I am somebody
because
I am lovable
because
I am good enough
because
I can be good
because
I want to be good
because
I have to be good
because
I want love
because
I am not loved
Because
I disbelieve God
because
I despise God
because
I want to be God

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Time to turn over
a new leaf
he thought
Honesty
is the best policy
he thought
(People like
honest people)
he really thought
“Do you have
a cigarette?”
asked the street kid
One
he thought
My last one
he thought
(Damn that kid)
he really thought
“Sure”
he said
Guess that’s just
the price of honesty
he thought
Feels good
he thought
(Wish
that
damn
kid
hadn’t
taken
my
last
cigarette)
he
really
thought

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Click here to download the mp3 of Arrest and listen.
Narrated by Robert Bruce

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I know, I’m not very creative. Not only do I need serious inspiration to even make my poor attempts at “poetry,” but I must resort to blatant thievery, stealing material from conversations with The Great Robert Bruce. And it still turns out like this…
Arrest
What do you do
when arrested by
steel cuffs clapped on the wrist bone?
her [...]

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Robert Bruce nailed it with this one.

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