Thursday, September 22, 2016

smoking in the rain


another night

feeling alright

tacos

beer

 

now i’m here

walking

whiskey

listening

to the plug play

planet p project’s

pink world

 

kind of never get tired

of that album

even though it was

released in 1984

 

meant to go to hollywood

but must have turned right

when i should have gone left

i was staring at her breasts

while she asked for directions

she didn’t mind

she was using them

to her advantage

 

i was patient, polite

when she was out of sight

her breasts were still

blocking my view

unable to see anything else

i missed my turn

 

oh well

any spot in hell

still requires water

it’s not gonna change

what i was gonna do tonight

 

shit

just lit the butt end

of a cigarette

guess i’m already drunk

throw it away

pull out another

let’s see if i can put

the right end in my mouth

 

flowers don’t like winter

i splinter

just another fragile flower

scatter among the shatter

fragments

no one will collect

 

philosophy is a coat

you can take off

to suit the conditions

of the moment

art is the aching that asks

you to create it in form eternal

 

don’t be me

but stop being what

everyone else wants you to be

 

right her right now

is how

 

and right now i’ve pulled

a peanut butter and jelly sandwich

from the sandwich bag

i put in my coat pocket

before i left my place tonight

 

like i said

feeling alright

washing it down with a beer

 

in l.a.

stay away

from driving drunk

and violent crimes

the police won’t pay

you no mind

and they usually don’t

single out clean cut white guys

on a crowded sidewalk

 

my appearance adherence

is the clearance

by which i get to play on

the dark streets of decay

 

right now i’m having fun

sandwich done

and i can’t decide

if i want to use my free hand

to get a cigarette

or my flask of whiskey

to join my community

of me and an open can of beer

 

o.k. flask to task

back in its cask

reaching for a cigarette

existential crisis solved

 

i even have an extra pack

of cigarettes

this could go all night

but right now

i have no idea where i am

except that wherever i am

is being coated

with a light rain

 

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