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Frank Howson
I DREAMED
I dreamed I was a general With an army ready to serve I dreamed I was a hero Till I’d wake and lose my nerve I dreamed I was a good man And always knew what to do But one … Continue reading
3am
Love requires patience Life takes time But how long must I wait Until the Gods make you mine? Nothing makes sense Until you don’t need it to anymore We miss our golden chances We take the wrong door Wish I … Continue reading
I SAW A FUTURE
I saw a future. Or perhaps just a dream. A city where rats the size of dogs scurried along streets, growing stronger feeding on toxic waste. Crowded sidewalks filled with beggars begging beggars for a crumb. Or some leftover soup. … Continue reading
THERE’S A TRAIN A’COMIN’.
I think I was wounded a while ago. Around that time you said goodbye. I remember it rained as if on cue. But you hanged me on every word. I guess I had it comin’. You see, I believed in … Continue reading
HOW THE BIRD SINGS
I remember a place
Not far from here
In a small town
I held someone dear
In a strange time
My favourite year
Now I can’t think of it
Without shedding a tear
Some people change
Some people rust
Some people betray you
And piss on your trust
I’m running out of time
To do the things...
I LOOKED AT THE SKY
Today
I looked at the sky
And wondered why
Nothing makes sense down here
We judge people on shades
And not substance
We fall over ourselves
To worship idiots
We stay too long at parties
For fear of going home with ourselves
To the same room
Tomb
We live and die in
We...
A BRAND NEW YOU
I was too wise to see
What everybody else knew
To spite you I outsmarted me
I fell in love with a brand new you
She talks like you
Walks like you
Does everything except
Think like you
Everything you’ve been hearing
Is true
I fell in love with a brand new...
THE DAY GEORGE ROMERO MET BOOM BOOM GECKO
It was a normal day
Like any other
Knee deep in chaos
And calls from his mother
George Romero had just flown back
A big game hunter who’d gone off-track
With a reputation of some renown
He caught a taxi into town
He’d come a long way on a wing and...
TOGETHER AGAIN
I used to be Kit Carson
But I lost my way
So I changed my name
To Danny Kaye
And uprooted myself
To Hollywood
Where the people
Were socially minded and good
I bought a nice house
With a swimming pool
And sent my kids
To the finest school
I drank and had fist fights
With...
YOU LOOKED AT ME
There was a window
In the chaos
When you looked at me
Confirming my existence
And it all seemed right
Across a semi-crowded room
Of nothingness
And recycled opinions
Based upon acceptable misinformation
And yet
I saw something real
And in that brief moment
We beheld truth
Sometimes it’s the words
That get in our...
