Four poems by Mikel K

Fuck Heroin

By Mikel K

Fuck heroin.
Fuck heroin.
Fuck heroin
it killed my friend
and drummer Greg Psomas.
 
Fuck heroin.
Fuck heroin
look at that kid
with the facial tattoo
is he happy?
 
Fuck heroin.
Fuck heroin
put a shotgun
in the mouth of
Kurt Cobain.
 
Fuck heroin.
Fuck heroin.
Fuck heroin.




You can only get lunch at lunchtime

Funny, you can go out
and write a song about
how bad money is
and then go out and sell
millions of copies
of that song.
You can get breakfast
anytime at McDonald's
but you can only get
lunch at lunchtime.





Blow

She’s doing lines in the quick checkout lane at the pharmacy and gets busted for stealing a lip stick; they find just a little bit of cocaine,in her pocket, and she is put away for years. She could have been a movie star. She could have been a beauty queen, but, instead, she’s doing time. There is no rhyme or reason to this event. She made some bad choices and wound up where she didn't have to be. Let it be a lesson to you: don’t steal lipstick while in the possession of blow.





Everyone needs love

No one needs a fist to the jaw.
No one needs bills they can’t pay.
No one needs a car that breaks down.
No one needs a kick to the knee.
No one needs ants in the kitchen.
No one needs wasps on the porch.
Everyone needs love.
Everyone needs love.
No one needs their team to lose.
No one needs to blackout on booze.
No one needs a hurricane.
No one needs a tornado.
No one needs a fire.
No one needs their lover to be a liar.
Everyone needs love.
No one needs a parking ticket.
No one needs a cop to catch you speeding.
No one needs a drive by shooting.
No one needs a home invasion.
No one needs to be carjacked.
Everyone needs love.
No one needs a heart attack.
No one needs live damage.
No one needs cancer.
No one needs diabetes.
Everyone needs love.
No one needs aids.
No one needs mental illness.
No one needs traffic.
No one needs dandruff.
Everyone needs love.


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 About the author: Mikel K is a poet and memoirist living in Atlanta, Ga. K was voted best Atlanta Poet, the last three years in a row, by readers of Creative Loafing, Atlanta's weekly newspaper. He has a BS in English with a minor in Journalism from Georgia State University.
 
Poetry by Mikel K has appeared in: Subtle Tea, drown in my own fears, poetic diversity, Zygote In My Coffee, The Blue Lake Review, Swimming With Elephants, Ceremony,Visceral Uterus, High Coupe, Fragrance Poetry Magazine, The Piker Press, Vox Poetica, Napalm and Novocaine, Ceremony, The Georgia Review, The Reeve Report, Lowlife Magazine, The Political Dogma, World Wide Hippies.com, Open Salon, and Beagle Bugle. He was a music columnist for a number of years, covering the Atlanta music scene and worked as a freelancer for The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
 
You can buy a book by K at http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/mikelkpoet
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