Water On The Moon by flot 2009

Water On the Moon

by Sam Flot - Dedicated to Gil Scott Heron

I got no job, they took my house

But there’s water on the moon

People dying every day

And there’s water on the moon

Swine flu in my city

Swine flu on my block

But there’s water on the moon

Unemployment’s just enough for me

Good thing I aint got kids

Doctor won’t see me

So I aint got that bill

And water’s on the moon

If I cant live on this earth

What good is water on the moon

We have a black man as president

And water on the moon

Country split in between very rich and very poor

All the Isms piled up on the White House door

If I can’t live here on this earth

If my rights don’t mean a thing

What good’s it gonna do me if there’s 

water on the moon?

They bailed out the banks 

And who bails me out?

But there’s water on the moon

Habitats and people can live there now 

Cause there’s water on the moon

They stole my wallet on the street

Right here on the earth

They took my old laptop that had no worth

Laughed and ran then looked and cursed

Sure there might be water on the moon

But that wallet was as empty as ski slopes in June

I know now I will get by

Cause there’s water on the moon

I know each day I can survive 

Cause there’s water on the moon

Got no health plan, no government cheese

But there’s water on the moon

I’m not sure when these wars will end

But there’s water on the moon

Got no job no money no food

But there’s water on the moon

Maybe I’ll just go start anew

Have it all and drink it too

Cause there’s water on the moon!

11.21.0h9

The Appointment

The Appointment

by sam flot

Hurrying along the edge of the river

Always on the path never straying

Hurrying along insistent on

Meeting some appointed time

Meeting some appointed person

Unclear and indistinct in the details

But hurrying fervently

Regardless of purpose

Regardless of torpor

Regardless of everything

Except meeting this

Hurry up hurry up

To the meeting and

When did I remember this appointment and

What is it about?

With whom am I appointed to

Either be late or meet with?

All I know is I am along the river and

This is my place

Moving though I am

This has been where I always am and

Although I try to hurry along away from here

I still remain here

Maybe I am supposed to oppose

My instinctual reaction and

Resist this hurrying to meet

Some artificial and or unknown deadline

Forced upon me by life

Forced upon me by finances

Forced upon me like

Everyone always assumes I will be

Like the rest of the herd

Unaware that I go against the grain

I am the thread holding the silver lining in place

I am flock-less flying as

The bird flies

With his wings in the air

Only after leaving the ground

Hurrying along the edge of the river flying……..

 Hurrying and now.....

I'm soaring

12.23.ten

The Gulls Go Skimming

The Gulls Go Skimming

by sam flot

The gulls go skimming

Synchronized in several lines

Over a flat noon ocean and

An occasional wave

Big enough to crash loudly

On the rock I’m sitting on

Would be surfers

Sit on boards

Straddling or paddling

Like a real gone gondola

Seeing everything through

The clean air of a magical day

Crisp and very unhurried

It’s all worth the patient wait

Of stillness developing

Consequential traits

Delusions

Illusions and

Definitive conclusions

Of quiet and stillness and

Patience and slowing down

To

A

Stop

sf @ Pleasure Point 5.2.11