Monday, September 14, 2009

when a man becomes a man

lit cigarrete high brows curls in his hair

slimy nose sweaty face and a look forlorn
can't get up can't sit down, his ass hurts
not for reasons you think yay it's coz he fell from a tree
what was young jim doing on a tree
didn't every thrill kill a man before he was a man
and when does a man become a man
is it age or just sanctuary
is it wisdom or mere selfishness
a man becomes a man says jim
when he falls down from a tree and hurts his ass
a man becomes a man jim says
when his heart breaks no more
when he sits beside the woman on bed
and quietly puffs his marijuana cigarrette
a man becomes a man jim says
when his fingers move caressing ova
never too deep and never to dip
and his smile is as nonchalant as it comes
a man becomes a man jim says
when his days are outnumbered you see
when he is lost you see
down can't get up and can't sit down
a man becomes a man jim says
when he hurts his ass dumb you see

2 comments:

  1. quote //...When he sits beside the woman on bed
    and quietly puffs his marijuana cigarrette
    a man becomes a man jim says
    when his fingers move caressing ova
    never too deep and never to dip// unquote

    care to explain this part above !!!
    Guess i got it wrong, or else one has to say that you know of unheard ways of, to put it mildly, being with a woman !!! :)

    Were you high on marijuana yourself when you wrote this !! (which is not a sorry state to be; just curious... cause the poetry is too cryptic...)
    btw, liked your repeating: 'a man becomes a man jim says' ...

    Vaibhav

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  2. not unheard man..and i dont explain what I wrote.. u either get it or you don't

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