POETRY
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 8:16 pm
Merry Man, by Charles Carreon
I see the towers and glass,
the ultrasuede.
It don't impress me.
They're just the markers in a silly game.
When we were kids
We used to play Monopoly.
But now the hotels are real,
and I have to sit in them,
and pay the rent,
and watch the videos on TV.
Don't hold out thirty pieces
in the form of a lifetime pension,
and ask me to betray my own family.
I've sat down at your table,
and it's set with silver plate,
But like the man once said,
there's just some shit I cannot eat.
Yes maybe I have vampire fangs like you,
And my eyes can gleam like ice,
But no mistake,
I'm just a Merry Man,
And I've got you in my sights.
Yeah I'll fight you
till we're both so weak
we can barely stand;
You'll yield or I will
kill you if I can.
And if I play this game for keeps,
It's you who made the rules,
and heaven judge us both
if we're fighting here like fools.
I'll take the common road
and give my friend a hand.
You catch a ride to the castle gate.
I'll stick with the band.
Los Angeles, 12/12/90
I see the towers and glass,
the ultrasuede.
It don't impress me.
They're just the markers in a silly game.
When we were kids
We used to play Monopoly.
But now the hotels are real,
and I have to sit in them,
and pay the rent,
and watch the videos on TV.
Don't hold out thirty pieces
in the form of a lifetime pension,
and ask me to betray my own family.
I've sat down at your table,
and it's set with silver plate,
But like the man once said,
there's just some shit I cannot eat.
Yes maybe I have vampire fangs like you,
And my eyes can gleam like ice,
But no mistake,
I'm just a Merry Man,
And I've got you in my sights.
Yeah I'll fight you
till we're both so weak
we can barely stand;
You'll yield or I will
kill you if I can.
And if I play this game for keeps,
It's you who made the rules,
and heaven judge us both
if we're fighting here like fools.
I'll take the common road
and give my friend a hand.
You catch a ride to the castle gate.
I'll stick with the band.
Los Angeles, 12/12/90