When I was a young man
A heedless headlong consumer of life, was I
Above and beyond the norm or necessity
I wore paths deep and wide
To the pleasure centres of my brain
And I rode my soul like an easy *****
Oh happy daze of hedonism
How sweet life tasted then

If there was drink to drink
We drank it
If there were songs to sing
We sang them
If there were fights to fight
We fought them
We had fast feet and faster wits
If there was hell to raise
We raised it
Excess and adventure in equal parts
How fast, how high we flew back then

And then the magic playground
Became a bleak and dangerous place
Peopled by predators and prey
In an ever changing food chain
And I was only one step away
From the totally oblivious
One brain cell ahead of
The permanent reality challenged
Then friends began casually dying
Barely noticed in the rush to join them
Now the race is on
And I have grown old and slow

                                              By Phil Roberts

Got My Wrigley Gum
Still in the wrapper

I picked it off
Of the gym floor

Fresh and juicy
Couldn't ask
For much more

Need to get ready
For the coming war

Can't get the things I need
Because I'm poor

I'd ask mom for money
And she'd ask what for?

I'd tell her
It's because
Of human beings mom

They've done it before

Need a shovel
To dig real deep

Hide inside
Won't hear a peep

Look at the scream
And look at them run

DARPA drones are deadly
And not much fun

I know America has done
Many wicked things
In the past

But my Syrian neighbors
Are good people
Have to make the canned food last

We'll have to
Pull together
You and me

These good and decent people
Lovers of Liberty

The global masters
Aren't like
You and me

No shred of human decency
They'll tell you to March
To the beat of their drums

And that 1+1=3

Some type of spiritual battle
On this earth

Many people agree with me
For what it's worth

No food at the supermarket
No food in town
Don't look now
Everything is shut down

They will ration gas too

You never thought
You would see it
In the land
Of the red white and blue

Baltic Dry Index
As low as it's ever been
Seems like the global economy
Is on a downward spin

Chinese ships empty
Going broke
Not enough cargo to ship
It's no joke

Dow Jones is way down too

Without water
We are *******

The rich have other locations
Secret hideaways

My family just has our faith
In what may be
The end of days

We're a kind and decent people
Don't you know

Welcome to earth
Welcome to the show

It matters what you do here
I sure hope
I can persevere

He said he would be with us
Until end of days
King of Kings
Be not afraid

Hidden deeds in darkness
Will be brought to the light

Sometimes life's so hard!
But you'll be alright

Everything is A-Okay
We all have our part to play

They plan a global government
Apartments stacked high
Citizens monitored every minute
Don't ask why

There is He
Faithful and True
On a white horse
Riding through the sky

After spending
So much time alone

I just didn't care

I decided I was
Going to do
The minimum

Work a part time job
And spend more time alone

No where to go
Nothing to do

No female friend
To hug
Or care for

All a stupid
Stupid dream

And so I dug a small hole
In the ground

And I sang this song

"Nobody likes me
Everybody hates me
I think I'll eat some worms
Fat ones skinny ones...."

It never mattered how much
I worked out
Or how intelligent I was
Or my many varied interests
And hobbies

There was never a female friend
And all the prayers
To meet one
Were never answered
Because Jesus doesn't care
About some of the things
I want

So I just sat on in the park
On a yoga mat

My Last Date
Was some
Seven Years ago

I am almost
A thirty-one
Year old ******

I am listening to
A podcast
On the divine right of kings

One day
The end will come

And I won't be sad
At all

I'll just sit on
The top
Of the mountain

Completely
And utterly alone

Looks like
I never made it
Out of the glass box

Never met
My female friend

All the days
I was on the earth
I was dying

They announced it
Was the end
Of the world

Who cares

Born with
An ugly body

Nothing I can do

12 turns to 1
And then to 2

There is no will
The emptiness is here!

A world full of nothing
And I find it quite queer

A part time worker
An early morning jerker

If I am ever kicked out
Of here

I will live at the park

And I can tell you
I'm a bit of a ***

And isn't it fun
Being so lazy
Lying in the sun

That guy
Chased some
Invisible dream

A lifetime
Sitting in an office
What misery it seems!

I do as I want
I do not care

God will not fix
My body
So there

I'll have things
My way
Each and every day

Just a body
That lays about

I want to scream
I want to shout

Loving women
Where are you???

They are nowhere near me
I should get a clue

Destined it seems
To live life alone

And so I write
This misery poem

Adasdsa

I got a paycheck
Hooray

Now I can buy a few
Little things today

Perhaps a protein bar
And a green tree
For my car

Lol

Waiting for something
But nothing is coming

And I'm all alone
Again

On my Ipad
It's 2016

And I am alone
On a Friday night again

At least I have
Documentaries
And podcasts