Once Upon A Time
Copyright 2023 by Michael Walker
(For all the old farts I know. You know who you are.)
Once-upon-a-time
Everyone else was older
And now
They are younger…
I marvel
At certain things
Some Internet blogger
Writing about
The Moon landing
As if everyone who marveled
At that marvel
Now we're dead…
Or some teenagers on You Tube
Mulling over the mechanics...
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Mortality
Copyright 2023 by Michael Walker
All of our heroes will die soon
And our non-heroes too
Neil Young
And that kid in fourth grade
Who dipped your
Clip-on tie
Into a muddy
Street puddle
They both will die
Soon
And every day
We try to make the days last
A little longer
We flail about
Like those
Used-Car
Stick balloons
We work and play...
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Phantom Limb
Copyright 2023 by Michael Walker
My guitar is
My phantom limb
They cut it away from me
I pawned it
I no longer play it.
My guitar
That red Charvel
With the single -coil
Pickups…
I can still feel it
That power
Strapped to my body
The opening figure
Of "Sonic Reducer"
In Ferrari red.
I was going to take over the world...
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King Kong Falls
(Copyright 2023 by Michael Walker)
I remember how it was
In the clearing
Touching my little golden doll
She was growing
This strange white fur
That would come off
When I rubbed it
And I remember
It was pleasant just doing that
Like peeling a rare fruit
Hard to find
But good to taste
It was so nice
A lull in the...
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Happy birthday SG!
Hey SG it's my birthday
'Bout To Give In To You
Copyright 2023 by Michael Walker
Took the ferry took the ferry to the city uh huh
With my guitar
Wrapped up in a garbage bag
Played for hours
Outside The Museum of Art
Got eight dollars
And a Japanese business card
'Bout to give in
'Bout to give in to you
Walked around
Somebody tried to sell me a...
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End Zone Dance
Copyright 2023 by Michael Walker
We all deserve
An end-zone dance
Something to get us
In the papers
We all deserve
An end-zone dance
Do you know
How you're
Gonna shake it?
We all deserve
An end-zone dance
After all the shit
We've been through
We all deserve
A lollipop
Bright red
And full of sugar
We all deserve
A lollipop
Endorphins...
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Mary Won't Allow It
Copyright 2023 by Michael Walker
Mary won't allow it
Sunshine
As anodyne
Sweet chords
On a
Hummingbird
Guitar
Mary won't allow it
Her staff of
Busy bees
All the honey
Yet to be
Gleaned…
Her son didn't die
For your sins
Her son died
On a cross
Of Gold.
Her son died
In foreign wars
Her son died
Before
He was...
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