Awkward Lover

Oh I am not easy to understand. And, it is not easy to take my hand and lead me down those lines you speak, as if my intuition were so weak. You are acting like an Awkward Lover. You’re stumbling, you’re fumbling, you are off-centre. You are acting like an Awkward Lover. What is so hard to understand about me?…   …read more.

Fatty, Fatty

Fatty Fatty Two-by-Four couldn’t get through the bathroom door, so he peed all over the floor, Fatty Fatty Two-by-Four. Fatty Fatty Two-by-Four said “I just cannot take this anymore. I’m gonna piss all over your floor,” Fatty Fatty Two-by-Four. …Fatty Fatty Two-by-Four said “This is not a human-sized door because — LOOK– I am a human so this is my…   …read more.

Get Outta My Head

I walked straight out of your eyes and slid down your nose and I suppose that was when I realized that I had climbed too far but, I am like a cat: When forced to jump in the face of defeat, I always land on my feet. You saw the reflection of my Exit, the cold shadow on your face….   …read more.

Stop Fighting You

I’m sitting here alone in solitude and thought and he is sucking up my air. This over-substanced young man, he is waiting for me to catch his eye, harassing me with his stare and I’m caught in the dusk. My image of peace is laughing, laughing, laughing in my face. It seems so strange to fear one’s own freedom, either…   …read more.

Own It

I’ve had enough of dis…traction. Feel my bones, dey’re a little malaligned (!) Out of Line, I’ve had enough of DISTRACTION. I wanna feel my eyes firmly on the road. It cuts down my accident ratio. You gotta keep your eyes on the road, keep your hands to yourself because you buy you break and then you Own It. And…   …read more.

Run to the Roundhouse Maggie

Show Up Outside

Argh@#!!

7 – Beat

“1,2,3,4,5,6,7 All good children go to heaven, those who swear do not go there and 1,2,3,4,5,6,7.” These are the rules of solitaire. This is how we deal our own cards. We chose the hard way, we play alone, but we will never win. There will be no celebration. I pull my knees up to my face, my palms are placed…   …read more.

$5

You say you will not come to the show unless your name’s on the guest list. You say you’ll be a ‘no show’ unless there’s V.I.P status. Well, it’s only $5 at the door to get in and you won’t move your face from that tiring grin, you say you are “working” tonight. Well, who’s on this stage entertaining who?…   …read more.

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