MINIMALIST by Milo Ippolito

  by Milo Ippolito

I'm a minimalist

I drink my bourbon straight

I'm a minimalist

And I never work late

I'm a minimalist

No sugar no cream

I'm a minimalist

I have black and white dreams

 

I'm a minimalist

Like a Trappist monk

I'm a minimalist

Got rid of all my junk

I'm a minimalist

I believe in one God

I'm a minimalist

I got a Buddha in my yard

 

I'm a minimalist

So get straight to the point

I'm a minimalist

Don't you lace my joint

I'm a minimalist

I'll trade you more for less

I'm a minimalist

I like a girl with small breasts

 

I'm a minimalist

Still listen to the Ramones

I'm a minimalist

I have sex alone

I'm a minimalist

Always wear the same pants

I'm a minimalist

I do a one legged dance

 

 

ROACH UNDER GLASS

 by Milo Ippolito

I got 'em

Under glass

He's buggin'

Running fast

I flip him

On his back

Flightless wings

Red or black

 

Catching roaches

I beg their pardon

As I release them

In the Garden

I toss him

From the glass

He tumbles

In the grass

Goes running

To the shrine

Lord Buddha

His light shines

 

All creatures

Want to live

Death is not

Yours to give

Respect life

In all forms

Mice bugs and

Even worms

 

Compassion

It's not hard

Put 'em outside

In the yard

 

OPEN MINDS OPEN SORES

  by Milo Ippolito

Open minds

Open sores

You gave me mine

But you'll get yours

You said free love

Would set us free

So why does it hurt

Every time I pee

 

So many girls

So many boys

Black rubber sheets

And plastic toys

You gave me mine

But you'll get yours

Open minds

Open sores

   

MIRKO'S CAR

  by Milo Ippolito

Headlights out, won't start

Tire's flat, mirror's cracked

Mirko's @#$% car

 

What'd you expect for $1,200 cheapskate?

I didn't buy I just helped translate

It's Mirko's @#$% car

 

It's not my fault

It's not my fault

Mirko's @#$% car

 

Had to have it

Can't take a bus or a train

Now it's falling apart

And I get blamed

Mirko's @#$% car

 

Kroger's right across

The God damn street

Can he walk?

No, like he got no feet

He loads the car

With Bosnian men

They buy their smokes

And ride home, again

In Mirko's @#$% car

 

Buy junk

Get junk

Buy junk

Get junk

Like Mirko's @#$% car

 

NEW PANTIES

by Milo Ippolito

You bought a drawer full of new panties

And I should have had a clue

That you found another man

And he's already loving you

You done your face up with makeup

You say you're only working late

But you're glowing like a schoolgirl

Going out on her first date

 

New Panties

You never wore them for me

Fine and fancy

Made in London or Paris

Does he peel them from your body

And gently fold them on the bed?

Or does he grip them in his teeth

Savagely tearing them to shreds?

 

While I sit at home alone

Slowly opening your drawers

Marveling at the pretty colors

And soft fabric of your

New Panties

 

PEN PALS IN PRISON

  by Milo Ippolito

I met her on the internet

She wore prison blue

She sends me lots of photographs

She got a teardrop tattoo

 

And I can't wait

Till 2010

When she's released

From the women's pen

Pen pals in prison

They're a captive audience

They only ask to be forgiven

For a felonious offense

 

So, she wrote a few worthless checks

Is that such a crime?

She's worth so much more than that

And now we're both doing time

 

Sometimes I feel jealous and mean

Cause her cellmate Looks like James Deans

She says It's different inside

But it still hurts my pride

 

Pen pals in prison

They're on the internet

So if you're lonely

There's a pen pal

In prison

Waiting

For you

LOVE CHAINED

  by Milo Ippolito

I love ya baby

And I won't let go

Ain't gonna leave me

Like ya done before

Ya can't run with

Chains around your feet

I got ya caged

Just like a parakeet

We share a love

That only death can part

So if ya ever have

A change of heart

Arrangements always

Can be made

Don't know the hour

But I know the day

 

Lonely rivers flow

So damn the pain

I'll never let you go

Love chained

 

Here come the doctor

So stick out your arm

I swore an oath

To never do ya harm

So make a fist and

Show me that blue vein

This love I give

Is gonna ease your pain

Ya look so peaceful

Lyin' by my side

I need some lovin'

Open up your eyes

Ya say ya can't

But I know ya will

It makes me nervous

When ya lie so still

 

Ya walked in beauty

Like the night before

Ya woke this mornin'

Shackled to the floor

At noon I dressed ya

In a gown of white

At six ya raged

Against the dyin' light

Tonight I'm singing ya

This lullaby

But don't go gently

Cause the sun will rise

And I'll bring presents

Till ya room is full

With more flowers

Than a funeral

 

CHEATED LIED LEFT

  by Milo Ippolito

You got a funny way of showing

Your love and tenderness

You cheated, you lied

And then you

 

left I'm sunk like the Titanic

While your climbing Everest

You cheated, you lied

And then you left

 

I'll follow you to Istanbul

Track you down in Budapest

You cheated, you lied

And then you left

 

Lonely nights

Lonely days

Ain't no one here

To take your place

Cuts like a knife

Be not afraid

I open the freezer

And I see your face

 

I'm recklessly abandoned

I'm high on crystal meth

You cheated, you lied

And then you left

 

They should elect you president

You're weak and dishonest

You cheated, you lied

And then you left

 

May your children turn upon you

May your home be repossessed

You cheated, you lied

And then you left

 

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