Where were you
during the trying times
The crying times
The lying times
without dandelions

The frightening times
The dying times
with no alibis
The Ironside where
we find everything we dined

This life's electrified
LED's on the side
of the building
gives a Goblin like me
electric feelings

I'm just killing time
like I’m already
serving time
It's hard to find what
wear out of my
Dirty Mind

I cut close like
Keith Sweat
Castor Troy
listening to Changing Faces
in my tape deck

Payless brown shoes
and a sweater vest
is how Baby G~Mile
used to stay fresh, yes

Gadzooks, I'm in a room
Full of Nincompoops
Heated like Gumbo
this boy's cooking
up his roots

I've traveled the distance
to find salvation
from credit debt
I better let the homies
know I wish them the best

Congratulations on your
proposals, pregnancies,
and new borns
Where I reside in my
life those things
have yet formed

Can't force Magic
unless "Splish Splash"
like the 80's Lakers
I used to sow my
Cinnamon Royal Oats
like a baker

Handful of Yummy Yums
take my words for
what you think
Like the Green Ranger
I wanted to kiss
on the Pink one

Who shared the 1st name
of my beloved...yes,
who shared the 1st name
of my beloved...

In cinema rooms
cinnamon blooms
as I reminisce
My mind streams images
of you, forget the Hulu flicks

The voodoo mixed with the
drinks I had in the N.O.
last June
Pistola Pete
whenever I'm making moves

With daiquiris in hand
I also step in the
City of Van
Rocking Adidas
my poetry ain't the
heavy hand

Steady man
as if I'm spending
Five Nights at Freddie's
Chipper as the Gipper
with a handful of Jelly Belly’s

A handful of Jelly Belly’s
the artistic
flick of the wrist
is to shoot my shot
and go swish

I write this line
while sipping wine
from the stewardess
who looks at me funny
as if the life ain't
the tourniquet

Squeezing the last ounce
out of your childhood wonder
These are my dreams
as I slumber

Here's my secret
I wanna manifest
new dreams, kid
The courage to live them
in real time...

Can I Live???

I've given so much
but they still question
my values
So, before Breakin' Bad
with prescriptions of Valium

I'll be going home
no telling what the
weather holds
Stay tuned to find out
on the Next Episode...