By the Guppy
Date: 8 June 1999

mindless ramblings from me....

my bartender friend tonight...though short and obnoxious...
gave me a recipe he swore was not toxic...
he grabbed a napkin and a pen off the floor...
looked up at the ceiling as if unlocking a door...
scribbled down words and then scurried away...
if he didn't serve drinks, he wouldn't get paid...
so i picked up the napkin and looked at the recipe...
it said there that love is nothing but destiny...
i shouted "hey man, you wanna explain this?"...
he said "no way dude, but believe me, it's painless"...

so i asked him where he had heard of that crap...
from some prophet?, friend?, the chick on his lap?...
he said that he heard it a long time ago...
on a radio program based in chicago...
from some broken down caller who talked like a sap...
who later found love, but died of the clap...
i said "oh great...thank you so much...
you're a lot like a phone...all the tones, but no touch"...
and i wandered on home having something to say...
but now i forgot it...so i'd best go away...