Andy Kaughman

Now I know it ain't right, but I decided I hadta' &Us poets paint life, but don't get recognized till afta' &So I faked my own death just to see what would happen &As I taje shallow breaths and wait for people's reaction &It was funny at first, but I had to hold my laughter...wait &Before long I was on display at an open casket wake &And I'm the main attraction who draws a crowd. A freak show of sorts &Good thing my skin is pale enough to pass as a decomposing corpse &Frozen in my thoughts, laying stiff...playing with& People's emotions and awaiting a kiss from praying lips that I hate but miss.She didn't show...although she sent a card with flowers &How considerate. That little bitch would make me sit in my car for hours &Heartless powers start to devour my patience...it gets me violent &I'm ready to fly shit and end everything like "I QUIT!"Then again I sit deathly quiet...biting my tongue &Just excited that some kids...who were invited to come did &I'm the center of attention...the talk of the town &It ain;t all that profound, but on this special day of mine I'm the one the universe revolves around &It's like a birthday...kind of.I also found that it's the worst way to find love.White doves battle black crows in one of the back rows &And everybody my ass knows back home is sporting black clothes &Looking glum as usual...it's all too familliar &I put the fun back into funeral. My morbid humor'll kill ya' &For all that it's worth...the people who I thought were jerks &Were putting on the water works and it sorta hurts &My momma stroked my hair with so much care but hardly spoke &Now my heart is broke, and yeah...I should've let her in on the joke &But I'm honestly choked up, and I'm stuck holding back my tears &As I absorb the atmosphere, "I wanna turn back I'm scared!"Then a hand touches my shoulder to calm my nerves &And something odd occurs because I heard my father's words &So I got disturbed...as he expressed what he's never said &What bothered me the most is that I remembered...he's dead &I manifested destiny. The best and worst of worlds has come true &As I'm buried alive, in the back of my mind echoes his words:"I love you."