It didn't happen
again: why?
did the day
just have no story
and where shall we pack
away all these dull days
how will I go back
to the quarry
and what's the use
of all these blocks I mined
what is it stacking up to?
three days more I say
three days
you'll turn to see
who it was
you're blindly backing up to
what
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
2.2917 : 04/28/13 : Trash
This trash hand
and me no bluffer
somedays it seems
we're just made to suffer
So take the escape
that comes to light
I haven't given up
but badly need a rest from the fight
what
and me no bluffer
somedays it seems
we're just made to suffer
So take the escape
that comes to light
I haven't given up
but badly need a rest from the fight
what
Monday, April 27, 2020
2.2916 : 04/27/13 : A Pair
Here's a pair
that isn't charming
adversity on how it's harming
my what do you call it
my joie de vivre
And I'd hate to talk about it
So instead I'll leave
what
that isn't charming
adversity on how it's harming
my what do you call it
my joie de vivre
And I'd hate to talk about it
So instead I'll leave
what
Sunday, April 26, 2020
2.2915 : 04/26/13 : Spider
The cards are different every time
but the hand plays out the same
so should I give up
would that be a defeat to claim
crawls like a spider
rank and file
and there's so much sleep
before I make another mile
Losing's not unthinkable
we're nowhere near the worst case
Failure is always an option
Hello floor remember my face?
crawls like a spider
rank and file
and there's so much sleep
before I make another mile
crawls like a spider
rank and file
and there's so much sleep
before I make another mile
I can pull out of it
and fall back in as well
it's not much of a picture
today it's what I had to tell
crawls like a spider
rank and file
and there's so much sleep
before I make another mile
what
but the hand plays out the same
so should I give up
would that be a defeat to claim
crawls like a spider
rank and file
and there's so much sleep
before I make another mile
Losing's not unthinkable
we're nowhere near the worst case
Failure is always an option
Hello floor remember my face?
crawls like a spider
rank and file
and there's so much sleep
before I make another mile
crawls like a spider
rank and file
and there's so much sleep
before I make another mile
I can pull out of it
and fall back in as well
it's not much of a picture
today it's what I had to tell
crawls like a spider
rank and file
and there's so much sleep
before I make another mile
what
Saturday, April 25, 2020
2.2914 : 04/25/13 : The Crowd
I call upon the crowd
to save me from the
shape I'm in
the long tail promises
but our end of
the wedge is thin
I dreamed of bootstraps
yes a
gospel of a better way
It ignores me
like anything
but I'll call on it
every day
what
to save me from the
shape I'm in
the long tail promises
but our end of
the wedge is thin
I dreamed of bootstraps
yes a
gospel of a better way
It ignores me
like anything
but I'll call on it
every day
what
Friday, April 24, 2020
2.2913 : 04/24/13 : Buried
Has it been buried
in the ground all this time
will I face judgement
stand in the dock for thought crime
I don't know just how
to put a finger on that pulse
and I'm trying to match it up
everyday but it's so easy to ring false
what
in the ground all this time
will I face judgement
stand in the dock for thought crime
I don't know just how
to put a finger on that pulse
and I'm trying to match it up
everyday but it's so easy to ring false
what
Thursday, April 23, 2020
2.2912 : 04/23/13 : Hits
What I wouldn't give
to bang out hits
is it just wanting a million
built of different bits
no I'd like to know the feel
at the tip of my pen
to know I struck the lode
that tight hook again
no good with choruses
far too mental
hard to argue
tune and beat are incidental
but I'm no poet
no starmaking machine
and hit or miss I'll do it
and I'll do it clean
what
to bang out hits
is it just wanting a million
built of different bits
no I'd like to know the feel
at the tip of my pen
to know I struck the lode
that tight hook again
no good with choruses
far too mental
hard to argue
tune and beat are incidental
but I'm no poet
no starmaking machine
and hit or miss I'll do it
and I'll do it clean
what
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
2.2911 : 04/22/13 : Day On Earth
Just another day on earth
dark and light
death and birth
say mea culpa
but we don't change anything
another day
and what does it bring
hard to believe
but it's all getting hotter
who'll do the time
for the crime on the blotter
I lose sleep over it
for what it's worth
our carelessness and waste of
each day on earth
what
dark and light
death and birth
say mea culpa
but we don't change anything
another day
and what does it bring
hard to believe
but it's all getting hotter
who'll do the time
for the crime on the blotter
I lose sleep over it
for what it's worth
our carelessness and waste of
each day on earth
what
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
2.2910 : 04/21/13 : Companion
New companion
too interesting to ignore
soon the same will crash the party
being such a bore
but long as the novelty is sound
why not just enjoy it
world has precious little
equal to such
love when you deploy it
what
too interesting to ignore
soon the same will crash the party
being such a bore
but long as the novelty is sound
why not just enjoy it
world has precious little
