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I Sold My Mother

2012-02-23T05:51:49Z

David was young

The age really is irrelevant

He was sleeping in his mom’s bed with her

When the bad man came

He had missed school again

There was daylight

Or at least that is what David remembers

The bad man beat on the door

The door was the door of a house trailer

In Bronson Michigan

It was on a channel of a lake

Not that that matters

But that’s where it was

When the sound came

David’s mom grabbed him

She covered his mouth

The terror in her eyes was unimaginable.

David and his mother got under the bed

In case the bad man came in

Or incase he looked through the window

The time stretched on forever

David would never go back to that school

When the bad man was gone

The race was on

David and his mother grabbed what they could

They got in the car

They drove like a couple of madmen

Toward Adrian

They stopped at a junkyard

It was somewhere on highway 12

But again

That is only a dream

In the mind of a little child

David’s mom told him

that they needed money to get away

She told him what to do

How to do it

She stopped

Opened the hood

Of the car

And distracted the man

With her body

her female ways

and her lies

David snuck in to the office

He went through the drawers

He found the money bag

David put the money bag under his shirt

He put his shirt over the bag

He put his hand on the shirt and held the bag

David went outside

And said mommy I don’t feel good

They got in the car and left

They would be safe

because David had become a criminal

David paid their way with his soul

But they would live

It was worth the price

At least in a second graders eyes

And then David found out that he got the wrong bag

There wasn’t enough money in it

There was only $700 in cash

As David’s mother tore up the checks

And threw them out the window

She told him how he had gotten it wrong

David knew that if they didn’t make it

That it would be his fault

Later that day

They went to the Adrian Mall

David’s mom had David buy a Chihuahua

then they went to the motel

David went down to the office of the motel

To see if he could get a book

He had seen some on a little metal shelf

(I can see that shelf so clearly in my mind.

That shelf of books cost me my mother)

David heard the detectives asking about his mother

David turned

Ran for the door

He had to get to the room fast enough

to get his mom out of there

He failed

The detectives came to the door

David and his mom

rode in the back of a brown 4door car

They took David’s mom that day

And it was all David’s fault

He didn’t steal enough money

And he let his weakness for fun get in the way

David spent the rest of his life

Trying to never let his wants and his desire for fun

Get in the way of doing what it took to survive.

After all

Life isn’t about being happy

It’s about being safe.

Little David grew up

But not really

He will always be that little boy

That didn’t steal enough money to save his mom

A little boy that was too weak to take care of business

A little boy that let play get in the way of family

A little boy that sold his mother

for a book called Jaws

In a small motel

on the corner of 223 and M52

in a little town called Adrian

in the State of Michigan

so many years ago

Anybody Can Work Magic

2012-02-20T20:39:12Z

Anybody Can Work Magic

For many of you

Magic isn’t what you think it is

Your words hold more magic

Than you think

Here is something that you can try

I call it planting a seed

If you work in an office

Find somebody that is having a down day

If you’re a stay at home parent
wait until a child is down or sad

Your task

Is to pick 3 times during the day

Preferably the morning,
half way to lunch,
and then right at lunch

Find something to compliment the person on

You can compliment them on clothes
jewelry,
something that they accomplished,
a picture of their family,
or anything that you think

that might make them feel good

If it’s a child say “Good job”

or tell them
that they have pretty shoes,
a cool shirt,
or anything

children respond faster
because their negative programming
isn’t as deeply ingrained.

Once you plant the first seed

don’t give away your motive
if they know that your intention
is to cheer them up
it won’t work

Just quietly watch throughout the day

This works even better
if you can find a couple people to do it with you

(Just be careful if the person that you pick is of the opposite sex. It could open doors that you aren’t intending to open)

Remember
if it doesn’t work

you can always try it with someone else

It is just subtle magic
and if the person is really sad

or they are really having a horrible day
it might not be strong enough to work.

Daydreams of valleys carved in to the flesh

2012-02-19T04:36:37Z

Daydreams of valleys carved in to the flesh

Life force pooling

coagulation

Bottles emptied and strewn about the floor

prescriptions meant for good

but saved for salvation

Half gallon of whiskey to get over the what ifs

Decisions made in haste

After long years of contemplation

Not necessarily the plan

But it’ll do in a pinch

Goodbyes left on a facebook wall

Forever digitally ingrained in time

The flesh decays

but the ones and zeros live on

reality comes back

as consciousness returns

alarm clock screams me awake

it felt so real this time

(It’s just a poem, relax, it has nothing to do with reality)

Global Warming is a Myth

2012-02-03T00:16:19Z