BOBBY McBODYBAGS

Nobody knows his real name
on the streets he goes by
               Bobby McBodybags.
He is the kind of man
who puts out fires
with gasoline;
leans into the middle
so as to see
both sides burning.
We’re all drowning
in the now - he is
floating in it
uses it
to move forward
back into the now.
Ice water hash in
his veins to stay cool.
He is a friend to many
an enemy to most but
he doesn’t care for
Bobby is a ghost.
Irish goodbyes his hellos
he may or may not exist
but he’s real as hell
a living legend
allegedly
still
no
one
knows
his
name.