Andy Kaughman

Now I know it ain't right, but I decided I hadta'

Us poets paint life, but don't get recognized till afta'

So I faked my own death just to see what would happen

As I taje shallow breaths and wait for people's reaction

It was funny at first, but I had to hold my laughter...wait

Before long I was on display at an open casket wake

And I'm the main attraction who draws a crowd. A freak show of sorts

Good thing my skin is pale enough to pass as a decomposing corpse

Frozen in my thoughts, laying stiff...playing with

People's emotions and awaiting a kiss from praying lips that I hate but miss.

She didn't show...although she sent a card with flowers

How considerate. That little bitch would make me sit in my car for hours

Heartless powers start to devour my patience...it gets me violent

I'm ready to fly shit and end everything like "I QUIT!"

Then again I sit deathly quiet...biting my tongue

Just excited that some kids...who were invited to come did

I'm the center of attention...the talk of the town

It ain;t all that profound, but on this special day of mine I'm the one the universe revolves around

It's like a birthday...kind of.

I also found that it's the worst way to find love.

White doves battle black crows in one of the back rows

And everybody my ass knows back home is sporting black clothes

Looking glum as usual...it's all too familliar

I put the fun back into funeral.

My morbid humor'll kill ya'

For all that it's worth...the people who I thought were jerks

Were putting on the water works and it sorta hurts

My momma stroked my hair with so much care but hardly spoke

Now my heart is broke, and yeah...I should've let her in on the joke

But I'm honestly choked up, and I'm stuck holding back my tears

As I absorb the atmosphere, "I wanna turn back I'm scared!"

Then a hand touches my shoulder to calm my nerves

And something odd occurs because I heard my father's words

So I got disturbed...as he expressed what he's never said

What bothered me the most is that I remembered...he's dead

I manifested destiny. The best and worst of worlds has come true

As I'm buried alive, in the back of my mind echoes his words:

"I love you."