Vows which will not last into the morn.
Frauds of human happiness, forlorn.
Synthetic bass resounding off the hull
Invites two would-be lovers skull to skull.

Don't disturb the sailors as they mate.
Don't expect commands or captain's prate.
The liquid rolls the vessel to the shoal,
The anchor jettisoned, and three sails full!

What possession drove them from the shore?
What god or demon hinders to restore
Them to the land from which they sprung?
Won't there be another Götterdämmerung?

Honestly

I bought a pack of cigarettes
And to justify the purchase
Smoked two.
Whatever lies I've told besides
This be true.

Moving forward
Yes we can
Yes we can
Afghanistan

Moving forward
Yes we can
No you can't
Iran

Individuals

I.
The individual is pleased to read
Writing with which he's already agreed.
Don't try to tell him anything new.
He doesn't need more directions, from you.

II.
Few things perturb people more
Than sounds they haven't heard before.

Personne ne fait pas confiance
En personne dans ce monde-ci.
C'est bien triste,
Mais c'est la vie.

I'm thankful for the food I eat,
Thankful for the sun,
Thankful for the cushioned seat
On which I rest my bum.

I'm thankful for the drugs I take
And thankful for my dreams.
I'm thankful for the millèd paper
On which I write in reams.

I'm thankful for the breath I draw
But smoke a cig or two.
I'm thankful for imaginings
I have of me and you.

I'm lonely and I'm thankful
And I'm zoned off aderall.
I musn't go to sleep until
I finish Cabell Hall.
I musn't go to sleep until
I'm through with Cabell Hall.

Alexander ran
From Pakistan
All the way to Babylon.

Babylon spread
Her gold godhead
Across the water
Like Marathon.

What unfinished business
On the Indus's West
Did Philip's son leave
For the US to test?