Sick’s Sense

Charlie has a sick’s sense
Because he knows everything
And then some
He’s a regular cross between Jesus and Buddha
Throw in hunter t. and james dean,
Add some elvis flakes and stir gently
 
“God doesn’t drive a Bentley
Or even a Volvo,
But an old Dodge Dart
With over 345,000 miles
On its dusty odometer
With the same engine intact
As the day He built it
And clean as a fish fork – “
A Charlie quote
Etched on the wall.

Say the guys
At the garage,
About Charlie's philosophy:
He was a sparked plug of a guy.-
What a charmer, what a ladies' fella
- He foretold the Sox winning
The World Series ten years before
The Pirates won the big pennant
- And what’I’dliketooknow
Mr. Scribe on the half shell
Is just how Mr. Nostro-dumbass
Could eat something queasy
Liked oysters raw and bleeding
When he knew so much was going to happen
Bad and good and in between
That philosopher had more serpentine
Guts than most '71 muscle cars
 
"If James Dean was alive today,"
Charlie said right before the big
Gig heart attack that buried him,
"I’m sure he’d be a helluva
lot more green, phony and wide."
- So much for Philosophy class
101 and even add 112 to the list, fellas.
Charlie says. "whati’dliketoknow
Mr. Cool, is who cut the cucumbers so thin. So
Just grab me another cold one from the cooler."

-- Samuel Vargo