It is selfish but
we long for stability.
Someday, we will die.

© Matthew Harlovic

A recording booth is nothing more than another padded room.

© Matthew Harlovic

The front seat is full
of coffin nails, Bic lighters,
and mutilation.

©  Matthew Harlovic

Grab a barrel cause,
if life is like a river
then there is a cliff.

© Matthew Harlovic

It's acquiescent,
to grieve for what you don't have,
your losses will pay.

© Matthew Harlovic

What's the warranty and terms of condition of love again?

You told me that if you drink
before 10 A.M. you were a pirate
not an alcoholic.
But pirates don’t drive,
they sail.
They smoothly sail.
And as the Captain,
abiding by the code,
you went down with your ship
but then again,
you washed up in a jail cell.

© Matthew Harlovic