December 2010
5 posts
My Belated Bday Bash: WEDNESDAY Jan 12 @9pm
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 9:00pm
The Smell (all ages) 247 S Main St Los Angeles, CA
Please come celebrate by rocking out with some cool bands including my band the Old Lumps. Please NO presents. Your PRESENCE is cooler. Did you see what I did there? Presents sounds like presence. Pretty rad huh? * AGES WELCOME* LINEUP: The Finches The Dining Dead Old Lumps (My band)
Poem: Remember
Remember the pattern of a child’s cry: the deep huff, more inhales than ex, hyperventilating and feverish shakes like having a withdrawl.
We used to breathe like this when we were in pain.
I’m a withering old man now, with grandchildren who remind me of things I’m much too frail or too forgotten to do now. But today is the day I remembered how to do this. Today I...
Poem: Family Matters
I am rotting inside, decorate me in skin, stretch it around the rims, and ignore the puss and maggots I’m drowning in.
Protect yourself, you’re more important than me. That’s the way things are, and will always be.
Excuse me while I spend time breaking my head against the TV, Feeding myself canned laughter. My family sitcom will make me happy.
