Saturday, October 24, 2009

Next time the world ends, it won't be so bad

Laughing is good
Smiling is ok
OK

I woke up from a dream about how Mt. Dewmsday
looms way above eye level. And what can
you say?
I'm going to turn into a stoner and I'm going to die.

Not that I foresee either of these things actually happening.

In my dream, swine flew like vultures,
pink encircling pale blue, feathered with clouds.
Impossibly beautiful,
the colors made me think of
female and male babies.

And my stoner eyes
without the pupils.

So I set to staring at them.
And bet that scaring me
was all they needed to do
to make me feel
dead.

As an empty bag of shit.

So I quit paying attention,
giving guilt the shoulder like ice,
and started feeling ok.

Looks like yer in paradise,
smell its bouquet.
Its piss-colored
citrus flavor
dooms you
to stay awake.

Smiling til you feel good
then laughing the gloom away.




2 comments:

  1. I really like this one steve. i think your description of the swine in your dream is masterful, and your stoner eyes scare me coming out of that section.

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  2. Or this one, i was stuck reading it, the words flow

    looks like yer in paradise,
    smell its bouquet.
    Its piss-colored
    citrus flavor
    dooms you
    to stay awake

    this is positive and potent

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