I GOT EYES IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Boil that cabbage down
boys ! Men of the infantry
stand tall
and wash those dishes
kill that fly
Buzzing around
The kitchen floor needs mopping
Get on that!
Walk proud!
Stand true
To 400 K
apartments
In downtown
Surrounded by the foil fingered
the downtrodden worshippers
of losing one's mind
to everyday cement homes
In bushes
and baskets of wheeled carts
the sad
The lost
Boil that cabbage down boys!
Stand tall!
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
The whispering death wish
In your ear
-Stolen from the devils mouth-
Sat upon by archangels in tombs of limestone and
green moss
While they play the lyre and talk of Leonardo
and eat grapes and figs
The tomb is locked and you stand outside
testing the rusty padlock
You fiddle and twitch
with no real desire to bust it open
Green velvet and black hoods
You leave for work
On the 22 Fillmore
I've got a thousand
gold knobs on my head
I breach birth live minotaurs
I am the solemn oath
the wanderer!
The lost!
Used cars $999!
Come on down
Crazy Eddie's giving it away
Read about it on TikTok!
It's in the cartoons with Taz
In the burger sauce
These fries are Cajun!
Your shoes don't match
But you've got a great smile
You're a winner!
Where'd you get that sportcoat?
Golf and Caps
Robust men's wear
Shining western shirts for pygmies
A full size plastic horse named Three Hooves
A lifetimes worth of candied apples
a baby's arm holding an apple
That's a euphemism
For backseat loving
Turn on the AC
the news is shit
assholes and morons
The cult of reactionary fascists
drink a beer
smoke a doobie
get some tacos
stop being assholes
Is it such a burden to be nice?
I guess so
Hate hate hate
They've stolen our nation
We stole it first!
Go f yourselves
You don't exist
except in how you make others feel bad
You are nothing
Catalogued
disgrace
a measure of your nights
the woman screaming on the street
a dog barking at you
"Why are you barking?"
"Good question" says the owner
Burly asiatic looking dog wants to tear a chunk out of my leg.
Why? Doesn't like my outfit? Shades shorts target jacket plantar fasciitis shoes what
stupid dog
go fuck yourself
another day
Woo hoo
Monday, April 14, 2025
I like buying stuff
On the internets
I buy cheap used books-
Robinson Jeffers
War in Burma
Burning in water drowning in flame etc
also t shirts
XL
I might buy some lead soldiers
Like my dad had
bought some Ginger capsules
And peppermint capsules-
Gotta do something for this
Fucked up stomach
Pepto Bismal
Ain't doing it
I drank a ton of water
It's the end
I have no results
I'm a back wash
spittoon
In yer face
Howdy hell it's fuck
Or walk
Little doggie
Chase those sheep
Round em up
Bring em to their knees
For shearing
Sigh deeply
And pull the rug out
Pull the quilt up
Cover yer head
It's coffee time
It's an epilogue
It's another day
I'm a mess
But that's all
Sunday, April 13, 2025
I reached the crest
and bird droppings everywhere
One if by land
Somethings messed up
Pray for salvation ya loser
can't let go- it's just
that thing
Two if by sea
No horse though- tea party?
Look to the west-
Pray for salvation-
Yer boots are leather
and old
Your hair is gray and your eyes are getting worse-
put on dark sunglasses- drive to Contra Costa
for lunch with 95 year old mom
It looks like another beautiful day
but it's cold- which is good
so much shit going on
why can't I put it all aside?
Okay Boomer
go and buy some CD's for the car
Tarkus by ELP
Not a big fan
But I dig the cover
Grateful Dead first greatest hits
Black man (pimp?) holds Botticellis Venus's hand
as she holds a rose
Skeleton holds the record
It's like 60 degrees outside Sunny SF type
weather
put it all aside
get lobotomized
buy a 63 ford fairlane 4 door
and drive to Hwy 1
Listen to Blood on the Tracks
"Early one morning
The sun was shining"
Saturday, April 12, 2025
My stomachs a mess
Blah blah blah
The chickens are loose
Mrs Williams won't put on her dress
The dog is barking
Dale can't find his shotgun
(Plastic)
Neighbors look at me like I'm weird
Well wtf maybe I am! Assholes!
