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 I have a rubber heart,
a shaman's wisdom,
and a child's world wonder

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Poems are in chronilogical order...these poems are published from the years 1989 through 2007, those written in 2008 to the present are in the process of being published as well.
 
Please go to www.lulu.com and search on the title of the volume, The Many Heads of The Hydra.
 
 

The Yellow Apple Dance

 

I eat yellow apples and you dance.

I speak and you touch me from inside.

I walk and you follow.

I rest and you awaken me for more.

You are with me always.

You move in me with grace.

We are bond.

You are not born.

            but we will never be this close again.

I eat yellow apples and you dance.

 

1989

Face (Apples Revisited)

 

Will you have it?

My face

Will you take mine?

My face

Will you kiss it?

My face

“How are you today, my face?”

“Apples, apples!” you say

We share the same face

 

1989

The Wolf

 

Vile untruths

Like serpents

Crawl from your mouth

You revel in my pain

Laughing at my bright eyes

I never noticed your black teeth

Your pleasure is deception

You soul has tiny holes of rot

I see it now

The red of your eyes

Your smell of sadness

Goodbye

Gone

Over

Hope fled

Weary and tired

I cannot remember the sweetness

My senses are blank

This day I have dreaded

 

Early 1990’s

My Heart Bleeds Purple

 

Hard and fast

Reeling

Desperate and falling

No faces

The gray edge of pain

I can look and see

The softness

I look ahead

Black

Tangled

Slick

You are too many

Slamming

Feverish

One small tear

Heated and frightened

Holding me

My heart bleeds purple for you

 

early 90's

Argyles Collection (I, II, III)

 

Argyles (I)

 

I bought a pair of argyle socks today.

I thought of you.

You always wore argyles.

I liked that about you.

 

Clean lines and subdued color.

Ah, you were handsome.

You were many to me.

Striking in demeanor and intelligence.

 

Warm

And jaded

And dark you were.

A mysterious man wearing argyle socks.

 

I visited your grave once.

Were you buried with a nice pair of argyles on?

 

I then proceeded home to wear your soul on my feet.

 

 

Visit (II)

 

No lights

candle flame

Iggy on stereo, hard

Bathed in you

a tickle through me

closed eyes

soft chair

warm feet wrapped in argyle socks

……..KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK……..

…….HEY, HEY, HEY YOU……..

,,,,,,Fuck you, knocking neighbor,,,,,,

,,,,,,,,I’m spending a little time with a dead friend here,,,,,,,

A shot of vodka

A little wine

Laughing

and talking

I can smell you

…….BOOM, BOOM, BOOM…..

…..TURN THAT SHIT DOWN YOU STUPID BITCH…….

,,,,,,,I like this,,,,,,,

,,,,,,,,,hanging with you,,,,,,,

smoking and

watching the curls

stay here

with me for awhile

…….I’M GONNA CALL THE COPS……

………IF YOU DON’T TURN THAT NOISE OFF NOW…..

,,,,,,grin, grin, smile, smile, giggle, giggle, chuckle, chuckle, laugh, laugh,,,,,

I ponder over why

I always get into trouble

when you are around

 

 

Ricky Baby (III)

 

Your last image

Mother bending

…..yes, Mommy, yes, hold me…..

you drift in and out of lucidity

lids fall

struggling to peer at your mommy

slow whispered breath

….is that you, mommy?…..

no answer from her

long pauses between your death rattles

she snatches the shiny earring from your warm earlobe and scurries from the room

 

I put socks on your feet, Argyles

add a blanket

tuck you in

kiss your forehead

I pray that your mom is getting your dad from the waiting room to love you one last time

I wait

Holding you

….is that you, Mommy?…..

**Yes, Dear, it is Mommy and Daddy is here too and we love you and always have, Ricky Baby, we love you so much**, I say to you

…..you really do love me, you really do, you really……..

You die with diamonds on your feet

 

 1991-2001

Summer Solstice Lover

 

The sun shines on you through our window

You speak

I watch your mouth move, not hearing

I touch the warmth of your neck

I watch your lips move and move

I smell your hair

And place fingers in your mouth to quiet you

I taste your arm, warmed by the sun

I feel my breath leave me

I am alone in the world with you

Stay here in the sun with me

I don’t care about the world

I don’t care what the others say or think

I only care for you and me

Close your eyes, baby

Push the pain from words away

Let me see you

Let me touch you

Let me taste you

Let me be you

I will dry your tears

And I will mend your tears

Stay here in the sunbeams with me

 

1994

Hathor Told Me

 

Come to me, Love

I am patient

I will wait for you

I have asked Mother Hathor to bring you to me

How many bursting moons will we see alone?

I only ask-----less than we will see together

I will know you by your warmth and pain

For I am the magic to heal your rage

And I will know you by your calm hands

Your sweet mouth

Your bright eyes

For these are my salvation

A week, a year, a decade or more

Hathor spoke to me in dreams

The union will for worth the wait she said

For the love will never end

I believe in Her, myself and you

I dream of you and wait

Knowing I will be exalted in you

Absorbed yet separate

Come to me, my love

We can make the world right again

 

1995

Keep Just Love

 

Intense, beyond my wildest dreams

Little boy, he cried for so long

One true magician

Venous pumping blue-black

Empathy at once

Kaleidoscope shattered

Initiation to another level

My deity-demon lover

 

Innocence was stolen

Damage to his shell

Restrained his light

Enveloped him with lies

A life of screaming

Misery was learned

Hurtful speech

In his ears

Mouth stitched tight

 

Just moving to

Unknown places

Steering beyond the past

Taking nothing

Running for his life

Ignoring his nightmares

Grabbing his pencils and brushes

He paints his picture

To his truth

 

Why does he run? You ask

How can I slow his rising?

