Joy Hopping

 

I am finally content
to simply be who I am..

Took me years to understand
there is no long term plan..

No tightly crafted narrative..

Only these fleeting moments

that make this trip tolerable..

Connected specks of sand
in the vast desert of eternity
where we well meaning inhabitants
spend our allocated time 
seeking out snippets of happiness

Glory Be to Cardio

 

80 heart beats per minute..

That's 4,800 thumps per hour..

And the number keeps multiplying
as days turn to years
one truth is perfectly clear..

This fabulous device
which powers our lives
while a marvel
of steady efficiency
can feel very empty
if it remains unfulfilled..

If fate and good fortune

smile in your direction

you'll meet a special

once in a lifetime angel

to share your heart with

for the rest of this trip..

Exactly like I did

when you walked into my life

and saved me

by agreeing to be my wife..

So many heartbeats ago 

Lazy Brains

 

Hey Mr Know It All..

Rambling on with your charts

and exhaustive BORING studies..

Spare us your expertise
wrapped around
overly informed opinions.. 

We ain't impressed
with your years of experience
and all the degrees
on top of the accolades
afforded heavily lauded 

knowledge gods..

The only authority we recognize
are experts of the internet variety

that have spent minutes of study

from fellow social media authorities

who while short on factual back up

are long on posting volume repetition..

These venerated influencers

are the modern day town criers

teaching us useful village idiots what to think

Joy Tripping

 

I GOT IT!!!

The elusive path to happiness
is by way of acceptance of the fact
that it's NOT our final location

tucked away in a mystical destination
forever just beyond the horizon..

Elation is found

in your current situation
within the here and now
wherever that may be..

It's all in the trip bitches..

The means not only justify the ends..

Our self crafted route defines them..

Selective Vision

 

Selective morality

so in vogue 

with us rambunctious 

foam at the mouth zealots

weighs heavily on the soul..

This modern affliction

causes my neck

these contentious days
to be perpetually in pain
from always
looking the other way

from the high volume sins

of our very flawed leadership..

Handicapping me to such an extent

I have to shift my body
to see the train of reality
speeding down the tracks
to squash gullible me
and the moral judgement I lack..

When you read my brief obituary
the blurb that sums me up will say..

Death by lame rationalizations

Blessed Be the Woke

 

Hi Ho..Hi Ho..

It's off to Woke we go..

Gonna care about unfortunates..

Give comfort to people labeled deviants..

Won't demonize those persecuted

for living life different..

Gonna laugh off the righteous wrath
of MAGA based Christian hypocrites
because everyone knows
with us bleeding heart wokesters

Jesus has always rolled 

Album Busters

 

After we exit
this Earthly stage
all vestiges of our existence
will be stored in the clouds
with posted pic images
laid out sequentially
dutifully loading the history
of our above ground timeline
to remote servers everywhere
til an inevitable full memory dump
does a massive deletion of our past lives
in a frickin millisecond..

Just another humbling reminder
that storage space is way more precious

than disposable flesh and blood us

Free To Be Freaky

So bored am I

with my grind of a life

I hop into a pharma cab

to whisk me away

from this gray state of monotony..

A zombie cabby

of questionable morality

takes me on a surreal trip

and drops my soon to be sore ass

deep into the murky mist

of party down Apocalypse..

The evening is replete
with sinners and fake saints
casually intermingling

in a steamy cauldron
beneath neon illumination

bathing our congregation crew

in a soothing bluish hue..

When the moon finally retreats
our hypocrisy is complete
as all pretenses

of stifling normality

we wore previously

spill out onto the street

along with us denizens

of liberating debauchery 

Those of us weary participants

who are still upright

hug and do a numbers exchange

so that we may keep in touch

with new found freaky friends

who like us have to assimilate again

into a repressed society

none of we mutants understand

Fertilizer Spreaders

 

We of the gullible block
bought the latest
propaganda line
for pennies on the dollar..

After full absorption
of our daily allocated portion
we sit at our keyboards
to mass regurgitate the bullshit
we communally were fed..

The enemies of we vessels

defame us as useful idiots

with that condescending tone

that drove us over to the toxic side

where they at least

have the decency to pretend

they respect

perpetually pissed off us

Ostrich Flock

 

Contrary to popular opinion
I am still convinced
there is no better defense
against the many impediments
to our pursuit of happiness
than reality inhibiting

blissful ignorance..

Beneath this umbrella of darkness
we can contently live out

this out of sight out of mind existence

free of the guilt and fears

that inhibits

the joys of social obliviousness

Kidding Around

 

You do realize
it's OK to be happy?

