SWEET SIMPLICITY (poem) by Bill Grimes Jr. on AuthorsDen

SWEET SIMPLICITY
by Bill Grimes Jr. → (All Poetry by Bill Grimes Jr.)
Rated "PG13" by the Author.

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Stormed the gates of heaven Passed out At the very gates of hell Lived to tell about it Gods grace thus far My how I remember Blowing chunks Grooving to Grand Funk Sweet taste of simplicity Teenage obligations Financial insecurity Mississippi’s finest Red Barn dollar draft Milk jug pure Boiled shrimp Midnight fast food runs Bayou water skiing Among the cotton mouths Old Mozart’s boat I jackknifed his trailer Just a hair more sober than he Smiling as he cussed Petit Bois Island Reeling in the blue fish Mosquito Pterodactyls Bombing with the sand fleas Sleeping under the stars Dreaming of conditioned air Red Hot Chicken Friday Night Football Pizza time at Shakey’s Drunken Winter Formals Trusty flask of Jim Beam Greg decked that poor dude Quick right hook Straight into the urinal Old faithful The Grey Ghost Eight Track tunes I mastered the stick shift Cruising with a clutch Boredom My bitter nemesis Such a giant world Beyond Mobile Bay Chess King Bell bottoms Matching mood ring Cold Bud at Fandango Water turned to wine As did stale urine Behind the blue dumpster Sand filled seaweed Johnnie Winter riffs Hot Tropics magic Suburban existence Ripping up the lip Wiki Tan aroma BLAB TV with Hound Dog Young Tony Hawk Slipping him some beers What the hell said Tina? “You’re crazy Billy Ray” Buckets filled with rain I love the rain my friends Altered state of mind Dreaming of the good old daze Doesn’t bring them back Still I’m pressing on Rising from the dead again Despite my brokenness I’m grateful evermore Kicking down the hidden door Another lonely nocturne My aging soul Burns for completion © Bill Grimes Jr. 2009

Reviewed by Karen Palumbo

Reviewed on July 13, 2009

Oh boy, so many long ago memories and it seems like only yesterday. So you liked Johnny Winter too and his brother Edgar??? I have a few of his albums and still play them too. Got to see them once at a place on Long Island called "My Father's Place". WOW what a show!

Be always safe,
Karen
Karen

Reviewed by Jms Bell

YOUR THOUGHTS ARE EXPRESSED SO WELL IN AN ALMOST MONOSYLLABIC STYLE. ENJOYED THE IMAGERY. THANKS FOR SHARING AND GOD BLESS YOU.
JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS