What My Tattoo Means

Today I'm going to lose
50 million skin cells,
100 strands of hair,
9,000 brain neurons,
I'll take 17,000 breaths
and have 100,000 heartbeats

I'll smoke 25 cigarettes
and drink 15 beers
and eat a half bowl of cereal
with the small splash of milk
left in my refrigerator

Hank would be proud,
at the typer, Heineken open on the table,
Stravinsky on the AM radio,
girls out buying him another bottle,
but Hank's dead, you're out of beer,
there are no girls and the words aren't coming
So get off the fucking couch.