2.3498 : 11/30/14 : Farther Lands (Endless Axis 231/500)

I choked out that

son of a bitch metaphor

Didn't have the heart to kill him

but I showed that bum the door

who'd cast a dark spell

that had bound our hands

and killed the dream inside us

to reach the farther lands

everyone scratching mandalas

on their pocket computers

oh hell we picked this

from a thousand million futures

I guess we'll see every green field

turned to drifting sands

before we reignite our passion

for seeing farther lands

but I won't tie my wagon

to this race or age

Whatever dim dull fate

I've got my very own page

And since only such a one

ever knows where he stands

lift your head up and say

you'll join me running for

the farther lands

what

2.3497 : 11/29/14 : Crew (Endless Axis 230/500)

And for these goals

that stay obstinately still

And those who it seems they won't

though they say they will

don't let it get me down

be glad for the ones

who break through

Someday a mission

Someday a peace chest

Someday a righteous crew

what

2.3496 : 11/28/14 : Ice Arrives (Endless Axis 229/500)

Ice arrives

I know for sure you mean to cool me

Fooled me twice

So now never forever fool me

anymore

and this ice I mean to beat it

this halting state

I'm no machine I will defeat it

Get out ahead

race the ice's leading edge

So say hello

to my little thin end of the wedge

I mean to dive into

the crack of this dumb earth

So spun to chaos

yet I can't contain my mirth

what

2.3495 : 11/2714 : Raising Thanks (Endless Axis 228/500)

Pardon me and

forgive my cliché

but must raise thanks

for a beautiful day

for a wonderful world

for a beautiful wife

for my beautiful boy

for a wonderful life

fear kills gratitude

root of all fighting

Don't pardon the war machine

riots inciting

I come hard with peace

unflinching: resolved

raising thanks all the while

while a great day revolved

what

2.3494 : 11/26/14 : The Jewel (Endless Axis 227/500)

Sure the excitement

may precede a crash

here though's the jewel

I pulled outta the trash

Nothing of value can

be ever lost

it's impossible: and it

annihilates cost

no consultation when you're

chained to a radiator

despite transcendence then my

enemy is forever the hater

but one day even they

will be pulled back across

It stings a bit to hear but they don't

get to queer our perfection with loss

what

2.3493 : 11/25/14 : Great (Endless Axis 226/500)

The wicked impulse

comes and goes

You said you couldn't

decide and it shows

Let me list every

thing left too late

no time no time

nah isn't that great

what

2.3492 : 11/24/14 : Clock (Endless Axis 225/500)

Thankful for being

on no clock but my own

just write the check

and leave me well alone

I've had my paychecks

may need a couple more

Come to me my clock

my taxing paramour

damn my distractions

and the axe I fear

give thanks at all times

watch the clock disappear

And I pierce right through

to this all time spree

and as I spool the real dope

I can't hide my glee

what

2.3491 : 11/23/14 : Reclamation (Endless Axis 224/500)

Find in true thanks

a passage into

transformation

been writing empty lines

and shooting blanks

but this new foundation

will establish

reclamation

what

2.3490 : 11/22/14 : Tropical (Endless Axis 223/500)

Give me not relevant

give me not topical

Give me crude escape

real cliché

remote and tropical

Give me Deus Ex

Yeah

give me full machina

look at me go

tell me so

ain't we rockin', nah

hah...

It's real quiet here

kid in a

fever bed

dark cold mist out

Strange in here

locked up head

Count a blessing

I guess

a little time to think

then I

forgot the rest

what

2.3489 : 11/21/14 : Rebel (Endless Axis 222/500)

Something

rebels

all the messages

the point

it's just

a crazy wheel

and this is just

another joint

Oh you

heard that before

we've heard it all

big ho hum

let me paste

a big fake smile

for axis' sake

on all this glum

what

2.3488 : 11/20/14 : Battalions (Endless Axis 221/500)

And still sending

the troubles in battalions

no ward signs

no magic medallions

What can I say

back to basics

Guess it won't kill me

though the mind

it may play tricks

Got to strategize

marshal this ragged band

turn the next ellipsis

into another ampersand

what

2.3487 : 11/19/14 : Lens (Endless Axis 220/500)

