when music sours
in sunny
film..
it’s the warning-
where was
yours?
i missed mine..
no pounding feet
up stack of
steps,
no frost or fangs on
offered neck,
no flash of beware
sign, at least
not yet.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film
paint me flowers
without stems,
and i’ll hand you the bouquet
like i hand picked each
from my prize
garden..
arrangement clear in mind
may i draw you a
milk bath?
rose petals sprinkled?
you just laugh.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – https://www.westend61.de/en/imageView/BLEF01789/hand-of-caucasian-woman-in-milk-bath-with-flowers
https://www.westend61.de/en/imageView/BLEF01789/hand-of-caucasian-woman-in-milk-bath-with-flowers
for each passing tomcat
i turn doormat..
a mangy mess
of patchy
fur
matted flat over
my arched
back..
yes sir.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/dirty-doormat-close-up-gm540236218-96435083
gif at – http://gifaday.blogspot.com/2014/12/arched-back-kitty-walk-gif.html
thief for a long
run of
lifetimes but no heist
satisfies a dirty
drifter’s
thirst,
held the wrong
weapon to
my..
temple, saw ball’s
tangle far too
simple,
out-taught by every
school grade
knot,
thief for life
maybe
the..
jailbird
never caught.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
…hamburglar for life.
image at – https://elawtalk.com/prison-breaks/
art by Will Bullas at – http://www.greenwichworkshop.com/details/default.asp?p=1669&a=14&t=1&page=1&detailtype=artist
glow worm on
a stick..
held proud
above my head.
as beacon for any
bird seeking
warmth by soft
light or..
a perch for
the night.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – https://weddingdaysparklers.com/10-inch-color-sparklers/
if i spelled out hurt in
bubble letters
might it cushion the
blows from
your..
darts?
i’ve grown green and sick
of sucking poison
from my
heart.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – https://diannefaw.wordpress.com/2013/02/17/art-from-the-heart-2013/
saw my likeness in
cave sketches,
and bread crumbs
dropping all
over the
map.
tiptoe along
a fold
paper crinkling-
scrunched up nose,
fingers shielding
cheeks from
night
air
flooding..
driver’s window
cranked
low.
..eyes too glazed to know.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
art posted by Ellas-Sunshine at – https://www.deviantart.com/ellas-sunshine/art/Trippy-Taxi-192606017
gif at – https://tenor.com/view/robertdeniro-taxidriver-eyes-gif-9737999
i say no for
now, not..
never, i can’t see
past the
trees
into your future
let alone be
there,
and i won’t claim
in good faith
to know
best,
nor can you
presume
you’ll always
want my
yes,
so i say no
today..
tomorrow’s
anyone’s
guess.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – https://www.saatchiart.com/paintings/light-through-trees/feature
image at – https://favim.com/image/6751869/
tethered to a frozen
pole on first day
of winter
north wind’s got a dry
sense of humor,
no clemency..
for those lost
in throes,
i’d look up but
tongue’s
stuck,
harder i pull, the
worse tissue
rips and
sharper i shriek
at helper
team,
here to offer aid
though the
snickers
behind shields
of fingers
now scraping under
my last layer,
soon..
i’ll start
seeing stars,
‘less i find my
way out
of
blind boy tunnel
caving under
weight
of its own
snow..
tethered stiff
to frozen
pole.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-christmas-story-tongue-stuck-to-pole-brett-hardin.html
i’ll strum it out
for you,
if mind stays open
to my out of
tune,
deaf moon don’t
mind but if
you do..
i’ll thumb a bit
softer to
ease
the
onslaught on your
pin drop,
not too proud
to please,
flawless to
a fault,
the heart only
your shot
stops..
line after line to
cross your
fears,
each note, for
naught.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image – https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/the-greatest-jazz-guitar-albums
