Lock down with the door open. Is the store still open? I hope you don’t think I’m chokin’ or getting excited yet, because there’s a whole ‘lotta work left. Yes, I write with my left. I just want to know the total cost of ownership of my own space ship. Whoops, I forgot to take a sh*t. Is this way before our landing, or our take off, and am I still standing? Am I expensive, yet? I’m looking at all your CDs and they portray the display from the perspective of my knees! Dirty trees, turn up the degrees. We must be right next to the sun. I used to have a hundred guns. Imma make it my goal today to make someone a new birthday. Home invasion when you turn it to the correct radio station. Little people steeple. Remote paper-mate. I think I just accidentally stole the whole state. [ Time tunnel to my front, past to my back, hey baby, count the whole stack ] I hate your fourteen-year-old mind state. Initialize the new variables and embrace ’em. State ’em.
Β© 2012, S.D. McKinley
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Composition: I Used to have a Hundred Guns

8 replies on “Composition: I Used to have a Hundred Guns”
Nice little poem you have here bro
I appreciate the compliment. Thank you for reading. Even though I wrote this a while back, I thought it was somewhat appropriate with everything going on now, sadly. π
Sassy and kick assy, reminiscent of a Sal Dali painting in words!
Well, that’s quite flattering of you to say! Thanks for swinging by and commenting. You got some really interesting writings on your blog over there! That’s why I gave a follow. Congrats for that. π
I love this! Did you compose it out loud before you wrote it down?
It kinda reminds me of certain songs from the late 90s.
Ms. Mugrage, it’s always great to see you here. The methodology here is to find a starter that I like, in my head and then build off of it, then writing it down a couple lines at a time. Now, you have me wondering why the lyrics remind you of 90’s songs, which I think is great. π
It reminds me of The Runaround by Blues Traveler, and It’s Been One Week Since You Looked At Me (not sure if that is the title or just the refrain) by I forget what group but it was played constantly my last year of university.
Yes! Those are 90s classics for sure and great music at that! π