Thank You Lord for the Flowers



one down two to go
they say here in America

this morning's anxiety-worms
are the standard fare
nobody's calm out there 
'cept the Valium kid
and Megaboss lounging
on his pussyskin couch
with the bourbon belly blues

no thought of Chernobyl
the ill wind
the slow obliteration down the drain
and I might never see your face again
slow obliteration now inevitable
billed only second feature
to the final jerk-off
arma arma Armageddon

Death's always had the upper hand
even before Auschwitz
but seldom has leisure been so harried
art that was Sophocles
art that was Shakespeare
now it's Sly Stallone
rehearsing the final jerk-off

the traffic cops are trampling 
the lawns of sweet desire
in this century as in the last
the kick-ass boys are boss
and piety
sobriety
with its hari hari Krishna
is just another jerk-off
under the juggernauts
it doesn't feed babies
and we're just picking at the bone
of all that promise                                  

remember we thought
love might endure
before Playboy drowned it
in a sea of tit -
picking at the bone of desire
cankered prick -
to clear the way
for tomorrow's big parade
Star wars promises a bigger bang
everybody gets a condominium
everybody who is anybody
who isn't in the street
along with indifference

Anxiety has gnawed
at my stomach so long
I just don't care any more
I just don't care
I haven't the strength to protest
That's last years song
blowing in the wind
the acid rain
the cedars gone
and I might never see your face again
slow death
slow down
come and sit here beside me
and watch
the final jerk-off

I must confess
I believe in miracles

How else
could we have 
come this far 



Two down
one to go
hot house ozone winter effect
oil running out
or spilling about
whales dying
in the acid acid acid rain
dioxin food chain
three mile Chernobyl

the more's the merrier
they say
when three is
not a crowd

more love more food
more time more peace
more motor car
The Chrysler The Ford
and The Holy General
God bless America

I see
What?
I said I see that poetry
is just another jerk-off
another peek in the narcissistic mirror
priapus

came again
I said acid
acid acid rain
I said I see
acid delusions
wanked away our chance
one last chance to seize the times
seize the minds
of one little generation
gap
lost the time
for one little positive push
one more try to be the good guys

Hey, excuse me!
get off my fucking waterbed man!
These assholes think
the world still owes them a living
the mortgage is due in Rio
Buenos Aires and Main Street
pay up punk!


Three up Three down Cash in your chips Ronnie Raygun has gone and hit the button Life's a bad dream wake up in birdland Flash. Burning flesh. Flash. Pain. Despair. Game over. Will eternity trickle on in a lifeless world? Bang. Big fucking bang! Flash. Game over. Silent city. Finito. End of story. (Sighs) Thank you Lord for the flowers nice touch that