DELIRIUM TAPAS VOL7

left behind

yep left behind

i miss even the people i never knew

so - left behind

by what ? by peers ? time ?

the boat you never wanted that never came ?

the window you couldnt wouldnt open ?


~


man - you left you behind

dude - you stuck those heels IN

& cried for yourself in the great unravelling

opportunity rendered invisible

on that blinkered peripheral shore

THE COST OF EXPRESSION IS INCALCULABLE

i hear
a lot
about
people
saying
to
artists

is your art free ?

when dude think about it
its not even free to DO

~

stones leak
blood tears
mix with
cold sweats
warm salt

they run together 
like rust in rain
make a pattern 
like the mekong delta

on
my
fourteen acres 
of 
tsunami debris

rolled up and forced
into 
faulty thin skin -

       pretends to be 
        Lizard  Tough

     in a pigs ear !

and
a
never-white-again
supermarket vest

pic from ethos3.com

THIS BROKE ME

i'd get royalgod-blasted like it was a political statement
a short drink in each hand
out 
somewhere 
awful 
with no character or vibe than i noticed
tho
everyone else seemed happy enough
and
this made them seem stupid to me
so
i'd
always have a bottle at home
to
sip
and
sup
and
hold
to the light with jesuswonder in my eyes
so fucking pleased
to
be
alone at last
and
i'd write accelerated whitefire down one eye shut
before
dawn
said DUDE!
and burst out all clean and bright and for someone else

now
the fire is a pilot light
at the top of my spine
and
dawn
just nods a knowing HELLO