Fat Tuesday Ash Wednesday

We all got scars

On soul or skin

In churches or bars

We all got sin

In the public eye

Or held within

Raise a glass

Sing a song

Go to mass

Hit the bong

This too shall pass

Before too long

You want redemption?

Not tonight friend

Tonight’s for wine

And vague memories

We all got wars

We all have lost

We all got scores

Of things they cost

Live today

Pray tomorrow

Find a way

To ease the sorrow

Sin not committed

Cannot be repented

The cycle repeated

As He intended

Gene G. McLaughlin 2006

Straight Up

I could tell you it was about love

But it was kind of really about need

I could tell the cop it was an emergency

But it was pretty much about speed

I could tell you I was into Phish

But in truth it was about the weed

I could tell you I work for the love of it

But straight up its really greed

I could tell you a whole lot of shit

But not telling is my creed

Gene G. McLaughlin 2012