Ross Vassilev - One Poem

Slacker

the mushrooms of lethargy
are
dragging me down
to mind-numbing holocausts
of depression
where the lark muddies
its dying wings
where the dead
grow their flowers
where Sid and Nancy
pogo to ska
amid the great guru
pot dealers
of Kingston
I'm unemployed
dreaming of psychedelic frogs
and
samsaras of butterflies
I'm
the pot-bellied
Buddha of the robins
in the sleeping yard
the great all-knowing
know-nothing
who stares
at the sky remembering the 90s
when it was
OK
to be young
smart
lazy
and worthless
when the dj's played
The Spinanes
every Tuesday
on the radio.



Ross Vassilev was born in Bulgaria and now lives in Ohio. He's a poet and the editor of the late Opium Poetry 2.0 (http://opiumpoetry.blogspot.com/) and Asphodel Madness (http://asphodelmadness.blogspot.com/) blogzines.