equal to such
love when you deploy it
what
Monday, April 20, 2020
2.2909 : 04/20/13 : The Hard Way
I enjoyed the fantasy
for a couple of days
Ignoring how it fell apart
In all the same old ways
It's funny how I never
tell the story right
It was dumb but sometimes
it kept me up all night
but I'm sure my numbers
won't come up
I'll wake up to what's left
of the same old cup
From the festival of fools
to the first of May
looks like I'm going to have
to do it the hard way
Oh sure I'll check my math
get all disappointed
feel dumb about the whole thing
get my nose all disjointed
truth be told it's a
pretty sorry plight
and I see I'm going to
get run through it this very night
what
for a couple of days
Ignoring how it fell apart
In all the same old ways
It's funny how I never
tell the story right
It was dumb but sometimes
it kept me up all night
but I'm sure my numbers
won't come up
I'll wake up to what's left
of the same old cup
From the festival of fools
to the first of May
looks like I'm going to have
to do it the hard way
Oh sure I'll check my math
get all disappointed
feel dumb about the whole thing
get my nose all disjointed
truth be told it's a
pretty sorry plight
and I see I'm going to
get run through it this very night
what
Sunday, April 19, 2020
2.2908 : 04/19/13 : Produce
No motivation to produce
denied inspiration, juice
put upon and so repetitive
In this cutthroat world
the product's not competitive
wish to breach the miasma like a whale
oh it would be a heavenly tale
but lacking lacking the true quill
you may not get it now
but someday you will
what
denied inspiration, juice
put upon and so repetitive
In this cutthroat world
the product's not competitive
wish to breach the miasma like a whale
oh it would be a heavenly tale
but lacking lacking the true quill
you may not get it now
but someday you will
what
Saturday, April 18, 2020
2.2907 : 04/18/13 : Speak to the King
Because of the injustice
that drags on endless
because we can't solve anything
our team will cross
the mountains of madness
this year
we will speak to the King
last year we said
we'd go as soon as the ice broke
we swore we'd get there
by next May
how many times
will we regret we spoke
still we will
speak to the King today
what
that drags on endless
because we can't solve anything
our team will cross
the mountains of madness
this year
we will speak to the King
last year we said
we'd go as soon as the ice broke
we swore we'd get there
by next May
how many times
will we regret we spoke
still we will
speak to the King today
what
Friday, April 17, 2020
2.2906 : 04/17/13 : Unreal
Advice to the young man
who felt all unreal
sometimes it's all in what you know
and none in what you feel
I felt the suffering of not
heeding my own advice
but heard big change was on the way
and you didn't have to tell me twice
what
who felt all unreal
sometimes it's all in what you know
and none in what you feel
I felt the suffering of not
heeding my own advice
but heard big change was on the way
and you didn't have to tell me twice
what
2.2905 : 04/16/13 : F.A.B.
As if it isn't bad enough
like everybody isn't going to die
As if it isn't hard enough
Like there aren't enough reasons to ask why
If we can't all agree on this
We might all be too dumb to breathe
I can't stand how it all goes on
and I don't know how to fix it either
but I won't back off it one inch
when I say Fuck All Bombs, Fuck All Bombs
the basic answer is a cinch
it's to Fuck All Bombs, Fuck All Bombs
I wouldn't call it my idea
to Fuck All Bombs, Fuck All Bombs
but here's the truth and it may free ya
Fuck All Bombs
we've got to Fuck All Bombs
what
like everybody isn't going to die
As if it isn't hard enough
Like there aren't enough reasons to ask why
If we can't all agree on this
We might all be too dumb to breathe
I can't stand how it all goes on
and I don't know how to fix it either
but I won't back off it one inch
when I say Fuck All Bombs, Fuck All Bombs
the basic answer is a cinch
it's to Fuck All Bombs, Fuck All Bombs
I wouldn't call it my idea
to Fuck All Bombs, Fuck All Bombs
but here's the truth and it may free ya
Fuck All Bombs
we've got to Fuck All Bombs
what
Thursday, April 16, 2020
2.2904 : 04/15/13 : How Can I Forget
How can I forget
about Caesar, lucre
How can I forget
about the grind
not the nice grind
the slow malign grind
It's not all in my mind
Why do we insist
On such a hard world
Why do we prop it up all day
Every work day
You may not play day
Why do we believe so much
We have to pay
what
about Caesar, lucre
How can I forget
about the grind
not the nice grind
the slow malign grind
It's not all in my mind
Why do we insist
On such a hard world
Why do we prop it up all day
Every work day
You may not play day
Why do we believe so much
We have to pay
what
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
2.2903 : 04/14/13 : This Wet World
This world of constant
falling
the way we can't
get down with love is galling
this wet world
the rain is continuous
I like to see you there
shining prone and sinuous
It would be better
if we all got down
asked for everything we wanted
went to town
it never happens
and the reason's fear
and your head's down
but it's getting
wet and hot in here
what
falling
the way we can't
get down with love is galling
this wet world
the rain is continuous
I like to see you there
shining prone and sinuous
It would be better
if we all got down
asked for everything we wanted
