John-Ward Leighton

FRIDAY, THANK THE GODS

If you don’t believe in any
why not imagine many
you don’t have to be rational
to go international

today I walked and bought
things I needed, not
merely for appearance sake
these pointless transactions I did make

the war on drugs
has collected many mugs
and ruined many a day
along the way

so fly the sky
and loop the loop
while the world is turned into
toxic soup

try to be quiet for just awhile
do not grimace or smile
and greet your naked soul
with a sense of style

I cleaned the collected muck
off my fans
and then had trouble getting
that shit off my hands

the vacuumed crap
is still flying in the air
it seems to be in every crack and crevice
everywhere

except that there now seems
to be no there
there
or anywhere

the world is filled with the armpits of hell
you can always tell from the smell
and the spray of deodorant
is only used to camouflage and disorient

no place to hide
no place to play
we can only thank the gods
its Friday.