January 2010
5 posts
untitled 125
LA, weak, at first,
and insufficient as a city
while speeding past the neighborhoods unknown
and not even thinking of them possibly
except to say “oh that’s Cerritos
and over there is Silver Lake
no I don’t really go there”
but rather confined to the sub-urban
in every town unto itself
a car! a car! I cried as I walked the streets alone
past boys in mini-yards
of grass no good for...
untitled 91
The time is now for action
And all the troops are smart enough to see the patterns
To say oh man and here she blows again
Not enough not enough the trumpets sound
But the drums of war beat back
Rat a tat too too tam tam fuck off
It’s far it’s near and everywhere surrounded
But the souls of warriors gone have come back to haunt the grounds
And say I know this game I’ve seen it all before
...
untitled 124 (for my neighbors across broadway...
the curtains are open
I’m sleeping tonight
with across the street lights
keeping me up
because I feel lonely
and loneliness aches
but when I awake
you’ll be in my room
the curtains are open
I’m inviting you in
to sleep in my bed
by your yellow lamp light
and sing me with traffic
to tuck me all warm
we’ll laugh at the shadows
until we’re all gone
the curtains are open
my arms...
i’m no singer, but i wrote the lyrics to...