TRUST

With Real Toads--d'Verse poets Pub

You ate that

spaghetti sauce

that had been in your

fridge for nearly 6 months

you burped and said it was good

And that chocolate bar

that lurked in your cupboard

for God knows how long

it was all discolored

and was morphing

into some other shape

and frankly

it looked like a turd

And those green beans

with mold the color of rust

(you've no issues with trust)

You don't mind things

that are past their sell by date

maybe that's why

you're still hangin' round

with the likes of me

ANYONE?

With Real Toads--d'Verse Poets Pub

Will anyone be there
by your side
when your chickens come home
to roost
when the shit's run its course
through the goose
and he's too crapped out
to squawk the name
of some supplemental insurance company


You think you've got her locked in
you think you've got him locked in
and you think sure--they'll be there
but there's a lot more piss
gonna run under the bridge
before you've crossed it for the final time


So I will ask again
will anyone be there
by your side
when the front desk has just rung 
to say it's check-out time


Such a lugubrious thought
that you may just have
to go it alone
one more time
burned all your bridges
most in the heat of the moment
yes, you  could say them  kids
are "estranged"
but it's all about pride
and holding that grudge
and not giving in 
cuz that's who you are
and they followed your lead, 
now didn't they?


More important to be right..


GODDAMN RIGHT!


So what that you couldn't
trust anybody in the end
and just when you look
for a friend
everyone's indisposed


I suppose 
that's the way it goes
and you quit attending funerals
with the pissing and moaning
and gnashing of teeth
cuz instinctively you knew 
no one's gonna do that for you


And now here comes your parade
with its motley little band
but sure would be nice
to have someone to hold onto
who isn't a hired hand