You are more than worthy
and certainly deserving
for you have paid your dues
to the Blue Room of Melancholy..

So loosen your hesitations..

Drop those binding reservations..

Unleash that dormant smile..

Release the joyous inner child
too long imprisoned
by mundane adult responsibilities

Hate Connection

 

Just because I hate A
does not mean necessarily
that I love B...

I am quite capable of despising
both sides of this decrepit coin..

The enemy of my enemy
can never be my friend
cause I like to compartmentalize
my hatred and avoid
conflict complications 

Book Club

 

Blessed be to we

sinners and would be saints

struggling daily

to somehow make the best

of our less than ideal situations..

Far more questions

than answers abound

in this disjointed maze

where the way out

is rarely found..

Those of us seeking
divine revelation
find inspiration
from contemplation
found in ancient compilations
of dusty scrolls
scribed long ago...

Are we semi pious pilgrims

praying up the wrong tree?

God only knows

Mr Hybrid

 

I am a mutt..

A hybrid mix
of sincerity and bullshit..

An acquired taste
of bitter sweetness..

See me as I truly am..

A son of a bitch dog man..

Just another member 

of the freak show troupe

Limping our way through

this jagged uneven course

of rocky human relationships..

Saddled with the myriad

of maddening contradictions
none of us are destined

to ever understand

Hate the Haters

 

In the end
it all goes down like this..

Since it was
back in the beginning
when cavemen conceived
this tribal bullshit..

Fast forward to today..

The lines are drawn in concrete
as the wall divides
us and them..

Repubs against Dems..

Black versus white..

Gays and straights..

Those not like us
we ain't never gonna trust..

These differences we fear

easily manipulated into hate..

Go read our history..

The virus of prejudice

coursing through our veins..

Tales of violent ignorance

spinning on a bloody loop

century after century..

Hatred compounded..

So how to defeat

an undefeated adversary?

Best to start with respect

as the first step

toward human reclamation 

Stars of the Bizarre

 

If the clown shoes fit
you may as well wear them
and then own it..

Not the footwear
which anyone can buy
or temporarily rent..

Embrace what they represent..

Next level shit..

Your personal life choice statement..

Be the best freak
YOU choose to be..

YOU write your script..

Not them
with their judgmental
smirks of condescension..

Life's too short to be untrue

to the true YOU

Suckers Remorse

 

The leech of considerable popularity
is greatly celebrated

for it's pliability
and unrivaled slippery ability..

So what if this ravenous parasite
is slowly draining out the soul
of our wavering national integrity?

Perhaps getting sucked dry
by this nasty unqualified guy
is the penance for our past arrogance?

Maybe if we manage to survive

this one last senseless attack

we will learn the valuable lesson

to never be so gullible again

Wither John Wayne

 

My prospective love came to me

seeking a cup of pity

and maybe

a little human understanding..

I gave her the needed harshness
that the situation called for

being the hard ass guy

I fancied myself to be..

The whole tough love rap

that I chose to dispense
was not well received
for she was seeking support
and not another 

suck it up condescending lecture
or a cliched soliloquy full of crap
from a hypocrite like me..

Needless to say

my former love

never came my way again..

Of course she eventually

found a more receptive

shoulder on which to cry..

Now I am the sad one

all alone

with my fake macho front

desperately seeking compassion

in a world

where my brand of insensitive man

has gone out of fashion

Close the Reactor

 

These daze

everybody bitches

about this and that..

Collecting thumbs up affirmation

from negative birds of a feather

perched high above the fray

with lots to say

but nothing constructive

to fix the situation..

Do not be content
to just social media rant..

Get off your lazy texting asses..

Spring into action..

Do what you gotta do
to improve the core source
of your current angst..

I'll be behind you of course
firmly stationed here
on my Twitter perch

chirping away
with all the other

know it all life spectators

Monkey Stroke

 

Truth is what it is

and sometimes potentially true..

I will never be
as beloved as you..

Of course your popularity
is based entirely
on telling peeps
exactly what they wanna here..

The art of ego inflation

pumped up by fact manipulation..

Everyone loves validation
even when it's shamelessly phony..

They lap up the accolades

and love the stroking messenger..

So I'll never be

as popular as you..

Cause I can't pimp bullshit

with the same degree

of sychophant efficiency

as devoted flunkies do

Changing Up

 

Time to reboot philosophies..

Refresh world views..

