RANDALL ROGERS

RANDALL ROGERS

DEAD

I saw

universes

shimmering shapes

power of some

kind but no

God

when I died.

But then,

to think

of it

I've always

been living

among the

dead

while alive

so this was

no change.

MADE-UP GOD

if I were to

want to be

happy, I would

only be sad.

And love would

ever flee me.

Women do not

love me for

long

something in

me selfish

tells them;

“he could love

no one except

God.”

That's why I

believe

if God were

proven not to

exist I would

make one up.

I SAW YOU LOOKED

baby, baby

I got no regrets

sometimes passion

is its own best

bet

walk under that

dream-belt sky

and please tell

me why, why,

why you're gone

sister, sister

open up the door

you say you got

lovin'

but I don't

want no more

only to put

my bullet

hole in you.

TELL THEM THAT I LOVE HER

Tell them that

I love her

and I always

will

tell them I

love her

and dreams

fall from

her skies

tell them

I love her

walking out

to see

what the reason

is for living

carrying on

being me

RANDALL ROGERS