Talking

You love it
I don’t love anything
You love me
Except you

That’s a start
Maybe
Do you have a cigarette
Yeah

Thanks
Don’t mention it

See You Around

under a paper thin moon
you walked away
like a little girl

the night before
in a little white box house
you sat next to a fire and said

that’s funny
and i guess that it was
a long time ago i loved you

you smiled and shrugged
put your cigarette out
and asked for a refill

i loved you too
i said and filled your empty glass
you laughed and said thanks

you always did have
a unique sense of humor
a wooden leg and the best ass in the world

i will miss you
so will the dog
he’s even sadder than i am

Everybody Needs Something

My buddy needs twenty bucks so he can go out drinking tonight. My father needs me to help him put a roof on his house. My mother needs me to fix a flat tire. My sister needs a bag of dope. My brother needs a ride to the west side of town. My wife needs affection, a haircut, and a new car. My daughter needs a pink dress, new shoes and another Barbie doll.

A Made Up Story About An Old Girlfriend

The last time I saw Jenifer she was standing next to a bonfire in the desert talking to an old enemy of mine

I killed my beer threw it at a cactus while she and my enemy walked away from the fire into a trailer

Twenty - five years later

I was sitting in a bar

Wondering whether I should switch from beer to whiskey

I haven’t seen you in years she said how have you been

Great I said

Me too

I’m lying I said

She bought me a beer

I was thinking about switching to whiskey I said

Don’t let me stop you

You still look great I said

You aren’t half - bad yourself

I’m immature and that keeps me looking young

I should try that

It wouldn’t work - you can’t fake it – Besides you should keep doing what you’re doing – It’s working great

Thanks – do you want to get out of here

Go where

I don’t care

The last time I saw you – You were with that idiot John

I still am

That sucks

It’s not that bad

I took her to my apartment

This place is a pit she said

I haven't cleaned in a while would you like a beer I asked

She declined and didn't stay long

I drank the beer I offered her and two more while I fell asleep on the couch watching a baseball game

Sundown At Lake Five

Red sky cold water

Sitting on a raft waiting

For you to dive in

She Might Not Love Me Anymore

Cold hard wind blowing

West to east at dawn I wait

For you to come home

Moon Hanging Low

Moon hanging low

Over city
Foothill
Freeway
Colder

Than yesterday

4 – 30

Driving home from work

Saturday morning.