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GOOF PUNX

Dusty keepsakes—

Through a neighbourhood under telephone wires,
And the orange glow of streetlights;
on a speeding bicycle in the cool summer air;
Under a navy blue sky accompanied by a white moon.

The product of and that is
this poem.
Before dusk as shadows stretch on upon an empty school;
highlighted orange by a dying sun.

The innocent glow of childhood baths;
things I would have never guessed important
now cherished memories.

Old letters to old ones.
If only when we looked back at the good old days,
we lived them like we knew that
those were the best days of our lives.

Weekend chores—

Being awakened at 3:01 PM
By droning sweeping near the open window
I can hear the walls shake, the ceiling crumble; laughter; booming, sweeping; tsunamis engulfing cities; car alarms going off, alarm clocks ringing; and people winning the lottery.
I get up, close the window, and go back to sleep.

Captain, we’re sinking—

For Joe:
———
“Blow the foghorns!” cries out an alcoholic ship captain
as a thick curtain of smog rolls into Los Angeles;
Make noise when the noise of seldomn life blinds you
And apathy sets in and makes the bed.
Yell back drunken sailor,
Sailing the 7 seas on bathroom floors…
The grey areas will fall behind the sun, clearing the fog
And our hungover hero continues his pilfered search for the ship in the bottle.

I just walked outside in sweatpants and it was raining but the sky was clear so I could see the sunset and I decided apathy is not an answer.

I find beauty in the telephone poles and pine trees. I should put a hold on depression and post some poems.

Flowers for Vagabond—

Some of the best times of my life
Were in the passenger seat of a broken down Thunderbird
With less than $5 in the tank
This was a new world for me
Filled with cigarettes, Laundromats, and an everlasting impression of youth
Helping a Vagabond pack up his things into the Thunderbird, then watching him light a cigarette, and unpack into a new temporary home
We rarely hear of him any more
But he’s most likely face down into a bowl
He’s become a master at escapism
He is an escape artist
And the lighter is his paint brush

I need an escape at 5:29 PM
Grist Mill Daze

Those summer days
We were higher than the kites we flew
At grist mill top field
Till our shadows stretch and fade
Those summer nights 
We were better than we ever were
Running in the moonlight
Till the flashlights chase us away

But that’s where it ended
And that’s where we ended
You said you did it for yourself

Recalling nights of fire’s built
With friends we found in smoke filled rooms
The grist mill dreams of summer 
Our lighters flicker in the dark

How many hours can you stare at your ceiling, before it stares back?