Post by alexwriter on Dec 26, 2006 21:48:50 GMT -5
Incomplete Idiot
I thought I was done
that I was the one
my accounts were squared
to my surprise
when I tried to move
ahead, get out of bed
I was snared
nailed to the floor
My eyes are not mine
my brain is too tame
my game is not the same
Alex
Vivid is Mike's complaint
that I pull my load
that I write fiction
he improves my diction
my goals, my predilections
He says we can sell
if ourselves we can jell
for it is my fate to write
float ideas on a kite
into the heavens
where bookish oafs
sell paper hearts
and other parts
of our devising
Mike can't get ahead
without me in his head
functioning clock-like
ticking, conspicuous
not pernicious, not suspicious
If our efforts mesh
best at our behest
If I move and groove
like he says I can
I can use my words
raise us up
from paper cup
and muddy water
to cut glass
I.W. Harper
first class
not tied to the mast
going down with the ship
and ending up with zip
Alex 04/09/06
I thought I was done
that I was the one
my accounts were squared
to my surprise
when I tried to move
ahead, get out of bed
I was snared
nailed to the floor
My eyes are not mine
my brain is too tame
my game is not the same
Alex
Vivid is Mike's complaint
that I pull my load
that I write fiction
he improves my diction
my goals, my predilections
He says we can sell
if ourselves we can jell
for it is my fate to write
float ideas on a kite
into the heavens
where bookish oafs
sell paper hearts
and other parts
of our devising
Mike can't get ahead
without me in his head
functioning clock-like
ticking, conspicuous
not pernicious, not suspicious
If our efforts mesh
best at our behest
If I move and groove
like he says I can
I can use my words
raise us up
from paper cup
and muddy water
to cut glass
I.W. Harper
first class
not tied to the mast
going down with the ship
and ending up with zip
Alex 04/09/06