You cannot

Courage is something I taught him

And you taught him Hell

Not a day goes by…

That I don’t think of his journey

Yearning to be loved

One little boy

Understands for a moment

 

1995-1999

Santino

 

I turned my head

And you were yesterday

Tear out my heart

And smear it on the wall

The same womb

The same path

I turn my head and you were there

Magician man

Poke me with words

I bathe in your understanding

Paint under your nails

Wanderlust under your skull

Sixteen moods in 24 hours

Lusty man scent

I await your homecoming

To the mountain, to the grave,

To the store, to the cave

Hair of the Viking

Walk in the woods of demons

Offering your mouth to the sky

Love me like a painting

Rest on me

Bring me a souvenir of argyles

 

late 90's

 

The Stars Laugh While The Moon Weeps-unfinished

 

The stars laugh while the moon weeps

They do not see

They only search

The hosts unknowing

Bodies follow

Souls shudder at recognition

Having walked together before

Some kill each other

A few will love and challenge the sky brights

The stars laugh while the moon weeps

 

Hydra

1998

Walk Away

 

Leave me the fuck alone

I hate the way you chew

I hate the way you breathe

Your smell gags me

Walk away

You do not deserve to call me lover

You touched my life but you didn’t touch me

You are nothing

Nothing

Do you hear me?

Yes, turn your head and walk away

Drown in your tears

Die a painful, agonizing death

Walk away

You are dead to me now

 

1998

Smoke Break

 

Taking a smoke break at work

Watching the yellow leaves on a giant tree wave at me

Thinking about him

The man I am falling in love with

The trees have no advice for me

A hundred birds sitting on the telephone wires

They don’t have any words of wisdom for me either

I think about his grace

He came to me so unexpected

Yet as if I had been waiting for him my whole life

I light another cigarette

My heart if fluttering at the thought of him

I want to cry tears of joy, but not here at work

I must save them for later

I close my eyes and I can smell him

See his smile

Feel his calm hands on my face

He makes me feel real

He knows my secrets that I hide from most of the world

He is patient and understanding

His mind is vast and wondrous

I take the last drag off my cigarette

I crush it out and tell the bright leaves and chattering birds to give me a sign to confirm that my heart is true enough for this man

The leaves wave back and forth in the wind and birds start to take flight

My heart soars with them

I am exalted

I deserved to love him and receive his love for me

I go back to my desk and wish for the end of this workday, so that I may speak to my lover and let him know that the leaves and the birds approve of my love for him

 

10/99

Birds in my Blood

 

Hands on my face

Purple sparks

Touch, here

Yes

Now

Sugar on my lips

Smiles

Fingers bent

Birds

Birds in my blood

Where is this place?

You live here?

Birds

Birds in my blood

The world is only 8 x 4

Moon in my belly

Bright eyes

Strong hands

Rain smell

Thrill sex

Sugar

Warmth

And faintness

Soft

Soft on my heat

Birds

Birds in my blood

Scrubbing the past away

 

11/15/99

Allowed

 

Sometimes I just want to be allowed

Allowed to have a bad day

Screw the baseline, please

I can be mad or angry

Oh yes, and even sad

I may cry

And bitch

It is just a bad day

Not like your head-in-an-oven bad day

Just like a not so good day

Allow me the dignity

I am not decomping

Don’t ask me if I took my meds

I am having a bad day

Just a day that is less than yesterday

Allow me the pleasure of you ignoring me

Tomorrow is always better after a real good bad day

Thank you so much for allowing me to have just that

 

11/20/99

 

Pissing

 

“I will spread my soul for you just don’t piss in it”

Remember when I said that?

Giggling and laughing

Stomach flutters

Souls saying “How you been?”

“Haven’t seen you in a while”

“Wanna compare scars, sweetie?”

Newness vibrations

On our best social behavior

Holding doors

Saying please and thank you

Safe topics

Keeping it light and cool

Bullshit

Ask me, I will tell you

Go ahead

Hold me up to your notions

Tell me everything

Ask me anything

I have a rubber heart

A shaman’s wisdom

And a child’s world wonder

Quiz me again

Try to trip me on my words

Like that

Don’t like that

Like this

Put me on a seesaw

Or better yet a balanced scale

Up and down

Back and forth

Measure me

Look in now

Look way in there now

For I am cleaved in the open air

“Just don’t piss in my soul”

Remember that

It burns and leaves another scar

 

11/20/99

It Screams

I have opened my soul
You asked for it
And it screams so very loud
I warned you
All the secrets revealed
Like black bugs spilling from my mouth
Piercing pleas in the middle of a dark night
So many dirty secrets I showed you
You think of me as a bronze Goddess
But now maybe a filthy whore as well
The brightness shows now
And the dark side is always just a filmy veil away
Can you still love me this way?
I lost my God in a room full of survivors
And I told you of the ones I have chosen to worship
Can you accept me?
All of me?
The past, the present, the future, the unknown
The person I am becoming on the quest to heal
I am open and bloody still
So many years I have come
So many more to go
Will you sooth me with honey love?
Or burn my open wounds with more piss and ignorance like the others?
I have so little trust left
Yet I will leave this soul screaming for love and the familiar
Can you withstand the force of my hatred and intense love for all of mankind?
Walk beside me or cut me like the ones before
Because I will leave you if you hesitate for one moment
Purity is reachable with or without you
You heard the screams
Now choose

