me, the homeless convict.

today

i heard
someone
say

that i
looked like
a homeless
convict.

another untitled nothin'.

no one wants
that old-time religion
folks have been
chewin' that up
& spittin' it out
for yrs

no one wants
that 9-5
lather, rinse, repeat
bullshitty, shit, shit

no one wants
a gun shoved
in their face
with the hammer
pulled back
ready to conduct a
serious
business transaction
with much more
dire consequences
than paying a
$1.50
to get yr own
fuckin' $$$
out of a
god-damned atm

folks want/need
simple pleasures

sex
drugs
rock n roll

maybe
the occasional
rainbow.

*untitled nothin'* aka *I RAPE COMPUTERS*

paper started
as a
luxury
then it
became a
necessity
now it
litters
our
streets.

*untitled bullshit* aka *titties & vaginas*.

say those
x-ray glasses
you saw in
the back of comic books
did work

they wouldn't have
been nearly as
"AMAZING"
as you had hoped

instead of seein'
under folks clothes
you would see things like
bones, veins, tumors, & things
they had swallowed

and we all know
that ain't nearly
as interesting as
had been advertised.

fuck all my children. fuck general hospital. fuck one life to live. in fact, fuck all soap in all their various shapes & sizes.

if cleanliness
is next to
godliness

then i am going
straight
to
hell

for i am a
dirty
motherfucker.

all that & more.

i dug around &
finally found
them

two shiny quarters

i shoved them
into the machine &
got the cold, cold soda
i so desperately
needed / deserved

as i chugged
the cold, cold soda
i saw
the face
of god.

what else you got, motherfucker?

then
that motherfucker
asks me
"so, you think yr better than me?"

i stood there
trying not to
spit & curse.

finally
i replied
"there's a difference
between
thinkin' &
knowin'."

*untitled poem*

gripping
the steering wheel

gritting
my teeth

windows down
music up

trying
not to swerve
into the
other cars

but it is
hard
not
to.

vacation. part one. i already did part two.

9 yrs. old. summer vacation. aunt, uncle, 2 cousins, me. minivan. video camera. two weeks. from texas to pennsylvania, new york, washington dc, all places inbetween, & back. driving. lots. shitty mixtapes. smithsonian. lincoln memorial. hershey park. statue of liberty. empire st. building. subways. coal mine. hot chocolate in the summer. driving. lots. motels. arguing. amish folk. unknown soldier. the whitehouse. walking. lots. cheap souveniers. the constitution. the boardwalk.

this just got published on outsiderwriter.org & this is what someone commented about it. "throw away the pen. break the keyboard. use the eraser. sleep in the middle of the street." that's fuckin' awesome. i love hate.

vacation part two.

8 yrs. old. summer vacation. aunt, uncle, 2 cousins, me. minivan. video camera. one week. from texas to california. all places in between. las vegas. circus circus. penny slot machines. the horseshoe. the desert. many a cactus. motels. driving. lots. disney land. small world after all. goofy. mickey. 20,000 leagues under the sea. feeding squirrels out of my hand. arguing. walking. lots. that big ol' dinosaur from the pee-wee herman movie. cheap souveniers. thumb wrestling. jell-o pudding pies. peanut butter & jelly sandwiches. hating my uncle. shoney's restuarant. forced to drink milk. the grand canyon.