best laid plans

[saw]

we had peanut butter
and baloney sandwiches again
we're saving up for college
I even sold my morning jacket
on e-bay, I'm not obverse
to sacrifice, suffice to say
the white rabbit has the deep
hole blues and the red hot chicken
is as cold as a neighborhood banker,
the wolf is blowing hard at the door
his basket is empty and he's pissed
his diamond encrusted canines
glisten like sacred white light
as I prepare for the warm ride
sister rosetta said so, so did
trampled rose, they told me just
last week my fortune lies elsewhere,
le bourgeois gentilhomme
gave me a free ticket, imagine that
first class on the hellbound train
so please tell mama and all the folks
back home, i'm down to seeds and stems,
the bodhisattva boogie has lost
it's punch, and george foreman and I
are selling little hamburger machines together
waiting for a sign, can we get a witness
how about an alibi, that rope-a-dope shit
left me delirious, but don't think twice
about it, really, that could hurt your head

[Doreen Peri]

you're a gifted poet, steve

would love to hear you read this aloud

[constantine]

we are being whittled, skimmed, fleeced - hornswoggled, boondoggled. donut holes are getting bigger - again.

[saw]

thanx for the kind words doreen, and dino, yes that and more...what's a poor boy to do ?

[mtmynd]

you're certainly not poor with the written word, steve... and that alone should keep you warm on cold and dark winter nights when the winds howl thru the northern windows masked by your poems, defending light from writer's block.

[WIREMAN]

made me smile....yes ya did....i could hear your voice steve weaver......wired

[saw]

thanx a million mtmynd, not dollars of course.....they'll be the next toilet paper, thank you for the very nice thought and I sure hope you are right about using those words for insulation, 'cause the oil man might have to wait for his dough...

and mark, thanx for the nod brother, send me an e-mail for a weekend when there is some killer music to be had in fredrock and I will try to make the scene......did I mention I'm a granddaddy !.....when I look at that little boy's face, I know why I keep on keepin' on.......take care

[WIREMAN]

congradulations steve!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jimboloco]

my head was hurting already
slightly less so now