1.

my head is a crust

my blood a ruse



my beard a wallet

for this bullshit mouth



2.

it was words off the cusp

now I have to go back and ask

why a crust?

why a ruse?



It's not a crust at all. But the time today makes it feel like one

It's not a ruse at all. It's the opposite of ruse. Which is why I call you thus



3.

if I was alone

I would be drinking more



or would I be?



or would I be writing more



one thing though

if I was alone



I would be much more subject

to whims of my own insanity



instead of yours



4.

one of those late 30's guys with nothing

not even self-respect

how did he come that far



oh fuck I could write that novel

but I hope my time now is a torpedo

toward the opposite

manifesto