2.3437 : 9/30/14 : Blast (Endless Axis 170/500)

Damn and blast

I didn't cast

the curse off

You know I think

last time

I had a worse cough

meant something big

brilliant and flawless

look at me

running unprepared

and lawless

what

2.3436 : 9/29/14 : Joyful Noise (Endless Axis 169/500)

Grace of joyful noise

geese, then trains

Such seasons

Such old salt in the veins

of sounds

the fire to be their magician

to be an artisan

to become a musician

In all the world

On every stoop

my betters make a joyful noise

escapes the better coop

the oppression of

the clanging gong

lift up their vigils

and may their nights be long

what

2.3435 : 9/28/14 : Choice (Endless Axis 168/500)

The gift of choice

oh raucous voice

the force descends

What comes? Depends

Better angels

moment's fire

a brief escape

belies the wire

the harsh that seems

to go both ways

and sure to haunt me

all my days

what

2.3434 : 9/27/14 : Brevity (Endless Axis 167/500)

Thankful for

brevity

and respite

hopeful for

Something new

the best fit

none will be hit up

no will hear

and I'll never tell you

who really did appear

what

2.3433 : 9/26/14 : The Bitter (Endless Axis 166/500)

For this strange spirit

that lights my limbs

From unremembered

till the last light dims

confused by all misery

but still fighting

still the spirit flows

Still lighting

the lesson in father-loss

Each day a gift

each day a toss

time's truly come

to discard the bitter

don't get so hung up on gold

you ignore the beauty of the glitter

what

2.3432 : 9/25/14 : Choice to Thank (Endless Axis 165/500)

It went like this

Sleeping late morning

Dreamt of a fight

Dreamt of Rick

The fight was lost

Rick was drunk and laughing

I wasn't well

but I didn't know how sick

So I made a choice

to Thank you

for all my lucky stars

And it flowed over me

Water on Mars

Expansion's not

next century's kick

The colonial urge

it's every dirty trick

We've got to be

about reclamation

and packing

Oh how I'll give thanks

when I feel my million

Stacking

what

2.3431 : 9/24/14 : The Slip (Endless Axis 164/500)

Short odds

biased selection

Pining for Big Dice

To bless a

new direction

Hold on

wasn't I

already on this trip?

Saying

tell me what to do

to the Slip

No answers in the

Old Tomes

Books of

my days

And even a

Double nickle back

Hits some haze

And still the Slip

burns bright

shines behind my eyes

Whispering

all the other

Slips

were lies

what

2.3430 : 9/23/14 : Insight (Endless Axis 163/500)

Once I thought the happy

Saprophytes would

shine a light

Vegetable allies

and the search for

insight

Now I've just got

inward gaze

thought and silence

passage and days

I don't

miss

the trial by ordeal

and I'm thinking

very soon

I'm going to feel

a rising

illumination

in relation to the insight

What once was far

a little closer

revealing itself

remaining bright

what

2.3429 : 9/22/14 : Gratitude (Endless Axis 162/500)

Try not to get overwhelmed

by gratitude

I found the key

to rewriting

my attitude

Such a long list

of blessings

I've only got

So much time

I can spare

a minute more though

get real quiet

Until the chime

what

2.3428 : 9/21/14 : Nothing (Endless Axis 161/500)

Nothing left but

the divine supply

Never said I was

a standup guy

but all things

considered we made out

a day will tell

what the next one's about

but me I'm all about

this stellar tone

will lift up

every heart

and all old failing

will atone

what

2.3427 : 9/20/14 : Everything (Endless Axis 160/500)

Everything will

always go right

I knew it all day

and all night

the seeming and

the feeling weren't real

So everything

was great

but I didn't know how

to feel

what

2.3426 : 9/19/14 : Remember (Endless Axis 159/500)

Something I decided

to not remember

and of course

forgot why

Not about the time

I felt so sure

If I held a certain thought

I'd surely die

Something I neglected

that felt too strong

that seemed too much

a dream

Now have no choice but

to resurrect 

transect

dissect the stream

what

2.3425 : 9/18/14 : Plenary (Endless Axis 158/500)