went to town
it never happens
and the reason's fear
and your head's down
but it's getting
wet and hot in here
what
Monday, April 13, 2020
2.2902 : 04/13/13 : Mere Competence
How in the world
did I turn out to be so bad at this
you know I think
the worst idea I ever had was this
if I just knew how to quit
I deem that'd be the end of it
I read about how
ten thousand hours
makes the difference
and wonder if that
stood between me
and mere competence
won't answer
that tonight
and though you tempt
I will not bite
what
did I turn out to be so bad at this
you know I think
the worst idea I ever had was this
if I just knew how to quit
I deem that'd be the end of it
I read about how
ten thousand hours
makes the difference
and wonder if that
stood between me
and mere competence
won't answer
that tonight
and though you tempt
I will not bite
what
Sunday, April 12, 2020
2.2901 : 04/12/13 : Failed
I need a bell bad
because words failed me
or maybe the scenarios
that derailed me
can't go on like this
won't make the nut
I've got no word
for what is turning in my gut
and I've been here before
No doubt of that
felt this rude jealousy
and smelled this rat
what next though
need a real new
all that's failed me
need the real true
what
because words failed me
or maybe the scenarios
that derailed me
can't go on like this
won't make the nut
I've got no word
for what is turning in my gut
and I've been here before
No doubt of that
felt this rude jealousy
and smelled this rat
what next though
need a real new
all that's failed me
need the real true
what
Saturday, April 11, 2020
2.2900 : 04/11/13 : Order
I go about things
in the wrong order
just to prove a point
That ends up leading
down too familiar highways
the devil fails to appear
For a deal at the familiar joint
Where present gets ground into past
Where random meets intent
within this slow unyielding season
with every changing of the parament
and I'm latched onto confusion
like a hoarder
cowering in the shadow
of order
what
in the wrong order
just to prove a point
That ends up leading
down too familiar highways
the devil fails to appear
For a deal at the familiar joint
Where present gets ground into past
Where random meets intent
within this slow unyielding season
with every changing of the parament
and I'm latched onto confusion
like a hoarder
cowering in the shadow
of order
what
Friday, April 10, 2020
2.2899 : 04/10/13 : Inefficient
Been inefficient lately
shirking and whiney
still really fortunate
most of my worries tiny
know there's no use talking
about turning things around
I just gotta bust
and grind for the big sound
still believe in it
though it seems so far off
the other side of many days of toil
this weary debt trough
but I must believe
I will rectify my deficiency
in the cradle of work
and the pursuit of efficiency
what
shirking and whiney
still really fortunate
most of my worries tiny
know there's no use talking
about turning things around
I just gotta bust
and grind for the big sound
still believe in it
though it seems so far off
the other side of many days of toil
this weary debt trough
but I must believe
I will rectify my deficiency
in the cradle of work
and the pursuit of efficiency
what
Thursday, April 09, 2020
2.2898 : 04/09/13 : Bleats
The same repeats
how many bleats
will I emit
While I wait
for my remit
not one promise
not one plan
and now I must off to see
a horse about a man
what
how many bleats
will I emit
While I wait
for my remit
not one promise
not one plan
and now I must off to see
a horse about a man
what
Wednesday, April 08, 2020
2.2897 : 04/08/13 : Rules
The rules constrain
or I would prowl
So I give it up
with a nasty growl
but I keep it locked
this side of the skull
and the hate of rules
eats into my hull
what
or I would prowl
So I give it up
with a nasty growl
but I keep it locked
this side of the skull
and the hate of rules
eats into my hull
what
Tuesday, April 07, 2020
2.2896 : 04/07/13 : Struggle
The struggle again
this place, the pen
the hope that just will not fade
dreaming in the sunlight
dozing in the shade
I should be glad for the work
incessant
I should be thankful
about just being present
I should stop struggling
and find my stroke
there is no fate
but my own bespoke
what
this place, the pen
the hope that just will not fade
dreaming in the sunlight
dozing in the shade
I should be glad for the work
incessant
I should be thankful
about just being present
I should stop struggling
and find my stroke
there is no fate
but my own bespoke
what
Monday, April 06, 2020
2.2895 : 04/06/13 : Demons
Demons and ugly
things they whisper
a witch with a hump
that hissed with a lisp, her
yellow eyes sparking
the hate and the spittle
Believe me you don't want
a tour of my little
beehive wobbling
on my shoulders
bound with iron
full of boulders
Got so sick of the demons
I dreamed of the bomb
a spectacle that
didn't shut them up long
what
things they whisper
a witch with a hump
that hissed with a lisp, her
yellow eyes sparking
the hate and the spittle
Believe me you don't want
a tour of my little
beehive wobbling
on my shoulders
bound with iron
full of boulders
Got so sick of the demons
I dreamed of the bomb
a spectacle that
didn't shut them up long
what
Sunday, April 05, 2020
2.2894 : 04/05/13 : The Thing
The thing's
no matter what you say
the next day comes
or if not
Well that's an Ess Ee Pee
Sure ask Dee En Ae
whoa you can't: right: see?
