life rules



what are you going to do
when they come for you?

the years
the horrors
the crazy jobs
the kids that you don’t want
the unanswered loves

what are you going to do?

just
say fuck it

quit your job
buy yourself one way ticket to Amsterdam
watch the paintings of Vincent
think about it
go to Spain and watch the bullfights
watch the death
drink everyday gallons of wine and beer
don’t stop
smoke weed
try coke
do heroin for a while
find the number of miss America 1971
and tell her that you want to fuck her
laugh at the pictures of George Bush
cry for the death of Hemingway
Lorca
Jeffers
drink more wine and beer
don’t drink vitamins
don’t jog
don’t blame yourself
believe me

I write this letter to you
from this bench in Paris
5 empty bottles of wine on the grass
and one cop just wished me good night

but my question is
can you do that mister Amerikan?
can you?

© 2008 Peycho Kaner