they're already singing christmas songs...
it's not yet thanksgiving.
let the commercialism flow...
Monday, November 24, 2008
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
Monday, November 17, 2008
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.
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
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