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Subject: Head Tilts and Shoulder Shrugs | |
Author: andy |
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Date Posted: 16:07:22 01/21/08 Mon Head Tilts and Shoulder Shrugs Life comes to me like the steady rhythm of a bone white moon I careen off carnal callings into chalices of crystal caves beat-nicked and merciful even the rain escapes me now hanging on to the arc of a falling twenty first century dream My friend Mike became a martyr a lost soldier seeking more more than kaleidoscopes of lies spinning like some merry-go-round in the world's amusement park Daddy said everything was gray cutting the green grass with a borrowed mower all I saw was the gold of sun as it washed his beaten face into something I wanted him to be something more than defeated something more than angry some great legend in my mind but, quarter turns delivered me to the false paradises of youth before the guilt and shame interjected poison into my bouncing brain I am a vacant lot on a Sunday morning sipping the New York Times looking for something clandestine between the lines something worthier than a head tilt and a quick shrug before I die ajs [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |