suggestion

Suggestion
5-16-14


My English teacher said I was cheating
In writing poems with my headphones on
But all in all we all own the words
That come upon my pen
By the light of dawn
I took the cannonball down to the ocean
Love is a ghost train howling on the radio
O, how do you do
Being as a witness at the liquor store
To learn something new
She is still my inspiration
On my dreamlike trip to Burmingham
Where God's burdens carry out their fruit
Long after I am gone
As so I proceed
In writing these rhymes
With headphones on....
























Another Good Read
5-16-14


O, what do I read when I finish Daniel
In that I consult the barking of another cocker spaniel
Perhaps I will attempt Ezekiel
In its entirety
In a need of a raincoat and an umbrella
Yes, it's forty-eight chapters of hard stuff
Calling another bluff
In that it's more than enough
Plowing on into chapter ten
By our great river Tigris we yet wade
As out the window goes my incentive to get laid
I've been wondering where we've gone
According to the lemons that make the lemonade.....


























Israel Divided
5-16-14


By Judah in the south
And by Israel in the north
By word of closed mouth
I step forward and come forth
Admiring my nearly bald head
In that all has not been done and said
I'm feathered by the moonlight
Alive as I am dead
Lapsing back into complaisency
Where change will do me good
By the raining of heavenly bread
O, what is it!
But poetry and music in my head
O, start something and it will spread
Like a fire meant to serve a higher purpose
Of the lighting of another cigarette
For the cause of smoke alone....





























I Fill Them In
5-16-14


On my mission to fill the next six books
I know my avarice of my good looks
Loving what I see in the mirror
In baiting steel hooks
She says it's only in my head
Of chosen smooth stones from afflicted streams of brooks
As a man can never comprehend the results of his decision
That it would one day impact many
For the cause of Christ
Yeah, I'm under the gun
But at least indeed I am.....












Petition Granted (Part 2)
5-16-14


I'm supposed to lose again my mind today
Writing to the heart of matters
In all I have to say
O, start threading the needle
Roll a new love over to yet meander and wheedle
O, so be it if it comes to pass
As so the rain is good for the trees and grass
Yet Quixotic and chivalrous
The ox can yoke alongside the ass
I'm inclined to lose my mind
Two times a week
Man, I wish I was beautiful
In all I seek
Yet I already have such a petition
Pass me a bottle
Visionary and impractical
Where everybody loves you
Doing my two-forty in a book
Slightly more concise
I will never be lonely
In the paying of another price....