Mostly people are okay
But sometimes jeez
Yer damn dog is barking all day!
Poor dog. Stupid pos
Where did I park last night?
Shoot
Friday, April 11, 2025
I got the anti alcohol blues
sleeping with bad dreams
people after me
why do you want to fuck with me?!
seems like I should sleep better
Maybe the nicotine dreams
self purgatory
Why do I make life so hard?
Haha
Change will fuck with you
Pull up your bootstraps
and bite that bullet
Get on with it
Sometimes it's just fucking bullshit
On a beautiful day
What is my problem?
Haha
Me
Breathe
Smack a dab
Doo
Howdy
Tv
Say aren't you...
still waters run
Westerns
In spurs
She's a purdy lady
Ain't no money in killing
wear yourself out
climbing that ridge
Peaks
dusty roads
Upset stomach
Saturday nights
stone him
the evil pos
Hah!
Wake up
Batman
Zorro
Green Lantern
Conan the warrior
Conan the Conqueror
The Mucker
50 cents 3 for a dollar
In Oakland
Wednesday, April 09, 2025
I'm gonna do another one
I don't care
My head hurts
last night was awful
I tried to negotiate with whisky
did it get better?
who knows-
all the usual subjects were
in attendance
one claimed his IQ was higher than Einsteins
"Albert"?
The odd curmudgeon was there
looking annoyed when I walked in
Haha fuck that guy
I had a good talk with one of the regulars
but I couldn't remember his name
everything slips away
His phone was dead he said for a month
and his sister was worried
she flew up from San Diego to find him
I was like you're lucky you have
people who care about you
Tuesday, April 08, 2025
Seems like
a turmoil; lost in
time; an old hat, a wooden cane;
a thousand paperbacks, tin soldiers,
a box with sixties fonts holds a Wilson baseball,
you cleared the floor and vacuumed, killed a mouse
on a sticky pad, let bygones be bygones;
whatever the fuck that means, it is what it is?
another day with Bit O Honeys, which you shouldn't be
eating; the craven brooks of saltine dreams,
the mesmerized rampant howling
of late night loneliness
you did six loads of laundry
but there's still a ton more
Hasta la vista
compadre
Monday, April 07, 2025
Trump skips
for a diaper clad fat man
Bald and red faced
he conned the people
Except it wasn't a con
It's what they wanted
now his retribution begins
he has nothing to lose
He's above the law
If they sue it's not my money
Let the people pay
Let the stupid people pick up the check
for golf and McDonald's
surprised he doesn't pay miniature golf
On Epstein island
I reach for the moon
Caught between the trees and nothing
Laying in bed
dreaming of air conditioners
Ashtrays are full
Head is empty
I need to do something!
Poor sad old guy
shopping online for a reason to go on
Hmm George Harrison button?
shine on you crazy diamond
It's kind of rainy day but not really
Is it time for a walk
Soon it will be time
for a walk
Egregious
Ram Dass-ian hegemony
don't pray
eat mangoes
don't be a fat hippie
who loses the use of his legs
(It sucks and you don't have to be fat)
I think I know everything
but I'm wrong like
occasionally
maybe 10%?
Hah
adrift in the world
I'm no different
god I suck
walking in the rain
watching dogs bark
Smoking cigs like a fiend
no self control
Just a regular human being
Kinda
Sunday, April 06, 2025
Movement is rotten
tears are cantaloupe seeds-
Crustaceans waddle on the sidewalk
food fights break out
amongst the ribald
you wear clothes from your grandpa
and try to act natural-
"Let's get a burger!"
but gin and tonics talk
and there's no walking
In this town
"Catch the 19- it'll get you where you're going."
but county jail
Has your number
"Who is this?"
Saturday, April 05, 2025
Please the flower
In your brain
Oops your pain
Oh wait
I'm at the leftover streets
of Nowheretown
USA
grimy and nice bakery
Edward Hopper-esque
I'll be your huckleberry
Cinema closed
The wind is blowing dust
everywhere
The bar is dark and cool
Three old guys sit apart from
each other not talking
The music is Motley Crue
where is the flower of your pain?
