5 minutes at BoHaydens Sports Bar in Mobile, AL Thanks to RGT for capturing.

I was opening up a can of Vienna sausages as a snack at work one day, when a coworker saw me and boisterously said, “Ha! My son calls those Hyena sausages. Always has.”

I had a laugh, then noted, “It would probably be healthier than the puckers, peckers, and beaks currently in the can.”

Then he laughed. 

However, a few days after that, I realized where his son got that particular trait from. 

The coworker got a small cut on his hand from some sheet metal and thought he may need to get a tetanus shot. 

He yelled, “Shit, I’ve got to go get a techno-shot.”

Again, I laughed, before saying, “I’ve never heard of a techno-shot, but I have taken some weird, mystery pills at a rave back in the day.”

He laughed once more. 

(Not the best start)

it is inconceivable to feel joyous

when your wife says that

she would rather die than

experience the pain that she feels

a profound and deep-rooted

sadness envelopes my being

as the one I love can only

get out of bed to constantly 

empty her bowels or vomit

the feast I am cooking

will be eaten solely by me

as she can not keep anything down

even the smell which is exquisite

makes her nauseous and ill

constant fever, sweats, and

gut wrenching misery plague her

neither the meal nor whiskey

taste as they should

my somber heart weeps

for this once tenacious

independent woman tormented

by this heinous and malicious disease

I wish I could share the pain

to give even a sliver of relief

I feel so hopeless

yet hopeful 

for a

‘happy’ new year

Had a blast at Old Man Joe’s 80th birthday bash. I did some spoken word, sat in for a Supreme Dispassion song, and finished with an older poem about public masturbation.

(1990’s)

(Originally published by Horror Sleaze Trash)

I have always known the word ‘cock’

as a term referring to the penis…or 

member, pecker, schlong,

prick, phallus, peter, dick,

shaft, tool, johnson, willy, 

stick, wood, dong, meat,

weiner, boner, rod, wang,

peen, ween, tallywacker, jimmy,

skin flute, organ, and private part

etcetera

I have never known the word ‘cock’

to be a reference for vagina

until today

listening to an old school hip hop song

I heard 2 Live Crew sing the following 

“What you like fellas? 

head, booty, and cock”

COCK?

did I hear that correct?

then I heard it again

there was no mistaking

they in fact did say cock

this sent me on a several hour

google research mission

I found evidence of numerous artists

from the 80’s and 90’s

using the word cock to refer to

female genitalia

I was absolutely shocked

some of these songs

I have heard more than a few times

obviously I just glossed over

the mention of cock or didn’t pick up on it

I dug in deeper with my research

pulling up forum after forum

where this exact issue was discussed

a little history lesson was learned

it seems that since the 17th century

the word cock referred to the male genitalia

then sometime between 1920 and 1940

cock became an African-American slang word for vagina

possibly derived from cockles

a cock opener was a penis

the dictionary of American Regional English states

‘at a point roughly the same as the

Mason-Dixon Line, there is a division in meaning

to the North cock refers to male genitals,

but in the South its use is restricted to

the female genitals

Missouri is a border state in which

both meanings are used’

I guess that explains why Missouri

is the ‘show me’ state

you know…just to be sure

“Hey babe, I’m thinking about getting

this spot looked at on my nose.”

There was silence.

It seemed an eternity.

He then realized she had earbuds in.

from the black

the faint blue glow

into gloominess within

(From early 1990’s)