Monday, November 24, 2008

they're already singing christmas songs...
it's not yet thanksgiving.

let the commercialism flow...

Friday, November 21, 2008

i've got my mind on things that have no meaning
i've got my eyes on you

well, there is always a reason
a reason to keep being 

the girl across the road
waiting for the traffic to stop
in a green wool coat
and swaying perfectly in the cold breeze
when she walks she keeps her head down
eyes on the road
and is gone
somewhere i don't know

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

there is nothing as disgusting as fake perfection

like bright plastic,
like frozen food

like that shit you hear on pop radio

i want something real,
strong and alive.

remember when life was worth living?

don't let if fade away,
there's still time left...

Monday, November 17, 2008

the cheese sandwich she had smelled strong and quite disgusting
who eats those kinds of things?



i had the inclination to leave...
but of course i stayed.


i always stay...

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Melvin was very popular
Everyone wanted to be near him
They gathered in a huddle around him
He looked good, clean and sharp
Smiling blandly, with his eyes half closed
Dreaming
When they cut him open
They poked through his insides and probed
Curiously
Wondering what they'd find

Melvin didn't really mind
For one thing he was dead
And since it was either a biology lab table
or be made into bacon
it really didn't matter anyway.


Wednesday, November 12, 2008

turn down the lights, placate the drunk,
kill the telephone
i don't want to spit this one out 
and have you rape me later on 

now ladies and gentlemen
i used to be a notorious killer
and then i became the world's greatest dancer
always asking what the truth was
and never waiting for an answer 

now it's the clay inside this heart of stone
and the concrete in my head
i know there's a fine line 'tween the living and the dead
and i used to go to slasher films
and leave feeling pretty free
it's really quite cathartic 
to see yourself up on the screen

and i've been driving the nails
firmly in your tree
you've been talking to your father 
on behalf of me
nothing at these checkpoints
i care to defend 
why do i raise the hammer up
and drive the nails again?

now in the graveyard of my secrets
there's a hope buried beneath 
all this talk of peace and righteousness 
has got me weary beyond belief 
and there's an unwanted mistress
in my bed late at night
she says "i know you're a criminal,
you've been on death row all your life."

and i've been driving the nails
firmly in your tree 
you've been talking to your father
on behalf of me
nothing at these checkpoints
i care to defend
why do i raise the hammer up
and drive the nails again?


-bill mallonee 

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

something in my head stirring,
certain in uncertainty
hopeless dreaming
neverending light


there isn't really anything to say,

say something anyway