LOVE!

good thing you smell better than you look
number one rule never broke it, “Don’t fuck
what you wouldn’t eat” kept me clean as a whistle
all these years gotta love dem pheromones
“Don’t be hasty be tasty,” I got a million of ‘em.
How many missives mailed to that end?
Don’t be afraid Life on earth is
what, seventy eighty years, if you’re “lucky”
eternity preceded this and the
triple-eternity to come is already
accruing interest on the time you’ve wasted
wondering “how the hell did I get here and why?”

Fuck epistemology!

We’ll work it out, you’ll see.

On the other hand

so many things can kill you
dog-shit under finger-nails
wash carefully before dinner
plenty hot water frothy lather
watch yer step lawnmower bloody
afternoon no morning early or late
mowed the next yard revved up
body young body coffee body coffee
drink that beer while there’s still time
where did it all go thirty years
poof just like that? Hell
I was eighteen and taking a leak
against a tree Summer night my
posse, gang, tribe, whatever
high as kites my girlfriend
too all hot ‘n juicy zipped my
fly turned around and like, ZAP,
here I am irrelevant and old doesn’t
make sense especially since…oh…

doctor, lawyer, accountant, thief
saleman, manager, political chief
this is how we live
I chose to entertain
eye-magnet, ear-drum
– comedy –
center stage
people
versus
clown
c’est moi
come one come all
see my
me
hear my
me
applaud my
me
even if
you don’t recall
my me
or recognize
my name

this darkest dark
alone seek shelter,
need a place to
not expensive we’ll
work something out.