I left it in Mendocino
at Dick's Place
Or somewhere like that
There's no one home
Moms 95
Dads dead
Grandma long gone
gramps
a heart attack in the Florida Keys
amongst pelicans and tall palm trees
Uncle Carl kept a Winchester on his boat
In case of the *racists*
His real name was Carlos
Grandpa had a fused spine
walked with two canes
and had a special device so he could drive
Grandma was a big girl
made cow tongue - a whole tongue
surrounded by lima beans
Next day tongue sandwiches
Pretty damn good
There was a big cattle barn next door
Summer in Wisconsin
walking around the town
going into every store
Buying comics
It was hot and humid
Remote casualty-
you who were so fair skinned
The prayers did you good-
Your horns vanished
claws became fingers
But you had to have speech therapy
for that lisp
The therapist was an attractive female college student
what kind of therapy was this?
You ran away from home and joined the snake cult
in the darkest jungle of New Hampshire
but you became bored with giant sleepy anacondas
and started kindergarten
where you were studied by yet more attractive
female college students
It seemed to be becoming a theme
you drew pictures of tanks and bomber jets
machine guns and flame throwers
the college girls became interested
you refused to speak
and ate only pbj sandwiches
Until they kissed you
You had a home-
made of birch and pine sap
you rode a handmade zip line-
Thru the trees
You rode on the running boards
of a '66 VW bug-
You lived in a cardboard refrigerator
box
On the outskirts of town-
your name was Garci Crespo
and you lived on a pyramid
in the jungle
You had whales
narwhals
walruses
as compatriots
Three Mayans sported
scorpion tattoos
Crude and smudgy
they laughed
In Vallodolid
In Los Muertos
You shopped for English books
and danced with iguanas
you lost your glasses
In the waves
stupid
Searched for hours
Friday, April 04, 2025
Thursday, April 03, 2025
Breach
the triumphant
scourge
of everyday sidewalks
The fat eyed syndicate monster
is your best friend
When the chips are black
and the sky is bright blue
You stop to look at CA poppies shining
In the sunshine
Waking to Spring!
Another year!
Another passing of grey skies
and pouring rain
The window was left open
and books were ruined
the sky smiles
and moves on
and leaves you crying
for no reason you can think of
My endocrinologist says
I gotta take pills
She says
I don't care if you take them but I'd
recommend it
So I take pills
For:
high blood pressure
High blood sugar
high cholesterol
the three graces of poor health
Metabolic syndrome
I guess booze smoking and doing drugs
Wasn't the wisest of moves
But it was fun!
Cest la vie!
Wednesday, April 02, 2025
I got
memories like you wouldn't believe
doing drugs in Korea
burning cars in the Marble Mountains
Getting lost in the snow in winter
But mostly I'm just a boring old guy
eating angel hair pasta
With broccoli and Parmesan cheese
I sit around and wait-
I wait for the street cleaners
So I can move my car
It's pretty exciting
Got to get that good spot!
Then maybe off to Bob's for
A maple old fashioned
They're pretty fucking good
I quit heavy boozing
I was going at it pretty serious
Every night
The corner store people
Loved me
Tuesday, April 01, 2025
You
who strove for
whatever-ness
Columbia House
savings
Order 13 LP's
wearing a County Fair airbrushed t shirt of a bumblebee
or Ratfink
Hot Rod!
you shopped at JC Pennys with yer
mom
Once bought Hush Puppies
in the Livermore sun
science kids could swim
at the lab pool off East Ave
Sandia (watermelon) was across the street
Men rode their bike to work
with little rear view mirrors
attached to their glasses frames
Fucking Nerds
Ah those were the days!
Hah not
It was hot and dry and boring
there's a reason we sought out drugs
Ten thousand Trumps
can't be right
brace for the cause
Pay for eggs
sympathize like Canadians
ignore the folly
hold the line
But it's raining
and cold
but I got new shoes
cuz my feet hurt
and Pokemon Comic Book store
T shirt
Aren't you cool?
