tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83451943179602635092024-03-05T05:21:29.223-05:00Opium Poetry 2.0opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.comBlogger741125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-68147277187496828762010-09-06T15:41:00.001-04:002012-08-26T14:43:21.790-04:00my new blog<a href="http://asphodelmadness.wordpress.com/">http://asphodelmadness.wordpress.com/</a>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-11291964162992961872010-09-05T07:43:00.002-04:002010-09-05T07:44:02.490-04:00Sasha Grey’s Favorite Movieby <b>John Rocco</b><div><br /></div><div><div>I heard on the Internet that </div><div> Sasha Grey’s favorite movie</div><div> #1 of all time is</div><div> ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK.</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div> Thank you </div><div> Sasha Grey</div><div> beautiful wonder of a porn star</div><div> for your choice </div><div> Snake Plissken your favorite</div><div> breaking into New York</div><div> Manhattan Island a </div><div> Maximum Security Prison</div><div> the bridges mined</div><div> the water filled with bombs</div><div> no one ever gets off the island</div><div> but Air Force One</div><div> goes down with the </div><div> President on board</div><div> played by Donald Pleasence</div><div> Dr. Loomis in HALLOWEEN</div><div> and the Duke grabs him</div><div> played by Isaac Hayes</div><div> who wrote the great theme</div><div> to SUPERFLY</div><div> and who died recently. </div><div><br /></div><div> See,</div><div> you can’t even talk about</div><div> hot porn stars</div><div> music</div><div> and John Carpenter movies </div><div> without </div><div> Death making it with the Maiden. </div></div><div><br /></div>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-35031198800192947272010-09-03T17:14:00.003-04:002011-03-16T20:43:36.783-04:00Inspirationby <b>Tyler Bigney</b><br />
<br />
Tried many things:<br />
<br />
Read Styron. Walked through the woods,<br />
stopped at the river, watched the fish swim<br />
in circles. Climbed halfway up a mountain,<br />
got tired and climbed back down. Tied<br />
a string around a tree branch, tied a worm<br />
to the string and cast it out into the steely<br />
gray water. The fish weren’t biting,<br />
not even a nibble. Drove back to town<br />
and walked the dusky streets until<br />
they filled up with fog and my feet hurt<br />
and my head ached from a lack of coffee.<br />
Went home, made coffee, smoked two<br />
cigarettes in a row and stood staring<br />
at the blank page.<br />
<br />
Read the Spring issue of some<br />
literary journal, thought about writing,<br />
waited for the inspiration to come, but<br />
what, with the cigarettes and the coffee<br />
the only thing to come from within me<br />
was shit.opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-8819040503907683072010-09-03T17:12:00.002-04:002011-03-16T20:43:02.857-04:00The plastic factoryby<b> Tyler Bigney<br />
</b><br />
Four nights a week<br />
from dusk until dawn<br />
I followed the railroad tracks<br />
the two miles to the plastic factory<br />
where I sat on hard stools<br />
and tied knots<br />
for twelve hours<br />
until my fingers bled<br />
and calloused.<br />
<br />
The old lady with the bad perm<br />
came by with a stopwatch<br />
making sure I could tie thirty knots<br />
per minute. I could.<br />
She left me alone after a week or so,<br />
alone to dream about Russia,<br />
Turkish summers,<br />
Ferris wheels,<br />
Iranian women,<br />
until there was nothing left<br />
to dream about.<br />
When the sun came in through the windows<br />
and the smell of coffee lingered<br />
we knew it was time to punch out, go home<br />
and sleep.<br />
<br />
Every now and again<br />
one of the men would offer me a drive home,<br />
and I would decline<br />
telling them that I didn’t mind the walk<br />
that the walk was good for the body<br />
and for the soul.<br />
I wish I did take them up<br />
on their offer<br />
because my feet were heavy<br />
and it was always a long walk home<br />
for someone<br />
with nothing<br />
left to dream about.opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-54790754308161944292010-09-02T16:51:00.002-04:002011-03-16T20:45:31.092-04:00special kby <b>Randall Rogers</b><br />
<br />
special k kreates<br />
bloated<br />
dimension drifts<br />
and personally inflicted blood bath-like<br />
personal wounds<br />
when you do that first or those after<br />
that first<br />
one too big a shot.<br />
careful, kids and adult old women and men<br />
transvestite and transsexual<br />
psychonaut curious in your chair at home or with good folks risk taker journeying learning<br />
old hippie or "the receptors are there"<br />
might as well<br />
thinkers world and beyond<br />
alike<br />
be careful<br />
this is some powerful shit.<br />
<br />
thank allah for cigarettes!!!opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-36916150266673625962010-09-02T16:48:00.003-04:002011-03-16T20:47:37.072-04:00SATAN STREETS, TO GUIDE YOUby <b>Randall Rogers</b><br />
<br />
satin streets<br />
and<br />
allys paved<br />
with fool’s gold<br />
that’s america<br />
the usa<br />
just to inform<br />
you dreaming would be<br />
immigrants – or shit help us you terroristas<br />
if youse is still<br />
got the notion paid the smugglers<br />
to get you illegally or hell, legally,<br />
into this fine<br />
always been always will be<br />
nation - and people –<br />
<br />
because nowadays<br />
as the social philosopher types<br />
tenured or not<br />
arm-chair<br />
or actually read a book<br />
and finished it<br />
