Poems by Vivian McPeal

City of Angels

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It's the vanishing hope that you put on display

At a road side attraction at the end of the day

In a honky-tonk tavern at the entrance of Hell

It's a grizzled old geezer with a story to tell

 

It's an out of work God with little to say

It's a pity that the city has to be this way

There's nowhere to turn and there's nothing to hide

The truth is a story that once was a lie

 

The Devil is a demon with angel-sized wings

While Christ sits at supper, he smiles and he sings

"My body is bread and my blood is red wine"

That prodigal son really knows how to dine!

 

It's a real bad case of the "I just don't care's"

It's the empty headspace at the top of the stairs

It's a fist full of wishes that never come true

It's a finger that lingers on all that you do

 

It's a dirty old man with an innocent child

It's a skyscrapin' scream, it's the call of the wild

It's the scream of the banshee, the bite of the bone

It's the phone that keeps ringing when no one is home

 

It's the song that you sing in the dark of the night

It's a bark at the moon by a dog that won't bite

It's the things you keep trying that never have worked

It's all your best friends who've just turned into jerks

 

It's the curtain that falls with a thundering thud

It's the fat lady singing all covered with mud

It's a bar room bonanza, with a bombastic blast

It's the tin pan finale but even it will not last

 

At the end of the line, there's a place that's reserved

For the man who made sure the Last Supper was served

In a flea bitten dive in that honky-tonk town

Where the lifeboat was sunk and the lifeguard had drowned

 

Wearing Flash Gordon glasses and Elton John shoes

With a bucket of blood and a bottle of booze

There's a two-bit Messiah with money to burn

It's life's greatest let down just taking it's turn

 

When the tickertape tells that the heartbeat has stopped

And the temple room flowers have all been nicely cropped

I will personally greet all the best of the worst

As the worst of the best are all dying of thirst

 

It's a lily white virgin, being whored in a stall

It's the innocent victim who pays for it all

It's the heart of a human in the hand of a man

It's a madman creator and his sinister plan

 

It's the hope of a parent, it's the hand of a child

It's the love of the mother and father compiled

It's the hope for the future for more than a few

It's everything that you think and you feel and you do

 

If you throw in the towel, then you're going to stay wet

When your spirit is steaming and covered with sweat

It's the one true love that you've never had

It's an ocean of love as your landing pad

 

When the world's greatest hunger is to feed all the poor

Our need for a Savior will then be no more

The truth is a story that once was a lie

A "Hello" from the past that is now a "Goodbye"

 

 Gangsta of Ganja

I'm a gangsta of ganja and I'm packin' my piece
I'm toasty and chillin' and wearin' my fleece
I'll be burnin' some nugs with my family and friends
Cause the vibe here is Irie and the love never ends

So you narcs and you snitches and you DEA types
And you dark hearted meanies and grinches and gripes
You can stop what you're doin', and end your whole scene
Cause the waters of justice will be washing you clean
                                                                                                                                                    Our Light, it is Living, and humming with juice
And our spirits are soaring and our Mojo is loose
All inside we are glowing with white light and spirit
If you quiet your mind and your thoughts you can hear it

So Cannabis lovers, faeries and gnomes
Come out of your closets, your shacks and your homes
It's a 4:20 planet with plenty of time
For fightin' for freedom with rhythm and rhyme
                                                                                                                                                   Cause a song in one's heart and a nug in one's bowl
Can dig any old hempster out of any old hole
And if Babylon thinks it can stand up to our chants
We'll just kick silly Babylon right in it's pants

And all hempsters and healers and stoners, see here
It is time to awaken, our duty is clear
We must all come together, unite and stand tall
With high pride we'll harmoniously weather it all
                                                                                                                                                    There's a spark from the sun and it's catchin' afire
In the hearts of all good people and taking them higher
So be packin' your piece and remember your goal
It's to free all creation and heal every soul

 

Scarlet Draino

 

I don't know where my lover went, but she left a trail of crumbs.

Pissing in the alley of my heart,

don't forget it has a carburetor on it, you might call it a hole.

 

Where did she hide her loyalty?

Oh, she hung it on the clothesline and raped it's child.

How original. I'll remember that when I choke on it next time.

 

Am I bitter?

I don't know, I've never tasted myself.

Why don't you bite me and find out?

 

You want poetry that rhymes?

Oh, how Hallmark of you. You can find me,

on row 7, aisle b, trying to keep my bagel down.

 

Traditional? Yeh, if your tradition is getting

gut kicked by insecure control freaks,

who can't control their insecure freaks.

 

Don't worry, I'll get better. When I die.

You'll know because the checks will have stopped

coming. Oh, you didn't notice that the door was locked.

