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Three Easy Prescriptions

                                                                  

I've pretty darn-well succeeded at leading a decent, dignified life,

Abiding by the tried-and-way-too-true tenets and precepts

Of three axioms, maxims, adages, pithy tidbits of wisdom

I've gleaned from many minefield years of dodging creepy people,

Who really can keep you on your even-keel toes,

If you know what I mean, catch the drift of my prevailing zephyr —

Charlatans, scumbags, snake-oil Madoffs, and Ponzi con artists.

 

To be perfectly ingenuous, I've gleaned these three profundities

From thousands I've studied, with intense scrutiny,

Just as devout Christians I know peruse each line of the Good Book,

Sifting every last nugget of truth, from salvation's stream.

And I can all but guarantee you

That if you take this trinity of sayings to heart, as gospel,

You'll never go too goldarned far off the X-marks-the-spot:

 

"Why put off, till tomorrow, what you can completely fuck up, today?";

"Don't cross your bridges until after you've burned them";

"Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you...only do it first."

In all honesty, I've found these three prescriptions for right living

Just about as foolproof as 200-proof foolproof can be.

And believe me — take it from me — so, too, can you, my friends,

If you just muster up the guts not to give a shit about anyone else.

 

 

 

 

                                               

 

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