Another hero of mine
Cut down just yesterday
torn between raw angry loss
and gratitude
for the shown way
and still pray
Someday
to see and feel, know
that's the thing
my thing, my this not next
my realm where I'll be king
what
no matter what you say
the next day comes
or if not
Well that's an Ess Ee Pee
Sure ask Dee En Ae
whoa you can't: right: see?
Another hero of mine
Cut down just yesterday
torn between raw angry loss
and gratitude
for the shown way
and still pray
Someday
to see and feel, know
that's the thing
my thing, my this not next
my realm where I'll be king
what
Saturday, April 04, 2020
2.2893 : 04/04/13 : Duty Sheet
About the only time I
know what I'm doing
when I'm not chasing scratch
or down-and-out boo-hooing
though I might wear
a preacher's clothes
don't want my profession
to be like those
fed up turning turning
In this extreme proscription
tired of the false build-up
please cancel my subscription
I will pine no more
for the big show
I'll humbly line up for my
duty sheet
and quietly go
what
know what I'm doing
when I'm not chasing scratch
or down-and-out boo-hooing
though I might wear
a preacher's clothes
don't want my profession
to be like those
fed up turning turning
In this extreme proscription
tired of the false build-up
please cancel my subscription
I will pine no more
for the big show
I'll humbly line up for my
duty sheet
and quietly go
what
Friday, April 03, 2020
2.2892 : 04/03/13 : Doomsday News
They got a new flu
a missile threat
I'll have to move into a hole
if I don't want to get
the doomsday news
It never happens
except they say it always does
what will be will be
but will it become what was
the doomsday news
they say everything's getting better
or possibly much worse
I guess watching all these signs
is some kind of human curse
the doomsday news
what
a missile threat
I'll have to move into a hole
if I don't want to get
the doomsday news
It never happens
except they say it always does
what will be will be
but will it become what was
the doomsday news
they say everything's getting better
or possibly much worse
I guess watching all these signs
is some kind of human curse
the doomsday news
what
Thursday, April 02, 2020
2.2891 : 04/02/13 : Spent
I contemplate an hour
not well spent
the mountain looms
I didn't make a dent
and I'm still sliding down
the same old slope
protesting whining
I am such a dope
I can't pronounce
can't even look at it
loaded the oscilloscope
and took a hit
and thought not once
about the coin I spent
can't bear the prospect
and so off I went
what
not well spent
the mountain looms
I didn't make a dent
and I'm still sliding down
the same old slope
protesting whining
I am such a dope
I can't pronounce
can't even look at it
loaded the oscilloscope
and took a hit
and thought not once
about the coin I spent
can't bear the prospect
and so off I went
what
Wednesday, April 01, 2020
2.2890 : 04/01/13 : The Lark
May I rise
shall I rise
the hell
do I want to rise
as the lark
a little tired
of the spark
just to confess
seeking something
to express
oh could you not
style me as the lark
it knows its song
it needs no mark
to stand and sing
to be that
I'd give anything
what
shall I rise
the hell
do I want to rise
as the lark
a little tired
of the spark
just to confess
seeking something
to express
oh could you not
style me as the lark
it knows its song
it needs no mark
to stand and sing
to be that
I'd give anything
what
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