The tree breathes life into the stale salad dressing
Pallid and feckless too fast to savor every bite
Sips down trash to keep the thrill alive
Zags down alleys and bridges at night
Gloveless Bridgewater spiral not so tight
Bleach blonde teeth but feeling so white
Crowns himself king of the Mormons
Clashes swords with the orcs and the parking enforcement
Lays bricks in the sand flip be an informant
Backstab the boss get engorged by the gorgons
Fixate on fixed-rate 30 year mortgage
Open the floodgates and spill out the porridge
Pour through the pores and flush out the horseshit
Reality too dry
Steaks too sly
Hate killing flies
Nibble on crumbs
Pop some Tums
Blinders on when you’re online
Haunted hallways so sublime
The time is always subprime
Keep your chin up
Take it in stride
What good is it to hide
Behind the camera’s eye
Snippet squirms just out of sight
In doors and windows
The skin shows who’s sharks and who’s minnows
Barely literate financial wisdom
Pale kings and pale kingdoms
That ain’t it chief
Cut the mischief
Write like life depends on it
Sew the holes
Tow the line
Post about it online
High up sundown brown leaf breathes relief
Soul-searching summer heat
Resist temptation to retreat behind curtains
Blaze of glory mushroom clouds fade into fury
Grayhounds graze pigeon toad
Hitch your hopes to the wagon
Drag legs across jaws and collapse
Clasping at oysters soaked in the blood of a thousand sons
Awoken by flashes of passion, possessed by rat race vets whose fears manifest as death threats
Pull a pall around Saul baked with resin and meth
Post-drome Havannah Syndrome
Weak in the wrists waking sleepwalk
Full of sputum and salt
Impatiently await while bloodshot eyes boil
Every step hits paranoia upswing interrupted
Blow smoke out the window while bank account winnows
Win more than you lose with loose pockets akimbo