Choices come with baggage
they do not come alone.
You think it's just for the moment,
but they always follow you home.
Have a drink too many
and get behind the wheel
You put yourself and others in harm's way
no one else gave you that raw deal.
Have sex with someone special
but a condom is a bother.
Then the sheriff's at your door
and someone is calling you father.
And that may be the best it brings
but the surprise may be another -
if the baggage is full of AIDS
it could kill you, brother.
Yes, choices come with baggage,
so give them careful thought.
The choice you make this moment
might later make you distraught.
Choices come with baggage
so be mindful of your next,
for it may bring you naught but woe
and steal your self-respect.
---- This is a work in progress, in preparation for the Spitfire Slam coming up on the 30th of this month. I had considered sharing "hotdogs 4 breakfast", written a year after Daddy's death. Or maybe even the untitled poem included in the next day's post. But the one here just wrote itself as I was on my way to dinner with my stepmom and my paternal aunt. I actually had to pull over at one point so I could physically write down the words engraving themselves on my brain. Wild.
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fb flashback for July 12, 2011:
"On Thursday, I plan to be in Madasgar as a Prisoner of 2nd Avenue before I go all Barefoot Booyah at Tybee! Then it's Time To Die on Friday. What madness!! I love it!!!"
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Penny Guenther
Tina, you be so freaky! Love you to pieces!
fb flashback from July 15, 2011:
"Cleaning house... oh, joy..."
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Sabitra Brush
Good to see you at play last night. We always have a good laugh :))))
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Faustina Smith
You bet! Can't wait for next week's Simon play!
fb flashback on July 17, 2011:
"What a great day it was! First birthday pool party for my youngest great-nephew, then dinner and a show by Boone Blackmon and Sammy B. Warren IV, follwed by karaoke at the Legion! "Love Song" by The Cure, then "Joy to the World", Three Dog Night-style, and sung WITH Bryan, the karaoke host. Woohoo!"
fb flashback from July 18, 2011:
"LOVE your new photo!!! Love it, I say!"
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Faustina Smith
This is my San Diego PRIDE hat, from my participation in the July 2009 parade there. Great fun it was, too!!
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