When The Going Gets Weird by Mikel K

Something that has not happened to me in a long while happened today: I almost drowned. I was doing laps at the pool,and had almost reached the wall when I got a mouth full of water, and felt myself going under. Thankfully, I was able to arrest the process.

Right after the incident, a gal sitting by the pool said, “Are you alright?

“I almost drowned,” I said.

“I saw,” she said.

I wanted to say, “Well, why didn’t you jump in
and save me, or holler out to somone who would?” but I didn’t.

Patrick Thorne: You’ll never drown Mikel…when WWIII hits, you’ll still be here with Keith Richards, and cockroaches!

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Patrick Thorne is a hugely talented artist who is, currently, living in Orlanda, Florida. I will try to bring some of his paintings to these pages.

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Every time I fall.
Every time I crawl,
I get closer to standing up,
and saying my name.
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Could you quiet The Church Bells?
We’re trying to do our Heroin.
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Father Forgive Me

There is nothing like a beverage when you need, or want, one.
Mostly, I drink water all day. I squeeze lemon juice into it from
lemons that I acquire at the grocery store. Today, I am sucking
down a tasty beverage that comes from The Evil Corporate Monter.
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And it wasn’t enough:

Her self-titled debut album, released in 1985, sold 25 million copies worldwide. In total, she released seven albums and three film soundtracks; a winner of six Grammys, Houston sold over 200 million albums and singles worldwide. She earned 30 Billboard Awards, 22 American Music Awards and two Emmy Awards.

–From An Unkown Internet Source
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Justice is weird, and, often, not just.
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My Greatest Love

I love chocolate
more than I love my love.
I love chocolate
more than money.
I love chocolate
more than hot sex.
I love chocolate
more than cars, and houses.
I am a chocolate addict,
and I’m not headed to
any sort of a meeting anytime soon.
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Life’s A Stage

In one form, or another
I will always be in front of you.
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MP3, CD, Cassette, or 8 Track?

I’m a record, and I’m playing at ya, again.
You’ve heard me before, but each time
I sound different.
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I’m Coming To Break You

I’m coming to break your heart.
I’m coming to break you in two.
You’re going to feel so much pain,
that you won’t know what to do.

I’m coming to break your heart.
I’m coming to break you in two.
I’m coming to take my roses back.
You can no longer ride in my cadillac.

Here goes you crying.
Here goes me with a smile.
I’m coming to break your heart.
I’m coming to break you in two.

I’m coming to break your heart.
I’m coming to break your heart.
(My Gangsta Rap Song).
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Not An Original Gangster

I feel like an Outlaw.
I feel like I ought to
crawl away from you.
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Keep ya head up

Keep ya head up,

if you’re fed up
Today may be bad,
and tomorrow is
looking no better,
but ya got to keep
your head up.
Ya got to keep
your head up.
Think you’ve had
enough,
things can always
get better.
Keep ya head up.
Keep ya head up
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I just walked the dogs, much later than I usually walk the dogs, and as I was walking over one perilous part of the journey: a torn up sidewalk, I wondered what would happen if I fell, hit my head, and passed out. Would the dogs stay with me, guard me, alert someone as to my situation, or would they wander off to see what the world around them had to offer?

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I’m eating leftover spaghetti, but The Dogs are hovering around me like
it is fresh stuff. We were going to see Snave and The Grass play tonight,
but seven hours at the hospital, today, wiped out our energy. I’ve never
been to New Orleans, which means that I have never been to Mardi Gras.
Am I doing The Math right? Joan did not have any clots in her lungs,
which is such a blessing.

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This is Bolton, The World’s Happiest Dog. He will appear more
on these pages as time moves on. Photo by K.

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My Kind of Superstars

They were an overnight sensation
a hundred years in the making;
those blisters on their fingers
weren’t faking, but they would still
say hello to you, if they saw you out
at the local store, when they wasn’t on tour.
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Look Out For Me(No More).

I’m a giver, and a taker.
I’m a maker, and a faker.
I’ve made phone calls
from inside, and outside of jail.
I’ve been evicted from my home
for the choices that I made.
I’ve gone fishing without a hook
felt that I had it made.
I’ve been in love. I’ve been out of Love.
I’ve been beaten up. I’ve lied. I’ve cheated.
I’ve hitchhiked up and down the right side
of The USA.
And, here I am, today, alive, and sober.
Man, someone must be looking out for me.
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Life Is Weird

When I’m on my knees
I’m doing what they told me
that I had to do to talk to God.
When you are on your knees
you’re doing what you please
where you please.
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To The Clock Upon The Wall

You get the hands of time
around the throat,
and you say, “Listen here
Mr. Hands of Time,”
you need to slow down:
“I am getting old, too fast.”
And Mr. is really scared;
he’ll promise you anything
just to get your hands off
of him, so he does, and you
let go of him. What time is it now?
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A flower was never such a flower before.

Spending all my free time you,
feeling dizzy, kind of on the edgy.
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And there were a few other places that I was
too drunk then to remember now…

Perfect

You are
perfect in God’s eyes.
Perfect.
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Loose Lipe

When you smile,
you smile with everybody.
When I smile,
I smile alone.
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And like a Bad Hooker…State Farm doesn’t care.
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How to inhale properly? Take a nice deep breath after your pull, and then another deep breath with your nose. Itll be in there.

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My name is Mikel, and I am addicted to sushi.
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I want Rick Santorum’s Sex Life to be ‘Special,”
like he wants our Sex Lives to be ‘Special.’
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That’s it for this week. Next week will be another week.
Best To All Of You.

–MikelK
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