Drinking

I said....
"Hey baby introduce me to that hot waitress over there and tell her I used to be a Calvin Klien Model

She said...
"Hey, let me introduce you to my husband, he's the 'before' model for Jenny Craig".

This is comedy.
This is my life.

Decline

In the beginning
Life was basic
One man club armed
Hunting for food
Providing for himself
Just one man
Then came one woman
Life was complicated
Hunting for food
Providing for them
Averting his eyes
Averting his semen
Giving all to the nest
Until
Then came children
Life was basic
Providing for us
Building a life
And so it went
Men met Men and formed cities
Built walls to keep out other Men
Forged weapons to defend themselves from
Other Men
Crafted laws to protect Men from themselves
Some Men were smarter than others
Better with words, better with numbers, just better looking sometimes
They rose and lead the other Men
Gave them hope and dreams that whatever had been created could be overcome
Somehow
Taught them to Hate
Taught them to Kill
Then
Used G-d to teach them Love
Now there were cars and buildings and televisions
People were so complex
The basics got lost in the need for convenience
Slick tongued sales types filled Men with want
Gotta Buy! Gotta Try! Gotta Buy! rang out from
Everywhere
The fat got fatter and the skinny disappeared
Until it was just a big fucking machine
Sucking in money and spewing out desire
Men rolled across the whole Earth
Selling and buying and turning everything civilized
In the bottom of Hearts it was the same
The haves needing the havenots for shit work and the havenots hating the haves for having
Or...
The righteous raining fury down on the sinning bastards who just won't listen
Or...
The scared wishing in one hand and pissing in the other and getting nothing but wet
Or...
The apathetic smoking another joint and talking about it in a giant endless circle jerk
Or...
The depraved really, really enjoying the whole mess
I sit and watch
No one really seems to listen to anything
The ideas around here are based on farts
Heard in the wind and smelled by someone with no nose who writes news stories
I hear opinions based on
Nothing
Whether left right or indifferent it all seems the same
In the end we are going to explode
Eternal fires snuffing out the naked to the anointed
Leaving a gasping husk that may
(or may not)
Support life again
And who will have been right I wonder?
America?
Canada?
Iraq?
Hoboken New Jersey?
Me?
You?
G-d?
In my secret heart I hope my son is right
I really hope he is.
He says...
Love is the most important thing.
He does.
I hope he's right.

Copyright 2004 Harry R. Fagel ARR

Amber Alert

For the missing....

They are out there
Those that harm children
Hidden by their Mothers homes
Sitting in dank basements waiting
They burn with imagery
They taste blood
Their hard sex a testament to evil
And we watch our babies
Riding their bicycles
Skipping rope and hopscotch
Eyes soaking in the sun
While below they wait
The laughter of the little ones a
Beckoning
They wait
Pundits talk about social reform
About rehabilitation
About reintegration
After all
Most of these fuckers have done something hurtful before
So we owe it to them to let 'em out to do it again
Right? Right?
And everyone is so surprised that the guy did a heinous thing before
And they mutter and whisper about inadequacy in the system
Of course
Not all of these demons have a recognizable past
Some emerge as a disgusting surprise
Killing their families
Goin' on a rampage
In the end ultimately
Destroying some small human being somewhere
Some child whose only goal in life was to
Love
The dark is waiting for the little ones
Yes indeed it is...
And I am waiting for the dark
With a loaded .45 and all of my friends
Most of whom are
Mommies and Daddies too
We are waiting for the bottom dwellers
And we are ready

Copyright 2004 Harry R. Fagel ARR

Working on work

Don't forget! There is a book signing for "True Blue" this Saturday March 13th at Borders on Sahara/Decatur at 12 noon!!!

Also. Dirk Vermin and Gallery Au Go-Go present "Mondo Erotica" art show opening at 8 pm...I will have something in the show along with mass quantites of Vegas talent so
BE THERE