NO NAME MADDOX

When you are no name Maddox

you sure find your life a paradox;

But that can’t make you a social pox.

If you only knew how to laugh not cough

no name due to circumstances beyond control

life sure hath taken its fucking toll.

You were on a murdering roll

and look now where you stand cold;

No name Maddox you could have remained

not Charles Milles Manson as you feigned

and in your commune as you reigned

but today stand despised and maligned.

What is it that makes you a ladies’ man?

do you their lovely hides polish and tan?

or do unto them something I never can?

For there are many ladies who are your fan

and now life has turned truly helter skelter

for you are gonna come out of your shelter

Did you really believe in your concept of helter skelter

or were you merely just another attention seeker?

OUR OWN ENEMIES

No aliens;

no robots;

no machines

can destroy

us humans.

Only humans

can destroy

us humans

for we are

our own enemies;

we and our

selfish families

ONE MORE FLOWER HAS WITHERED

One more flower

has withered

in the Garden

of my life where I dithered.

The dead flower

will turn into manure.

I am definite

and it is for sure;

but it will be

fondly remembered

and in the Garden

of my life thus rendered,

thus granting me pardon

for living life badly.

In the Garden of my life

have I been portrayed

as it is where I live my life

OUR FUTURE (HI)STORY

It is said

that there is no Saint

without a history

nor is there no sinner

without a future story

but we common men

have both the history

and the future story

MEMORIES AND DREAMS

The only thing I have left

is memories of old friends

and it is even better yet

when they appear in my dreams…

Memories and dreams

are the best companions I keep

for all else it seems

has proved to be pretty cheap.

Memories and dreams

just memories and dreams

only yesterday it seems

these memories were scenes

in the story of my life

that now lies pillaged by a knife