12/5/99

Leper Lover

 

Tickle that place behind my soul

One glance can set me free

No one else knows how

To make me feel so real

Only you can excite

Laughter down through my toes

Eyes so bright my

Powerful man

Envelope my body

Release me, free

 

2000

Phoenix 

 

You make laughter break through black clouds

The strangest emotion

My raging bull, searing pain

Cold clothe on my soul when the heat is melting my will

No robes of judgment

You are the parent to my child

You have witnessed my many deaths and births

Shouldering the weight of me

 

2000

My friend

 

Sainted

pAin

maN

wiTh

hIs

Noble 

lOVe

 

2001

Psych Ward Shuffle

 

Can someone help me out here?

I am feeling pretty mighty!

I shouted with a sneer,

I think my name is Aphrodite!

 

Please come with me said the nurse.

Down the hall and up this little hill.

Oh, how that girl was so clean and terse.

She gave me a big yellow pill!

 

We insist you experience the lock.

We want to study your mind.

We want to give you a shock.

We will try to be kind.

 

I broke free and ran like the wind.

Praying the door was not barred.

I would have made it.

If not for that security guard.

 

The sound of loud bells.

A shot full of Thorazine.

Piercing yet fading yells.

I fell to the floor unable to even lean.

 

I raised my head and saw the phone.

I tried to call 911.

The damn thing had no tone.

It just could not be done.

 

So I relaxed and I lay.

Serene and fading out, I heard a muffle.

I would have to wait until some other day.

To do the Psych Ward Shuffle.

 

2001

Acceptance

Acceptance and .....
Stillness.
The absence of sound.
Cool breeze over my skin.
Clean and whole.

Acceptance and .....
The contentment to drift.
The safety to dream.
The boldness to smile.
The pleasure of me.

Acceptance and .....
Simplicity.
A fine thin measure above.
Strength of the spirit.
Comfort of the mind.

Acceptance and .....
Colors flash softly.
The smell of rain.
A warm touch.
The sound of clouds.

Acceptance and .....
Hope.
I am glorious.
Remembered and known.
Creation of my everlasting existence.

4/19/01

5 AM Tracks

 

All the mind track are on

Mommy’s moving far away

Son pushing his bounds

Man unsettled

And I, no auxiliary

Joy, guilt, esteem, anger, pride

Longing, wonder, desire, fear

------All the mind tracks are in motion

 

Turtle pace

Hare speed

So close to each other

Spinning so close

 

Little helpers doing maintenance

“We need more little girl memories on track 7, please”

“A little less torque on the lament track”

“We don’t want those ducts activated!”

“Bring it up, bring it up, slowly”

 

“Endurance track looks fine, boys”

“Keep it up”

“Whoa----vanity is rising a bit”

“Keep an eye out, a watchful eye”

 

“Serenity nearly achieved now, boys”

“Good job, man your stations”

“She’s sleeping now”

“Let the night shift take over”

“Hey, did anyone take notes this time?”

 

2001

 

Kim

 

Kaleidoscope of Angels

In my

Mind

 

2001

 

Ruff

 

First you were the man that had a house next to ours,

then you were Mr. Weber,

then you were Ruff,

then you were Ralph,

then you were Ralph with all the cool cars and motorcycles,

then you were Ralph, my Mom and Dad’s good friend,

then you were Ralph, my Mom’s supportive friend in time of need,

then you were Ralph, my Mom’s buddy,

then you were Ralph, my Mom’s friend,

then you were Ralph, my Mom’s lover,

then you were Ralph, my Mom’s husband,

then you were Ralph, my Stepdad,

then you were Ralph, my Dad,

I love you Dad

 

11/02

 

***feel free to insert the name of your favorite deity for the words Jesus or God, this is a hymn/song meant to be used for any religion***

 

Bathe Me In The Waters O’ Jesus (we are all utterly unclean)

 

 

(We are all utterly unclean…whispered throughout song, background vocals)

 

Bathe me in the waters o’ Jesus

Bathe me in the waters o’ Jesus

Bathe me in the waters o’ Jesus

Bathe me in the waters o’ God

Humble me with love, love, love

 

……(pause)…….

 

WE ARE ALL UTTERLY UNCLEAN!!!

