Wherever you go

There you are

So be nice to ants

And say hello to lizards

Shadow the weak

Monitor the ambitious

Lift the unapproachable

Honor the handshake

Love the less fortunate

Because one of these days

Through no fault of your own

You could be them

And they could be you

David Burdett

11/11/2022

You ever hear the one

About the lady with three breasts

Who loved to dance the night away?

What about the story

Of the autistic bomb squad

That flattened the neighborhood?

How about the parable,

"The Poet's New Dentures"

No?

Anybody?

Oh well

David Burdett

There is so little

I have control

Over

Whether I lose

Control

Of my bowels

Or my temper

Whether you lose

Control

Of your car

Or your mind

The only struggle

Is to be willing

To imagine

In front of you

A cold pitcher

Of beer

And a warm glass

Of Drano

So what'll it be champ?

Whichever one

You chose

To choose

Don't waste your time

Explaining to me

Or yourself

Why?

David Burdett

6/29/2023

Up to me without

Showing your hands

Is where I found myself

With clenched fists

Showing you exactly

What happens

To people like you

When they think

I'm full of shit

David Burdett

6/29/2023

Those coffins

Polish those potatoes

Brand yourself

Surgically

Remove your eyelids

Tickle yourself pink

You godless donkey

While you laugh

Like a hyena

Lost

In the desert

I weep

Like a willow

Found

In a dream

David Burdett

6/29/2023

Four fucking walls

And a ceiling

A roadmap

And one shoe

A couple of friends across town

With four fucking walls

And a ceiling

A pack of wet matches

And no cigarettes

A city that has the distinct feel

Of four fucking walls

And a ceiling

For what seems

Like forever

For now

David Burdett

1996

The tattoo

On his neck read

"Remember me..."

I made a point

To remind myself

That if he ever did

Anything worth being

Remembered for

I would

David Burdett

6/28/2023

Some girl

With green eyes

Who was undoubtedly

Beautiful years ago

About an hour ago

Accused me of being a Fed

And pulled a machete on me

Damn.

I really need to up brush up

On my situational awareness skills

Stupid bitch

David Burdett

6/28/2023

We lived in a house

Constructed of bricks

Of Velveeta and confusion

Surrounded by liquor stores

And bombed out abortion clinics

My father would visit us

Every other weekend

We would drive around for hours

Shooting homeless people

I've got a necklace

Made from human ears to prove it

My mother told me

That the first words

I ever spoke were

"Kill me"

I was 10 years old

And they did

David Burdett

6/28/2023

My intention

Was to lock myself

In that motel bathroom

Curl up in the tub

And open my mind

With a bag of mushrooms

And a box cutter

Thank God you were there

And needed to take a shit

David Burdett

6/28/2023