last year<br />
person you are<br />
not.<br />
<br />
just put a little<br />
vapor<br />
in your gas/ass<br />
and keep looking<br />
and things still<br />
in the end and on the way<br />
will definitely<br />
not be alright<br />
nor ever near so<br />
why?<br />
because you lie<br />
as you have been told, no forced,<br />
the truth or what then or now or future past<br />
it passed<br />
and was in turn<br />
passed on to<br />
as the whom you think is the fake and spurious real<br />
you, of you.<br />
boo-hoo hoo.<br />
<br />
help! dingos, ah...no...<br />
<br />
-- vaporous gas raped my daughter!!!<br />
name?<br />
name’s mary<br />
the virgin mary<br />
joe told the detectives.<br />
repeatedly.<br />
until they believed.opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-84447614357805557792010-09-01T18:22:00.000-04:002010-09-01T18:23:14.166-04:00For The Cute Poet In Iowa,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">by <b>Melanie Browne</b></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.9954px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 24px; "><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">My husband is jealous of you,</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Because I make him read your</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Poems,</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">He likes</span></span></span><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">some of them.</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">He squeals like a pig and calls</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">You farm boy,</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Apparently you have sex with lots</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Of lonely housewives in Iowa,</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">And you have lots of adventures</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">With down on their luck</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">People that hang out</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">In bars and greasy diners,</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Also in Iowa,</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">I have to admit,</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Some of your poems</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Are a little hard to believe,</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Like The day you met the Indian</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Chief </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">and he turned out</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">To be your grandfather,</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">and he told you</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">your sacred animal</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">was the Beaver<span style="line-height: 17px; "></span></span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">and a silent</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">tear fell from your</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">face </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">and settled</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">into</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">your overpriced</span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">shot glass</span></span></span></p><div><br /></div></span></div>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-6002857420357488032010-09-01T16:44:00.003-04:002011-03-16T20:49:15.403-04:00my generationby <b>Randall Rogers<br />
</b><br />
they said<br />
we could’nt<br />
do it<br />
and we did’nt.<br />
<br />
only thing really worth<br />
living for<br />
is dying<br />
and those twilight zone episodes<br />
you missed.<br />
<br />
given the conditions<br />
of the day, year, moment or hour,<br />
are always ripe for<br />
<br />
spontaneous suicide!!! yikes!<br />
<br />
come<br />
to the<br />
no panic bar.<br />
<br />
the panic attack bar & grill<br />
and the rasta roost restaurant.©<br />
<br />
learn to live with this<br />
and less<br />
that is the whole of the law.<br />
in the here, now, present, past<br />
and future (continuous?)<br />
which just may not too exactly<br />
nor not<br />
though maybe<br />
might<br />
be you<br />
or whom you shoul or should have been or will be<br />
though again maybe<br />
you<br />
nor not you?<br />
whatever.opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-81745406077827024352010-08-31T07:44:00.000-04:002010-08-31T07:46:15.341-04:00if there's any irony to be culled at this point in the narrativeit's that here<br />thirty-two years old<br /><br />stocky<br />like a union pipe fitter<br /><br />clothes from goodwill<br /><br />driving<br />a dented up<br />kia rio<br /><br />i pull<br />three times<br />the pussy<br />i did at twenty-two<br /><br />when i had<br />the body<br />of a gymnast<br /><br />a shiny black<br />celica gt<br /><br />and a closet<br />full of<br />tight fitting<br />euro trash.