Ed Ellsworth

CHEAP THRILLS

Coming home
Though
Fun was no longer agreeable
Perilous was fun
Menace was normal

Exam me
Challenge me
Pressure, measures my nerves
Nothing I cannot handle
Just do not want to be – alone

Though alone
Is where I am compelled to be

Glance – what do you see
Two arms, two legs
Dominant as can be
Swelling powerful and sleek
Never to see fearful or weak

Life is a flash
Broken is the heart,
Shortest fuse – five dollars cash
Lost in those distant Nam hills
Cheap Thrills