Before I can

count to ten

the whole thing's laid out

as through a

different lens

who can argue

big picture, clear view

who could wonder

Should have guessed it's you

what

2.3486 : 11/18/14 : Dig In (Endless Axis 219/500)

Was the message

of the dream

to give up or

to dig in

Wake up far

out on the beam

When did this

carnival begin

I don't want to dig in too deep

in this shifting sand

I need a rock I need a rock

I need a clue I need a hand

I don't want to dig too deep

because I want a guarantee

was the message of the dream

there's no such thing

I was lost but now I see

there's no lesson

in the stars

You have to come up

with your here and now

Well if you think

I'm blowing smoke

there's a precedent

I'll allow

what

2.3485 : 11/17/14 : The Beast (Endless Axis 218/500)

One way or another

the beast will out

but the way's clouded

So I've got to scout

turned out in darkness

hardly tooled up

hang tight I'll get

another world spooled up

Wake up too early

think I detect the beast stalk

Stay up too late

dirty pictures and cheap talk

I try to fight it

when it's nowhere to be seen

regret the distraction

back to building the machine

what

2.3484 : 11/16/14 : Gears (Endless Axis 217/500)

Are the gears spinning

is something getting worked out

Don't want to check in

I guess that I'm all lurked out

It's been too long I guess

since I really did the math

got lost in the magical thinking

lost the plot and took a bath

Are the gears spinning

cooking up another transform

Will I know how to read the output

Will it tell me how to set up

will I start out on the right foot

what

2.3483 : 11/15/14 : Institution (Endless Axis 216/500)

I strike a blow at the heart

of all fear and discord

I'd say it was a good week

and deserving of a good word

Show me the rhythm of

the next great revolution

show me the foundation of

a persistent institution

Give me a sign anyway

that the time's right to raise the shout

I just want to start a quiet movement

to form a mob and throw all the bums out

Found this institution for

a modest goal, say 500 years

hope this sick society is ready

When the fog lifts, and the teacher appears

what

2.3482 : 11/14/14 : Crowns (Endless Axis 215/500)

Sure I'm mistaking

moons for fingers

Kings for crowns

and songs for singers

would you believe

I'm all about the bright side

have to call it a good week

well despite the slight slide

will there always be despite

will it never shine clear

resign myself to fate

maybe somewhere, not here

still throw over

all second guessing

get out of all mad quick

and trust somewhere's a blessing

what

2.3481 : 11/13/14 : Falter (Endless Axis 214/500)

The falter and the false step

by now must have a bad rep

but the recovery is all

Don't call it a fall

The bastard and the bad breaks

I'm kicking I've got the shakes

they called it a bad habit

raze it to dirt and half slab it

to make it really rain witches

don't guess my rhyme save nine pitches

please when the pivot comes don't let me falter

despite it all there's not one thing I'd alter

despite myself I'm filled with hope

mouth full of soap, upslope with enough rope

what

2.3480 : 11/12/14 : Phase 10 (Endless Axis 213/500)

Back to square two

pray I'm not stuck again

'Most 15 years

dreaming about Phase 10

feel stupid, bespoke iconography

believe me

this ain't hagiography

I wish I had a little more time

to sit and think about phase 10

work is better but it's not so shiny

and there's sure a couple

things I wish I could do over again

If I could get back inside

sure it would destroy the mystery

maybe just a fool constrained on all sides

jumping up and down

to insist he's free

But hey we're on square two

Can't deny it's progress

work more relax

chin up complain less

hey that kid, 28

don't cut him up so hard

he got us here in his way

he played his card

what

2.3479 : 11/11/14 : Replicate (Endless Axis 212/500)

Must replicate

screw it

it's a date

put my money money where

I've been blowing

hot air

Reproduce

the result

add enigma

to insult

I'm not backing off

no sir

So to the pot

I go to stir

what

2.3478 : 11/10/14 : Understand (Endless Axis 211/500)