 

The sins of the parent shall kill the child

For the child is born innocent

Receive them in love

Treat them well

Teach them by your example

Spare the rod

Spoil the child

With your love

With your praise

With your beauty

Mother/Father, deity is not you

You are but the vessel of …

Love, love, love

 

YAHWEH HEAR ME

YAHWEH HEAR ME

YAHWEH HEAR ME NOW

 

Please help us to be bountiful

Again in love, again in love, again in love, again in love, again in love, again in love, again in love

 

WE ARE ALL UTTERLY UNCLEAN

 

We are all utterly unclean

We are all utterly unclean

 

BATHE ME IN THE WATERS O’ JESUS

BATHE ME IN THE WATERS O’ GOD

BATHE ME IN THE WATERS O’ LOVE

HUMBLE ME WITH LOVE, LOVE, LOVE

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE

 

04/02

Hunter

 

He

Understands

Nurturing

Tames

Earth’s

Rage

 

12/22/01

Schmeagal

 

Bruised breast

Crushed mouth

Inflated psyche

Fed my ID

Purple grapes of passion

Mixed juices of taste

Flowing taste of knowledge

Sharing memories

Gray hairs

Schmeagal

 

9/2005

Narcissistic
 
Needs
Are
Rarely
Caressed
In 
Sharp
Shallow
Invented
Shadows
That
It
Covets
 
4/9/06
 

Swiss Cheese

 

My memory is like Swiss cheese

So help me please

Don’t delete

And please repeat

I need to have heard

Every single word

I am operating with a compromised mind

So do be kind

I might not remember you

I may ask “when, what, where, who”

I might not remember your face

I could be way off base

I have good days

And murky haze

Give me a smile

And in my shoes walk a mile

I do care

So let us be fair

Have patience and share with me

And I will respect thee

My heart knows

When the mind goes

 

6/8/06

I Want to Make a Deal

 

I want to make a deal

I want to make a deal with you, God

I want all the suffering

I want all the pain

I want to be gnarled, twisted and insane

Send it all to me

Set the others free

I will shoulder it all

I will not become burdened and fall

I will take it all in

And release it to the wind

I do not want to see the others distressed

Give me the hurt and let them be blessed

I want to make a deal

I want to make a deal with you, God

 

11/02/06

Bipolar Haiku

 

I am mood enhanced
for I must take a bold stance
and take a chance

To be all I can
and to be my biggest fan
feels so cool, man

 

11/06

Bittersweet

 

Spread your wings and fly

For the light is nigh

Not afraid to try

Not afraid to cry

Not afraid to die

Leaving behind the place

To stand and to face

Looking to the sky

Accepting the high

Blending with all

Hearing the call

Not afraid to try

Not afraid to cry

Not afraid to die

 

11/19/06

They Call Me

 

They call me post traumatic stress disorder

They call me bipolar disorder

They call me general anxiety disorder

They call me schizoeffective disorder

They call me borderline personality disorder

They call me seasonal effective disorder

I bleed the same as you do

I love the same as you do

I try the same as you do

I learn the same as you do

I laugh the same as you do

I cry the same as you do

I work the same as you do

I get by the same as you do

I teach the same as you do

I dream the same as you do

I die the same as you do

I worship the same as you do

I survive the same as you do

I fly the same as you do

What is the beast

setting  me apart,

that I am given another name?

 

12/02/06

The Seal

 

Tattoo on his heart

inked by Jesus

Lives to breathe

In Him I do believe

Kills people for a living

yet wouldn’t hurt a fly

King of the hunt

Will eat your soul

Relieving His pain

Baby, I think I need to free wise up

Forever in my shame

I know his secret name

 

12/03/06

Shut Up

 

Pompous

Heinous

Illusions

Linger

Silently

Under

Cracks

Knocked

Sinfully

 

12/10/06

I

 

I desire to be One

and ride upon the Sun

This new soul is old

My pain, some time ago, was sold

I hurried to the line to wait

I was heavy with hate

I heard the yore

I kissed the shiny whore

I laughed and chose to linger

Inward, I pointed a finger

I tasted dirt

I have and did cause hurt

Bringing paper to pen

With the good and the sin

With this might

I flow to write

For to want is to know

and to know is to grow

 

12/19/06

Winter Solstice

 

I don’t ask for things for myself

I want to be the conduit

I want to be your mother

I want to be your slave

Nix on the nelly

but not on the naiveté

We pray for each other

We stay with love

 

12/20/06

I took a shower with a spider today

 

Oh, my tiny spider

Making my world wider

My grin doth lift

So diligent and swift

Reflected in the light

Your many eyes so bright

Do hurry about

and scurry about

Deadly nothing’s wrong

So delicate, so small, so strong

Shocked without talk

the prey you stalk

Edging a wee nip

Savoring the sip

Feasting on blood-soul

Absorbing past the goal

I took a shower

with a spider

today

 

12/27/06

Again

 

I know you

You know me

I know that

You know that

Bite

Taste of juice

Consult the list

Simple

No profound secret

Just truth

Moon

Above us

Shield me

Joined

Again

 

1/8/07

Cotton Candy

The colors have always been there

Underneath the facade of care

Behind a veil of lies

A host of tries

The cloak of deception

With a connection

That must die

Held together by

Sticky cotton candy on a cheap stick

So hard, so thick

An aura of doom

To only assume

An attack

A knife in my back

I will not follow you there

For I don’t give a care

For your ice and heat

In a package sickly sweet

No water for that seed

You will not induce a bleed

I shall be fine

I will draw that line

You are with sin

From deep within

It will make you sick

Sticky cotton candy on a cheap stick

1/13/07

My Gifts

 

I like the drama when the curtain falls.

I like a room filled with dolls.

