Saturday, August 8, 2020

FAMILY SUCKS


you in.
Try
as you might
to resist
the lure
already the hook
is stuck
between gums
and teeth
while you flop
and strain
against love's
balm
& pain.

Norman Savage
Greenwich Village, 2020

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

THE ADDITION OF SUBTRACTION


Each day adds
to your diminution
of the life
(of your life!)
outside
of you.

It's nothing to get hung up about;
it's just flakes of dead dry skin
carpeting your next step.

O, yeah, one other thing.
if ya think too long about it
you feel like shit
trying to race down
a fly-papered tube.

Norman Savage
Greenwich Village, 2020

Sunday, August 2, 2020

A SUNDAY SERMON FOR THE BROKE & BROKEN; FOR THOSE AT WAR


with themselves...
Like those
who seek the lash
and the balm;
who have never looked into a mirror
that was friendly;
who have the posture
of a question mark;
who have the timing
of a busted watch--
this is for you...

One can never second guess themselves
too much; there is no such thing
as being right; and answers,
if such a thing ever existed,
are overrated; you are never
where you should be,
only where you are;
faith is for people
who already have it.
(These are obvious truths, baby,
and as such just serve to confuse
an already blood drenched mind.)

Better to rise
with a chameleon's grace
and Houdini's gifts.
Better a silhouette
than a snapshot.
Let others find
your mistakes.

Norman Savage
Greenwich Village, 2020