Man in the Bottle I suppose you ought to know you're in trouble when you realize you consider your daily dive into the soothing Goin' Home (for Ben) Damn. My pals have been shuffling off this mortal coil faster than I can recover my equilibrium, here. I guess Sometimes a Cigar... It was a rainy, March day in 1973 -- a little like this rainy, March day. My ex-GF was wrapped Each new dream... same as the last. Each new dream... same as the last. And yet they kept on coming. A procession of rosy futures... glimmering... flickering... When the cocked .45 came out from behind the cop's leg, honest to God, I found myself thinking -- Damn,... You almost read about this in the evening news instead of in this blog. This happened just about two hours Giving money to hookers and screwing your friends... It's the Gospel of Greed used to call it the Age of Me -- but it isn't just I. Honey, Like it always used to be... Last time I saw her, a couple years ago, she was shoving a couple of kids in The end is coming... as it always has been. For most of my adult life, many folks have been warning about the consequences of our shortsighted and greedy suck Just another noodle in the bowl... Trifling piffle. Is that a pejorative? Well... so be it. This brief but probably pointless improvised instrumental duet is a After the Darking of the Day It's just after sunset as I write this. Like any working stiff, even one who has worked odd hours for « Previous 1 … 11 12 13 14 15 … 42 Next »