<br /><br />by <span style="font-weight:bold;">Justin Hyde<br /></span><div><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br /></span></div>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-83189278118976659022010-08-30T15:22:00.001-04:002010-08-31T07:46:41.209-04:00The Couple Fighting In Front Of The Box Office Ultimately Decide To Go Home<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">by <b>Melanie Browne</b></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(42, 42, 42); line-height: 24px; font-family:'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10.9954px;"><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">It can seem like a small thing,</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">the refuge of the cinema on</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">a saturday afternoon, his hand</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">tucked in yours, your head</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">on his shoulder, sharing one</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">large Diet Coke,</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">yet </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">society has conspired </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">against you,</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">clipped your sanity,</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">so you continue the fight</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">you started earlier that morning</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">about nothing really,</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">and now you can't even</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">remember the </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">name of the movie</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">you both wanted to see,</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">his back hurts,</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">she would rather</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">eat ice cream in the bath,</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">look at her Star Magazine</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-67796636009596387432010-08-27T19:47:00.001-04:002010-08-28T04:44:38.530-04:00Internet<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">by </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chris Butler</span></span></b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The kids are comatose</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">trying to dial-up utopia,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">where everyone is everyone’s friend,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">habitually addicting antisocialiogical</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">behavior of daily updates to claim face space</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">along the unpaved infomanic superhighway,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">of double-jointed hitchhiking hookers</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and pedophiles disguised as teenagers,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">to be encased within the trappings of the web,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">so just</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">pull the plug.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Oh well,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">lol.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: normal; "><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:12pt;"><br /></span></p></span></div>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-25164741880280668682010-08-25T23:15:00.001-04:002012-08-26T14:44:11.900-04:00some more truth*<a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012712859_civiliandeaths25m.html">soldiers kill Afghan civilians for fun</a>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-13192008580658342882010-08-23T15:54:00.005-04:002010-08-23T23:29:20.852-04:00Delusions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglutqI3Os3vdEl1w7iuB1yTyu8jx0hy41wYbF0d0jLykdRaVxbPkpmpvmPdZKawuB0IAqvSbl4VYhfp1gvUcZE8P0PL6lV1FBM6AhFneX3FDhAfuP2UEXCwPR9I9nmeUg5zcq1247rjQ4/s1600/Delusions.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 483px; height: 552px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglutqI3Os3vdEl1w7iuB1yTyu8jx0hy41wYbF0d0jLykdRaVxbPkpmpvmPdZKawuB0IAqvSbl4VYhfp1gvUcZE8P0PL6lV1FBM6AhFneX3FDhAfuP2UEXCwPR9I9nmeUg5zcq1247rjQ4/s320/Delusions.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508696322791503906" /></a><br /><br /><div>by <b>Leila Fortier</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>(click or double-click to view full size)</div><div><br /></div>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-63477794428758695202010-08-23T15:52:00.003-04:002010-08-23T23:29:35.367-04:00Fallen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThvXQ2pSvVa3BluhOE7srgCqz7ofCJ60b0r7yt-PC5xXfVRuqNe2w4YACZwAsSykA_ZR2085sbh1NfBu6Y2-zt5BPMlxqH6HflWzhLNQYeMC2Syj1CcoKPUCE3X_l7W75F2BbgGi9PCQ/s1600/Fallen.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 364px; height: 552px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThvXQ2pSvVa3BluhOE7srgCqz7ofCJ60b0r7yt-PC5xXfVRuqNe2w4YACZwAsSykA_ZR2085sbh1NfBu6Y2-zt5BPMlxqH6HflWzhLNQYeMC2Syj1CcoKPUCE3X_l7W75F2BbgGi9PCQ/s320/Fallen.