Accidental Incidents

the dark
comes
goes
so does
the light
it's no miracle
or a surprise
but it
sneaks up
on you
sometimes

how much time
do we have left?
she asked
not enough
I said
the setting sun
had nothing
to do with it


the last thing
she said
left me
hanging
on a ledge

I'm drunk
right now
I'll be drunk
tomorrow
my wife
is in Chicago
fucking
my best friend's
brother
and I couldn't
care less
and I would
take her back
in a second

hey Mr.
pharmaceutical man
I need
a buzz
I smoked
all my meth
last night
and I
can't find
my weed card

the girl
is gone
I'm still here
nursing
a drink
I forgot
I ordered
about a half hour ago

this is not
as easy
as it looks

Tool Bag City

in tool bag city
nobody listens
cause everybody's talking
but they don't say anything
on their cellphones
at 3 AM
in tool bag city
everybody drives
a sport utility vehicle
or a great big
brand new truck
with nothing in it
in tool bag city
the game is rigged
nobody wins
although the bullies
think they do
in tool bag city
everybody owes
the fat man
with a big smile
a thin mustache
and a thousand dollar suit
about fifty percent
of what they make
and they don't make shit
and the fat man thinks
they should work harder for it
in tool bag city

Guitar Lessons

be patient
keep messing with the tempo
crank the distortion

sabbath bloody sabbath riff

chant

nobody's fault but mine
for five minutes

don't wear shorts
if you have a cape put it on
eye liner is optional
a cool hate essential

avoid the whammy bar
it's not worth the trouble

if it drives everyone crazy
you might be onto something special

don't forget woody
joe never did

Thin Wild Mercury

sometimes abstract
frequently invisible at first glance
almost always simple
often impossible
only attainable when you work like an immigrant and get lucky

a lie
a bitch
a vice you can't kick
a ghost
a cool house in the woods
a recurring nightmare
a whore in a purple dress flipping off a cop at two am behind his back

what I am trying to do

what am I trying to do

something you can lose or throw away
never easy to understand
something most folks don't think about much

blond on blond

Minuscule

It is kind of like the difference between
Hank Aaron
And Robin Yount
Bart Starr
And Steve McNair
Shakespeare
And Norman Mailer
Picasso
And Jackson Pollack
Bob Dylan
And Rick Nelson.

Six of one, half dozen of another.

And if you don't believe me
Watch a few old Super Bowl tapes
Read Armies Of The Night
And Macbeth
Back to back
Go to a museum
And take a look
Or do the math
755
-
251
=
504
And that's more than I thought
But it doesn't matter
'Cause it's only Rock and Roll
or the difference between
Frank Lloyd Wright and my dad.