stifling-sweat inducing mother night
by the light of a blood moon high in the sky
and all you got in your pocket
is stupid youth and silly dreams
you can live on that but only for so long
but one day !serendipity!
sultry summer gives way to wicked winter
in front of the megastore you hit the floor
slip on some ice and go down like a circus clown
fall to the ground witnesses all around
slip and fall sue em all
habeas corpus, ipso facto, nightmares, suffering, lost wages
settlement should have you set for life
now you’re parking the 21 footer into the slip
sipping champagne lunch buffet at the marina
then it’s the platinum blonde with the hair that don’t quit
slipping into something more comfortable
romantic evening on the 53rd floor
city lights blinking rhythmically below it all
soon boredom is seeping in like dampness in a basement
slip trip and skip a rope
slip away with the mistress to vegas
betting on black when you should have been betting on red
hitting on 16///BUSTED!
a full house beats your house in disarray
bringing endless ramifications and financial complications
that pretty blonde -- has moved on
now all you’ve got again is that moon
and pockets full of nothing
you’re sliding down a slippery slope
clutching cheap wine in brown paper bag
mumbling to yourself some epic in your mind diatribe
back up to a concrete underpass
with the roar of semi’s and occasional siren your soundtrack
slipping into the clutches of darkness
soon slipping into a coma for a long long sleep