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508695937683883010" /></a><br /><br /><div>by <span style="font-weight:bold;">Leila Fortier</span></div><div><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 16.2037px; ">(click or double-click to view full size)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 16.2037px; "><br /></span></span></div>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-48972000035357568502010-08-21T05:18:00.001-04:002010-08-21T05:20:11.530-04:00within five minutes of entering the supermarket<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">by <b>J.J. Campbell</b></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:small;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">standing in the beer</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">aisle wondering if the</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">imported shit is really</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">worth four extra dollars</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">when this attractive</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">black woman fell to</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">the floor</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">my first inclination</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">was to laugh</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">my mom of course</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">rushed over to see if</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">she was alright as the</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">woman was blaming</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">her heels and diabetes</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">for the fall</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">i settled for domestic</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">later in the fruits and</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">vegetables section this</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">little kid said hello to</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">me but he didn't use</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">my name or mister</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">he said hello to the</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">big fat guy</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">i laughed and thought</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">about karma</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and the more i thought</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">about it the more i</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">wanted to teach that</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">kid how much the</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">truth really hurts</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">but i refrained</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">figured life would</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">get to him soon</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">enough</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a target="_blank" href="http://sites.google.com/site/losersincsite/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; cursor: pointer; ">http://sites.google.com/site/losersincsite/</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></span></div>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-13004390647153279262010-08-21T05:15:00.002-04:002010-08-21T05:18:19.049-04:00at the community picnic<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">by </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">J.J. Campbell</span></span></b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:small;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">just another lost soul</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">that thinks the world</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">has gone to hell since</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">duane allman died</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and here come the</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">other fuckers who</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">hate the government</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">until they want</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">something done for</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">nothing</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">a slinky dress falling</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">off the shoulder of a</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">leggy blonde that</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">knows how to get</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">what she wants</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">there goes the lawyer</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">busted for having sex</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">with underage girls</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and all the whispers</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">that follow him</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and here comes the</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">pastor whom no one</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">would expect holds</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">the darkest secrets</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">of all</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">but nothing stays</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">hidden forever in</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">this small town</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">infamy is as close</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">as the nearest</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">prying eye</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><br /></div></span></div></span></div>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-30994566002938845442010-08-19T03:51:00.001-04:002010-08-19T03:51:44.376-04:00The Rancid Rooms of Montreal<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">by <b>Denis Robillard</b></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I’m thinking of Montreal again<br />Sleepy out of the way diners<br />Run by hard working immigrants<br />Clatter of dishes, noisy kitchens<br />Cheap tips under chipped coffee cups.