it’s quite plain to me

the Garden so-called Eden

was ne'er a cared-for garden.

no, not at all.

indeed, it took the form

of primevous wilds:

of such as forests dark,

of mountains, valleys,

and of calling sweetly forest lark.

and of all the things

that in truth we chose

to lose so long ago.

we plant only,

in their stead, those terrible

things malignant that

uniquely grow/expand/pollute 

I am wearing two black eyes.

I fit them on last night with a man’s knuckles.

I talked to him slowly asked him for a cigarette he said no I could see the bulge in his pocket.

I don’t remember what happened next I found my way home. 

My mother yelled said I smelled of the drink .

I was trying to watch  "Cops". 

Something got red and she was at the top of the stairs.

yelling you’re just like your father you’re just like your father.

Turbid rivers as confused as hell

Poured right down my fancy wishing well.

At the waters’ full evaporation,

To my eminent exasperation,

Residues agglomerate

Too awfully much of late.

I am now quite mad as hell:

I fear I’ve lost my wishing well.

The weather, chizzly,

Turned awfully, awfully grisly

On a recent dark

And stormy night.

It thus made worse

My sadsome plight

From simply being

Locked out of doors

All the livelong night.

                                                          KISS ME

Kiss me dear to forget all my worries  and

to overcome all my griefs of life

when you are nearing me to kiss,I feel

Oh, sir, if I were not

So cotton-pickin’ dietarian

Or inveterate vegetarian,

I’d order your delicious

Flyers and fungus

For to divide among us.

(flyers and fungus =

pepperoni and mushroom

pizza)

We kids robbed people’s dinner plates

Of nuts, of grapes, and of the sweetest dates.

But most of all, when distant

Folk came from anywhere

To our old house in Delaware

To sit down to cop a bite,

We’d rob them blind (and with delight!).

Especially dear old Uncle Tomahawk.

When we stole food from him,

He would definite squawk.

Oh, he made it so much fun!

He was by far the bestest one.