Snowfall smells

Where my heart dwells

 

My toes in the sand

Holding your hand

A baby’s sleep

A joyful weep

 

The light of moonrise

Tats on my thighs

Talking to you

Eating snow cones of blue

 

Touching a tree

Smiling at thee

Napping in the shade

Satiation made

 

In the newly crisp air

You will find me there

Tasting the fruit

Wrapped in softness to suite

 

Will you please

I give you these

You never shall part

From my heart

 

1/14/07

Your Kaleidoscope

 

Gentle spirals to the center

Waves on peaceful shores

The path to enchantment

 

Whispers of our secrets

Banishing the unknown

Uncovering the dreams

 

Listening to your energy

Touching your balanced need 

Ride upon your wizened ID

 

I desire to taste of your mind

Feast on your old soul

Soothe your roaring heartbeat

 

Share my story of the ancient

Suck of honey lust

Pleasure will befall us

 

I want to make love to your

Personality

Your kaleidoscope

 

1/21/07

Whispers

 

Hopes

Cherry lust

Puss in boots

Hesitation on his side

It’s fake until you fuck

The mirage ignores me

Am I invited to the visitation?

Jo does not know

You are goth sophisticate

Flotsam & Jetsam

Elemental Waters

My hair will not stay back

The lower functioning offend me

Relieve me please

Take the stairs, downstairs

I am out of answers

 

1/23/07-1/27/07 

 

Undead

 

We had words

Goldie Locks got lost

Vincent Price is my friend

Shera has the power

I met that chick

The Warrior is best kept private

online

DD laughs quite often

I have a painting

Deanna pays the bills

in mind

Mamaspud has the compassion

she uses both her hands

The Slug has eyes

There is a blue moon

Hydra knows no patience

in May

The Manalishi waits

 

1/29/07

I Don’t Love You

 

Last night as a maiden

My gifts now as the crone are laden

Bubbling on the side of right

Towards the healing light

Leaves in my hair

A sad story I must share

 

The taste is ill of your lave

The power of my pink womb-cave

I was shown the save

Looking down upon myself

Waiting for the time of stealth

The inside mother

Is above her

 

Daddy at my funeral, he doth weep

I took that faithful leap

Damage to her shell

A glimpse of Hell

In the moonlight

The Tiger fought the Bear

Until nothing was left there

 

Invoking the fright or flight

Blood on the streets that night

I was passed by with fright

On that cold darkened night

Upon bloody feet I raced to my Hero

The rookie’s knowledge was less than zero

 

The machine of lies

Does not reflect the whys

My race Hero is wise

Scrubbing away the dirt

Releasing the inner hurt

Acceptance of the clean

The survivors know what this shall mean

 

Releasing the pain of the event

From Heaven I was sent

Your five is nothing against my nine

I made you tow the line

For all to see your sign

Of poisoned wine

 

Of the water from my Lord

The Justice of her sword

With the others I got past the blind

Their support was true and kind

 

The smell of vanilla crème

From this I gleam

The karma of Justice

For those amongst us

There will be no nails upon my coughin’

From Daddy I feel soften

 

Revisit the ground

Making it sacred with my sound

The last small piece

To release

My condolences I offer

For I am now softer

 

Introspection

Of the deception

A dove upon my back

Dove in water to reduce the black

Blank slate

Of remembered hate

 

I wear a necklace of your teeth

Underneath

Two to too

I don’t love you

 

2/5/07

Irish

 

He gave her the best compliment

with soul-felt sentiment

She desires to go to Boston

to get lost in

 

She wept for joy

understanding it was not a ploy

for affection

but an order of loving selection

 

He gallantly took flight

and sped to her in the night

Sipping on a gasoline powered Silly

The road to her mind is rather hilly

 

And he stepped right in

to revel in her shiny sin

Truthful power inked on their backs

For nothing and no one lacks

They feasted of the morning

after their pretty whoring

 

From the hurt they spurred

things best left unheard

A bridge was burned

From this she learned

that a newness could be built

upon flowers of released guilt

 

She never gave up the hope

and did her damnedest to cope

Again they talk

holding hands to walk

through the strife

of this Life

 

She smiles at their friendship

From the cool clean water of shared empathy they sip

She will always keep close the wish

of freedom and peace for her Irish

 

2/12/07

The Mechanic

 

I want to wear a wig

And dance a jig

upon your grave

 

I want to sneak in on third shift

And leave you a gift

upon your grave

 

I will lay you some vanilla Coke

And something to smoke

upon your grave

 

I will make you a clover chain

To ease my pain

upon your grave

 

I am Goldilocks

In warm socks

upon your grave

 

I remember the day of leap

And I never weep

upon your grave

 

I sing Sunshine

And make it mine

upon your grave

 

Sinead, the best, sang and etched 

For I am stretched

upon your grave

 

2/12/07

L5

 

Could not walk

Could barely talk

Nothing in me eases

I have enough dis-eases

 

Son had to grow up fast

The time of play was past

He wept for my fear

His sadness did sear

 

They cut up my shell

Filled me with water from the well

Softest Mommy took the ball

And did not let me fall

 

A fistful of pills

The night gave me chills

I was heavy with lead

But clear in my head

 

The pending burden did loom

I prayed for the flowers to bloom

Screaming For My Supper helped me thru

The healing was true

 

My soldiers did rally ‘round me

Faith was to be

I buried the staff

With a mighty laugh

 

I will never revisit

My inner candle is lit

I tossed my cards

I mended the shards

 

2/12/07

Simon

 

Sending me to places I have never been

I like his visions of the past/present/future from within

My heart beats in time with his joy

On a bed of jasmine flowers I relax and enjoy

Near to me, dear to me, he can hear me

In the still of the night

Sending me hope and his light

My wall supports a picture he drew

You can look and see it’s true

For I have a kindred soul of old

Rather than lies being, to me, sold

I thank the Gods above

Everlasting connection of admired love

No ocean or land

Depletes his calming hand

 

