September 2013 K Poems

"A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can

never be found: for a happiness that is diminished

by being shared is not big enough to make us happy."

--Thomas Merton

“Love seeks one ting only: the good of the one loved.

It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care

of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.”

What was I thinking?

I was higher than high.

I was wiser than wise

and I wound up in handcuffs

almost every time

at the end of my drinking

it didn’t start out that way

what was I thinking to continue

from one drunk tank to another?

Why was The Lord so good to me?

I’m feeding the turtles

got nothing on my mind

the days spent in drunk tanks

are very far behind.

Many who I knew that

were out there like me didn’t make it

why was The Lord so good to me?

If you let it

It don’t take love to do something stupid.

It don’t take love to get in trouble.

It don’t take love to wind up in jail.

It don’t take love to have no one to pay your bail,

but love just might keep you out of these situations

if you let it.

I could be dead.

I could be a convict.

I could be just about

anything but me,

but I’m not

and I’m glad I made

it through the wilderness

with my mind and body intact.

The turtle eats

and then spends

the rest of his

time trying to

get out of

the feeding bowl;

back and forth

he goes pushing

his nose up against

the walls of the container.

How many billions will satisfy you?

They killed the Indians

and they’re still killing folk

in the name of making a buck.

We could be driving electric cars

we could have better public transportation

but the oil companies would rather

see our kids lose their life and limbs

in The Middle East.

I'm just a schmuck

Marianne Williamson gets far more likes than me.

Her page is way more professional than mine.

I bet she makes a living of off selling her books.

I'm just a schmuck.

Parental Lesson #1 To My Dad

Don’t tell your son or daughter to fight

if you’re not even going to teach them

how to make a fist.

Don’t tell your son or daughter to fight

if you’re not even going to show them

how to punch.

And don’t call them good for nothing if they lose.

Nobody needs the sheriff when things are going well

Nobody needs a sheriff when we’re out cutting the lawn.

Nobody needs a sheriff when you’re seated down to dinner

with the family.

Nobody needs a sheriff when you’ve only got a little bit

of marijuana left.

The Real K

Super K

ABCDEFGHIJK

Mr. K

Dear K:

Extra Special K

AOK

This ole world is a county fair

This ole world is a county fair.

There’s something to do over here

there’s something to do over there.

You can ride the ride of life

you can ride the ferris wheel.

You can look at your fellow women

and men; you can look at a pig

that’s trying to win a contest.

This old world is a county fair.

Sometimes it’s fun, some times

it’s unfair like a carny that’s having you

shoot basketballs at a hoop that is too small.

This old world is a country fair.

Sometimes, I don’t shave in the morning.

Done being here

Where will the crow go

when he is done doing

what he does in my trees?

Where will the butterfly travel

when it moves out of my carport?

Where will that bumblebee go

when he leaves my front porch?

Where does anything go

when it’s done being here?

There’s a terrorist

There’s a terrorist in your underpants.

There’s a terrorist in your popcorn.

There’s a terrorist in your school

and in your home.

There’s a terrorist next to you in traffic.

There’s a terrorist pressing your suit.

This ain’t no country song

I’m not a redneck.

I don’t drive a truck.

I don’t drink beer.

I don’t eat much fried chicken.

I love my country,

but I don’t sing about it

in a country song.

This ain’t no country song, son.

This ain’t no country song.

And I ain’t no singer

in a country band.

No sir, this ain’t no country song.

Somebody is looking for a fight.

It’s going to be alright.

I put that bottle down

over two decades ago.

The broke coke smoker

Hey, who drank all the cokes?

Hey, who smoked all the smokes?

It ain’t no joke. I’m a chain smoking,

coke guzzling bloke and, now, I’m broke.

He needed a new ticker

cuz he kept getting sicker

and sicker. He needed a

new liver cuz he drank

too much liquor.

Retirement Plan

I need a hammer.

I need a nail.

I need a dollar

for every thought

that I’ve ever had.

Definition

She was a small woman

with big boobs. She refused

to let her boobs define her.

Let’s do this

You can stare at the blank page

or you can type something onto it.

You can’t wait for the muse;

the muse may never come.

And he wasn’t Humpty Dumpty

He is but bits and pieces of himself.

Nobody could put him back together.

I'm a boob man

I'm an ass man.

I'm a leg man.

I'm into her smile man.

If she didn't have

a heart and a soul

I wouldn't give a damn

about her boobs, her ass,

her legs, man.

