that was just one twenty minutes
in an afternoon!

real life is great sometimes
hopping finger snapping
happenings

some people are truly just
so cool and original
and fiery crackers...
but hate it at the moment
and smile in the next minute
cant make up shit like this

one of the meetings they were
going on about the old ego I have
so next time...im gonna say
yes....Yes I have a big juicy ego!!
see how that goes over...love those
snappy lines back at em'
friend of mine would wait during
these conversations and say to me
'i saw the moment u blew their fuse
or their minds popped a breaker'
but I learned those word moves from
the best of all ages...
the wtf! moment
great stuff....

friend of mine was messing with a
make up kit she had
they love attention and made me
sit...trying it on...
im like...
'uh I think thats lip liner or gloss!'
she was using it for eyeshadow!
not missing a beat...looking at me
with eyes turned and not stopping
a second...
'O Ho! now it is!' a big assed grin

I love people like this...
so many are slugged down in the
thickness of that weighty oil
but these minds crackle like ball
lightning
these people live and I guess I
do too..More lately
not caring a damn what people
throw at me or pick at..
most of those negative cant do
what I know I can and have done
and if I cant...i sure as hell will give
it a go...I have seen those with
the most huff and puff fold out
when the big move comes on
got a new team like this
i was very dissapointed....
cant believe it...they got it in em to
do the moves...or maybe they truly
dont cause the old saying...Proof
is in the pudding....
blew their popstand anyway
wind out of their sails like a fun
old whoopy cushion

I knew the Bukowskies and Sextons
lived with em..fought with em
those mothers did crazy stuff
but they had balls...even old and
falling apart....the memories and
outrageous stuff....priceless

I know I can sell and hustle and take
bigger shit on them me..
been at this tricky slick stuff for years
and dug in...walking cause i got no
rides....but i got two feet and all the time
sometimes...there and back
who am i going to complain too out there
about the oh horror of horror indignities
the wind.the trees....

ur friends..ask em for five dollars
the true ones will slap it too you no
questions ask..the ones u kissed up
to will look at you like you got the
plague....it was funny finally trumping
their sorry hands at that..
no they couldnt cut it...

I still see and hang out with the brass
band crowd....as in brassy..with class
these are no monkey shiners
motor homes and home built custom
cycles..old cats with the knack still
and the young beauties that can
silence a crowd just by walking in...
all that hissing comes later
like air going out of tires that wont
be able to go offroad and over the
curb like the madcaps do..

marvelous hanging out with these
living souls....living legends..and
the one that are gone..

i will be damned to hide in my room
or under my rock afraid of what people
might approve or disaprove of me.
same with life.....throw on that eighty
pound packsack of groceries to save
a ten dollar cab ride.....cab company
loves us...five minute wait or less
the leather car too...black chrysler
with owners often...we tip all drivers
four bucks..coffee..AND a donut
cause u gotta get class..BE class
not just some empty tin clattering
down the street....

another friend i lived with wrote me
on FB..wanting me to do laundry
i was just gathering mine up
said I would later.
texted me when I was ready to throw
mine in..she said..
'i've washed it with my tears!'
we were laughing hysterically
when I got up there....
fantastic when U got great lines
and someone else gets the value
and crease of it...some people
just look with that dull uncomprehending
face...a perfectly good line wasted

every boss...the TRUE bosses could
take off their blazer jackets and work
with their hands direct business
stay calm..slip u a free dinner
or unhook the velvet rope and let
you through....
true bosses....
i got to drive the cars
they dont let bongo brains
behind the wheel
an old expression

yah....real lifes a blast
got some buzzkill moments
and the mind numbing...tap
your foot waiting for the wheels
to turn eventually...
not everyone is up to speed
but those that are..
are damned refreshing
and they go places..move..
not like bubblegum blackened
to the sidewalks

need the pop bop and rock

im still meeting em too
their eyes sparkle....heres
a free coffee..dont worry
about this dinner
not enough money for your
sunflower seeds and small
jar of coffee..hey...ill pick
that up for u...
if your nice..and genuine nice
people help....they want to be
part of the life...excitement
because everyone has their
burden basket...all they know
sometimes you just gotta blow
the tanks and surface
walk on the deck suck in some
fresh air and live...

thanks bros for the encouragement
and keeping it true here and out
there...

Your Friend,
Steven!