In bed on time
Wake up at nine
ALARM NOT SET!
 
You are the Star
Step out...

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CRISES IN THE DESERT


written in the effect of religious crisis in Nigeria


Our heart received the message
And tensions well-positioned themselves in the sky.
Heads sought refuge at...

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Oh christmas tree to thee I sing
I bring gifts to thee
I place strings around you
with pretty lights bows and bells
I place a star apon you...

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Dark was everywhere before, God sent a small cloud therefore
Asked her to light up, poor cloud collapsed in worries
Contrasted for years and exploded to give...

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Sub mitt meeting a Poem

Sub mid night

Sub meeting the meeting of the meet

World trade meeting

World trade submitting proposal

When the world is round can be flat

Like...

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Scarcely the Dropper-- a roach antennae Felt,

Some Maudling exterminator of nakedly inhuman hands.

Boiled renunciation falling sick With life itself,

For Libido has and Always Will Be…....

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