HI YA BEEN AWHILE YA'LL RIGHT?

SONG

There is no song that can be unsung,

 no lyric easily removed once voiced

if suddenly a better choice comes  

while the chorus hooks the intent in.

Sliding scales from rainbows colors

to the depths of pure dark despair

carry many a tune to hearing ears.

some not so nice others so very grand.

Operatic tunes that reverberate across times land

through mans generations of audiences ears,

each time heard a different portion stands,

appears depending on times day; uplifts or disturbs.

Sing to me a lifelong song of social justice

not one that tells me I need to “just trust us”

for when the band break apart trust fails us.

Justice is a need that never fails or leaves us.

© M Durfee

11/17/13

APHORISMS

If I fly off tomorrow

it will mean I have cheated death

one more day.

M Durfee

11/17/13

What use is fear of a man robbing you

 when he is just as scared

of getting caught as you are of being robbed?

M Durfee

11/17/13

I once started to learn to play the drums,

I finally figured out that drums

are not made of brick and concussions hurt.

M Durfee

11/17/13

Pain is like masturbation,

 you only feel it

while it’s happening.

M Durfee

11/17/13

The forecast is for rain.

Detroit is so God damn dangerous

Even the weather refuses to cross 8 mile road.

M Durfee

11/17/13

You can run fast and far from hate

But when you get where you’re going

You will still have to change.

M Durfee

11/17/13