<br />Find jack there, c. 1953.<br />Sneering at red rancid rooms off St. Catherine<br />The gloom time of Peel or a Papineau Tavern<br />Where he’s drunk on Sang Du Caribou again.<br />I settle for a Cheval Blanc<br />Where my morning coffee is still doing its job<br />& Alcohol fumes from last night’s mess<br />Are still drilling a deliberate hole in my skull.<br />Today in a hypnogogic state I saw the face<br />Of a young Jean Louis Kerouac<br />On the back of a cloth mottled chair<br />At The Station Restaurant 8 am.<br />And this day will never be the same.<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-34404246950052323992010-08-19T03:50:00.001-04:002010-08-19T03:50:54.672-04:00Items of Amorous Intent<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Denis Robillard</b></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dark sad eyes<br />Wild, wild eyes<br />Sweet look of<br />Innocence untried<br />Youthful charm<br />Long, artistic fingers<br />A tilted head<br />A poutey mouth<br />Shock pink lips<br />Soft white neck<br />Hair in pigtails<br />With bouncy wisps<br />And erotic curlicews<br />Eternal hours<br />Our nights of lovemaking<br />The weekends of<br />Wet ,wet rain<br />Descending into<br />Darkness as we<br />Dissolve these items<br />Of amorous intent.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-222647073635034842010-08-18T16:56:00.000-04:002010-08-18T16:57:07.698-04:00What a Man Needs<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">by <b>James Babbs</b></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">he needs water<br />and food<br />and cases of beer<br />for the long nights<br />when he doesn’t have a woman<br />beer for those nights<br />when she’s around<br />but he doesn’t want to talk<br />he needs money<br />and moments of anger<br />he needs rooms<br />he can go to<br />and hide from the light<br />telephones<br />with caller ID<br />so he can choose<br />whether or not to answer<br />he needs dreams<br />dreams of beauty<br />and death<br />hung with darkness<br />something<br />that feels like love<br />but doesn’t have a name</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div><br /></div></span></div>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-87263269839606922892010-08-18T16:55:00.000-04:002010-08-18T16:56:20.346-04:00Nine In the Morning<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">by <b>James Babbs</b></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">empty Bud Light box<br />blowing across the fields<br />it’s nine in the morning and<br />I’m thinking about sex<br />I haven’t been with a woman<br />in a really long time and<br />it seems to be a lot windier<br />around here these days and<br />whenever I see a woman<br />I try to picture<br />what she looks like naked<br />imagining<br />how her body feels<br />rubbing against my own and<br />I think<br />that’s one of the reasons<br />why I’ve been drinking so much<br />mostly<br />cold bottles of beer<br />but sometimes red wine<br />or whiskey in my coffee<br />when it starts getting cold</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div></span></div>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-90509454090354043482010-08-18T16:53:00.002-04:002010-09-05T07:59:36.668-04:00Cruel Summer<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">by </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">James Babbs</span></span></b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">it was a cruel summer<br />if you don’t believe me<br />just go ask<br />the women from Bananarama<br />see what they’re doing now<br />maybe<br />if you ask them nicely<br />they’ll perform<br />their remake of Venus for you<br />I used to masturbate<br />while watching their videos<br />I think one of them<br />married Dave Stewart<br />from the band Eurythmics<br />I wonder if they’re still together<br />does anybody here know<br />whatever happened to Annie Lennox<br />she frightened me<br />the first time I saw her<br />in the video for Sweet Dreams<br />late-night Friday<br />on cable TV and<br />I never had any plans for the weekend<br />I usually just slept in late</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div></span></div>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-38179028877018409142010-08-16T23:29:00.003-04:002011-03-16T20:51:27.573-04:00Fran’s Buildingby<b> John Rocco</b><br />
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</div><div><div>A guy jumped out of Fran’s building</div><div>the 6th floor</div><div>3 floors above Fran’s place where </div><div>we play poker and drink. </div><div><br />
</div><div>The guy who jumped was </div><div>a loner. No one in the building</div><div>talked to the guy because they</div><div>thought he was a weirdo</div><div>and Fran turned out to be </div><div>the only one to talk to the guy</div><div>who was a recluse and fucked up</div><div>but he talked to Fran and two days</div><div>before he jumped Fran saw </div><div>him in an ambulance down</div><div>the block and had a dilemma:</div><div>stop and see him or meet the</div><div>band to jam but he stopped</div><div>and asked the guy if he needed</div><div>anything from his apartment.</div><div><br />
