We are all gathered here today to witness not only the union of two of our friends in holy matrimony, but also the downfall of all civilization that is the inevitable result of same sex marriage if certain people are to be believed.  In this beautiful end of days, we rely on the doomsayers because [...]

On the way here I met a Hell’s Angel And we proceeded to argue As to which of us was more truly free He said he was more truly free because he had rejected society I said I was more truly free because I had learned to live within it He punched me in the [...]

Finally, I let it all go in dry spasms of grief But there was a part of me which strode coldly through the paisley hypnogogia conveying various fallacies and dellusions into the back rooms of my mind To be parsed for any valuable lessons as the walls heaved around me At one point, exhausted, I [...]

What Was That?, or, Echoes of Eternity I forget that you repeat yourself And sometimes it sounds like you’re saying something else And when I ask you to say it again Because I partially blocked it out You say I never listen And when you say it again I have to sit through it for [...]

A tale too young to be told: Penniless aristocrat And renowned gentleman Receiving one audience at a time As the moneyed marry into Those coveted titles of sorrow… ‘Play “King of the Road!”‘ The Party Queens cry As I edge my around the dance floor With a contempt befitting my position As archivist in the [...]

Anything you know about me Should not be construed as lending itself to my contentment Whatever you’ve heard

Soldier on! And from your trenches emerge Soldier on! Against the angry surge Or long you may within Earth’s scars For the silence of the guns Speculate on smoke-his stars Be they furious suns

We have an understanding you and I We recognise in each other extraordinary vision But we don’t go into details You are a stationary flame Hovering unwavering above the wick Stewardess of shadows Still and silent in those breathless places I am one of the shadows Restless in my knowledge of the world As it [...]

They used to play “Hotel California” every night in the pool hall like a ritual of conditional memory Dave Parker’s latest attempt to quit smoking consisted of keeping a cigarette dangling from his mouth Until somebody offered him a light And that somebody wasn’t me, it turned out as I slid my matches back into [...]

You tell ‘em, Bon Jovi You tell all those girls that give love a bad name It’s about time somebody just came right out and said something You tell those bitches.