Bennie the tiger

Bennie was one of those guys
who could talk intelligent
bout the government secret trains
& what really happened in Dealey Plaza

alien abductions
he could go on all night
sometimes
he could just be a bore
those fuckin Phills
suck
& wait till next year
make your ears
want to crawl off
your head and drown
in the old sure kill

a funny guy with
funny stories
like how he was named
after his father's favorite pill
the kind of guy you didn't mind
drinkin with
as long as he picked up the bill
most of the time

him and his tiger tattoo
which was funny
him smellin vaguely
like cat piss perfume

well one night
in old Fishtown
we tied one on
& we went back to his pad
it looked like some kind
of still and smelled
like cat piss
litter everywhere
cept for the cat
was nowhere to be found

he had to run off on a errand
and his girlfriend
was ringin the head
with Taco Bells
& i really had to take a leak
usually i just hang it out
the window cept
for the black & white
outside
on a donut break

thought twice

he had some vat of chemical
dint know what it was
having failed chemistry class
and most everything else

bout a week later
some really killer crank
hit the streets