GRANT GUY

GRANT GUY

LETTING MY GUARD DOWN

open your heart to love she sd

let your guard down she sd

nut i have seen her ways of passion before

it cuts like obsidian to the gristle of one's being

i move away from her     keeping my eyes on her

i will not let my guard down on her terms of love

i did not see her love's sister    hate in the shadows

plunges a stiletto into my guarded body

maybe letting my guard down

maybe letting my guard down

it's too late to know now

IT HAD GOTTEN TO THE POINT

it had gotten to the point

that i couldn't believe a word God sd

it has become so bad

i stopped believing in the old fellow

but

christ was i stupid

i totally forgot

god is an ambusher

he got me between the eyes

he got me along the interstate 44

between tulsa & oklahoma city

now

now

he expects me to go to sunday school

THE COWBOY DIED A LONG TIME BEFORE HE DIED

the day he died was not the day the cowboy stopped dancing

the cowboy died a long time before he died

& he quit dancing long before he quit dancing

he stopped being a cowboy before he stopped dancing

to be a man he had to earn a nest egg 


that's what the magazines & tv shows told him

he began to judge men by the character of their wallet

none of this concerned his wife of 25 years

she hadn't seen or talked to him for a decade

she never knew why she loved him 25 years ago

she forgot if she ever had

the last time she talked to him he threw a phone book at her

she left to have a life

&

he sat on his nest egg

he sat on his wallet waiting for his investments to hatch

GRANT GUY

GRANT GUY is a Winnipeg, Canada, poet, writer and playwright. Former artistic director of Adhere + Deny. His writings have been published in Canada, the United States, Wales, India and England. He has three books published. He was the 2004 recipient of the MAC’s 2004 Award of Distinction and the 2017 recipient of the WAC’s Making A Difference Award.