yes i was
at the will
thankfully
not killing
anyone
except myself
as the officer
deflated me
from breathing
air bag i barely
remembering
telling him i
was just out
to get some
chicken
though i'm
vegetarian
how would
he know
and why
would i
be saying
this to him
as if it were so
matterafactually
who cares
and apparently
i didn't because
i didn't ask if any
one got hurt
Do U…
Yes, you do!
Celebrate with friends.
Drinking laughing,
and telling jokes.
all is well.
Merry Christmas,
Happy New Year,
I pray you see the first day,
and not your last.
It controls us,
now.
It always did,
We were just not aware,
that when we agreed,
in the beginning,
that we would ever,
be made or held
accountable…
to the end.
Don’t let someone die,
because you got high.
Don’t let someone die,
So you could drink.
Don’t let someone you love,
do something they will
never forget,
and hate you for…
in the morning.
This year,
kiss and hug…
laugh and sing,
go home,
and watch the parade,
first thing…
Roses are beautiful,
and God Loves YOU!
Just read in the papers
your name once more;
illogical the powers
which huddle unseen.
You sat in my class,
scholarship’s pilgrim.
I recall your nascent soul,
tranquil but with drive.
Now, your face, a shock
which scorches my eyes,
Pondering your death
mercifully, my spirit cries.
Last year, reports of gangs
front page news, three guys,
a dusting of charges
assault, theft, DUI’s.
A battle raging.
I thought at the time to call you.
Would it have helped?
Then last month, I read
where you chose to combine
drugs and murder
and it landed you in prison.
The essence of deceit,
you found in suicide.
When did you quit
your search for truth?
As an earthly priest
discreetly I pray
knowing your reward
is beyond my ken.
Your funeral I cannot bear.
An unyielding sense of
guilt shouts, "Shame!"
within this teacher’s core.
August 20, 2019
Scraps of metal
Surround the trees
Lying on the leaf covered floor
Smoke still rising
From the smoldering engine
Heating the leather interior
A headlight makes a path to see
The other in front
A shattered windshield
Shows the flesh torn body
And the beer cans that
Survived.
It was a dark, snowy night,
My blurry eyesight,
I'm just trying to get from point a to B
But I can barely see,
I can hardly walk, talk, stand,
My slurred speech,
I know I shouldn't be driving,
But nothing will happen to me...
Until all of a sudden my car swerves,
It ignites my nerves,
I jerk the wheel to avoid going off the road,
Little did I know,
A car was coming the other way,
I didn't have the time, to move my car,
I crash,
The airbag explodes,
Glass shatters, I stagger,
Out of the car, blood dripping,
From who knows where...
I hope they're okay, their car's crushed,
The front end mangled,
The drivers tangled,
In between the seats, I try to reach,
For them, but I collapse,
The pain rushes through my punctured
Lung,
I'm done...
I lie down, try to breathe,
But it hurts, sharp pains
Pierce my veins..
I can't move, hurt and cold, I can't speak,
I wish I would've listened when they preached,
I was dumb, believed in invincibility..
Now I'm dying, my future is bleak,
I close my eyes, try to regain peace,
Slowly I'm numbing, it's a welcomed ease,
I drift away, into my mind,
Never to wake, I've left it all behind..
You Will Hear Her Laughter
-
Shriek In The Skies
-
Hide Your Daughters
-
She Wears No Disguise
-
She Flies On Her Broom
-
She Never Bends Or Tends
-
Mind To The Spoon
-
She Drinks Neat, Her Jacks
-
She Ace Her Blacks
-
She Is The Witch Of Hadditats Clove
-
Around And Around She Rides
-
Far And Beyond But Never She Will Hide
-
Drunk She May Be
-
Yet You Are Too Scared To See
-
Hide You Do Behind The Stove
-
Lucky You Are, Someone Is Funked Drunk
-
She Is The Witch Of Hadditats Clove
(11/8/11)
The judge asked : why was you speeding?
Why was you going so fast?
Why didn’t you ease up on the gas?
Your honor : I was Driving Under The Influence
Of her love.
I felt like a shooting star up above.
She has me intoxicated from head to toe
I don’t know which way to go.
She captured my heart and won’t let go
Her love is all I know.
Her love so mellow - so sweet , so fine
I feel like I’m high on wine.
If you are going to convict me for loving her
Then I stand as guilty as can be
For she has become a part of me.
Sentence me to a life of love
For she is the only one I could think of.
She already has my heart in jail
And I refuse to post my bail.
The judge looked at me as I stood in place
You are dismissed “ there is no case”.
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Isc-ca-cave baby
Is-to take it slow
Ischch- got telekinesis'
As you must know
------
They say that Wildthang
Is his isch-ca-duta-da-de
Say's thay ye shall
Isch-ca-a-duta-see
It ain't
Isch-a-duta-Me
A monkkey ain't
Going to make a
Monkkey out of me
GF
******Note:*****
Isch-ca-duta means: Mean's that I just don't know!
****Complement's of the wild-thang-monkkey......wtm
The car
The party
All runs through my head
The stupid decision to drive
Instead of asking a friend
The tears keep coming
Although I wish to stop
The stupid decision
To drive and not walk.
The road where you wrecked
Was close at heart
Sitting there we wished on stars
Laughed out loud in the dark.
All the memories we shared
Could never compare to
The loved one we lost there.
Shattered glass lay on the side of the road
Where you wrecked that horrible day
Now a beautiful cross gives way
Memories we lost Memories we shared
Give way to you in Heaven somewhere.
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