My shrink introduced us.
She came with me everywhere.
She made the world a ghost I
never had to fear. Lady ******.
We slept together. We dreamed together.
We were married for 15 years.
The happiest years I can't remember.
I still love her. I had to **** her.

She was born and raised in Charleston's
rural islands with a view of the world we
could never understand today.
The slave market is a flea market now.

She took my order at a drive thru.
She asked if I wanted the meal deal.
She helped me find a book on gods
of Greece at the library.
God's timid, humble doesn't
want to show off. He vents
with thunder and lightening.
He reminds us hurricanes and
tornadoes are His creations.
I met God at an AA meeting
at my bottom. He said  we all
have ups and downs and don't
despair. There's always love
waiting for us in dark shadows.

I feel like I'm the last soul alive.
Can anybody hear me? Am I
the only drunk man on Earth?
Once we were lovers but now
you live in a shaded grave.
You always had the best.
Why won't they answer me?
Calling all stations...

These are just horrible God ******
truths hidden behind the curtain
of The Wizards of Oz.
Soldiers fed to meat grinders of war.
Generals in the rear play chess
with cavemen from Boise
with no skin in their game.
They drink and **** and live.

Play the part you've been given.
We'll play ours as well, the 12.
Who set the table for a last supper?
Jesus was walking on water
before he turned it into wine
and we drink our courage.
We betray him before we nail
him to his page in history.

Love is made of infinite pieces of a puzzle.
The pieces are black or white and impossible
to work alone. It takes two people to solve.
It takes a lifetime to find a pattern maybe.
It's constantly changing in good and bad ways.
Love is making babies. Love is sleepless nights.
Love is colic and fevers and croup and selfless.
Love is many things but it is always selfless.