 

 

 Thou Shalt Not Kill

 

Holy water in my pocket, pants too tight
Hot as a sprocket cause I pray all night
Got nothing in the oven, lookin for a thrill
Lookin for some lovin with an urge to kill
Got a flip-flop flapjack makin me a half-stack
Don't need a tic-tac breathin in the good gak
Don't like the blunt cause it tastes like crap
Filter all your water don't drink from the tap
I got death row Jethro sittin in his cell
Contemplates his navel in the roach motel

I got glass house gangstahs, unmerry prankstahs
Republican president is such a wanker
Everybody's crying when the lights go dim
Mother wife and children all thinkin of him
How can we possibly look into the light
And tell our kids another death makes a death alright
This hypocrite habitat looks pathetic
Death row bros try to look athletic
Innocent people being put to death
Take the blind off of justice cause she might be deaf
Open up your eyes and take a good deep breath
Count the corners on your karma cause you might be next

Path of a Tear

In each teardrop that falls
From an eye on a face
Is a heart full of feeling
Or sadness, or grace 

Be it happiness, grief
Or a tear of emotion,
Each drop carves a canyon
And comes from an ocean.

As gravity pulls every tear to the ground
They negotiate cheeks, lips, and chins to get down
The fleeing of travelling tears on one's face
Is a cleansing redemption that's purging someplace

The journey of liquid that flows from the eyes
Holds a heapful of healing of significant size
So surrender to tears as they travel on down
And smile while you're crying or alter your frown

Because the path of a tear
Is a sacred release
And its gift is the feeling
Of healing and peace.

Addiction

 

addiction, a duty

a dereliction of beauty

agonize, antagonize

to organize my blurry of eyes

 

jonesin', jammin'

lyin' and cheatin' and scammin'

irritation, flagellation

an e-ticket to a hell vacation

 

dope deal, bone meal

mother and father asleep at the wheel

catatonic, embryonic

if ya do enough the damage is orthodontic

 

welfare, blank stare

a vile of piss or a clip of the hair

exhausted, agnostic

taking in substances that are caustic

 

suicidal, sub-title

one dose away from homicidal

paranoid, overjoyed

six months and holding at unemployed

 

town slut, catgut

coke is cheap when there's a dope glut

hypnotize, fertilize

a shame sandwich with a side of lies

 

infection, no protection

hocking your children's stamp  collection

a basement, endorsement,

a few weeks away from support enforcement

 

weight loss, high cost

a life held together by dental floss

half gram, flim-flam,

a monthly check from Uncle Sam

 

limp dick, joy stick

some tin foil and a flick of the bic

tar babies, a case of scabies

foam at the mouth like a dog with rabies

 

cheap whore, back door

on the verge of death but you do some more

cop car, wet bar

you don't even know where the fuck you are

 

 

escapism, cataclysm

a peepshow floor all covered with jism

hype kit, tight fit

that's not a track it's just a zit

 

lost cause, broken laws

the tape recorder is stuck on pause

relapse, synapse

tension's so tight that the lifeline snaps

 

denial in a vile

yellow vomit on  antique floor tile

redemption, pre-emption

is that real of a hair extension?

 

addiction?, naw man, I can stop anytime I want

 

13 Moons

 

Upon a rainbow, I gently laid my eyes
13 moons ago, what a sweet surprise
Upon the winds, a sweet song of freedom
All of my friends, it's now I really need 'em

Dandelions dance, there's no need to pluck 'em
People in a trance, I guess I need to chuck 'em
Silver threaded beads, I know I'm gonna wear 'em
All of my thoughts, I feel a need to share 'em

13 moons, is all it took to change me
I've hushed and flushed, the moons have rearranged me
Romantic Warrior, I've taken up the sword
A pocket full of valor, is all I can afford

Cosmic Galaxy, take me by the hand
Eternal Mystery, make me understand
If it's no game, you cannot win or lose
There is no blame, but you cannot pick or choose

There's just one path, if you're strong enough to take it
You can cry or laugh, but you can never fake it
There 's a heart of gold, but can you ever mine it?
When the story's told, there's a message can you find it?

13 moons, a mountain and an ocean
One sweet tune, with lavender and lotion
Stars and moss, are hidden from the forest
They all come out, when the moons are all in Taurus

I guard my heart, with a wooden Temple Dragon
He's lost his head, but my heart is never saggin'
A soldier's song, is never ever heard
'Cause the war is won, without a single word

With a rainbow prism, the colours never fade
The past forgotten, the future's never made
The time is now, the place is always here
Our friend is hope, our enemy is fear

Without pure love, our hopes are always lost
In a wishing well, a silver coin is tossed
13 moons, who knows where it will go
My crimson heart, you know it wants it so

Rosie O'Grady

 

In my years of stompin' sod
Upon this kozmic round dirt clod
I met but one true violet fire
Who stole my face away

She wore petals on her crown
That blossomed when she came to town
And family came from miles around
To hear sweet rosie play

Rosie O'Grady, My San Francisco lady
You bag o'bones I'll love ya till I'm dead
Rosie O'Grady, In a place that's not too shady
There's a crystal drop of liquid sunshine
Restin' on yer head

We courted, kissed and chased the dawn
She always kept her love light on
There never was another
Who could make smile as wide

Her gypsy soul and worldly eyes
Would lift your soul above the skies
Her colored clothes and rainbow dyes                                                                                            would keep me by her side                                                                                               

Badda bing badda boom

 

 

 

 

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