Move on out
stop at Valley Ford
On the way north
get oysters
And barbecue them
On the deck
Of your ex brother in laws house
In the redwoods
Reaching
the tributary of madness
water is pouring in
Bodies lay
in your mind
Tsk tsk
don't accept the basic answer
Is it right?
there are no answers sometimes
Is the shirt lemon colored?
are your eyes deceiving you
What day is it?
Where did I park the car?
Stop asking stupid questions
and get to work
(KG)
Monday, March 31, 2025
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Friday, March 28, 2025
I gambled
with your mothers money
But she was gone
to be with her sisters
You watched tv and laughed
I came up short
bluffing didn't work
My hands trembled
when I bluffed
so I had to give it up
any fool could read me
'He's bluffing'
you could see it on their
face
so I had to quit
and go back to stealing
Hubcaps
What does it matter?
It matters how you feel I guess
do you want to feel like shit?
Uh no
but you had to play it until it
played you
blah blah blah
don't get all Jack London on it
and get all various South Seas
ailments and cankers
John Barleycorn
You try
you try
But sometimes it's like
what the fuck?
But anyhoo
Weathers nice
Wish you were here
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Time ain't no river
It's more like a banana slug
leaving a trail of slime
-Wander through the moldy woods-
catch a Phd candidate in his underwear
Playing with himself
These are the facts of Life
mean while the clouds are
moving in -soon
there will be rain-
It's another day
in your past
In your trail of slime
you order Kung Pao chicken
and watch the clock
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Spot the dog
was an outside dog
she slept on the deck
With her sister Trevor Novak
My dad named both of them
When dad brought them both home
He said we'd vote on which one to keep
But there were four of us and dad always had the last vote
so it was always a tie
Mom got wise pretty quick
" You never intended to take one back!"
My first dog was an all black Australian shepherd German shepherd mix born on Halloween
He was named Bruno Wasserteil
after the radio correspondent
"This is Bruno Wasserteil from Tel Aviv."
Bruno got loose and went across the road to see the neighbors dogs
but they chased him off and he got hit crossing the road
the doctor said he'd be okay but he died a few days later
We lived out in the country and downstairs we had the tv room and there was a sliding glass door
One night while watching tv my sister and I got scared by two bug eyes looking in at us.
It was a little dog with bug eyes curly hair stubby legs and a tail that spun around like a helicopter.
We named him Sam and kept him. So we had three dogs- Spot, Trevor Novak and Sam.
The other two dogs were bigger than Sam but he strutted around like the boss cuz he was the only male.
The neighbors up the hill had a pedigree beagle and she was in heat and somehow Sam got in there and made it with her. The neighbors were not happy.
Then Sam up and died. I guess he'd had his last hurrah.
The neighbors told dad they were going to put the puppies down so Pap went up and got one.
He had bug eyes stubby legs a tail that spun around like a helicopter and a beautiful beagle coat.
We named him Farley Mowat.
Stable horse
and lacksadaisicle dreams
is that spelled right
It's like a new popsicle!
I guess the stable horse was Ruby
the horse we were given for free
when we lived out on Tesla Rd
Ruby got barn sour
From being penned up
too much by herself
I feel bad about it
It's not a good thing to do to a nice horse
But we didn't know any better
Last time I took her out bareback
she went out real slow
but when we turned around she bolted
and tried to knock me off with a tree branch
I don't blame her!
Monday, March 24, 2025
I shot up the night
like broken anthems
to the Rockies
old photos of the family
backpacking in the Tetons
Wind River Range
lures and flys
rainbow trout or brown trout
fried in pork fat
fatback kept in a plastic bag
Or was it a little tupperware?
I have a red bandana and a big floppy hat
a dress shirt
and an orange sweatshirt
With Linus on it
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Saturday, March 22, 2025
I got a whole lot of nothing
Sheep shears
And a ton of old dice in jars
Is that crazy?
Maybe
I once bought a pile of bottle openers
I have no idea why
Maybe a fascination with the world that's
now gone?
Dunno
Old cars were cool
Made out of metal
with chrome bumpers
bench seats
and a knob to pull to give the engine more
something, air?
When was the last time you flooded a car?
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