BREAD & RUM

Youll never understand the
Way I feel at night a
Half drained bottle a pen in
Hand a pain that never goes away
Sleep deprived & things
To do at daylight
This chronic curse that
Keeps me awake is
Driving me insane or
Perpetuating words &
The semblance of thoughts
That youll never understand
I make my stand
Daylight ever so peevishly
Replaces night & still no
Sleep after counting a
Billion leaping sheep a
Lamb for the slaughter
For each dull aching throb
Youll never understand the
Sleeping drunk splayed out
On the living-room rug
Who finally fell into slumber
Thirty minutes before...

UNPREPARED

Black night moonlight
It filters through the lifeless trees
A falling star skids across
The sky a soul crashing
An angel falling eternity
Awaiting & still I am
Unprepared to die as if
I could outlive this world
These words stay conscious
Until the entropy of time
Finally inevitably expires
I feel my heart beat
Through a vein in my neck
Seemingly constant the faithful
Muscle that will keep on
Throbbing forever or until
I sleep night is eternal
When lying in bed I contemplate
Every moment of my life
The moments I have left
& I cannot imagine not living
Cannot conceive the...

MY MEXICAN VACATION

Spirit me to a place
Ive never been in love with
A girl who loves me back
Yeah right I spend this vacation
Alone with everyone there &
Me here at home rain
Leaves the gray clouds above
Saturates the dismal winter land
Absolute boredom is the itinerary
Of the day the salty spray
Of the ocean on this cruise is
Really just acid rain spattering
Off the parked cars the concrete
My steward pours coffee into a
Paper cup for way over a buck
I look at the yellow sun
The palm trees & white sands
The brochure in my hands &
See you there with all your
Friends & I on my...