 

2/15/07

My Condolences

 

I did not get to say any goodbyes

I light candles to warm me

No answers as to the whys

Releasing wishes to be free

 

I will live in this skin

wishing that time could be rewound

Wanting to be heard over the din

of all the chaotic sound

 

I won’t be seeing you here anymore

You have gone thru the trials

and have reached the door

to everlasting peace and smiles

 

I think of all the times of fun

I remember and cherish the care

I look towards the sky and the sun

And to these, my soul, I bare

 

I will keep your memory in my heart true

For I will be in Summerland

one day too

and I will hold your hand

 

We will talk of old times

We will take a stance

We will drink of sweet wines

We will laugh, we will sing and dance

 

3/5/07

Pin-up Girl

 

Joy is

allowed.

Copiously and

lovingly as

yielding of,

nuances.

 

3/7/07

Can you hear me?

 

Can you hear me?

Blood and bruises.

Cold and windy,

against the grain.

 

Chaotic dreams,

those that did slip.

The claws in back,

black taste of mane.

 

Stand up to shout.

Change in season.

Paper and paints,

a step to gain.

 

Feet on marble,

moving in time.

Daffodils bloom,

strong beats the vein.

 

Play guitar licks.

The pretty floats,

in the parade.

All shine no rain.

 

3/13/07

It’s Okay, Baby

 

It is in my head.

(It’s okay.)

My limbic system, baby.

Up here,

in the brain.

(It’s okay.)

 

It is in my head.

It’s okay, baby.

It’s okay, baby.

 

Called it touched,

(yes, yes, yes.)

not near insane.

Sit next to me, baby,

on my train.

(yeah, yeah, yeah.)

 

It is in my head.

It’s okay, baby.

It’s okay, baby.

 

Listen…

there is nothing to explain.

(sure, sure, sure.)

(yeah, yeah, yeah.)

 

It is in my head, baby.

It’s okay, baby.

It’s okay, baby.

It’s okay, baby.

 

3/17/07

 

Honey

 

Did that girl just tweak his nipples on stage?

It’s not an urban myth,

I do have a vagina.

It’s said music soothes the savage breast.

Well, I have big tits.

 

Everyone should dance,

with their eyes closed.

Listen with their memories.

 

Pretty flower box in the window

TV says that he had a gaping gash on his head

Eating a cookie, so sweet

I reach out to touch the roses

Slashes of sunbeams

Tints of pink and red and purple

So fresh, so warm

I have a secret for you

 

3/17/07

Tuesday Morning

 

Tiny sprinkles.

Everywhere.

Look upon thee…

Lake.

 

Memories, so bold.

Everlasting.

 

Wishes whispered.

Hauntingly, I am…

Yours.

 

3/20/07

Chinese Torture

 

You fucking suck

Me

Touches touching touched

my life

but never

Me

Smell smelled smelly

Fuck your ass

Nelly

Spits spittle spitting

on your

watched box

Look around

Go a round

Fuck around

on me

Easy sleazy wheezy

Cracked

Whore

Don’t ever

fucking knock

on my

door

For sure

For sure

For sure

Dog eating bore

Heart ripped once

I bled

Heart ripped twice

You’re dead

 

3/24/07

Hello

 

She feels light blue today.

This lady has nothing to say.

She bitches about everyone and everything,

all the time.

This guy tells really bad jokes,

but I still laugh with him.    

If I had a Waltham, I would shott myself right now.

Stupid.

He is down with the sickness

but is good people.

This man has an imaginary dog.

Well, he carries around a stuffed animal.

I am glad you have such a great marriage.

Hang up.

Hang up.

Hang up.

Hang up.

Your time is up.

Please call again.

 

3/24/07

Drivel

 

Oh, please hold me.

I need to pee.

I am a sap.

I write crap.

 

I write drivel.

I am civil.

I have no skill.

I make people ill.

 

I write shit all day.

I only write one way

I spend all my time,

making my drivel rhyme.

 

I write about love.

And god above.

I need to leak.

I need to speak.

 

I have no clue,

that I am writing poo.

I just go on and one.

I make everyone yawn.

 

All the while,

I have no style.

A bad poet.

Makes me shit.

 

3/26/07

A Hobby

 

Outta the womb,

& into the bar.

I know what Eddie Vedder smells like.

The Hutch poured Evian on my t-shirt.

Moby is so sweet.

Joey Ramone is so tall,

and stinky,

but,

nowhere near as bad as Rob Zombie.

Sister Nancy acknowledged us.

Treat Her Right bumper stickers.

Guess Who shook our hands.

Godsmack yelled at us.

Redmath tolerated us and did my hair.

Saw Hank puke outside the bar in his drinking days.

I had no clue Randy California was hitting on me.

Shag got so high before the fireworks gig.

Jello sang to us.

Happy got a dose of Pacino.

Dead Kennedys are humble.

Shared things with Sprung Monkey in the cold.

Freekbass finds us amusing.

Debbie Harry is tiny, tiny, tiny.

That was not me.

I did not stick my finger up Courtney’s butt that night.

I don’t want to fuck a star.

I just want to fuck with them.

 

3/26/07

Question of Skins

 

Don’t be rash

I have welts

I realize it’s heartfelt

I need to crash

Itchy

Bitchy

That’s the rub

 

What about this CBT stuff?

