Bobby Jameson

A written history of Bobby Jameson and his search through the past. Working my way back through the jungle of drug addiction and booze. My family life as a kid was the breeding ground for addicts. No self worth, no help, and one chance to get out alive. Music was the horse I rode out on...and the music business was the horse I rode into hell. Pronounced dead twice from drug over doses, I lived to tell how the pursuit of fame is as deadly as any narcotic I have ever used.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

(part 188) ZERO SUM GAME

I WAS MAD
AT GOD
I WAS MAD
AT FAME
BUT I KEPT
ON TRYIN
IN A ZERO
SUM GAME

IT BEAT ME
SENSELESS
IT BEAT ME
BAD
BUT I KEPT
ON TRYIN
GAVE IT
ALL I HAD

I SCRAPED
MYSELF
OFF THE
WALLS OF SHAME
AND I KEPT
ON TRYIN
IN A ZERO
SUM GAME

PEOPLE JUST
LAUGHED
AND TURNED
THEIR BACK
SHOOK
THEIR HEADS
AS MY LIFE
TURNED BLACK

BUT I DIDN'T
QUIT
I TOOK
THE PAIN
AND I'M
STILL HERE
IN A ZERO
SUM GAME

Bobby Jameson Aug 2009

1 comment:

Tim McMullenAugust 5, 2009 at 12:56 AM
Q: What can take a lifetime and put it neatly into a couple of phrases while simultaneously evoking both despair and hope?

A: An autobiographical poem by Bobby Jameson.

Another winner, Bobby!
Tim
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