Author Archives: billypuyear

BEACONS The LIQUOR sign is a bright beacon and Those beautiful bottles beckon but (Always a but) The ten in my pocket Buys only Old Crow or Kentucky Deluxe. That’s some bottom-shelf bourbon, baby. But But! (Always a but) There … Continued

DON’T LOOK BACK You stand tall When you’re backed against a wall.  Don’t let the bastards Bring you down.  Use charm, Use guile, Use a disarming smile, Use the knife Beneath your golden crown.  You fucking fight  When you are … Continued

OLD WORDS I have been a scalawag and a scoundrel. I have been a rascal and a rogue. Dad buried my sister out back The day that we were born.  Imagine my mother’s sorrow and joy With a silent baby … Continued

IN MY NOOK A nervous squirrel might say “I love you with all my heart”, But that’s not quite right for me For I love you with many more parts. I love you with my lips, I love you with … Continued

QUESTIONS  What am I trying to drown With all this fucking booze? What am I trying to bury? What am I afraid to lose? Whatever it is keeps surfacing  Like a fucking whisky whale  And this goddam Moby Dick Is … Continued

GIANTS VII So the Giant left the Giant And he got up to no good Just like she knew he would.  But, oh! how he missed her While the Giant was gone 

THINGS I BROKE WHILE DRUNK Bottles A coffee table Dishes Laws A leg Mother’s heart A nightstand  Three phones  Promises  Spectacles  Two toilets  Trust  A window

COMEDY GOLD Sex, drugs, and rock & roll! Live fast die young was my goal But I lived slow and now I’m old.  If irony is funny, that shit is gold.

GIANTS VI The Giants sleep apart tonight  Although they’d rather sleep together, Especially in this weather  When it’s nice and cool And it’s always nice and cool When Giants are together. 

GIANTS V And the Giants fought quietly  And the earth did tremble with their silence  And she said she should leave  And he said please don’t go And she left anyway  And the earth cried with him