</div><div>The guy said no </div><div>thanks anyway</div><div>and that was the last</div><div>Fran thought of him</div><div>before he heard he</div><div>jumped early in the morning.</div><div></div><div>Also in Fran’s builidng </div><div>is</div><div>was</div><div>this WW2</div><div>Navy Captain</div><div>who had to order</div><div>hundreds of sailors</div><div>to their deaths</div><div>to save thousands of</div><div>other sailors</div><div>at Iwo Jima. </div><div></div><div>Fran plays chess with</div><div>the old guy</div><div>many games drinking</div><div>Anisette and the last</div><div>time the phone rang </div><div>and it was the Captain’s</div><div>nephew who told Fran</div><div>to tell the old guy to shave</div><div>in the morning because he</div><div>was going to take him to</div><div>the doctor but they were</div><div>really taking him to a hearing</div><div>to put him away in a home.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Fran didn’t tell him to shave</div><div>and they stayed up late</div><div>drinking Anisette and</div><div>playing chess. </div><div></div><div>I’m going over to Fran’s now </div><div>to drink in the middle of the day</div><div>and if the bricks could drink </div><div>in his building they would</div><div>and I’d give them a shot</div><div>but they can’t drink</div><div>but they can remember </div><div>because </div><div>architecture is alive</div><div>blood hard music </div><div>that we all live inside.</div><div><br />
</div><div></div></div>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-61980346735549661902010-08-16T23:28:00.000-04:002010-08-16T23:29:05.689-04:00Summerby <b>John Rocco</b><div><br /></div><div><div>All the teeth in my head are exploding </div><div> wet firecrackers finally going off</div><div> hunks of old lead and decay and </div><div> untouched summer girls in the park</div><div> down the hatch with a river of bourbon</div><div> thank god for bourbon</div><div> the true ones </div><div> drink 4 gallons of bourbon</div><div> a day in their minds</div><div> to become Davy Crockett</div><div> King of the Wild Frontier </div><div> who fought Mexico</div><div> 16 corpses surrounding his corpse</div><div> his knife in all of them. </div><div><br /></div><div> My summer has been like this.</div></div><div><br /></div>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-42822494498207628252010-08-16T05:05:00.002-04:002010-08-16T05:06:02.417-04:00The Age of Sailby <b>John Rocco</b><div><br /></div><div><div>I’m a stowaway</div><div> on the bad ship NEVERMORE</div><div> her sails black with blood</div><div> her decks awash in whale cum</div><div> the Red Clock of Death</div><div> a doomed heartbeat below.</div><div><br /></div><div> Our Captain, my Captain</div><div> is the Mad One</div><div> branded to kill</div><div> the cold fish world </div><div> the oceans endless</div><div> hot Siren crack pipes whispering</div><div> always whispering to him. </div><div><br /></div><div> I hide in the stinking hold</div><div> entombed with rotting meat</div><div> and casks of grog. </div><div> I tap into both</div><div> and when I walk the </div><div> decks at night</div><div> past the humping shadows</div><div> the cursed meat</div><div> and the blazing booze</div><div> rush through me</div><div> pissing blood and guts</div><div> over the side. </div><div><br /></div><div> This is bait</div><div> of course</div><div> for the aqua chicks</div><div> the Sirens, the Mermaids</div><div> the stacked sea Princesses </div><div> all tails and big tits.</div><div><br /></div><div> This is bait to attract them</div><div> call to them </div><div> so I can sing my song</div><div> to them for a change.</div><div><br /></div><div> I sing to them</div><div> each to each</div><div> as the Allman Brothers say</div><div> to eat a sea peach. </div><div><br /></div><div> I sing of cemetery screwing</div><div> and churchyard orgies.</div><div> I sing of cannibal pages</div><div> and oxygen words.</div><div> I sing of the Harbour Inn</div><div> and the powerful Polish kiss.</div><div> I sing of sweet revenge</div><div> and always going too far.</div><div><br /></div><div> I sing of eating</div><div> her whale’s tail</div><div> morning noon night.</div><div><br /></div><div> I sing this mating call</div><div> of love to scales and tails</div><div> and to their land-loving doubles</div><div> you know who you are. </div><div><br /></div><div> </div></div>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345194317960263509.post-18373760681573684942010-08-16T05:03:00.002-04:002010-08-16T05:03:55.757-04:00Shark Weekby <b>John Rocco</b><div><br /></div><div><div>Watching endless Shark Week shows</div><div> on shark bites and attacks and anatomy</div><div> I learn some important facts:</div><div><br /></div><div> Sharks have two sex organs,</div><div> the second one a back-up</div><div> if the first fails.</div><div><br /></div><div> Sharks have violent sex</div><div> often biting, tearing</div><div> huge chucks of flesh</div><div> off each other. You can</div><div> see the marks on many </div><div> of them. </div><div><br /></div><div> Sharks will die</div><div> drown </div><div> if they stop moving.</div><div><br /></div><div> The shark has a third</div><div> eyelid that closes over</div><div> the blank shark eye </div><div> during frenzied feeding.</div><div><br /></div><div> I don’t know why</div><div> but these shark facts</div><div> make me think of the </div><div> time this beautiful </div><div> Chinese girl said to me:</div><div> “I don’t love you.</div><div> I just want you to</div><div> fuck me…</div><div> haaaaarrrrrrdddddddd.”</div></div><div><br /></div>opiumpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140170123566682746noreply@blogger.com0