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Used-to-be Coal Cracker
"Beam me up, Scotty, on my knucklehead Harley."
Do I look like a papoose or Mona Lisa with a smile
I'm the Lone Ranger and he ain't my friggin' Kawliga,
he is my Kemosabe and I ride a solid white Kia
so get off my Bubba Ho-tep, thinking me Elvis
or eat my silver bullets on the keno table, thinking
it's a Code Red, "riding my pony on the reservation"
smack dab in a bag of Cheetos with your name on it
because simply, you will be dead.
"Hi-Yo, Silver! Away!" But built low to the asphalt.
now that I am old grey, a used-to-be coal cracker
smoking long-stem Pall Malls sometimes a Kool
but the ashes burn going down, tasting like old
rubber tires on mama's corpse, saddling up straight
deuces in a Pawpaw tree but menthol is for pussies,
like Crazy Horse who put Custer in the ground.
"What the Hell am I doing here?" I may be a little
bit crazy but I can chew Asperum with little to no
side effects. But I did shoot mama with a Husqvarna
chainsaw catching her canoodling with my friend,
Kemosabe.
"Seeing pyramids along the Nile," I smoke a neti pot, a
short and mild one waiting for my foreskin to ripen
with a green malaise OD'ing on mama's chamber
pot. forgiving the little church mouse who licks the
souse off my catheter.
Do I look like a papoose or Mona Lisa with a smile
I'm the Lone Ranger and he ain't my friggin' Kawliga,
he is my Kemosabe and I ride a solid white Kia
so get off my Bubba Ho-tep, thinking me Elvis
or eat my silver bullets on the keno table, thinking
it's a Code Red, "riding my pony on the reservation"
smack dab in a bag of Cheetos with your name on it
because simply, you will be dead.
"Hi-Yo, Silver! Away!" But built low to the asphalt.
now that I am old grey, a used-to-be coal cracker
smoking long-stem Pall Malls sometimes a Kool
but the ashes burn going down, tasting like old
rubber tires on mama's corpse, saddling up straight
deuces in a Pawpaw tree but menthol is for pussies,
like Crazy Horse who put Custer in the ground.
"What the Hell am I doing here?" I may be a little
bit crazy but I can chew Asperum with little to no
side effects. But I did shoot mama with a Husqvarna
chainsaw catching her canoodling with my friend,
Kemosabe.
"Seeing pyramids along the Nile," I smoke a neti pot, a
short and mild one waiting for my foreskin to ripen
with a green malaise OD'ing on mama's chamber
pot. forgiving the little church mouse who licks the
souse off my catheter.
Published 11th Mar 2023
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Anonymous
11th Mar 2023 5:46pm
I believe your dark imagination could write just about anything. I like this
11th Mar 2023 5:49pm
I am at my best (not gifted) when let go of the reins and ride till I run out of words. Thank you, my friend.
11th Mar 2023 5:52pm
This spill contains sooooooooooooooooooooo much density
that for most readers, would choke, or drown or blind.
The read, for me,
doesn't allow me to digest and or meditate on many of the points mentioned
but i understand all of it.
i will have to reread and continue to reread to capture all the inuendos and inferences contained herein.
Thank You for sharing the link with me.
that for most readers, would choke, or drown or blind.
The read, for me,
doesn't allow me to digest and or meditate on many of the points mentioned
but i understand all of it.
i will have to reread and continue to reread to capture all the inuendos and inferences contained herein.
Thank You for sharing the link with me.
11th Mar 2023 5:55pm
11th Mar 2023 6:28pm
I don't know Coal Cracker from cinder sifter
but I remember Kaw-Liger from an old song.
& Kia is a car. Elvis is Elvis of course. As for
the rest, except for the cigarette brand, it all
goes straight over my head. It may be dark
to the cognoscenti but I missed it somewhere.
Oh, and Kemosabe is from that children's t.v
show " The Lone Ranger " Hi Ho silver, awaaay...
but I remember Kaw-Liger from an old song.
& Kia is a car. Elvis is Elvis of course. As for
the rest, except for the cigarette brand, it all
goes straight over my head. It may be dark
to the cognoscenti but I missed it somewhere.
Oh, and Kemosabe is from that children's t.v
show " The Lone Ranger " Hi Ho silver, awaaay...
11th Mar 2023 6:32pm
11th Mar 2023 6:58pm
Dear A,
There is definitely a lot going on here. You make good use of all the references used. Your reader either needs to be of a certain age to get them or have their Google search handy 😊 but it’s fun to look up the unknown. The write is wonderful. You’ve provided a story, for me, from the pov of the miner and a life lived long and hard. It’s a great read and loaded with great imagery!
H🌷
There is definitely a lot going on here. You make good use of all the references used. Your reader either needs to be of a certain age to get them or have their Google search handy 😊 but it’s fun to look up the unknown. The write is wonderful. You’ve provided a story, for me, from the pov of the miner and a life lived long and hard. It’s a great read and loaded with great imagery!
H🌷
11th Mar 2023 7:36pm
11th Mar 2023 7:32pm
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11th Mar 2023 7:38pm
11th Mar 2023 7:46pm
