sometimes
i get the
bad thing
in me

i want to give
alka seltzer
to a california condor
or maybe
a bald eagle

i want to
take a gun
maybe a thirty-ought-six
and shoot
a cop
in the ass

i'd like to
to drink an
unhealthy amount
of booze
and drive down
380 south
in a stolen lexus
doing 106 mph


i want to f***
a charming woman
and send pictures
to her husband
and watch him
kick her ass

i always wanted
to send nation of islam
newsletters
to david duke
and put sugar
in my boss's tank

i would like
to piss on
my old high school
and shake three times
without a drop
going down my leg

sometimes
the bad thing
crawls up in me
but either
out of morals
or laziness
i know that
when i'm done writing this
i'll light a cigarette
watch tv with my brother
and i won't do
a damned thing

besides
there's always tomorrow