Drunken revelers soiled the city streets polluted bloodstreams got them acting like scattering ants avoiding a child Celebrating three decades ago when cable news extinguished God to appease politicians who prayed for our worship I stuff my backpack with contraband Bukowski, Bradbury and The Bible A rusty revolver and damaged ammo Forbidden by a faceless... Continue Reading →
THE ANGRY WORLD: Happy Hour in Boiler City
On the deadest of dead end streets I drunk stumbled into a dark and lonely saloon Gingerly rubbed my bloodshot eyes that had gone piss yellow On an empty dance floor filled with starry night dreams Christ was on the cross smoking a cigarette Dude exhaled a smokey blue crown of thorns Looked at me... Continue Reading →
THE ANGRY WORLD: Strong Tequila in Boiler City
The sewer spit out mutant worms Conquering Boiler City in a New York minute imitating a rabid army of Visigoths legalizing anarchy Death pouring out of their slimy segmented bodies lined with teeth or claws and biological weaponry Slithering through streets filled with garbage and crime crushing buses and cars with the glee of an... Continue Reading →
THE ANGRY WORLD: The Alley Behind the Dive Bar
Spent half my life out behind this rotten gin joint A harsh prison sentence I'm just a recidivist degenerate vomiting vodka, vicodin and venom Hellbent on a life of introspective mediocrity Ate a hard knuckle sandwich from some dude with long greasy hair muscular arms and an intimidating beer gut Skanky barfly with teeth the... Continue Reading →
THE ANGRY WORLD: The Daily Apocalypse
An indifferent sun bleeds through dark velvet clouds the color of cheap boxed wine A gunshot wound on a rock and roll icon Chirping birds mock the early morning Children laughing at an old lady's flabby arms I have survived another apocalypse A speed freak soldier in a broken down taxi cab Plywood seat contorts... Continue Reading →
THE ANGRY WORLD: The Forest Near the Furnace
Woods are frightening fucked up places of extreme mystery Like the dark sinister catacombs of my wife's mind And the addictive bite of her poisonous loins The forest reels me in like a cod fish hooked like a skid row heroin addict The Boiler City tabloids branded me a killer A love slave to the... Continue Reading →
THE ANGRY WORLD: The Devil in the Land of Fire
A hellish sun rose from the south on that day Spider Monsters crawled out of the Patagonian soil The ancient fisherman's church in Port Disturbance spouted Dark blood from its rusted, salty steeple A violent revolutionary's coup attempt was stopped cold By a demon army that spit fire and napalm from strange organs The fish... Continue Reading →
THE ANGRY WORLD: The Holly Jolly Hangover
That heavy metal industrial junkyard hangover digs in a little deeper come Christmas Time Cheap liquor melting your guts Synthesize them into reindeer road kill The lamentable sense of worthlessness Amplified Off key Christmas Carols spouted from annoying revelers ripping through busted speakers and chintzy microphones Embarrassment, Guilt and Mediocrity are my Three Wise Men... Continue Reading →
The Angry World: Another Fall on Long Island
Each glorious sunrise brings another ignoble defeat Bulging out of my clothes like a hernia My yellow belly guts put on display The check engine light devil summoned up onto my dusty dashboard Imitating an alien blip on an old arcade game My dreams strangled by two villains Insidious duo of procrastination and excuses News... Continue Reading →
THE ANGRY WORLD: Night Drive in Boiler City
On a chilly November night the rancid furnace factory fortress birthed monsters from its sour belly Spring loaded from diabolical netherworlds their slimy tentacles strangled City Hall demons Radio waves were clogged with conjecture Refurbished mannequins on the tv news vomited fictional political conspiracies Like the nefarious Empires before it Boiler City fell I drive... Continue Reading →