i saw a bio on bukowski so now i'm writing
sorry it's not like his
unfortunately it's quite me
not enough of He
and no, i don't mean him


it could have been anyone it could have been anyoneit could have been anyone by ~sedestrian
that person
living.
they could have been anyone
anywhere
dying.
But they're living
and they're breathing
and they're looking at trees
and don't know it.
and they're standing
and don't know it
and they're achy
and they know it.
they could have been anyone
anywhere
dying.
looking at trees dying, you know it.
standing sitting stopping breathing
you know it
you're alive
and you could have been anyone.


The River Boat Man Why am IThe River Boat Man by ~sedestrian
the river boat man?
Why am I
the one to take others to the Other Shore,
just to go back
and take more?
The Other's Shore is a Lake I Swear
you only go across to go back again
Just Walk Your Way Around!
I'll Swear
Why I am the Man
if you give me your ticket
without taking the ride.
Why I am Stuck In This Boat
was trying to take a free ride
So Please,
have a free ride on me.
Or Give Me Your Ticket
take the ride
I'll tell you
about everyone
anyone
who's crossed or double-crossed
At least on My Watch
While I've
been River Boat Man.
so pay your fee
this ride ain't free
unless you'll be
the ferry
you


The Revolution Is Dying The Revolution Is DyingThe Revolution Is Dying by ~sedestrian
The Wonder Has Gone
with end-hours lights
conservation of energy is a classic ideal
unfit for postmodern complexeze
if there were no poor people
how would i feel so damn good
for giving
some change
so keep the quiet ones fearing
their cowers are our powers
turned-backwards upon mothers
and fathers who were brothers
with sisters.
the last time i listened to the wind crying change
was when i was teens
thinking i could do something with this PHALLUS~!
damn that was a hot throb
forgets all kinds ofs shrink-backed terror-wraps
my youth was an open door - so it was always going
and now that the ho


a maturing perspective O Christianitya maturing perspective by ~sherbanow
O Religion
What was your Reason?
Why shelter us?
Why force us to look up?
Why connect God to everything that is 'Good'?
Did you not know?
Did you not see?
Looking up and never looking down
Would create what is now
You and me?
Did you not know that once we
Slipped that we would slide?
Did you not see that once relativity
Entered into your 'God = Good' formula
That we would become clouded and
Unclear of where we were, who we are, who we were
And the direction in which we should move?
And maybe this is where this should stop,
But alas I would be doing you an injustice and myself
A disservice if I did not co