GIANTS IV

The Giants napped

Through the humid afternoon. 

Sapped and sweaty 

They played foot games

And rubbed each other

And kissed each other 

And finally slept

For about an hour

Before going shopping 

Like Giants. 

CHEERFUL 

Let’s switch gears here for a sec:

Everything’s not always a wreck,

There’s no noose around my neck.

Feel free to stop by and check. 

Yes, the bottle can be a bitch,

And I do love to scratch that itch,

But I probably won’t die in a ditch 

Unless my system has a glitch. 

What’s my system, you may query,

And I understand you might be leery,

But I’m getting very weary

Of waking up hungover and bleary 

So my plan is to stop that shit

And maybe I’ll eventually get

To a place where I’m okay with it

But right now I wanna get lit. 

DESTROYER

One shot, two shots, three shots, four,

Five shots, six shots, then some more. 

Get fucked up and hit the floor. 

Watch your wife walk out the door. 

Smoke up, snort up, shoot up drugs,

Spend your time with gangsters and thugs. 

Dodge accusations with nods and shrugs

And sweep that shit under the rug. 

There’s no problem here, my friend. 

There’s no help that you can send.

I am nowhere near the end

Of the self-destruction I intend. 

I WILL DRINK 

I will drink until I cannot walk. 

I will drink until I cannot speak. 

I will drink until I am a circus geek

Covered in my own shit and

Biting the heads off live chickens. 

You think I exaggerate. 

You think I overstate the fact. 

Well listen, Jack,

I will drink you under the table

Then lie there in my own vomit. 

I am not trying to boast. 

I am not trying to brag. 

I am saying it’s a drag

To love the liquor 

More than I love myself. 

GIANTS III

And so the Giants fought throughout the night 

And the moths tended their wounds among the mighty blows 

And the dark earth did rumble with their stompings!

And the dark sky did echo with their howls!

And the moths were quiet 

And soft

And happy to help. 

GIANTS II

And so the Giants fought throughout the day

And butterflies tended their wounds amidst the blows

And the earth did rumble with their tramplings!

And the sky did ring with their bellows!

And the butterflies were quiet

And efficient 

And happy to help. 

GIANTS I

So the Giants work together to make a world

Filled with fun and love and understanding 

But they also work together in a world

That is the opposite of those things

So the Giants compromise

TREE DOES NOT CARE

Squirrels climb on Tree,

Tree does not care.

Birds nest in Tree,

Tree does not care. 

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter,

Tree does not care. 

Sun, rain, wind, snow,

Tree does not care. 

Men come, men go,

Tree does not care. 

FEAR AND CRAVING IN TX

I used to drink a dozen beers

And keep my shit mostly together, 

But there were many times I acted the fool 

And a couple of times I fell in the pool

But I mainly held to my tether. 

I miss Saturdays the most,

Pounding beers before noon.

I don’t miss the mornings after

And always flirting with disaster,

And being a drunken, stumbling goon. 

Now moderation is for pussies so I end

The day plastered, three sheets to the wind,

Shitfaced, loaded, wasted, wrecked –

Black out, pass out, hit the deck. 

I crave and fear getting drunk again. 

EMPTY PROMISES 

(HAIKU #122,921)

I’ve said, time after

time, last time was the Last Time. 

This time I mean it.