A Lifetime of Experiences

Stories I can tell
tales of heaven and hell
None of them believable
yet all too true.

Murderers and saints
friends all

Every new semester
a new crop of
"Stories with John"
happens to the new initiates.
I learn their stories too.
And they add to mine
by being a part of my life.

Ridiculous and beautiful
every one.

Pretty Dress

I never saw you wear a pretty dress
slip slightly showing
sneakers on your feet
one shoelace still untied.

Your figure has always been
figurative
figuring you out has always been
inexhaustible.

You always knew that the jeans that you wore
with the holes were sexy as shit
destructive to my spiritual well being
for, well, you already know why
you already know why.