I understand now

and tomorrow will be different

I'm haunting a past of mine

like a back channel revenant

A lot of things won't change

Won't or can't who knows

come hell or heavy weather

I'm knocking down the rest like dominoes

The answers sure aren't in

these old picture trips

but it'll do to burn the last hour

or so before I raise this sunk ship

what

2.3477 : 11/9/14 : Harmed (Endless Axis 210/500)

Harmed early in

is there any chance at recovery

oh please be this time

find I'm still on

the voyage of discovery

oh be the end

of denial and regret

and every thing

I couldn't get

what

2.3476 : 11/8/14 : More Art (Endless Axis 209/500)

Many things can happen

the horror and the hope

Pray for more art

and a wider scope

Maybe just need to

relax and dig in

And vow to push hard enough

to fit this peg in

If I made a real vow

What on earth would I unseal

What's highest and holy

or unquestionably real

Open my eyes wide

and ride it without fear

believe believe believe

that way at last will be made clear

what

2.3475 : 11/7/14 : The Great Wheel (Endless Axis 208/500)

Something is beginning, again

This angry doubt a devil's hand

trying to steal my pen

Oh how have I forgotten so much

how to move with you

turned within and out of touch

now that I reject

the deck the arcana

no choice but faith

but without the mana

Was it before or after

the party, the line changed

to if you don't work you don't eat?

If I could only find

the light, the easy yoke

if I could be resigned

just another spoke

the great wheel

used to believe in its sweep

but then I thought in the end I'd get a good seat

It isn't this it started a while ago

not exactly asleep

and for sure I didn't know

If you forgot you just have to relearn

at least the lesson isn't

complicated: turn turn turn

what

2.3474 : 11/6/14 : Live By My Wits (Endless Axis 207/500)

I need out quick

so what then

trying to live

by my wits and pen

or am I trying really

don't get me started

a hard spell

worn out, downhearted

I've been letting

the axis down

feeling left behind

in a mean town

one light I'm 

giving up the dumb dreams

I'll help you in a minute

but my eyes are full of beams

what

2.3473 : 11/5/14 : AM HERE (Endless Axis 206/500)

The back burner wasn't on

and that pot's stone cold

and I've got a real clear

picture about getting old

still the week is almost young

and the list is long

you think you know what's coming next

I won't tell you that you're wrong

but you are not right and

your scheme didn't work

lottery day's done

and so much for team berserk

I've been a long time coming

and the cost's been dear

but you better make room

because I'm here

I got fire on every station

strange I still got friends

and the strange situation

Is that nothing really ever ends

that was the lesson

of the first big goodbye

and it's true there's little chance

less than half of everything's a lie

what

2.3472 : 11/4/14 : Electrosurf (Endless Axis 205/500)

I need this

hiss

shuffle

swell swell

spill over

roar

white noise

crush poise

And I start

to chill in the electrosurf

I need to find

my gratitude again

to be here

Somewhere clear

of the shilling

and the astroturf

Where was I

Oh yes

crash roar recede

low thrum

deep hum

then

sifting sharp

and fine indeed

what

2.3471 : 11/3/14 : No Heart (Endless Axis 204/500)

No heart

no faith

no stomach

for this round

Oh boy

for sure

I'm going

to get pound

down

to the meat

laid flat

count ten

Heaven help

me and

I get back

up again

what

2.3470 : 11/2/14 : Proper Start (Endless Axis 203/500)

Do everything right

for a change

but a proper start and me

still seem to be estranged

and the answer's not here

and there's no there there

and I try to play it cool

but I really really care

look high and low

to science philosophy and art

trying like hell to track down

one proper start

what

2.3469 : 11/1/14 : Thankful (Endless Axis 202/500)

Give unto me

to live as I dream

be a superhero

Solo no team

I don't need to be

or do everything

just need my personal

flying wing

eighth treasure

of the ancient

and the lost

Someday will reclaim the art

but oh at what cost

better to keep it special

Saved for one special guy

excuse me while

I kiss off and fly

skip the middlemen

money invention power

make the simple

peasants' hearts soar

See the wicked cower

Standing on my wing

no lines, red tape

Skip the middlemen

Skip straight to the escape

what