2.3103 : 10/31/13 : And a Third

Twenty four hundred

minus fourteen and a third

the math don't work out

it's not base ten, word?

Sad as most anything

you might have heard

What might not ever be

one act, two

dare I ask for a third one?

seems like I designed

for failure from word one

they should make stories like that

but I never heard one

and a third's a tall order

but I'm a clever bee

I'll tell a tale how past a fail

a third one stuck

I'm on a long haul Saul

ain't no word one shuck

after all the arrows you

heard one struck

I named that bullseye

the forever free

what

2.3102 : 10/30/13 : 500 Books

Here's a deal

just tell me the first

of 500 books to

slake this thirst

for reinvention

transformation

in a day and change

I want whole recreation

will it be stories

or true events

will it tell technique

or sacraments

at the end of the day

will it show me

how to fly

I've wished it all

my life

and never really known why

what

2.3101 : 10/29/13 : Reinvention

The reinvention didn't start

or did it?

Expected things to change crazily

get it?

I thought what is it this guy knows?

But still the cat gets by on prose

and as long as anything goes

See the other side of my oar

ring the bell: I'm out the door

what

2.3100 : 10/28/13 : Waiting (Lou: 3/3)

Still waiting for the bells, Lou

did you hear

did I ever tell you

I could never put it

quite so bold

and the life I live is quieter

by a hundred fold

Who am I fooling

a thousand at least

and when you're left on this side

regret is a beast

but I don't regret on hour

I spent with you

So thanks for the sound

So thanks for the bells too

what

2.3099 : 10/27/13 : Oh (Lou: 2/3)

Lovely says

Oh

and tells me the news

that falls like a small stone

that's lost from all views

I don't hear a thing

Can't hear the bells ring

So I wait for the depth charge

the artist

the man at large

what

2.3098 : 10/26/13 : Presage (Lou: 1/3)

Did I blow past the presage

Somehow missed you'd hit old age

faded into my background

forgot about that sound

In the cold on a hillside

was a play for all who died

and none said your name

It was later that answer came

no prescience, divining

ever the briar twining

ever the dusky rose

And you knew it, I suppose

what

2.3097 : 10/25/13 : Dollar Origami

How many ways

to fold that little page

I'm up to my hips

in thoughts of sin's wage

Dollar origami

fold my way out of this cul de sac

this shaky tack this back

to back this lousy world of smack

what

2.3096 : 10/24/13 : Feeling

All force feeling

Finally I could understand

while I was reeling

I lost hold of your hand

now I am trying

to fall faster than gravity

all day I'm dying

to beg you just to stay with me

I followed false ways

craved soft and easy bread

Saw no end to days

Said I'll sleep when I'm dead

Should I give up feelings

run the show all on intellect

Should I give up dark dealings

earn back some more self-respect

Nothing's ever easy

nothing ever happens on its own

I hate wrapping up cheesy

and my distrust of hope has grown

but I won't be afraid now

though I am sick and sore afflicted

Here I can show you how

this new feeling's got me plain addicted

what

2.3095 : 10/23/13 : Sucker Bet

It makes me feel a little desperate

I can't tell the difference between a sucker bet

And risking on a path with heart

Neither can I distinguish between

Resisting easy bait from the wicked machine

and just not knowing where to start

What should I consider to be risk

is there any flip side to this mortal disk

The answer seems pretty damn relevant

And maybe there my deficiency is on display

As the noose tightened up on my day to day

This damn room went

and grew itself an elephant

what

2.3094 : 10/22/13 : SLOW

Could I take it real slow?

It sure feels like I have to

Go, go, go

that sparks a memory

that makes me say oh no

But it carries

perspective

I feel the hammer swinging

but that alarm bell I hear ringing

Is subjective

Looking back it wasn't

that I never took the time

but I sure never slowed down

and though I'm guilty of

no crime

I think I owe myself

restitution

just between you and me

and a certain

institution

what

2.3093 : 10/21/13 : Potential

I read about a guy who

found all meaning in potential

there's always some value

to deem perfect and essential

You got your dualist heresy

or monopole hegemony

and me I don't claim anything

no white scroll in my hand to bring

just cooling off here wondering

about today's potential

what

2.3092 : 10/20/13 : Dragon

Does there always have to be

another dragon to slay

Could I be totally done

Forever just one day

When all my effed up birds

Come home to roost

will I beat it with meditation

or by reading Proust?

Will hard work dissolve all barriers

I know it can't always be true

and we can't all be the special ones

but I hope I can still be for you

When all our birds come home to roost

is it really going to be so bad?

does hard work mean a thing in that circus

I wish I knew, I wish I had

what

2.3091 : 10/19/13 : Dirty Jobs

I ain't the first

and not so exciting

but there's always demand

and so I am inviting

You to give me

your dirty jobs

Come on

give them up you slobs

I keep my mouth shut

and I work for a pittance

and when you see my back

You'll say good riddance

to your dirty jobs

hard as nails

and rough as cobs

I'll put the wheel back

on that old wheelbarrow

and cart your sorry ass

back on the straight and narrow

Stay away from dirty jobs

and turn your nose up on me

dear snobs

what

2.3090 : 10/18/13 : While We Wait

Kid

What we doing

in this tacky little place

they're only halfway to our number

and there's folks up in my space

why we have to sit and wait

like little people do

kind of seems like I always feel

like little people with you

I got something

we can do while we wait

uh huh uh huh uh huh uh huh

I got something we can do while we wait

it's not little and it's only getting bigger

look at these tacky chairs

why does it smell like that

What's that nonsense you said

what you looking at

kid what you looking at

looking at me that way

where are we going now

I thought I heard you say

Oh baby

I got something

we can do while we wait

uh huh uh huh uh huh uh huh

I got something

we can do while we wait

It's strictly first class

wait and see

I got something

we can do while we wait

uh huh uh huh uh huh uh huh

I got something we can do

while we wait

It's only getting bigger

girl you're coming with me

what

2.3089 : 10/17/13 : To Earth

What's it worth

once

run to earth

and holed up in some

stone's lee

a little more

for a few of you

a little less

for the many me

I take this fight

to earth

I'll tear

your rarified

schematics

showing the

market's hand

the dismal promised lands

and when I execute it

will be without theatrics

what

2.3088 : 10/16/13 : Stop Fighting Time

And just like that

he says I:

