The Shit You Remember
We were sitting
In my apartment
In the aftermath
Of one of my infamous
First of the Month
"Welfare parties"
When I told you,
“I would never achieve or attain
anything in this dimension”
You laughed and told me,
“Well, if you can find that ’Other Dimension” let me know,
“I’ve been looking for a way out of this place for years”
And I unintentionally
Started laughing my ass off
And spit my beer
All over the place
That’s the shit I remember
David Burdett
6/24/2021
Bunk Inheritance
The doings
Of young people
Confuse me
Their bootless
Strategies
Perplex me
And their pain
Is too complex
For even myself
To understand
The young people
Of today
Make me want
To step out
Of my pants
In public
And scream
Active shooter!
As my girlfriend
Sings opera in Swahili
David Burdett
3/18/2022
Before the Fall
The problem
With you
Telling me
Of your disdain
For other people
Is that everywhere
I turn
There you are
Espousing
The rhetoric
Of the inclusionist
And keeping rhythm
To the banging
Of the drum
Of the war monkey
As new
And old
Flags wave
Your demands
Shift recklessly:
To be heard
And equal.
No matter
The price.
And a myriad
Of other things
That have never
Existed throughout
Human history
Where the final
Arguments
Will ultimately
Be remembered
By no one
Courtesy
Of all of us
Going
Full tilt batshit
As the world
Lights up
And burns
David Burdett
7/8/2021
Bring in the Noise!
A bale of turtles
Convinced that a geyser
From a ruptured sewer line
Is the Fountain of Youth
Is the story of humanity
Shaking its goofy ass
As the dance floor collapses
And if you think about it
Pretty goddamn hilarious
David Burdett
9/19/2022
Eat It
And as humanity raced
Blindly toward the finish line
Like a fat kid
At an all you can eat buffet
Believe it or not
There were a few of us
Who broke from the trough
Burned our feedbags
And tried to make a difference
David Burdett
6/2/2023
ANTI
The world
Is burning
Love the fire
There are men
With leaky brains
Plotting against
The innocent
Join them
Love them
Kill them
And God willing
You will be loved
And remembered
For your courage
David Burdett
6/2/2023
Red Flags in Paradise
Within hours
Through bad information
Tangled text messages
And dropped calls
I swear
I did my best
To make shit right
But I did not jibe
With the vibe
Of the hive
Or the caretakers
Of the property
And ended up
Finding myself
For the first time
In my life
Stuck
Between the lotus
And a fat bitch
With a shotgun
David Burdett
6/27/2021
Mercy
I haven’t seen
The schizophrenic woman
Screaming her brains out
Behind the liquor store
For almost a year now
She was enough
To make you believe
That there is no God
She was enough
To make you wish
That there was
David Burdett
1/5/2022
For Now
I swear to god
I couldn’t write
A love poem
Even if you
Put a gun
To my head
David Burdett
1/17/2022