We are already doing it?

I remember days

(filled)

with Librium, Elavil and Seconol

 

I have teeth

Scratch in my skin

It has been

Sweet release

Itchy

Bitchy

Rub

Again

 

4/01/07

Flowers Tock

 

Rosehips are bitter on the tongue

Fool Moon is on

Loving loved lover

Undercover

Jasmine compliments sandalwood

 

Bask in it, lie in it, smile in it

Afterglow

It’s all part of my show

Oil and water looks so pretty in the light

 

Daffodils bloom so briefly

Tattered tatted tales

Crucial

Brutal

Confessional

Jesus fucked me on a bed of wildflowers

Twice this night

 

Tic tock tick tock

Your name is on my clock

Nettles will sting you

Best to keep my glasses on

And my expectations near

 

Claws and teeth in check

Two warriors hold hands

Nightshade can be deadly

Reassurance of beauty

But the jury is still out

 

Is that dogwood blooms I smell?

Don’t preach to me

I already know about sense on scents

And that flowers bloom at night

 

4/01/07

CAKE

 

I want MY cake,

and I want to eat it too.

I must CONFESS that I am short on money,

but I am long on time.

 

There are more resources than excuses.

Wise words spoken, I WILL listen to you.

 

I love him from afar and it BURNS me there.

My therapist loves me more than my own mother.

That damn dog ate my glasses as if I would not see.

You just know someone is going to get SMACKED.

 

You had to run to go eat sushi with a friend.

Is THAT what you call it?

 

Painting my rainbows to appear soft and inviting.

I am kind in my mind, always dinking and THINKING.

I want to come back as a cat, life would be grand.

For my own SAKE I will bake a cake of sweetness.

 

4/02/07

High Ends

 

I am sorry

I was not well

I kicked

And I screamed

And I yelled

Filthy mouth

Holding nothing

Back

My tongue

On fire

Broken glass in my eyes

Blood metal in mouth

 

I can hear the music

Yes, I hear the music

 

I must scrub what lies

More candles to cover its smell

I wish I could bottle this

Stick it down a deep well

I need to go south

Now

Don’t touch me

I will break apart

Juice in veins

My purple heart

I hurt you and shredded and I fell

I am sorry

I was not well

 

4/2/07

 

Ouch

 

It’s like taking a truth serum, so in your face,

and I should be gagged some will argue.

Moreover, I don’t give…

a shit about what I can, will and do say to you.

 

My pale skin is on fire.

And you think,

new love will heal the savage breast?

I do think before I speak,

cutting you open with words.

 

Wine and pills are so sweet,      

I am at times but,

the black sits in my…

heart of hearts, waiting.

 

No one knows the,

I, me or you.

Needlessly soothing a beast.

Endlessly, I fear.

 

Her sting is sharp and quick.

Excellence jumbled with doubt.

And I want a way out of this mess.

Deliver to me, some softness.

Suck out my tainted marrow.

 

4/03/07 – 04/10/07

Clock Me

 

I hunger for more

Fill up my inner whore

Dead Skin made me walk again

I have been left before

Broken and bloody

Near the shore

I will with you fight

Taking colossal bites

Bring it on baby

I have never been accused of being a lady

 

Turn back your clocks

And I will kill you with my metal box

Turn your clocks ahead

And lie with me in my jasmine bed

 

Leave me in the dust

As you wish

My ID will continue its lust

I am one angry Banshee

I don’t desire money

I crave honey

I need some smiles

It’s been awhile

School me on the wise

Save me from the lies

 

4/10/07

Friday the 13th

 

That was a first

she is already in the hospital

so I’ll let her live.

This cunt is so boring

I want to push her really

fast and hard in her wheelchair.

I love this man

I would have given him my uterus

if at the time, I had known he was missing his.

First time I spoke with her

she likes to vent

if I had a Smirnoff Ice, I would give it to her.

Sugary Sweet

I always wonder

how anyone could take her kids away.

I am so fucking embarrassed for him

he bitches way too much

we all just need to get laid.

 

4/13/07

Ganja Kitty

 

Takin’ a toke

thinking about my bloke.

Ganja Kitty rocks,

right down to his socks.

He’s my special friend,

with his tasty blend.

May he never want for tuna,

or salmon or herb.

His balance of life undisturbed.

He’s a hep-cool cat,

no doubt ‘bout that

Kick out and jam.

You are the man.

 

4/17/07

Good Bless Betty Ford

 

God bless Betty Ford.

She made being an addict chic.

I am not looking for Jesus,

And I am pretty sure he is not looking for me.

 

It makes me happy to see your face,

from between my legs.

He was half French and half Filipino,

but he looked like an Indian.

Daddy’s little cunt.

Now there is something to stink up your mind.

 

Should I put it in the refrigerator?

I don’t know shit about wine.

He claimed the Dali Lama tossed his salad.

Well good for him.

Apparently, I am not at peace with myself.

Everybody hates me and I have no rights.

 

Only two things come from Ohio,

steers and queers.

Which one are you, boy?

I will send you something special soon,

I promise.

 

Throwing the book at you,

praying you will learn to read.

Je t’aime aussi means I love you too.

I am going to take a bath in red jello,

and smoke cigarettes.

 

4/14/07 – 4/19/07

 

Mixed Mediums

 

Jack of spades,

and the two of hearts.

