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another way to get thru life

Another Way to Get Thru Life

Don’t sweat
the small
stuff the
other guy
& his
woman with
the hairlip
his children
with conjunctivitis.


Don’t walk
around waving
fig leaves
& white
flags don’t
answer the
phone or
turn on
the porch
light.


Pack heat
keep a
low profile.


Expect nothing
& be
ready for
anything.


Work on
your smile.


Don’t count
your blessings
why pretend?


Never
dine out.


Pay no
attention to
your dreams
shake them
out with
the bed
sheets.


If you
no longer
have bed
sheets if
things have
come to
that I
don’t know
what to
tell you.


Pray
for rain
a blizzard
or a
tornado
if you’re
in Kansas.


Click your
heels you
know the
story.


Join forces
with a
wicked witch.

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love call

Love Call

The joy
vein of
youth.


It all
comes flooding
out like
someone busted
open a
water main.


It’s the
sort of
thing drives
true believers
to drink.


To mess
around with
loose women,
smooth-talking
men.


To beat
their dogs.


Everyone else
whips out
their snorkels.


Pretends
they’re
on a
boat.


Reptilian
low crawlers.


Life according
to Noah.


Another weekend
slips by
then another
& weak
men come
unglued.


So much
disaster to
catalogue.


Out come
the calculators.


Things will
add up
eventually.


I give
my love
call like
a rampaging
bull elephant.


The earth
trembles
the leaves
rustle &
the referee
rings the
starting bell.


Many people
are frightened.

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breaking free

Breaking Free

I break
free of
everything
at least
once
a day.

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anger

Anger

Anger is
a form
of hope.

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catching people’s attention

Catching People’s Attention

I abdicate
the throne.


I kill
the messenger.


I lock
the good
queen in
a chastity
belt.


I ring
the bells.


I’m a
busy man.


I make
long lists
& give
command performances.


I am the
thin man
I’ve inched
my way
around dread.


I coin
phrases &
write forgettable
rhymes.


I earn
my keep
& pay
ransom.


This makes
me less
than ordinary
more than
spectacular.


Dreamless.


I catch
people’s
attention.


One false
move &
it’s
over with.

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how it happened

How It Happened

What it
took years
ago for
me to
finally write
something
uncompromisingly
honest was
a bottle
of Jack
Daniels &
a fuck
it all
attitude.


I’m sorry,
but that’s
how it
happened.

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