killed enough!

have ya ever had one of

those days

when everything

just don't work?

car won't start

ebt card reads 

$00.00 balance

a 3rd and final notice 

comes

BRIGHT RED

de ja vue

just like before

wash rinse repeat

'we are an authorized 

collection agency.

and you sir

OWE $$$

FAILURE TO PAY BALANCE DUE

MAY AFFECT YOUR CREDIT SCORE!

WE AIN'T KIDDIN THIS TIME!

PAY OR GET REPORTED 

TO THE CREDIT BUREAU!'

fat chance with that pal

i've been debt free

goin on 25 years now

I AIN"T GOT NO CREDIT SCORE!

much less credit card 

no bank account

hell, i'm cash only

solo efectivo no aceptamos cheques!

surprize! surprize!

i speak and write

country english

kinda/sorta proper spanish

and my favorite lingo

a blending of texan and mexican

TEXMEX! DAMN GOOD EATS ALSO!

(i know somebody else said it before & casper don't own BOO!)

yo vatos no aceptamous checques

roughly translates

we don't take no damn checks!

O plastica (girly)

O plastico (testosterony)

all depending on your gender identity

makes no dif to me

i got friends of all sorts

i'm from the docks baby!

over there where the 

dregs of society come to hide

i met jonathon winters

one summer

in the caymon islands

it was open bar

at the governor's mansion

nobody was hurtin

by chance

the govenor came over 

with mr winters in tow

i introduced myself adding

'i didn't recognize ya without your shawl'(maude frickert)

shawl? he replied

O YEAH! SHAWL!

YOU TOO FUNNY!

next morn 

me my boat my crew my guests 

were slayin the blue marlins

don't get ALL SQUIMMY!

tag and release homies tag and release

back in the days

docks would have 

BIG DEAD FISH! 

strewn about

then come tourney time

GODDAMN 

MORE ... BIGGER ... DEADER FISHES!

we were foolish and ego driven

tournaments were

BILL KILL & BBQ!

LOTS of $$$

one morn i'm standing

with hot coffee in hand

watching the sun rise

over the atlantic

i set the empty cup

on the fish box

turned 

walked off my boat

never to look back 

never to return

i had killed enough!