I like it hot and cold at the same time.

I like Jackson Browne

and I like Black Flag.

I like Josef Islam

and I like Fear.

………………………………….

Still in the shadows

I like him, because I don’t know him.

If I knew him, I probably wouldn’t like  him.

He would turn out to be like  you. Or me.

…………………………………….

Sometimes people get outside of each other

They don’t call.

Or drop by.

You told them not to.

Oh well.

……………………………………..

Find a happy path. Take it.

It might not be the path

that you been on. It might

not be where you thought

you were going, but it’s the

road you’re on now.

………………………………………..

Don't let your dog eat chemicals.

 There could be grass in it.

…………………………………….

Suckers

My name is Cap Italst.

I’m here to destroy the planet.

………………………………….

Spontaneous sobriety

I wanted to make sure

 that I never squirted

 my nasal spray into my eye.

………………………………….

Should have left the debris alone

Wow. Cop stopped to clean up some debris

in the road and somebody drove by and killed him.

……………………………………….

Back to the freezer

And thank God

we got a freezer

and stuff in it

when things get

thin in the refrigerator

up above.

……………………………

How to open doors with just a smile?

Dress up. Look pretty. Give away everything

that you are.

………………………………………

Bob Dylan has nothing to lose.

 A hundred million dollar home

 living on the street at the end

 you meet the same maker.

 Billion dollar banker; baker

 just making it gonna extend

 to the same hand.

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Joan has poison oak on her

 face and arms. She's a mess!

 I might be getting poison on me from you.

 Give me your poison, baby.

 I'll take it from you and heal you.

 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

……………………………………………………

Having it there

And, since I have it on my hands

my hands will touch every place

else, and I will have it there.

……………………………………………………..

Little Miss Charisma Dogma

She’s all over town.

She’s all over magazines.

You see her every night

on the tv.

We hear about the bad

things that she done.

First there was Paris,

and then Brittany,

and then Lindsay.

Now we got Amanda.

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I m just a guy in recovery

Recovered from the back

seat of police cars: handcuffed,

headed to the drunk tank,

once again.

Recovered from standing

in front of the judge;

disheveled, hung over, waiting

to hear what was next.

……………………………………….

I kissed her and she called the cops

 She wasn’t The Governor’s daughter.

 She wasn’t related to A Judge.

 (Thanks to The Beach Boys for

 making me write this).

…………………………………………

Every time that I hear The Beach Boys

 sing, "Barbara Ann," I think of John McCain

 screaming, "BOMB IRAN," as he was running

 for President.

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Life is good when your cell phone battery is fully charged.

There are things you can’t live without: like food and water,

but it is nice to have a fully charged cell phone battery. You

can make and receive calls, and you can take pictures. Some

play games on them. Some write poems into them.

………………………………………….

Grow marijuana.

No thanks. It’s illegal here.

We are having great luck, though,

with, especially, one tomato plant.

We resurrected it from the dead,

and it blossomed, today; sure to

bear many tomato with mayonnaise

sandwiches in the near future. We

grow eat and then we eat it.

…………………………………………….

Or would you rather be on the road?

Would you put it in her

if it  came with a lifetime commitment?

Would you put it in her

if you had to then stay with her for life?

And have kids.

And cars.

And houses.

………………………………………………………..

I like my woman hot.

And I like my hot sauce mild.

Mikel K

……………………………………………………….

Should a guy?

Should a guy smoking marijuana be criticizing the man

on crack, or should he love him, and welcome into his heart,

his home, and his wife's pocketbook?

…………………………………………………..

In the old days, I would have

let a drunk man crash on my couch,

 ‘cept I never had a couch.

………………………………………………..

Just Do It

It doesn't matter how you spell it.

It doesn't matter how you punctuate.

………………………………………………

Choke Hold

I might have to make it

into a poem, instead of

a book. There are, already,

out there several books

with that title.

………………………………………………….

Even a dog has to think for himself

This dog tried to escape like 19 times, and then on the twentieth he got away and soon got smashed to pieces and death by a big truck driven by a big drunk, on methamphetamine, trucker. The trucker got off with only dog burial costs(he was cremated and thrown out to the sea) because the dog was in violation of dog leash laws.

……………………………………

What I would change

What I would change about me.

What I would change about you.

I would change me. You could change you,

but only if you wanted to. You are so

perfect right where you are.

…………………………………………..

And we just passed on

She said how are you doing

and I wanted to say I want

to pat your soft little ass, but

I didn’t; I just told her that

I was doing good.

………………………………………..

That will fuck you in the bars?

Are you getting married

or are you fucking everything

that will fuck you in the bars?

Have you settled down or are you

still chasing Playboy Bunnys?

……………………………………………

I only went to jail when I was drinking.

 Gosh, oh my, what was I thinking?

……………………………………………………………….

Do you ever find acorns, or see deer?

Ever pitched a tent?

Ever made a fire.

Ever woken up in the morning

and made breakfast even better

than it is at home.

…………………………………………………..

Dead

I’m your said and done

and now you’re looking

over me with sympathy

and despair. You were

guilty, but you still loved me.

…………………………………………………..

Getting to the top

I’m going to get to the top

but I don’t know where I’m going

I keep charging and charging and

charging ahead. But I feel like I am

going backwards.

…………………………………………….

It’s all relative

 Is it good when your therapist calls you eccentric

 Well, it’s certainly better than a judge saying you are guilty.

