Kill the Fatted Calf

I've often used poetry to illustrate my emotional journey as a songwriter. This, celebrating the pain that in many instances accompanies and should accompany our quest for artistic sovereignty.

Kill the Fatted Calf

by Jeffrey S. Hartman

Originally published May 1, 1989

I speak my piece through versitude

Of such I've scrawled in solitude

I've kissed women in gratitude

Still each one ends in wrangled feud

I've hurt

I've bled

I've feared

I've fled

Renown me with the virtue of death

My quota

My life

My solitude

My trite attitude

Only from my solemn aptitude

How must we kill the fatted calf?

With altitude

Jeff Hartman © 2011. All rights reserved.