new chap by Catfish McDaris

making love to the rain check it out.

Lies

by Catfish McDaris

Everyone lies:

the president

your spouse

your kids

satan

dogs

cigars

warning labels

your doctor

television

motherfuckers

cocksuckers

hookers

johns

honkies

white trash

hillbillies

niggers

spics

yo mama

your padre

the pope

even the wise old owl

hooting in the sycamore tree.

Tough Guys Don't Need Gats

by Catfish McDaris

On leave in Amsterdam

staying at a hostel I

met two cuties from Ft Worth

We toured the canals

in a tulip gondola

saw Anne Frank's house

Van Gogh paintings

& dazzling flower markets

They wanted hashish but

wouldn't go to a marijuana cafe

I went to Dope Park where

mostly Africans

Sold Afghan & Paki black

tripping green & choking

red Lebanese

They showed the good

stuff then switched it for

camel dung

Knowing Three Card Monte

these cats were amateurs

after several attempts at

the rip off I shoved my 38

up this mother's nostril

The jig was up I got

the smoke & squirted

them with water as I ran

like Jim Thorpe.