Wish I was rich,with a family,a wife,no criminal record,no guns,no knives..2 point 4 children,drive a nice car,no dealing in alleys,no propping up bars...family outings,trips to the beach,I feel like im falling,outwards I reach..oneday ill be diffrent,a Completly changed man,no worries,no cares,my life I will plan..
Im so tired of being here,walking the streets for cash,people walk past you in a mad dash...you can read their minds,know exactly what they think,I sit on the pavement,in my own thoughts I sink...why do I carry on like this? My family dont care,dont even want me,they dont even miss...sleeping in doorways,without any cover,wet from the elements,no family,no mother...im just a " John Doe"if I end up on that slab,need some more cocaine,just one little dab..wish I was rich,a family,a wife,no criminal record,no bringing my family no strife..Things will be diffrent,I hope and I prey,if not tomorrow,then maybe today!
*And then, I am finally free from house arrest
- Which is better news for me than it is for you and your family*
...I am bloodletting
All of my frustration
With a wee-bit
Of Danbert Nobacon...
...This is what usually happens:
Whenever someone listens
To the "Unfairy Tale" LP
Backwards
While sensually drunk
On homemade LSD...
?...This is also how
I mistakenly met
George Harrison
And Graham Chapman
While undertaking
My most recently failed suicide attempt....
...And both they, and Lenny Bruce agreed:
I probably should have aimed to succeed
If I really wanted anybody
To ever take my career in comedy
Any more seriously
Than my 'highly-underrated'
Criminal record...
"...Whatever..." I calmly stated
Before soundly adding
For all intents and purposes:
"Everyone always neglects to mention:
My criminal record
Has already gone
Triple platinum
In Japan and Sudan"
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A girl I know, tells her mother
you destroyed my life
it's all your fault
Argument after argument
Destroys their relationship
yet her mother
did not give her drugs
a mother dreams of your success
Her mother did not
have her break the law
granted her mother
had a drinking problem
That created arguments
Between parents
Arguments that as a child,
interfered with her life
Her mother was not perfect
but she herself
decided to take up drugs
she decided
To get pregnant
and have a child
she decided to walk
away from education
Everyday, she could decide,
to improve her education,
she could decide to become a nurse aid
she could decide to become a nurse
Granted with a criminal record
getting work becomes a problem
but her mother did not tell her
to break the law and destroy your life
Everyday you have the ability
to change your life
there are people waiting in the wings
willing to help
but you need to step up and take the lead
get off drugs become clean
build your education and find work
stop blaming others and take the lead
Applying for teacher certification
I caused one technician much consternation
My fingerprints had simply not registered
Again and again the test he administered
“Guess you could have had a career in crime,”
He retorted reapplying ink grime
He said this had never happened before
But the results he surely couldn’t ignore
He sent me to an experienced tester
Who made many cracks, joked like a jester
He claimed my blank prints were quite unique
Turned over my hands just to take a peek
The delicate lines could scarcely be seen
And the fingers themselves were awfully lean
“What work do you do?” he asked with a scowl
As he removed the ink with a towel
“I now type 82 words per minute,
Most of my life I’ve been immersed in it"
My helpless fingers were worn to the bone
And my tester let out a mournful groan
Apparently pounding on my keyboard
Had produced an undesired reward
Faint thumbprints revealed no criminal record
And I won an overachiever award
Typing is essential to the work I do
Next time they need prints, I’ll remove my shoes
** True story for the Finger Frenzy contest