Corrugations

You mark my words
if you must
Red ink
But I think
for once I will do justice
to the memory
So with that in mind
I feel inclined
to start
Now

I said “let’s take it to the top!”
But God knows I was pushed to the dizzy limit
“Pull yourself together!”
That’s what you said to me
So we pulled together
not just ourselves but as one
“Get a grip!”
That’s what you said to me
(I still have your text, and here's what happened next)
So I got a grip real tight
and grabbed your hand
‘cause I’ve never been one to hold my own
in these sort of situations
And the sign said “You Made It!”
And I thought
“that’s bullshit”
It wasn’t until I got back down
that I felt on top of things again
And I will fight each day to never get that far away again

You call to say it is no more (literally)
You call to say you set it on fire (ritualistically)
You say of the monkeys on your back you have one less
(You call to say some bastard stole your fishing gear, but I digress)

I wanna ask, “What’ll you do now?”
I wanna ask “Are you going again?”
Anyway, I guess you’ll be home soon
“See you later, talk to you then”

Broken Bracelet

I shut the door then turned around
It was then I heard the distinctive sound
of spilling beads scattering on the ground
I dropped to the floor. I hoped I’d found
all the parts to make it whole once more
but I was pretty sure there was some left on the floor
Now I look down and my wrist is bare
Not even a mark to show it was there
You connected the clasp, it was never undone
A token trinket of what we’d begun
I much preferred to have it there to stay
than put it away for a special day
At least I got to see it that way
Now I wonder what you’d have to say
I swear to you I never meant to break it hey.

Radtown Song

I’m awake up to you, though you’re only a pipe dream
I feel like the old me (younger version) and it would seem
that I think less of sleep than I have sleepless nights
now that I allow myself fancies and flights
But I better take care along for the ride
We can share the setbacks, and in my stride
we’ll step out together and come what may
For the rest of the year and here to stay

Piercing Haiku

Dude by the train door
Large round hole through left earlobe
Sunlight streams through you

Sibling Riflery (and other acts of random violence from my youth)

I say “I am gonna shoot you”
You say “I’ll catch the bullets with my teeth”
I say “I’m gonna kick in you in the kidney”
You say I haven’t got the reach
I say “I’m gonna head butt you, break your skull”
You say “You’ll come off second best”
I say “I’ll knock the breath out of your lungs”
You say “Ha! not with my rock-solid chest”
I say “I’ll karate kick your shins”
You say “Your foot will snap in half”
I say “I’ll lob a grenade and blow you up”
You say “through my impenetrable fortress? don’t make me laugh”
I say “I’ll knee you in the groin”
That shut you up

Buckley's

Once upon a time
a snowflake took a chance
and went to Hell
in the hope he’d live to tell
the tale
But as we all know
He didn’t have a hope
Nope
Despite being one of a kind
You will find
The result was just the same
as had it been any one of us