.

Obviously I have been very busy at work this week....


Note to self, when burying the past remember the skeletons are in your closet
Note to self, killing a joke is fine but kill a conversation and you’ll do time
get sent to Coventry and you’ll never be free.

Note to self, when building a reputation use solid ground
Note to self, when making a name remember they are fragile
get a grip and you’re less likely to slip

Note to self, keep your friends close and enemies closer,
It will save them a trip when they stab you in the back.
Note to self, remember that those around you never forget
The mistakes we make are immortal

Note to self, only the good die young so sin
And note to self, read your notes!

***************************************************************************


I sit home alone, only me for company
My distorted reflection, defection, I see
Confessions to a receiver
Couldn’t get much easier than this
A free phone number turns out I’m dumber than I thought I would be


My confession in this session totals, “mmm.” and, “erm.”
To describe it, a sob, the most accurate term
As the words fail I grow far from pale
Unable to articulate I feel frustrated
So I turn to the pen that I’ve learned

Once spoken it’s to late to edit
Immortality in the word and deed
The moment is over, like a lover to treasure
We only want what has gone and never know what we need

I could write reams on the dreams that chase me
down alleyways on the darkest nights and the blackest corridors of my mind
But in the end it’s my voice that forsakes me
Trembling like knees in a haunted house, unable to find order or form
They remain a genie in a bottle yearning to be free


*************************************************************************


some give presents maybe a compliment,
you deliver punchlines with bruises,
so proud you forget bylines use the headlines to declare your victory

who needs enemies when they have friends like you?
we all have enemies but what can they do?
who needs enemies when they have friends like you?