Jacques Gauvin

Hamilton, Ontario

I have worked for Land Surveyors, in the field and at the draughting table. I have experienced the beauty of nature and the quagmire thorns thistles and poison ivy. I am presently unemployed and attempting to make a career change to computers. I believe Jesus, the Jew. I write about things that concern me or trouble me. Poetry is like a rudder on a ship in a storm. I hope to find a nice wind some day. I get some relief from writing. I hope that my psychiatrist will be helpful too.

Count

I'm no count ask my psychiatrist still I should count my blessings
there's no need to make a list they're hardly glad tidings
they soothed and comforted for a while
now they're a worry against theft
and must be sold for a dubious debt
I'll have my sanity for a while.

So I sell all my goods
give the money to the rich
give it to some witch
will God love me more
what was all the work for
and who are hoods?

The ones who took my key and cause me to worry
gnaw at my sanity and try to make me flee
they leave me feeling lonely do nothing for my dignity
their lives are just vanity for them I have no envy.
I made a grave mistake asked a pretty for a date
she turned it into hate the like is oft my fate
she plays her games incessantly carries on frighteningly free
a thousand more will pass her way they'll toy around with fun and play
will anyone ever decide to stay can she think of such a day.
Suspended me from school though cause I thought too slow
so I spend my time alone sometimes feeling quite forlorn
the alternative so it seems based on many broken dreams
is damned if you do you harass a Sue
damned if you don't the queer who won't.

She's No Savior

"Can anything good come from Nazareth,"
the sages of the day pondered.
A Savior from a Holly land
they would understand.
Judas Iscariot,
are you scared of him yet?
Xavier Hollander,
makes them wonder.
It's a joke they say.
Someday they'll pay.

I Am

A shy singer
A social boob
A tantalizing tease
A wit wizard
A homemade intellectual
A sour schemer
A bashful predator
A pensive looser.