off the cuff
stuff
had enuff
of the rough
so just off the cuff

a story
of me
help you see
help me
be
a Christmas tree

as a baby
maybe
i was
because
i had to have been
back then ...

as a kid
i hid
in growin' up
what's up
or down
i heard the sound
Elvis the Pelvis
rock-n-roll
take a stroll
down memory lane
feel my pain

as a teen
in between
feelin' lean
know what i mean?
question mark
life so stark
light in the dark
a fire with no spark

a young man
tryin' to understan
married young
life had just begun
reachin' for the next rung

married at 19
still in 'tween
young & old
quite bold
story yet to be told

high school sweet heart
that first part
a first start
get away from home
roam
ramble
gamble
with life
just my first wife
learnin'
earnin'
my strife

a hippie
a yippie
kye-yay
just gittin' away
time ta' play
what was Yesterday?
the ? of the day
Tomorrow
just time to borrow
never known real sorrow

smokin'
tokin'
takin'
makin'
babies
just maybe'
for what's yet to be
but i couldn't see

anger
fear
high gear
feelin' Life gettin' near
never look in the rear
view mirror
won't cure ya'

a salesman i was born
a salesman i be
just couldn't see
buyin' from me
the right suit
the right haircut
the right smile
the right look
took what i took
handsome
tight assed
time passed

money$$$
money$$$
ain't it funny
an old hippie i was
lost my cause
because
I never was

a new love
a new life
a new wife

still strife

cut like a knife

drink
drunk
thunk what i thunk
stink
drink
a skunk

more kids
i hids
away
drank away
each day
tryin' to stay
actin' in a bad play
an actor
that's for sure
'till evermore
became nevermore

so what's in store? ...

nothings for sure
that's for sure...

Life & Death
i lived to see
still not knowin'
not showin'
me
just tryin' ta' be

now i see ...

ain't no me

i just be

who i am

damn

my autobiography
is jusT Me

Poetry