He had a column called Underwear the chief publicist must have shut him down for lack of pornographic content I thought about burning my T in honor but opted not as it may be a worthy trade for a cold beer one day.
she slipped away we parted as I gave her one last make over she ran off with a man from the low land so she'll feel at home down by the rivers edge and I'll hear her cry as she passes it was certainly a love hate relationship
Rain, wool pants and the last cigar catching raindrops on my sox and a buzz in my ear. Headed for the mountains and lakes first to cut down some mighty trees and roll some weeds.
Jack was making home brew, it was cheaper and better than off the shelf. The first batch came off without a hitch, so he headed back up Bishop's side of the valley for more mountain water. When Jack got to the spot where the road widened he could see something laying in the the creek bed, as he came nearer he recognized Bishop laying face up and pissing into the air. "What the hell are you doing?" Bishop was literally pissed drunk and singing as he lay in the shallow stream pissing. "Pissing in the wind", Bishop replied. "Well that's my water source for the home brew and now it ain't fit to wash in". "Suit yourself, just thought I'd sweeten the taste a little"
Rain and rainbows and wind blows a coffee stone in the morning. Old pants with patches and blanket stitches call from the bottom of the pile. A day as young as baby skin when the pants wore holes in the knees.
He's become comfortable
in that
ol' civil war jacket.
What would compliment
that mess of hair?
A sage cigarette,
a bottle in his hand
and a book in his pocket.
A hobo at heart
a drunk by night
and a rambling pain.
Tired and old
before his time.
Studying the greats
Bukowski, Tom Waits
William S. Burroughs
and Hunter S. Thompson,
Kerouac and John Steinbeck.
Drinking Brandy
and Cockspur rum
from the bottle.
Hiding down South
for the winter months
running from the cold
and consequence.