I never thought of this as funny It speaks another world to me I wanna be your Easter bunny I wanna be your Christmas tree. I’ll strip the world that you must live in of all its godforsaken greed. I’ll ply the tar of your feathers. I’ll pluck the thorns out of your feet. You […]
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Chance
Chance, chance, chance, chance Friday bank card yours got stuckI loaned you a phone quarter, said "Good luck"Where are you now? Me and glasses Saturday slumpYou and your shopping, I looked upOur eyes met, mine are greenYou’d had a peroxide thingCall now, look me up Sunday walk, Weaver’s Park,I was on the lakesideWhere the playgrounds […]
Laughing
Laocoon and her two sons Pressured storm, tried to move No other more, emotion bound Martyred, misconstrued Lighted in a room, lanky room Lighted, lighted, laughing in tune Lighted, lighted, laughing Laocoon and her two sons Run the gamut, sated view Know them more, emotion bound Martyred, misconstrued Lighted in a room, lanky room Lighted, […]
Harbor Coat
They crowded up to Lenin with their noses worn off A handshake is worthy if it’s all that you’ve got Metal shoes on wood push through our back There’s a splinter in your eye and it reads "REACT" They shifted the statues for harboring ghosts Reddened their necks, collared their clothes Then we danced the […]
Crush With Eyeliner
I know you I know you’ve seen her She’s a sad tomato She’s three miles of bad road Walking down the street Will I never meet her? She’s a real woman child Oh my kiss breath turpentine I am smitten I’m the real thing (I’m the real thing) Have you seen her come around? My […]
Letter Never Sent
It’s been pretty simple so far, vacation in Athens is calling me And knock, knock, knock on wood, I thought I’d left you behind Heaven is yours, heaven is yours, heaven’s yours where I live The thought of the catacombs left my soul at home This letter never sent And it’s so far, it’s so […]
Nightswimming
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night. The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago, Turned around backwards so the windshield shows. Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse. Still, it’s so much clearer. I forgot my shirt at the water’s edge. The moon is low tonight. Nightswimming deserves a quiet night. I’m not sure all these […]
Get Up
Sleep delays my life (get up, get up) Where does time go? (get up, get up, get up) I don’t know Sleep, sleep, sleepy head (get up, get up, get up) Wake it up…up (get up, get up) You’ve got all your life (way up ahead) (get up, get up, get up) Dreams they complicate […]