ain't no use

ain't no use.
ain't no use tryin
to flog a horse dead
in broke tracks, hamstrung
crippled smiley face turned
upside down, ain't no
use to doin what ain't needin
done, dead and gone, buried
at home and hosed, ain't
nothin to hold onto but
your integrity, gritty
between your teeth clenched
jawbroken dreams in dreamcathcer
jailed, ain't no use, ain't no
use when truth spilled like beans
roll out on the floor refried,
but ain't no dip for them chips
cashed in, nah, ain't
no use or reuse for abuse of refuse,
junk smack and talk of self-righteous
sugar daddy pills to the brain,
closet bones up and dance
jingling keys to skeleton memory
identity, ain't no use but just try,
deny them demons, let them eat
holes in your arms or savor
the aroma of powdered
reflections, just don't spout
like some Hamlet speech of
unreachable bones and the
redemptive powers of now or later,
just wait and see, ain't no use
lest you seek your self right where
you left it, dress it down
to bones and flesh it out,
preach to your choir, stomp
shout and sing, it ain't no thing,
baby, it ain't no thing.