Womb of Open Wounds
Her lips never moved
When I heard her say:
"You can't chase your muse
Unless it's running away."
You only lose love
When you force it to stay
And obey what she calls
Human Nature.
Her eyes never faltered
When I replied in kind:
"You can only run from life,
Never your mind,"
And when we look at all
That we've left behind,
You may find merely
Animal behavior.
I never reacted,
As she assumed
That she could only walk
Within unlocked rooms.
A fragment of magic,
A heart that's entombed
In the womb of open wounds.
Dead Animals
Life drives recklessly at 90
Over the asphalt of our time,
And it never has it's headlights on
So it can hit you blind.
Too busy watching road signs
To see you're even there.
We're just speed bumps on the pavement.
We're dead animals.
Dead Animals!
All us possums, squirrels and bunnies
That try to cross the street
Would do well to remember
That the heavens have lead feet.
The fates don't got thier brakes on,
And in a blink they'll mow you down.
We're so many bugs on the windshield.
We're dead animals.
Dead Animals!
We're closer to the pot holes.
We're closer to the cracks.
Closer to the gutters and the trash.
It's a thin line between rodent and roadkill,
And when it comes to the rat race
Life seldom looks back
At dead animals...
Dead Animals...
And all the other cars that speed along
Don't stop to hear bells toll,
Or listen to the soul of what they hit.
Just another stain on God's park avenue.
Dead animals like you and me ain't shit.
Seuss Rolls Over
I have to tell you a thing.
A terrible,
Horrible,
Awfulable thing...
I was driving along,
The day was quite clear.
I had to change lanes
So I looked in the mirror.
I didn't look much,
I didn't look long,
But somehow, some way
Something went wrong!
I turned back around
And POP! Just like that,
In front of my car
Was The Cat in the Hat!
I stomped on the brakes!
I heard a big SPLAT!
Then next thing I knew
The... Cat... in the Hat... was flat.
Oh drat! Drat! Drat! Drat!
Why did he jump out in the street like that?
I thought "What do I do?
Where do I run?"
If only I knew
This had just begun...
Out of the Hat,
Under the Sun,
Crawled Thing One
And Thing Two,
Thing Two and Thing One!
Both of them,
Both of them
Holding a gun!
They started advancing,
Chanting "You're through!"
And my fear,
Oh my fear,
It just grew, grew, grew!
So next thing I knew
I ran over them too.
Now I sit in this cell
Where I've sat and I've sat,
For the murder of Things
And a striped hat wearing cat.
The Come Hither Child
Her body is a voluptuous roar
Lighting fire and fury
Beneath my flesh.
Each teasing kiss,
A dirty little thought.
Seeductive glances,
A blushing crime.
Her moves are a sensual ballet,
My heart playing the orchestra.
Erotica in hiding,
Like devils in shadows.
Rays of ecstasy
Causing me bloom.
Her whispers are taboo wantings
Unfolding my fears, inhibitions
And desires all at the same time.
Every warm breath
Melting my weakness.
Passion red words
Tickling my mind.
Crawl, claw and slither,
Come hither child.
Adam and Eve
A glassy eyed voodoo
Of sorrow and violence,
She screams for defiance
With all of her bones,
And no one is listening
To her internal silence,
She shakes her rattle alone.
Hypnotic ribbons
Wave in the wind,
And he catches them,
Only barely.
Streamers of color
Almost pass him by,
And he cries
At the need to be wary.
The circle around themselves,
In rusty locked mindset,
Fretting their seperate lives.
Spinning together
In their own little spaces
Until something better arrives.
The Witch
Karma Dharma Momma
Soul in hand
And spell on lips.
Equipment packed,
Ready.
The things the tide floats:
Moonbeam,
Stardust,
Dreamweave...
"I believe,"
Eyes closed.
"I believe,"
Body shudder.
"I believe,"
Astral handbag held
Tight, tighter.
Thin mist embrace
Of the mystical,
She follows the long road in.
Grim Java
One bowl closer to madness,
One cigarette's less breath,
One night closer to loneliness,
And one cup of coffee closer to death.
One man closer to homicide,
One song closer to deaf,
One woman's worth of rage,
And one cup of coffee closer to death.
One scar closer to ugly,
One problem closer to stress,
One paycheck closer to bum, man,
And one cup of coffee closer to death.
One sip closer to empty,
One lucky break less of death,
One poem closer to genius,
And one cup of coffee closer to death.
Only Mortal
Colors fade
As the day,
Grey, begins.
Monochrmoe Sun
Wash o'er me.
I am merely a sin.
Brightening hue
In the noon-
Time tide.
Shadows reach
To hold me.
I am merely a lie.
Trancsend deep
Into purple,
Afternoon songs.
Hazy as the
World becomes.
I am merely a wrong.
Darker still,
Evening weaves
Stars into snakes.
Cool night lips
To kiss my head.
I am merely a mistake.
Midnight cradle
Swings tomorrow
Into another plan.
Jungle black
Has taken me.
I am merely a man.
I'm a monstrosity, lady, and ya betta hear me!
Get you high as a kite jus' by bein near me!
Street as hell! Can ya tell? I'm a party machine!
My light B the tightest shit U ever seen!
Know what I mean?
Cuz I'm King Kong bitch! I'm fuckin' Frankenstien!
I'm Big Sexy, baby! Gonna hit you blind!
#1 G in the hood in my head,
Now don't forget what I said,
And take a monster to bed,
Or you may wind up dead in in love with me.
A monstrosity.
We all occupy the same vacuum in space,
And try to hold this cacophony in place.
Is all this noise what defines your face,
Or is it the psychedelic sound of Nothing?