Saturday, May 30, 2009
An Ode to the Newly Homeless
Sunday, March 1, 2009
200 Words of Opposition
Monday, January 12, 2009
Never Coming Home
To figure out how
A passion so sweet
Could go so sour
They yelled they screamed
Fighting each other
As if more pain would solve their puzzle
With one hit she was gone
On the ground
She hit the road
Alone
In the cold dead of night
She sat there and died in the heat of their fight
The clock upon the table kept stealing every minute
She knew her time was trickling
Like the water in a shower
As she turned to walk
Unlock the door
And find her way
To something more
She kissed the man goodbye
And quickly pulled away
And turned a corner
Driving further on some more
She realized where she lost her soul
Thought about that messy space
Thought about how she lost this race
She new she wasn’t thinking straight
She new when he’d be waking late
He’d know that he lost this one summer
In his eyes she’s only a few inches away
But in her heart of hearts she knew she couldn’t stay
To many of his lies unraveled there today
So she told him to his face
All she had to say
‘Cause she knew she’d never be coming home
Sunday, January 4, 2009
M.O.H.A.W.K.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Goldegate Bridge
What’s keeping me from falling?
Sanity, no
Nothing, probably
All the world looks at me like a play set
Hot wheels, no
Matchbox, probably
I could end it
Couldn’t I?
Yes definitely
Monday, December 29, 2008
Xeric
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Who Knew (A Poem)
That at a moments notice I can be whisped away to memories of days when you still held me
When I could have never believed that in a few years you would go away
Who knew that you would disappear
Who knew I would watch as you slowly drove away for the last time
Sometimes when I am alone, I still mourn
For us, for me, for you
For what we could have been
For who I could have been with you
For what you have become without me
It is during those times that what separates us seems trivial
But I always get lost in pursuit
Of the one that got away
The only one I will ever want to have stayed
Thursday, September 11, 2008
A Guy
Is it wrong for me to love his eyes
To wish I was the dust that swirls through the air at the bat of his lashes
To want to be that bead of sweat the the sun spotlights as it unsteadily crawls down the back of his neck
I don't thin that anyone but me could look at him and see the poetry the way I do
I wonder what is hiding beneath that hat that always seems to be glued to his dark brown raven's nest of hair
I sit as far from him as possible but as close as I can and in my mind I smell his skin and can see the every willow wisp of hair that breaks his perfectly tanned skin.
Did I mention that he smells like orange blossoms but taste sweet and bitter like a honey suckle spray
I wish I was those stings of denim holding close the his old scarred knee...
I wonder, and wonder and wish as he walks, he walks away from me
Monday, August 11, 2008
Randy
I know that for me 11 years of servicing him is more
I call
And I know that even if he calls me back
I’ll be some foreign after thought
Some 3am wind down after the club
Or some midnight pre club ramp up
He always smells of cheap liquor and cigarette smoke either way so I never know
I’m not an idiot
And I know that I like it
But I feel guilty when he’s gone
And the only gift he left was his semen dancing in my stomach
Or the random pubic hair that got caught in between my teeth
Or the cooler smother section of my face where his ejaculated used to be
I know it’s sad but those thing fulfill me
So I call him
Knowing that to him, I am just another hole
That I’m just another mouth feed
That I’m just another one of the ones on the list
The never ending list of the bodies left cold in the trail
I wonder if he ever gets annoyed that this zombie just won’t die
Friday, June 20, 2008
Crash
My hands are frozen
Trying to string together two words, has never been as frigid as this
Something is amiss
My body feels like it been spoiled in piss
Like I’m a willing partner in an S&M flick
This is bullshit that I have to feel this way
This is bullshit that she always does this to me
I thought the flame was smothered
The embers lay emboldened
Emblazoned and brazen waiting for a spark
What it got was a match
Though a time bomb it was not
Every word still hurt
Every work unspoken leaves our relation tattered and broken
And frayed and dismayed in ways repairs could take days
Weeks, months, years this continues
I think I’m going to need the wine menu
‘Cause this ain’t it
It’s not getting it
It’s not working
I’m hungry for a revolution
A resolution a grievances
‘Cause my resolve is waning
And my endurance is tanking
And I got to deal
With this raw deal I’ve been dealt
I can’t keep waiting for the for the googolplex clock to stop
I can’t keep wait for the second ball to drop
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Rapture.
Why would such a merciful god place blame and curse for blasphemies not yet relieved from my skin?
