
so i was getting really fucked up
another "day at the office"
and
there i was talking to the dog
he looked neither bored
nor interested
but continued to engage
with me in a civil manner
as i waffled on about magic
electrickery and seismic cliffs
we was both getting learnt
i was trying to explain to him
explain to me
the simple wonder
of LED's and remote sensor devices
devices
de-vices
de as in ex
vices as in dirty sex
as he processed this information
a drool bubble slid slowly
from somewhere within
his left jowl
as he watched me
babble to myself really
that was me
talking
to the dog!
i gave up smoking pot
nearly
three hours ago
i know this because.
that's exactly when i ran out
lol
i’m just vaping now
vape vape vape
cough cough cough
my lungs have taken a dislike
to this course of action
but it's a different
kind of fucked
up now
i’m concentrating
on concentrated
concentrates
i might be
i don't know
i might be.
i don't care
i might be
come here
i might be
fuck off
simple and tricky
gross and sticky
rank and icky
temporarily gelded
malice free
i sit here
, pulling the long grey hairs
. from my chin
; pulling them out
‘ one at a time
! letting them fall
? from my fingers
i watch as they spiral
downward to meet the dirt below
there’s no escaping that
the future we are making
fucking scares me
the piss we are taking
fucking scares me
this mess we are faking
fucking scares me
i just need
need to make sure
my brains in gear
before i engage:
- my pencil
- my pen
- my keyboard
- my fuckin phone
i no longer seek balance
or any semblance thereof
content to roll
with the perpetual stoush
it could be perceived as such
but then not lessened
just
available conveniently
transient temporary apathetic atrophy
i never wanted any of this
or maybe i did
i don't know?
i’m still crippled with doubt
i'm still writing it out
sticking a branch down my bum crack
will not make me a forest
no matter how fucking green it is
no more faith
nothing left
no more foundations
nothing kept
dunno
i’ve been to bad
so bring your best
i know things
i wish i didn’t
i’ve been serious sad
moon howling mad
i don’t mind a good curse
or a nice end to a verse
cheap port
cold beer
prescription painkillers
wild turkey and weed
and i don’t think
i’m done yet
no frypans, no eggs
no dumbed down mock alarmist wank
this is
my brain
on drugs

RIP Ozzy!
About the Creator
Bren
"It's just a token of my extreme!" - Frank Zappa
"Cause it's all in the heat of the moment It's all in the pain!!!" - Devin Townsend
Centre Stage with the wonderful Heather Hubler
I'm writing it out not acting in doubt!
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Comments (1)
This is pure magic and it’s my new favourite of yours! “sticking a branch down my bum crack will not make me a forest no matter how fucking green it is” Had me in stitches. It was the perfect place to add humour to season the rest. Bravo!