Monday, January 24, 2011

I Used to be a Werewolf

I was speaking to friend yesterday and he suggested I post this original poem by G. Laidlaw. Written like all the Author's poetry - in one burst of a creative "mind bubble" - and like many of the works that have appeared previously in Dew On The Newts, it is an autobiographical narrative of real life events.

I Used to be a Werewolf

I remember your place
With the funky God's-eye thing,
Hanging on the wall
With your hippy-trippy string.
I stumbled through the doorway
Fell face first in the room.
Threw up beer and whatever else
I drank that afternoon.
It might have been the mushrooms,
It could have been your hair.
Something really freaked me out
When the full moon found me there.
It framed me in the picture window
That I pushed you through.
I'm glad to see you made it.
The scars look good on you.

You know I used to be a Werewolf
But I'm alright now-OOO!

I remember your tires
Leaving rubber on the road.
Is it any wonder your car
Was the first one that I rolled?
Friends don't let their friends
Drive if they are drunk.
So I took away your car keys
And put you in the trunk.
When I checked the rear-view,
I saw the full moon in the sky
Which freaked me so I floored it...
I made that sucker fly!
Skid marks in the headlines,
Graphic footage on the news.
I'm glad to see you made it.
The scars look good on you.

You know I used to be a Werewolf
But I'm alright now-OOO!

I remember your eyes
Tracing circles by the door,
Where you might have dropped a rock
Of crack onto the floor.
It's hardly a good habit
But it still buys you the farm.
From a simple mountain garden
To a gold mine in your arm.
Welcome to my Never-Where.
A world of cheaper thrills,
Where Santa shoots up heroin
And the moon is full of pills.
Someone shouted "Save yourself"
And I forgot to pull you through...
I'm glad to see you made it.
The scars look good on you.

You know I used to be a Werewolf
But I'm alright now-OOO!

- G. Laidlaw

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