Thursday, March 20, 2014

bellyaching

          I proposed to breakfast,
          but i married lunch.
          I prayed for dinner.
          Oh Lord, i think i ate too much.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Her

                                            What rhymes with disappointment ? 

                                                                    Her.

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

It's 1pm in Nairobi

There's hope.
There's still time. 
There's enough time to turn this thing around.
There's songs to sing.
There's conversations awaiting
There's this
and
There's that
and
There's more.

It's 1pm in Nairobi.

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Mao's Breath

There was romance and
heartache
in the alley
when  darkness
 encountered
 innocence.
There was guilt and redemption.

She called it Mao's Breath.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Passage to Graceland

              I read an article about the death
                             of an Arab.
                    Then I imagined myself
                            dating a  Jew.
                I stood in line for admittance
                      to a place they called
                              Graceland.
                              I hesitated
                           and wondered
                   " what would Elvis do? "

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

This is important



Message To Anyone :

This is important.
I repeat.
This is important..

If you know Billy Brown,
Allan Felix,
Ray Kinsella,
Alvy Singer
or John Creasy.


Contact me.
Immediately.

We need to talk.
We really need to talk.

That's Billy, Allan, Ray Alvy or
 John.

Wait a minute.
On second thought,

Nah,
           Barry

Thursday, April 25, 2013

she'll miss a sunday


          
                      she shoulda held on to us
                               alittle tighter

                         i think maybe one day
                                   she'll see
                           she'll miss a sunday
                                    and me

                   she coulda painted those clouds
                                 alittle whiter

                             i think that it's not
                                    un-likely
                               the clouds in her
                                  same as me
                                
                        she shoulda carried a hope
                                made it righter

                           i think maybe one day
                                     she'll see
                            she'll miss a sunday
                                      and me