you have to like , live and die with yourself

 We are all alone,

born alone, die alone,

and—in spite of

True Romance magazines —

we shall all someday

look back on our lives

and see that, in spite

of our company, we were

alone the whole way.

I do not say lonely —

at least, not all the

time—but essentially,

and finally, alone. This

is what makes your

self-respect so important,

and I don’t see how you can

respect yourself if you must

look in the hearts and minds

of others for your happiness.

-- Hunter S. Thompson

What every child goes through

 

Unexpected Confessions

 

tea shop conversation

raising unexpected

confessions ~

not something

I wanted to hear over

a cup of earl grey,

probably needed

a shot of whiskey

to wash away

the shock,

pain, taste

Path narrows

 There's a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.

—Ursula K. Le Guin

History in the Rear view mirror

 Headed West

over the Greasy Grass

Crossing the Little Big Horn

I imagined the ghosts

of a thousand painted horses

parting before me,

and the wind sounded

like the wailing of squaws

for fallen warriors

Black Velvet Elvis

 

Feral kids wandering the streets

 Under the moonlight

the hormonal youth

feel the draw of the final

hopes before the fall,

like moths battering

the porch light.

Feral Kids

wandering the streets,

a stolen beer in hand

Texting their desire

under the stars

Chasing the last

hot moist days of summer

and some lustful siren's call.