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An..d

I’ll make a deal.
No honors no glory no feeling good.
Just a slap in the map for no intentions.
Throw in not to be understood.
Laughed at for any inventions.
And a kick in the ass for moping about
or the satisfaction of a sun also rising.

Goose me now. I can’t get up!
Ram a firecracker in my butt!
Offer me a woman with big knockers
for my being just little old me:
no dashing saint on the pavilion!
A humble guy who can’t read or write.
Too dumb to know what he’s missing.

Happy only knowing you can do all things
and I’m living in your shadow.
That’s the spirit! Our team has won!
I haven’t a dime to celebrate.
Virtue is for virtue’s sake.
Don’t you dare even smile at my heart!
It’s out of order presently.

One exception though:
way way back in the middle of it all
you will be crying for me
to win some war or master your pain
with the best dope in creation.
And settle down and be forgiven for the past. 
Do it your way and for any and all universes.

I’m exhausted folks. Let me take a little nap…
That’s it. The sandman’s coming…Look at him go.
First the eyes then the ears, thank you my darling.
Did I ever tell you about the time that Man…
Or was it a Woman who…
Hail hail the gangs all…
It’s get..ting aw..ful.. ly.. clou ..deeeeeeeee

Published in Poetry