 Or a cop saying to you you’re busted.

 Or a doctor telling you have cancer, or the crabs.

……………………………………………..

Silly Thought

Do you remember that song

where the guy sand, “They’re

coming to take me away  ha ha,

and he would let out this insidious laugh?

………………………………………………

Can you walk to the beach?

Can you walk to the beach

or is it out of your mind?

…………………………………………….

There are people out there

There are people out there

with real problems. Can we

all say a prayer for those folks?

There are people out there

with so so problems. Can I

hear an Amen?!

………………………………………………..

The Bird just killed Rod Stewart

 and now she is chasing Bob Dylan

 around his home with a knife.

………………………………………………….

Oops

Poets should have limos

but they don’t.

……………………………………………………

Lady bugs are beautiful

Lady bugs are beautiful

but in abundance I have heard

that they can be a pain in the ass.

………………………………………………………

Clicking onto the News Website

Maybe there will be a new story.

How many more people who were famous

but I never heard of them have died

since the last time that I clicked on

this News Website.

……………………………………………………..

Mostly

In certain very small places, I am a big man.

Mostly, I’m just another schmuck standing in

line waiting to pay for groceries, though.

……………………………………….

Have you ever stolen/they are after you

Have you ever stolen a candy bar?

A pair of sneakers? An hour off the clock?

A car. A bottle of whiskey from behind

the bar when the bartender had her back

turned? An airplane ticket? A magazine?

A heart? A soul? A mind?

………………………………………………….

Everything seems

a drag.

I’m surrounded by guitars

that I’m still paying for

that I’m not playing.

I’m off the pink pill

and feeling normal: depressed

and lethargic. Everything seems

a drag.

………………………………………………

Traffic Light

I get so lonely when I am without you.

And I’ve never met you.

…………………………………………………

The State Senator

“Are you still with that chink?”

“My husband isn’t a chink,”

said the young lady.

“He’s a Mexican.”

“Well, aren’t Mexicans chinks?”

said The State Senator.

……………………………………………………..

But there was something about you

You weren’t much in the kitchen.

Often got speeding tickets in the car.

Stayed out late. Quit jobs.

But there was something about you.

…………………………………………………….

Confession Booth

When you got down

on your knees, Jesus

started to pray.

……………………………………………….

I ve been given

I’ve been given

a body and a mind

by The Lord.

My body hurts a lot

and nobody understands

my mind.

K

…………………………………………………

I see you

I see what I am is holding me down.

I see what I am is holding you down.

…………………………………………………

How are you today?

I’m avoiding County Jail

and State Prisons.

I’m not trying to figure out

what day it is in a mental institution,

so it’s a pretty good day.

…………………………………………………

Oh my God. How do I find

these kind of people? Or

how do they find me?

…………………………………………………..

When?

When to keep your mouth open,

and when to keep your mouth shut?

K

……………………………………………………

Everybody just smiled

He showed up at the door of AA

saying, “Give me three steps,

and a sponsor. I’m ready for that

fourth step, this time.

………………………………………..

Isn t it amazing how with all the billions

of people on this earth that you can still

do something that no one will ever know about?

If you could do one thing undetected,

what would it be?

…………………………………..

If you really needed me

I would always see you

with a smile on your face.

……………………………………………

I ll be right behind you with no noose

I’ll bet that somewhere

there is someone

doing worse than me.

………………………………………………………………….

Last Night

She said that she got into the bed, last night,

smelling like cut grass and sweat, and that I

didn’t notice; wouldn’t even talk to her… I’m

like that when I’m asleep!

………………………………………………………………….

I’m starting to sound like an old Rod Stewart song

I say this, and the next song is him singing

“Here Comes The Rain,” by CCR.

……………………………………………………………………….

Ive gotten to know each section and aisle of the store.

I stay away from the wine aisle

but I’m not scared of it like I used to be.

If the soda is on the same aisle as the wine

I will go down there and get me a bottle

of ginger ale. I don’t always get me a yogurt

but somedays I do. I buy milk. I know

that it is bad for me(and the cow), but

what can you do. I can drink my coffee black

with stevia and ice, thank you, but I prefer not to.

Thank you.

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Hey I’m not going to pay you

The movers are coming.

Where are we going?

Am I going with you,

or is it me who is moving?

…………………………………………………………

I ll always be in the whole

Ain’t no fortunate son

I ain’t the one.

………………………………………………………….

Notes from a man under the influence

Under the influence of love.

Of dope. Of stupidity. Of charm.

Of perseverance. Of money.

Of things. Of waves on an ocean

a long way away.

………………………………………………………….

People suck when they don’t do

what I want them to do.

And when I want nothing

from them, they are fine.

………………………………………………..

There is nothing more to life

than this and that. This and

that have to be dealt with.

And then you move on.

………………………………………………

Profound K Thought of The Moment:

You can’t say that you are bohemian.

Either you are or you’re not, and you

don’t have much to do with it.

……………………………………………….

I ve lied and I ve been lied to

Not sure where I’m going with this one.

I want to point the finger at her. Things change

so what you said wasn’t a lie. Something like that!

I like this title, but really have nowhere

to go with it but the title…

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I JUST REALIZED THAT I HAVE POSTED FOUR DAYS

OF JUNE POEMS IN THIS MAY CONTAINER OF POEMS.

WELL, SHIZZAM….