Days like today

are the reward

we get for putting up

with all the summer rain.

There’s a date

My brother’s dying.

My parents are dead.

I was the one with the drinking problem.

I was the one who could never find his place.

I went from here to there

with no purpose in mind.

Never had a career.

Never kept a job.

Chorus

There is a date on that calendar

and it’s waiting for you.

There’s a date on that calendar

and it’s waiting for me.

I’ve walked away from love.

I’ve gotten into fights that I was sure to lose.

I’ve blacked out, been bailed out,

told God that if he got me out of jail

I’d never drink again; went back to the bar

as soon as I got out, again and again.

There is a date on that calendar

and it’s waiting for you.

There’s a date on that calendar

and it’s waiting for me.

The only chip I had was the one on my shoulder,

but then something happened as I got older.

I had kids and it was either sober up and be a dad

or continue to be some sort of joke.

You might not believe in God, but he saved me.

There is a date on that calendar

and it’s waiting for you.

There’s a date on that calendar

and it’s waiting for me.

Somewhere down the line

It never occurred to me

that God would bring to me

a girl like you.

It never occurred to me

that another person

could make me happy.

It never occurred to me

that normal could be fine,

but that’s what happened

to me somewhere down the line.

Rock and roll

grab the wheel

we got no idea

where we’re going

but we’re going

to get there

it’s something

you can feel.

Rock and roll.

Ain’t no rules.

We just do

what we want

to do.

Rock and roll

can you feel

my rock and roll.

Come on

we got to go.

Rock and roll.

Ain’t no rules.

We just do

what we want

to do.

A smile out of you

I got nothing

but I want it all.

I got nothing

willing to take

a fall to make it.

I can’t fake it

I want to make it

at any cost;

all I lost

I paid my dues

you’d think

my time was due

but I can’t even

get a smile

out of you.

Can’t get a smile

out of you. Don’t

know what I’m

supposed to do.

If it was up to you

I wouldn’t have

a pot to piss in.

If it was up to you

I would have never

followed my dreams.

If it was up to you

I’d be good for nothing.

Good thing it ain’t up to you.

Gutteral moan more a scream

was the last thing the chicken did

before they killed it and you fed it

to your kids.

I keep going backwards

trying to go forward.

I keep going down

when I try to go up.

They went to work each day knowing they could,

one day, retire. They ever made it; never knew

they didn't make it. Some asshole showed up at

their job with three guns and killed them while

they were just living another day.

Don’t seem fair that this can happen in the

good Ole USA

It’s yours when I die

Got this electric guitar

I know how to tune it

but that’s about as far

as I’ve gotten;

know a few chords

but the rest of what

I play sounds rotten.

When I die it will go

to the kid.

We don’t know where

we’re going, but we’re

going there in a hurry.

We’re like a batter up

with the count 3-2.

You could be here

one minute, and

gone the next, so

try to enjoy every

second that you have.

Going down the highway

picture of my girlfriend

on the dashboard. She

left, late last night, and I ain’t

going back, neither.

I’m just driving down

this long dark highway

following the white lines

wherever they go.

I don’t know where I’m going

but I’ll know when I get there.

I don’t remember what

the argument was about,

but I know that it was a deal

breaker. We both said things

that shouldn’t have been said,

things that can’t be taken back,

things that can’t be apologized for.

I’m just driving down

this long dark highway

following the white lines

wherever they go

I’m a real nice guy, but

I’m a real nice guy

but I like to get drunk

and when I get drunk

it puts all around me

in a funk.

I’m a real nice guy

but I’m more familiar

with the inside of

the drunk tank

than I am the inside of

the church.

I’m a real nice guy.

I’m a real nice guy,

but when I blackout

you don’t want to be about.

You don’t need to be peculiar

to attract attention. You’ve

worked your bootie, now work

you mind. We’ve seen your behind

now let’s see your brain.

I love you(for Joan).

I love you in the kitchen.

I love you in the living room.

I love you in the basement.

I love you in the front yard.

I love you in the back yard.

I love you in your studio.

I love you in the bathroom.

I love you in the bedroom.

I love you.

The only things that haven’t changed

It must be terrible

to have been

kind of good looking

when you were young

and, now, be so ugly when

you’re old.

You were a cunt then,

and you’re a cunt now,

are the only things that

haven’t changed.

Tuesday, October 1, 2013