the politicians (charcoal pencil on illustration board)

the metaphorical sweats

i was invited by the m_______

to their party at the riveria pool mansion

they lived inside for most of the year

the dolphins there, were incredible

and would swim up into the house

late at night while the guards slept

we never worried about the

war ending or all the people that were

dying all around us either

sometimes we would eat fresh bananas

and oranges from brazil or other far off countries

in the middle of winter

we froze a lot of stuff at first

but later once we realized that all the fresh stuff

would never stop we just threw it away

i bought a table made out of weed

one time. we smoked it for most of the summer

me and three friends of mine who are all dead now

we had a party at becky's one thursday

she was so pretty back then

the birds would land on her arms. 

kissing the rows of scars on her

legs. the needles leaving long red streaks 

on her skin