stop fighting time

no more

such thing as a deadline

show me

the beautiful

show me anciency standing

I will stop saying

I'm sick of everything

I will stop demanding

I will stop

fighting time

and make truce with regret

and you're smiling, nodding

but you're

betting against me

I bet

what

2.3087 : 10/15/13 : Moments

I like calling moments

so I'll keep it up

who's going to stop me?

As always only me

never quite all the way

and someday fate'll pop me

time to get called out again

time to give up my friend

or maybe now the long fight

half hopeless half on the make

whatever tomorrow might take

but not another like this night

what

2.3086 : 10/14/13 : Spiral

Smiley on the train

to the click clack box

the man's third life

and the third death unlocks

the ectoplasm from

nostril and mouth

smiley on the train

returns south

The fourth life

meanwhile another man

awakes in a new life

an unnatural span

Confusion in the stockyards

fall into a new past

It's spiral within spiral

but none will last

what

2.3085 : 10/13/13 : Restoration

These layers of grime

are impossible

years of neglect

years of dross and bull

years of abuse

by my own hand mercy

plus I made that

old gypsy curse me

bad habits

and worse planning

plus a mean social arc

a century spanning

but do I give up

on it all, hell no

look up ma

I'm ringing a bell, yo

And singing all

hail the Restoration

kicked off right

with an invocation

rise up rise up

join the restoration

going to be real damn

busy for the duration

what

2.3084 : 10/12/13 : Deep

This double

this triple talk

how many layers

deep?

And to whom shall

we pray?

And for what to keep?

Why did it go

ugly on me

Stoke my ire?

Why do we

why do we

turn so much to fire?

is there really a way

through weakness

ignorance?

will I get what

passes

for another chance

the learning curve

was treacherous

and steep

and I knew every coming

trough

could go very deep

what

2.3083 : 10/11/13 : No Plan

If there's truly no plan

can you still be all right

I think about that one

night after night

philosophers roll their eyes

So simplistic

but get down to my level

try to be realistic

you can't just die

and you gotta buy bread

and even if it's all made

up in your head

you must bow at least

to this idea of a plan

try to make sense of this moment

just anyway you can

what

2.3082 : 10/10/13 : ZIP

Join the null

set end to

end

sixty seconds

per degree I

bend

each day looks

lighter

as I give it all

the slip

ask what I mean

I don't say

won't say

zip

what

2.3081 : 10/09/13 : Hole

However many mental boards

I may nail over that hole

angry at the monotony

the hours that its pull stole

What can I say when its card turns up

I'm mum mum mum

You want to hear a silent thing?

Let me give you some

what

2.3080 : 10/08/13 : So Much Meta

reference town

so much meta

a little from column hell

a little from vendetta

the thing he got I don't got

is there any way to get it

wondering who I could ask

who wouldn't tell me to forget it

do tell me to work harder

just tell me what to do

just tell me what's the ticket

that'll stick to me like glue

what

2.3079 : 10/07/13 : Jack

I had this thing

but I don't have jack

Is it 'cause I don't want to

Was there too much flack

it was just that I

lost all energy

ran out of gumption

chutzpa and synergy

what

2.3078 : 10/06/13 : Everything

Everything's going to

get better, easier tomorrow

everything's going

to get handed me

no need to steal or borrow

no need to think

it'll just be all so clear

Close my eyes and wish:

oh see that ship appear

what

2.3077 : 10/05/13 : Third Time's a Curse

Third time's a curse

but don't call a hearse

I'll half redeem it

with a half-baked verse

the first is a fluke

the second is learning

but do it three times

you know which end is burning

The third time's the curse

don't take it to heart

Push right to the next

dare call it a start

what

2.3076 : 10/04/13 : Not Dead

The tired absurdity

of calling an end

to ends.

the slightly

cleaned up

version

you sell to your friends

the worst case

fright scenario

likely only

in your head

better get on

wake up you're

not dead

what

2.3075 : 10/03/13 : The Difference

Oh right

the difference

the lead out

from the inference

was supposed to

was supposed to

did you want it?

Still it chose you

maybe we all get

the difference then in the last

maybe we all

drag the present

from a fractured past

what

2.3074 : 10/02/13 : Discordant

Get the outside

orderly

ignore within's

discordant tree

No I'm attending

it's just that

I'm bothered by

the fit of this hat

better get

on top of something

check the mess

see what I'm lumping

Your poor discord

lost and lonely

meet up with mine

last time only

what

2.3073 : 10/01/13 : Smaller

Rebel by

thinking smaller

rebel by

unplugging

Rebel by

thinking outside the dollar

see how this engine

can keep chugging

the world's not

run by money

money is a boss

and a bad one

the world runs

on love grit and honey

And the truth's

we've all been had, son

what