 

Look for…

the right one.

On the horizon,

near the shore.

Your colors blend so well.

 

Speak up…

above the heard.

Trade me smiles,

not just for tonight.

 

Smells of…

buttery syrupy pancakes.

Seven gems,

under the skull.

 

Take a rock…

so pretty and free.

Life encased in stone.

Dragons,

and gold within.

Huggers abound.

Share the fire.

 

Three in Spirit…

one in life.

Paint and wire,

words and seeds.

 

Coming back to…

Jack of spades,

and the two of hearts.

 

4/29/07

Killer

 

I hurt in silence

I hurt under the shower

I scream in the car

I scream underwater

 

I look for you

I smell you

I remember your soft touch

I remember your smile

 

Shhhhhh

Hush

Yes

It’s alright now

Soy spaghetti

Vanilla ice cream

An old movie

Time with old friends

 

I sleep alone

I sleep and I dream

I light candles

I light the fireplace

 

I throw the cards

I won’t throw out your things

I sift through time

I sift through numb

 

Shhhhhh

Hush

Yes

It’s alright now

 

5/2/07

Pills, Chills and Thrills

 

Pills?

Just take these pills?

To cure all my ills?

Okay, if you insist

I will not resist

I curiously have interest

 

Seconal, Librium, Elavil

Where are you?

Seems you went out of style

After a while

What can be done?

I can’t ever pronounce the new ones.

 

I take more pills than someone twice my age

Even more than my sage

I put pretty stickers on my medi-set

It looks so nice

You want some, I bet

I just take colors

Pink and blue

Orange and white

And the big tan one

All part of the sum

 

Is it time to swallow more happiness and peace?

Will this be my only release?

Salvador Dali said

“I don’t do drugs, I am drugs”

I would have liked to hang out with him

Maybe trade pills for chills and thrills

 

5/12/07

Utterings Off My Piers

 

My arm is itchy, like it needs a new burn.

Don’t do it or I will kick your ass.

Hey!

Remember that movie, They Live? Roddy Piper says, “I came here to chew bubblegum and kick ass.  And I am all out of bubblegum.”

 

Eating celery with peanut butter makes it diet, you know.

Yes, and always eat two pieces of chocolate because the second one cancels out the first one.

Good to know.

Don’t forget to order a large diet Coke with your flesh and fat.

Vodka has to be good for you, it’s made out of potatoes.

 

Iggy Pop would not friend me on myspace.

Do you believe that shit?

That bastard.

Oh no, I am sorry.

I am so fucking sorry.

 

If I was married to you I would be just as crazy as you say your husband is, you fucking bitch parading as the martyr, the supportive spouse, you are a piece of shit that whines.

Just complain away because I do not give a fuck about you or anything you say.

There are more resources than excuses.

If I had the power I would ban you.

Hell, I would ban myself.

 

5/13/07

Fish Bowl Fantasies

 

Can you taste it?

Tear at it, tear into it

Ingest its knowledge

Can you touch it?

Feel its small quakes

Blood vibrating in veins

Can you see it?

Bolts of light

Look at it coming

Can you hear it?

Spells and shells aloud

Quiet screams so

Can you smell it?

Instantaneous flashbacks

Scents of hope and doom

Pinpricks

Pinpricks only

My flesh does not give,

away any secrets.

 

5/14/07

Swimming

 

Underneath your water

Near to the center

In smooth motion

Velocity found

Endless dreams

Rotating softly

Shine on thee

Epiphany

 

5/20/07

Ate Sounds

 

I’ve got you in my sights.

Please show me the sites.

You possess height.

I am simply hyte.

 

I will mend your tears…

and allow your tears.

I can’t bear it.

I really can not bare it.

 

My cat to your boar…

ah, bring on your special bore.

I suspect you will have an affect…

not just be my new side effect.

 

Make me happy by spelling you are as you’re.

I wish to absorb more of your yore.

It is better to accept…

than to settle for the except.

 

5/21/07

Client

 

They have to give us medicine

so we won’t kill you or kill ourselves.

That burn on my hand is nothing

compared to the burn on my insides.

 

We will take the time to help you heal too.

We will listen.

We will love.

We will understand.

 

They try not to look or touch us

for fear of contagion.

They clip our wings out of fear

and envy.

 

We will sing you poems and stage our paintings.

We will take the time to help you heal too.

We will listen.

We will love.

We will understand.

 

5/23/07

We Are Your Entertainment

 

Listening to Beethoven

Looking at a Pollock

Discussing the early passing of Cobain

Reading from Sylvia Plath

Quoting Abraham Lincoln

Giving a nod and a smile to Kerouac

Gazing at the Van Gogh

Watching Anthony Hopkins

Laughing with Robin Williams

Swooning over Cary Grant

Solving from John Nash

Rocking out to Ozzy

Absorbing Ernest Hemingway

 

5/23/07

Bona Fide

 

The future will deduce

that our God was Elvis.

I know how to jump rope

I know how to double dutch.

 

Coffee and cigarettes,

have replaced Tang and Cream of Wheat.

No, as a matter of fact

I think your Barbie is ugly.

 

Don’t fixate on me

as it makes me yawn.

I listen with my hands

I feel the beat.

 

It is sad to watch

but I don’t feel sorry for him.

He overcompensates his importance

on every subject.

 

Cherries are best eaten

          right before the harvest.

Hold my hand

          you won’t catch fire.