Something in Your Way (sung to the Nirvana song)

there's something in your way, yeah, mmm-mmm

i'm something in the way, yeah, mmm-mmm

 

there's a cardboard jungle

where the bike spot used to be

with potted plants and a cut-out cheetah

from Serenget-Disney

 

 here on  a safari hunt

an oasis where to teach

but bikes need chains from monkeys

and classrooms out of reach

 

there's something in my way, yeah, mmm-mmm

you're something in my way, yeah, mmm-mmm

 

went out bike-space hunting

with my elephanting gun

heard chimpanzees calling

to see what they had done

 

they'd taken children's outer space

for this alien's land rover

the bosses' gaffe which made me laugh

 chained to a Transformer

 

 

 something's in your way, yeah, mmm-mmm

i'm something in your way, yeah, mmm-mmm

 

selfish germ pandemic

acting like the kids they take

not a thought for teacher

just a belly-ache

 

meat has got no feelings

domestic or imported

the law is of the jungle

ivory is hoarded

 

 there's something in your way, yeah, mmm-mmm

you're something in my way, yeah, mmm-mmm

somethings i can't say, yeah, mmm-mmm

just something in way

 

4-24-13

 

 

 

 

 

 



A Lover's Ten Percent

we hear about one percent affluence
estute Graeber's occupation
but quiver in love's shadow
a lover's ten percent of doubt
if what should be will not work out
and romance become a roundabout

we sneer at loans made just to bind us
to make us bow like slaves to patrons
but wonder how a maid's mind moves
how her mouth tongue lips and teeth
can kiss your pride with merriment
or suck you till your blood is spent

we buy lay-away plans on credit
benefitting only interested parties
but here folk drive by countyside rules
the shortest route to A-B distance
you'd be a fool to close your eyes
and test the branch's resistance

once one's bitten he's twice shy
they'll say he was a real nice guy
Durocher knows they'll finish last
after all the love they had has passed
so why not make a lovers pact
'when all is done, give it back'

it's beneficiary children's wont to say
'save your parents' rainy day'
mountains soon to valleys yield
letting justice be appealed
make it clear just what you might
and print it out in black and white

don't spend your ashes on an urn
let love grow and money burn
trust not future to a chance
lock it up, then dance the dance
ten percent is not too bad
with ninety reasons to be glad!

4-21-13

drizzling indecision

drizzling indecision

even the cat's confused

the roof is wet

but bikers ride

construction workers work

on a roof a block away

but the cat doesn't want to go out

to get his paws wet

4-20-13



I Remember Why I Came Here

i remember why i came here

ride bike down country trails

not to buy something for sale

i have my favorite spots to ride

because i haven't worn them out

so infrequently i come here

a room has just four corners

i paint myself into one

with a wide wide world without

my cellmate isn't jealous

she's happy staying in

i ride outside like an alley cat

i want out like an alley cat

the food brings me back

the litter box

the food

the litterbox

the food

the litterbox

the great outdoors...

4-19-13



Oh, to taste every word

oh, to taste every word

deliberate sounds from Hardy's lips

each letter of every delicious syllable

every loving chew

of every curving 'e' in Eustasia and Wildeve.

 

for all the noise of careless motormen

there sits one rider waiting for his lover

under a sheltered Han River bench

as the wind kicks up from north

dry as a drizzle spreads around them

 

 more than glad am i to fold this paper

into my father's Hardy pages

pen retracted, kick-stand kicked

 to find dry bench on Han River ledge

closer, warmer to my own lover

 

4-13-13