Access the fountain of knowledge

that sits at our fingertips..

Absorb these truths we never knew..

Drain off tired assumptions

that have not been challenged in years..

While we're at it 

let's lower anger levels..

Face down those irrational fears

that block fresh ideas

causing us to be

non receptive

moldy 

crusty

reactionaries  

Ugliness Emptiness

 

So what if I am a little sensitive

about my unsightly appearance?

Multiple sources have informed me

I look better with the mask on.. 

Guess I should take offense

when the barb hits so close to home

but the mirror has this annoying way

of confirming disturbing reality..

Each and every perceived deformity

reflected in the horrified eyes

of our judgemental society

has come to define me..

They recoil at the very mention

of my accursed name

and the stigma attached

to we of the freakish element..

So they define and dismiss us 

solely by the outward package

they see with typical surface superficiality..

Monsters to be avoided religiously..

I contend

these beasts of mass condemnation

are the ones projecting ugly

with their cruel social hypocrisy..

Truth be told..

I am the one shunning them

Cult of Carlin

 

Anyone who knows me

knows if I were to ever sign up

to belong to a mindless cult

it would be to the Cult of Carlin..

If I were to ever pray

to a marble deity

I would kneel by George..

Seeking snippets of wisdom

from the greatly missed critic

of our flawed humanity..

Of course he would call bullshit

on this misguided worship

which would make me love

my genius God even more 

Pouring the Whine

 

Back in the day
when happy go lucky me
still rolled in a spiritual way
I faithfully subscribed
to the pious bromide
to hate the sin
but love the sinner..

Clinging to the cliched belief
that the power of forgiveness
would lead to redemption eventually..

God was I naive..

And thus I now live cynically..

A bitter old man

existing is this Age of Suspicion..

Bubble wrapped in skepticism..

Always moving cautiously

through my mind field of trust issues..

I do take a twisted degree of solace

(tinged with spasms of sadness)

that I finally get to ride

with the grievance majority side

I formerly use to deride

back in my former innocence..

Now I am one of those twisted creatures

forever shaking our fists at the clouds

destined to rain down disappointment

on our unfulfilled lives..

For cynicism is indeed

a self fulfilling prophecy

Clinging to Inevitability

 

Masters of Alternate Reality

are currently holding sway

with their relentless hyperbole

flooding the airwaves

with a seemingly endless stream

of toxic grievance..

Locked away
in the Vault of Ignorance
the Truth patiently sits
secure in the knowledge
that it will be set free someday..

The greedy Legions of Darkness
always overreach..

Overextending

their base outrageousness..

And when they do
the light begins to seep in..

Once the cleansing process commences
the lying bastards

who once seemed indestructible 

are through..

They know it too..

For in the oft repeated tug of war

between these ancient foes

human history shows

the good guys prevail eventually..

Though definitely not today..

Cloak of Doubt

 

So secret was the secret
no one in the know
knew what was true..

It was all too max classified
for even high ranking insiders to analyze..

Locked away in perpetuity
the invisible key
was too invisible to see..

This caused a major drain

on what once was

a mystery of much urgency

that has diminished over the years

Cause when people live without

for a sustained period of time

they eventually begin to doubt

the need for what no one has ever seen

or even believe they require any more..

In fact skeptics now question
the ever was existence
of the eternal mystery

lost in the dusty archives

of maybe not history

Cheap Talkers

 

Whisper away
my gossipy friends
of the fake variety..

Share trite asides
with fellow chatter boxes..

Render venomous opinions
on each other too..

Behind their backs of course..

It's what losers like you do..

Prey Power

 

The bigger fish
chases the smaller fish
for the purpose
of doing the food chain..

The smaller fish gets pissed
by it's shitty role in all this
and decides to enlist
a few dozen of it's friends
to mutually defend
against the tyranny 
of the natural order..

Strength in numbers
ain't no myth

as the power

of a motivated collective

can even the odds

in this very rigged game

Special Offer

 

We foggy people

forever searching for clarity..

Desperate seekers
of shared communal values
can never seem to agree these days
on the most current version of truth
being peddled on all web outlets
like a late night infomercial
crafted to convince us eager consumers
that contrived reality
is not only possible
but preferable

to hard to digest facts

that can cause thought nausea 

Stage Blight

 

Come not to me
for rhyme or reason
or even
a lame rationalization
to explain this
poorly crafted script of a life..

If this shit does not turn around quickly
cancellation of my oft panned production
may be imminent
and I'll find my splintered ass
on permanent happiness unemployment