I do not believe that such a man would create such a woman
I do not believe that a man would set a series of situations solely meant to siphon the sensibility that he has so sanctimoniously sanctioned upon thee
I know that I am right; even if I am wrong I am right
There is no man above sightseeing in the clouds
Crying tear to create floods
Clapping jovially to move mountains
Striking in anger at what his own hands have created
I do not know…
Better yet I don’t want…
I need to know why such a woman would breathe
Why such a woman would have the ovarian fortitude as to impose such regulations that regular people can not see through the red tape
Why won’t she let me in?
How the did the imaginary man?
Where did this journey begin?
Where did I lose her?
Who cut the cables?
Why are we not able to see past the prior inquisitions to see to a less tumultuous future.
To see to a movement,
Cooperation
Restitution
The imaginary man gave us lips to speak but we not use them but for treachery
He gave us hearts but not to use them, rather keep them empty to filter the fantasies and poison seeds
Rival memories of black books
Murderous penguins
Lifeless angels.
I can say that I hope for the best but that would be a lie
It’s not right for the night imaginary inflammatory impostor to take credit for the beginning of this being if he not willing to take the solder of his own smoldering brimstone.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
On How It Is
Regardless of this immeasurable pain shot from the finger blade of my ironic angel I can’t help but be relieved by her presence.
Shallow and transparent ever present villainy permeates and eventually will permanently perverse my prominent personality, rhyme and reason.
Who will I be then? How much time will I spend? How much more glue is there to mend. How many more truths, this is truth No.2
I don’t have the words to say No.1. I don’t want to tell you, even though I know you want to know.
It seems that this is good for me, or so these eclipsing chariots scream so. At least these walls want to keep me safe and warm… I’m not so certain about sane.
Monday, June 16, 2008
You write people’s obituaries while they are still alive?
I sang of a Sunday mourn
I sang of an afternoon wake
I sang of the first dusk without her
I sang of the memories
I sang of joy…
Now…
I sing with tears pouring, for the love of my life has just died
I sing because, my love, it is time to say goodbye.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Untitled 1
I want to make up my mind on which way to go.
If I should do what I think is write or should I write all that I think is wrong.
Going in circle my thoughts are a circus.
Univer-souly my life as a whole is on the rocks.
Like Disarono after the clock strikes at midnight.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
PRUDENCE
You can’t put the weight on me
And tell me not to speak
You can’t involve me
Then expect me to veneer a child like resolve.
It’s too late
You can’t want me to do for you
And you not listen to me
Way you see it picking you is my new dirty job
I can’t even retort in debate
Or change the pace when were both running late
But I can lift you to your feet
And I can confront the aunt who falsely quit the need of a needle
And the want of a nail
WHAT THE HELL?
But don’t get me involved
If my work won’t help to solve
The dilemma of all involved
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
My Bad
R.Jay
Thursday, June 5, 2008
RIP
Gone to soon
In a life you were consumed
This life consumed you
Not a tear shall I shed
Though consumed
This life set you free
For the boy considered friend may be gone from all
Forever, eternally thine are loved by me
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Intentions
I never meant for her to go
But frankly I’m glad she did
I’m glad she’s dead
I’m glad that she got hers
I never meant for her to die
But things tend to happen that way
I never meant to laugh
But I was truly rejoicing
Her demise meant tyranny’s end
The heartless bitch is gone
Ding dong
Ding dong
Ding dong
Ding dong
Ding dong
Saturday, May 31, 2008
CNN
We live our lives pumped with fear
Constantly haunted
Constantly troubled
Death
Constant intrusions
Our minds are constantly intruded
John Doe is a black male
Six foot one
One hundred sixty five pounds
About twenty years of age
Suspect is armed and dangerous
The unknown face of fear
Brings constant certain uncertainty
Terrorism
Assassination
Y2K
“Imminent danger”
Your own children are murderers
Fear all fear everything
You don’t know
Fear it all
Fear yourselves
Cause it makes me happy
Well it makes my pockets happy
The more horrified you are of some invisible danger
The more you spend in my stores
The more you spend in my stores
The more I make
The poorer you become
And when you have nothing left to spend
I’m gonna take away everything
And leave you with nothing
Except fear
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Black Heart
Where
Are
YOU!?
You let me
And now I feel
Like a scat queen
And now your halo shines bright
And now I’m shadowed by your light
And now you liar have become my sire?
Who
Are
You!?
You seduced me
And now I feel
Like a scat queen
And now you’re gold
And every once of my being is scarlet and cold
And every lie you tell encases you in own
Personal
Prison Cell
Is it lonely on your pedestal?
Are you and your deeds happy to see?
Justice
Finally
In fruition