Licks For Kicks
With the first light of dawn, the great armies gather
Lined in columns, desperate to get Stones tickets at any cost
The aura of hostility is palpable
Geezers older than Mick and Keith mercilessly pummel line-jumpers
All eyes are on the still-closed ticket booth
The cock crows--like a rooster on acid
The shutter on the booth rattles, then inches up
Hundreds of middle-aged losers surge forward
Waving wads of cash and credit cards frenetically
Elbows are thrown - all hell breaks loose.
The first ticket is sold! He yells triumphantly
"Shagadelic, Baby! I got front row center, Baby!"
The envy brews, and one man cracks
The braggart's head open with an empty Michelob bottle
Blood is everywhere - this is life or death
Mullet-sporting males square off against balding yuppies - not a pretty sight
These street fighting men can't get no satisfaction
But they're too proud to beg and so get dragged away.
Dead roses or brown sugar - you can't always get what you want
"STOP!" A wiry man with a lined face steps forward, introducing himself:
Pleased to meet you, Haden Guest's my name
But what's puzzling you is the nature of my fame
A spinal tap is what you need, eleven on the dial
My Princess Bride needs these tickets, I've waited a long while.
You make a grown man cry
Contributors: | N, Kansas Sam, Karin, Beefy, snood. |
Poem finished: | 22nd August 2003. |