a little dirt on
the sleeve
of shirt..
won’t keep the
driven from
true joy of
work..
in any toil or trade
performed because
heart’s desire
steers the
car
while you
relax..
and kick back as the
passenger with
a bit of
dirt
on
your otherwise
clean shirt.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
painting at – https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/654710864559091469/?nic_v2=1a773gUus
i smell the burnt
sugar glow
of smoky season
creeping
in..
and i know
as i watch that
your breast
rises
and drops to
breathe
pure
air
unattatched
and unashamed
through passion’s
ripping wall
of flame.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
image at – https://www.pikist.com/free-photo-slpen
don’t trust my eyes,
now face the
back..
for next blade
in cloak
attack,
i don’t lust
for flies
first, because they
like to love me
back..
and second but not
least, i’m no
wormy
pile
of
lack.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
image at – https://sqwabb.wordpress.com/2014/08/23/a-fly-checks-its-undercarriage/
we wave to each
other no more
than once
or twice
a day
and i wonder just
where that
hand’s
been..
and did he thank you
when you held
his doors
open?
no question, your palms
are still cleaner
than mine on
any given
sunday..
++++
yet we both nod
and wave our
good-days.
Mister Popped Collar
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
image at – https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/271975264966615974/?nic_v2=1a773gUus
it’s the coward’s
crow that
tails
me
into rusty bowels
of haunted
caves,
under a pharma-grade
solution’s snake-
oil illusion,
like it’s badge
of bravery,
but crow just splits
come first
whiff
of coward’s
need.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
painting by chichu-chan at – https://www.deviantart.com/chichu-chan/art/Crow-Man-146749837
crow gif at – https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/566468459371809990/
i slip on a
scratched up disk
to hear it
new,
each skip.. another
chance to freeze
a moment,
to force another note to
repeat when it
only wants
to flow..
into next
song,
now, on with
the show.
Vinyl Groover
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
..but it skips on, and.. but it skips on, and.. but it skips on..
painting by Antonio Romero at – https://romeroartwork.com/2020/04/27/the-show-must-go-on/
skipping record gif at – https://tenor.com/view/victrola-record-player-playing-records-cartoons-gif-8912183
the barnyard gate’s
been left
swinging open,
clanging
iron
in wrath of a
bad breeze
again,
and i can’t find
a roaming
hen
let alone a
lone egg
intact
and mister rooster
snored through
his alarm
again,
family farm’s
become
a powder
keg,
so i ease the gate
closed and
lock it,
but sadly, won’t be
coming back
to check
on it..
no, not
again.
Frumpy Farmer
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
painting by Tony Allain at – https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/234750199304764108/?nic_v2=1a773gUus
your raspiest
whispers
sound
like
what dried up
violet lakes
drink
like,
baking at a
crusty
heat
under desert
storm as..
buzzard’s
prize
cut
of
meat.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
image at – https://www.icanvas.com/canvas-art-prints/subject/vultures?product=canvas&sort=popular
why oh why
do you
get
so maddy?
don’t sweat it, we’ll get
that tax man off
our porch
one way or
another,
lover, i try, i try
to bring you
some
candy every
sunday,
but it rarely gets
us through
the cold sweats
of monday.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
image at – http://www.chiropractorsiouxfalls.com/sad-monday/
so, another dim
and slippery
freeway
spins me
crazy
to aim this
run down
wreck
your way,
and i praise slickly surface
for the shock it’s
given me
and
the wheels
kissing
every inch
of strip
your blazing beauty
ever paved.
Dizzy Driver
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
image by cavalries & HEART at – http://www.romanceworks.com/HeartOfFire.html