Called out endless

not knowing half of it

we love our superlatives

least I can get a laugh off it

we love infinity

forever and boundless

do we dream of a world

plenary and groundless

And that's inside me

despite the frail flesh

And that's a small flower

yet can keep a day fresh

Still holding on the axis

though it's been a hard rail

that I'm bound to

that I'm bound on

but it might make a fine tale

what

2.3424 : 9/17/14 : A Master Class (Endless Axis 157/500)

Said dear teacher do appear

I haven't learned a thing from fear

Inside I'm not just an old dog

Inside I'm not a cog

I don't want to go back to school

be measured by that rusty rule

It seems I'll never find that tool

but don't give up

I'll find my way, I'll find my way

I'll find my way, I'll learn today

Opportunity is knocking now

It's not a brass ring it's a plow

be careful what you wish for you know

and don't give up

So no one really got a pass

the real ceiling's lead not glass

And anyone who wants to can take

the master class

I'll find my way, I'll find my way

I'll find my way, I'll learn today

Endless notebooks endless books

Stealing endless dirty looks

at soft flesh in the next seat

then thousand miles behind those feet

And if I'd had more courage, spark

If I'd laughed or blessed the dark

I'd trade this life and never know

There's just no tracing how things go

And none of it's even a blip

You're only ever on one trip

And someday every veil will rip

So don't give up

Despite the pain that kept me up

Despite the hole in my full cup

I'd rather create than disrupt

And won't give up

I'll find my way, I'll find my way

I'll find my way, I'll learn today

Still think it's a worthy trade

a little love I made that grade

If it's a game we still all played

And don't give up

First day of the Master Class

Spin and drop in early fall's grass

Find the ring that's gold not brass

If I don't give up

I'll find my way, I'll find my way

I'll find my way, I'll learn today

We'll find our way, We'll find our way

We'll find our way, we'll learn today

what

2.3423 : 9/16/14 : A Decision (Endless Axis 156/500)

A decision

while weak and suffering

a little hedging

little bleak and blustering

will come

the joyful surprise

from it

a miracle tree shall rise

what

2.3422 : 9/15/14 : A Deal (Endless Axis 155/500)

Break it like a deal

hey can you

feel me

If money talks

they dropped

a shockwave

They're spilling ink

just let me

think I

guess I can't relate

I guess it's

great, so

Cross the

dotted line

It's a fine

thing by me

everything gets owned

we all

condoned it

what

2.3421 : 9/14/14 : Interstices (Endless Axis 154/500)

I can jam

the whole transformation

through

the interstices

May think that sounds

too good to be

true

Yeah well sure it is

keep it

Spontaneous

limber and brief

I take your

status quo

vanish it just like a thief

what

2.3420 : 9/13/14 : Tribute (Endless Axis 153/500)

Tribute written in

water with a finger

On a black counter

some dusky bar

Imagine you saw him

young man the singer

impossible farther

away man far

the letters fading

like every dream dries

Searching for traces

suddenly afraid to lose

missing the point there

the fear always lies

and still there's a moment

Still you have to choose

hey old man I wrote a tribute to you

I dreamed about you singing in a mall

If I could remember

that's probably not true

but you looked good up there

suit sunglasses and all

what

2.3419 : 9/12/14 : Proof (Endless Axis 152/500)

I gave you the evidence

every subtle proof

that I truly care a lot

I'm not aloof

What are you asking for

flesh or blood

Or time or obsession

or my face down in the mud

The still small voice

that says I got it all wrong

the silence within silence

says I only want your song

I only want your song

I only want your song

despite how everything appears

want you to sing it all night long

The way that it's all set up

proof just never exists

A fact that each one fights with

that everyone resists

There's no end of knowing

of wonder of belief

The day I ceased my fighting

good heavens the relief

what

2.3418 : 9/11/14 : Forgetting (Endless Axis 151/500)

Forgetting is our greatest gift

our saving grace

our daily lift

the arrogance of every age

thinks that it writes

the real first page

I dreamed a bridge

point a, point b

it can't enter reality

Every what was

becomes what's not

I had a point

but I forgot

what

2.3417 : 9/10/14 : The Party (Endless Axis 150/500)

