Men who go home to wives who don't care The million incandescent bulbs that line Gibbs St from Barrett Place to Main go out just after midnight. Stragg smokers sit or stand in the alley 1 2
Back turned I never told you a lie I was honest from the start You knew about my wife You knew who I was You accepted the facts 1
Sticky pieces There are so many things I’d like to say to you But when I see your face My mind just goes blank I’m terrified 1
Over the hill When I got over the hill the girls hooted and I skated down the fun side of the arched bridge over the river. Carving hard
The hustler What are you selling Everybody is That thing that you have That’s icing and fizz Every encounter
The Picinic The two of them sat face to face by the banks of the narrow stream smoking cigarettes, throwing stone and dismantling 1
Who am I? Who am I now? I’m not the man I was before You’ve changed something Done something big You’ve opened up a door 1
Fire The cherry red tip of ash falls from her cigarette to make love with a dry autumn leaf and set the forest ablaze. 1 2
Do you really hate me? once you loved me i know this is true its veracity is beyond a doubt once your face lit up when I entered your vision
The Life of the Party After the party Red solo cups and used rubbers filled with unrealized potential, liter
I want to hate you I want to hate you I want to blame you For all the pain In my heart I want to hate you 1
Lamenting Eden Naked and unashamed The garden abandoned Acceptance exchanged alienation in judgement alone 1 1
Greatest moments In this life We have moments Both good and bad We have them all But the best moments
Scrap Metal Driven too long with out coolant With out lubricant, my wife Blew the head gasket on the old Buick century. Now lifeless on the flatbed. Wait
I'll take your silence as refusal I don’t know if you read these things But if you do I’ll take your silence as a 2
Exchanging griefs I can’t help wondering Was that really you Could it have been so High If I could answer 1
Self Determination Self Determination It’s never free There is always a cost Self determination Requires 1
Too many times Too many times you told me Too many times “if I had known” Too many times “ I wouldn’t do it Too many times “ I fell too far s Too many times I never measured u
The rain Here comes the rain To wash away All the things the could have been Here comes the rain ( again) A cleansing flood 1
Late bloomer I thought I was the adult I had the years that is without question But experience and wisdom Those were yours
Self loathing A powerful master Frequently cloaked Obscured by half truths Demands masked as duty Though there is nothing lovely in 1
better than you 2014-12-29-23-07-15_journalx It is all too easy to be a smug pr I don’t watch t.v. I don’t eat McDonald’s I don’t use facebook
bittersweet I didn’t know what it was like to then you showed me what it was lik I didn’t know what it was like to Then you came along and accepted m I didn’t know I could feel so dee 1 2
I have been proud I have been proud I have considered myself wise I have thought that I was Far above The failures of others 1
Letting go Letting go Is not a choice That I can just make There are no simple steps I can mechanically perform 3
The Callous It didn’t happen all at once The stress of impact And the heat of friction Combined Has a natural result
