I JUST WON’T
The morning crawled to bed as sleep took
Me into her blessed grip just after breakfast
& the next thing I knew it was nearly
Lunchtime & I thought I can’t keep on like
This. I looked from my window & the
Sun shone right on in but today it made
Me crave its warmth & soon I hit the
Street & as I walked it felt good but,
Alas, sooner rather than later I turned
Back towards my room & as the afternoon
Came a knocking it felt cool, at last, &
Somehow I knew just how it was going
To pan out. I rolled a good one, a real
Good one in fact & soon was losing my
Mind to those most toxic of brothers Mr
Cheech & Mr Chong & I was high & I
Was laughing & then suddenly poor old
Cheech is locked up, psych ward no less,
The full works in fact, straight-jacket &
All that.
He crawls the floor in desperation begging
For any kind of attention as his balls
Itch & it made me think, madness, it’s
The treatment that’ll get you if you let them
Get at you but I won’t, I just won’t!
SLINGING ARROWS
People have been slinging arrows at
Me my entire life but so far, a few
Scars besides, none have proven fatal
Although a couple came close many
Decades ago but now, well now, I
Almost feel at ease with this life;
My new job started last night and
Already seems a world away from
The constant hassle and inner-city
Glare of need, greed and my own
Near certain demise if I’d been forced
To stay there working the horror that
Was the checkout of doom.
SHE’S GONE & I’M FREE!!!
My feet are up on a couch resting as if
In my own private heaven & I sit happy
For the first time in a while, a long old
While in fact, as work, at last, has been
Sorted but best of all is the demise of my
Psychic vampire!
She came a hell of a
Lot closer to destroying me than all those
Years of hell on the check-out of doom
& as I know she’ll no longer have the
Chance to tell me to shut up so she can
Keep on and on and on with her insistence
Ramblings until my mind
Couldn’t take anymore & the only thing
To do was smash that record & throw it
In the garbage dump of history never
To be heard ever again as, at last,
I feel free!!!!
GOD-DAMN POETRY
I love you poetry, I love
How you give me insights
On this thing called life
That I’d never even consider
If it weren’t for you & this
Blessed machine which
Has been the centre of
My attention now for the
Best part of twenty years
& 1000 poems & still a
Life-time of this to come
& one day the dream that
There will be nothing else
To do but this…
POTENTIAL FOR NEW ADVENTURE
I walk to work now with a smile
Across my face & in my heart as
This freedom from food retail hell
Feels even better than I could
Ever imagine!
The drinking has calmed & my
Brain re-activated as now I
Don’t have to deal with this towns’
Crazies on a daily basis & I can
Feel a potential for new adventure
I ain’t felt it in years.
