You treat my axels so badly
And yet when I see my hub cap
taking a seperate route
I have to smile
You alarm me
with your vibe
But it's a vibe
I'm not privy to truly understanding
Alone in the lot
returning greetings
with awkward white boy handshakes
Stress and sweaty impatience
yield to bliss and utter evisceration
And as I drive away I think:
I'll have to make eye contact
with that cop another time
Because right now
he's got too much "pig energy"
and I'm just trying to chill

a labyrinth of complicity
so complicated
you'll never get out
a cavern of isolation
so deep
they'll never hear you shout
a system so pervasive
you'll never achieve
true doubt
a foe so powerful
you can't even have
a fair bout
imagine that you
lack the imagination
to really change the world

stinking of abandoned houses
and sedan ripened lotion
criminally fragrent
and blown out of the most
blistering proportion
dotting the suburbs
with used needles
all the better
to puncture the inner sanctum
relapsing on over the counter
anti-venom
like always
while fainting as the cops
waive your arms in the air
saying "i did it"
for you
well it wasn't you
so don't take other people's
credit

mother nature
gave me a stone from her heart
for singing the last lullaby
to the last panda bear
she said i could sell it
on the black market
for a lot of money
to spend on
saving the icebergs
but i told her "no"
because my financial advisor
has other ideas

north korean barbershop quintets
singing a sour noted ballad called
"the people's will has failed us"
in the loneliest spot
of an unfinished graveyard
for model citizens
this gave me enough courage
to pull the trigger on a new
book in my wishlist
called "so you want to buy your
own country: 6 easy steps"
i knew i had it in me
to read the whole thing
but when i got to chapter two
i'd heard enough
and went to work
becoming a mover and a shaker
getting my hands
on everything i could

latent humor, with a wry sensability
a bashful yet wise gaze
fronted by big shiny brown eyes
a profound sensitivity
with a vantage point that is both
docile and commanding
how could this be?