Two oxen a handsome goat

I could recite every delicacy

of the party by rote

Voices rising throughout every crowded room

It's bright here inside

Shut out the gathering gloom

for my life I can't recall or maybe

never knew the theme

I know I never wrote this guest list

how many eyes

oh how they gleam

It's not really my party

I'm here just the same

and voices unfamiliar

and how they call my name

I'll end up in the corner

dreaming of when I'm free

Turn it into art I fear

no one will ever care about or see

When that tray goes by again

I'll snag myself a drink

never felt like I belonged here

but who cares what I think

what

2.3416 : 9/9/14 : Swift (Endless Axis 149/500)

We all pray

that the healing

will come swift

We all pray

that the man

won't spot the grift

If anything

makes sense at all

it's a high wall

have I gotten

any better

in the meantime

Should I dig a

hole for it

dust it with quicklime?

are solutions

Coming swift

until then

I may just drift

what

2.3415 : 9/8/14 : Strike (Endless Axis 148/500)

Where the strike shall land

Where the strike shall land

Where the strike shall land

Where the strike shall land

strike hour

Called the magnificent one

Struck for things so brief

Yet still so

recently begun

Extent is not a measurement

of meaning or worth

Still I'm going to need

a little extra time

because I'm about

to rock the whole earth

how many points

does a sphere hold

what if we went in

meek not bold

Dazzled every keeper

with the shine of gold

In the other hand

the spike

the movement

the moment

the strike

what

2.3414 : 9/7/14 : To Break This (Endless Axis 147/500)

To break this

a shift in perspective

or attitude

or maybe a detective

or beatitude

or maybe both at once

a sort of

noir Jesus

to roust a clue

for this poor dunce

poor sinner

of faith: little

poor little here

poor little there

poor jot and tittle

to break this

Swept all

to the floor

throw this mind

wide open

shouting

more still more

what

2.3413 : 9/6/14 : Posse (Endless Axis 146/500)

I got a posse

silent

hidden

but I just know they'll

come when

bidden

I bide my time

cause I got

indecision

next time I

call though

I'll have

x-ray vision

what

2.3412 : 9/5/14 : Had It (Endless Axis 145/500)

Had it for a minute

well it slipped the hook

hey so I know it's out there

One day I'll make book

Drop another line

no waiting to begin

One day very soon

You know I'll reel it in

what

2.3411 : 9/4/14 : Feed (Endless Axis 144/500)

Say fed up

like a bad thing

well it's strong food

hey I can cop

a cheery aspect

even

in a bad mood

The feed was on a drip

All day it's

sip sip sip

And now the

tank's full

and oh hell yes

I'm thankful

what

2.3410 : 9/3/14 : Pass (Endless Axis 143/500)

What will pass next

has it all been

in my head

Am I keeping up

the axis

did I miss it

in a book I read

or did I miss

the book

watch the wrong

show

I'm off the axis

but this will pass

as well I know

what

2.3409 : 9/2/14 : Automatic (Endless Axis 142/500)

Proceed the automatic

that won't

launch the revolution

I'd have to be

crazy

to think

I could write up

the solution

Prepare to get crazy

turns out

you're the chosen one

better rock it up

because

your day's begun

what

2.3408 : 9/1/14 : A Hundred (Endless Axis 141/500)

A hundred callings

mostly dumb as dirt

Most likely one says

I'm a lose my shirt

Trying not to take

anyone else down

Somehow I never know

this is a mean town

the friend that called me

for a bad loan

my axe my amp

Yeah ought to atone

my dad's banjo oh surely

long gone

heads up old pal

this is your last song

Wait for the call

I wrote my own self

a rolodex

left on the top shelf

a number I never

Knew I had

when it picks up

I sure will be glad

what

2.3407 : 8/31/14 : Lift Up (Endless Axis 140/500)

Could just call

on the lift up

just could call

the thing the full cup

a thousand refrains

that sound the same

but somehow in the pitch

find I'm still in the game

getting banged around

in the America

beset by pods

and their generica

a thousand refrains

that sound the same

but somehow in the pitch

find I'm still in the game

what