Reductum Ad Absurdum

...Like the Cat

5/26/1992 10:19am

I, like the cat, have had lives to try
I, like the cat, strive to look past the lie
I, like the cat, am destined to die
for I, like the cat, can't help wondering why

Blundering

April 27, 2007 2:43am

I've spent most of my life staggering from one point to the next,
often seeming agile for My ability to land on My feet
but the truth of it is, if I had stopped to tie my shoelaces,
there might well have  been less stumbling to recover from.

I've twisted, turned and slid sideways,
all - attempts to avoid the bruises
Often 'paying attention' only just before impact
Occasionally dealing only a glancing blow rather than that last large one
Smiling at My clever abilities to remain in tact

I am a man of moments,
strung together with glittering objects strained to grasp
tiptoes hovering on that precipice, arms akimbo
the maddening clown, sure to fall any moment
somehow brought back from that final tipping point
at one of those last possible, precious moments

I blundered into and out of much of my life,
one day, I blundered into you...
Fully expecting the bruises and scrapes that oft' accompany my travails
only to find your arms there to steady and sooth Me
over and over. Until... I realize
your careful steps.

And so, slowly I turn and mimic your stance
hands and eyes locked to yours
finding that I am suddenly... without facepaint
and floating just an inch above ground as we move together
finally at peace.

you stabilize Me.

Seeking

In seeking beauty, I've seen much ugliness
In seeking love, I've seen much hate
In seeking truth, I've seen much falseness
In seeking peace, I've seen much violence
In seeking myself, I've seen much in others
In seeking experience, I've raped my innocence

A Bottle of Happiness

4/24/1993 5:20p (shuckers II)

I pour myself some liquid courage
Three dollars to the jar
Fifteen dollars, feelin' better
Just can't find my car

Live's a bitch, and then ya drink,
sink down, feel no pain
Kill the worries, just don't think,
Face down in the rain

A lovely time was had by all
...if we could remember
caught up in a drunkard's ball
back since last september

We had the fun, we paid the price
we nursed our tender brain
each morning came the sacrifice
no asprin could contain

The Storm

The Storm - 3/24/1993 4:30p (Shuckers II)

I knew it was approaching
could feel it in the air
I sensed the gloom encroaching
-- but still caught unawares

In due course, it slapped me full
a white-faced, startled glare
It Grumbled, Flashed, Demanded rule
no mercy left to spare

I screamed defiance, yelled rebuke
fists clenched in a dare
a drenching onslaught was it's refute
...My answer met no care

I know the storm will depart some day
and leave me in it's past
I must hold out during the fray
My courage strong and fast