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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
THE LOSS OF THINGS
The man came home to find that a water leak has soaked many of his things. He got that jolting feeling one gets when you think you’ve walked into a nightmare but instantly realize...
THE MEANING OF SUCCESS.
The word success is almost impossible to define, as it means something different to just about everyone. It’s much too large than a single word can contain, because it’s a concept. A floating concept...
THE MAN IN QUESTION
I looked into the man’s face. It was etched with suffering. He had no doubt fallen many times in his battles with Life. It looked to me like the greatest pain had not come...