Eric the Red

Eric the Red Mar 2018

Years from now you’re either going to be considered one
Of the many jesters & fools
In her life or her
King

It’s up to you to decide

And if it’s already been
Years
I salute you
Your Highness

Eric the Red Mar 2018

Vice & Versa

Those without vices will bore you to death with their virtues

Stay the hell away from these people...

Eric the Red Mar 2018

Ephermal

If you think you’re having a
Bad day
Bad life

There are soldiers coming home
From a deployment
That consider it a success
Because they didn’t ****
Any children
This time

Remember that...

Eric the Red Mar 2018

Alcoholic Christma

I see something she’d like
And it’s the day before
St Patrick’s Day

And I tell her
‘We should give gifts for
St. Paddy’s Day, start a tradition.’

She says sure
Then I elaborate
‘We talk all day in Irish accents
‘Give ourselves Irish names
‘And at 6pm we drink green beer
‘Take shots of Jameson
‘And give each other our gifts

She seems excited
‘Ok Shaughnessy how much
‘Money is in the account?

I check
$19.67 to make it to
Wednesday
&
I check
The cabinet
There’s old margarita mix
And potatoes

‘I guess we can talk in Irish accents tomorrow while I make Potato soup with our margaritas Maria...’

‘Who’s Maria?’
She asks

Our Alcoholic Christmas

Eric the Red Mar 2018

The Reoccurring

I run into the
Terminal
Hoping it’s not too late
You’re nowhere
To be found

Searching
Looking into crowds
Your flight has left
It’s too late
All the things
‘I wanted to tell you...’

‘I’m right here...’

And there you are
Behind me
And I hold onto you
Like I’m pulling you
From a sinking ship
And kiss you
And kiss you
Like I’m saying goodbye
&
All around us
People are putting their phones
Down to watch us
&
Clap afterwards

It’s a beautiful dream
Some nights I can’t wait
To go to sleep
Because I know I’m
Going to be with you

Eric the Red Mar 2018

In the Corner at a Party Just Telling My Navy Sea Stories

She tells me I owe her a sea story
From my navy days...
Told her the barracuda one
Maybe I’ll tell her the Face Down
On the Deck one
Or the Smoked Hash in the Park
In Italy one
Had a guitar, 3 chords, and hash
Singing Bessa Mi Mucho to Italian
Teenagers...they loved it
I was the silly American
Or maybe the one where we got the scoop on the only ****** in that seaside town in Spain, then showed up and half the ship was there...
Or the Dunhill cigarettes of France
To go with the Stella Artois or Heineken that seemed to be prevalent everywhere.
Cause that’s what you do at 23
Drink beer, smoke cigarettes, and run a mile and a half in 12 minutes.
I could talk all day of the women of Israel...
Or all the times that I’d go to the stern of the ship
And it’d be just me and the seas
The Adriatic
The Aegean
The Mediterranean
Atlantic
Sometimes the hammerhead
The sea turtle
The midnight mermaids
Black Seas
Blue and Green
But you’ll hear all of them soon enough
Yeah I can be fun at parties cause I got a shitload of stories...
Put some coffee on...pour the wine...
You got any hash?

Eric the Red Mar 2018

Social Media

Went back after a 6 month exile
Told everyone that I had
$8.76 to make it to next payday
0 Likes
0 comments
Guess i was a little too real

‘YOU don’t have a SnapChat?’
I was asked
‘It’s how us young folk stay connected’
‘You mean disconnected ?’
I say

Tattooed *** women
With pouty lips
2.2 million Instagram
Followers

Followers of what?

This is the social currency
This is society
&
When you leave
Nobody checks up on you
Nobody cares
They
Certainly don’t give a ****
That I have $8.76
To my name

‘Bring it in for a Selfie fam...’

And I remember pitching in for a 12 pack as a 17 year old
Meeting up with friends
On some country road
For hours on end
&
The only phones were on
Our wall back home
And when it rang
We had no idea who it was