Saturday, December 31, 2022

2.3894: 12/31/15 : Left to Burn

No resolution
no new leaf to turn
and this world seems resolved
burn what's left to burn
rise the seas
trump the extinction
and for those of us between
a grim distinction
but I'm zipping this lip
night's rest mum
but I'm not done by a damn sight
and you'll be hearing some

what

Friday, December 30, 2022

2.3893: 12/30/15 : Always Bind

Turn my back
on the high mind
one time
this always bind
be however I wish
not think ahead
not make a big thing of it
and push it all off instead

what

Thursday, December 29, 2022

2.3892: 12/29/15 : Long Shadows

restive wary
long shadows
pushing the frost line
ghost of past snows
nothing lived
will ever return
nothing dies
nothing is lost
long shadows inter

what

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

2.3891: 12/28/15 : Anything But Yelling

No condition
no state for telling
predicting
imagining
anything but yelling
life and its rough trade
me mister patsy
I got to do my rhymes
all quick
and nasty
time tick time
and nothing good
or so I'm feeling
whether or not
I should

what

2.3890: 12/27/15 : Crown

This world's no present
if I dare to say
not for must of us
well not everyday
or most of them
and the endings: atrocious
and possibility
curse of the precocious
this: lacking vision
too long down
fed up with daydreams
of the golden crown
one way kept avoiding
silence: stillness
maybe that way at last
the cycle of brilliance

what

Monday, December 26, 2022

2.3889: 12/26/15 : Association

I need to find out the number
of my association
hook me up with something
to elevate my station
lost a lot of network
in the long lonely march
I kept my moxie up
I kept my starch
I'm ready to go forth
now and set up shop
I don't know my line yet
wait for the association
to drop

what

Sunday, December 25, 2022

2.3888: 12/25/15 : Rectification

If rectification precedes
well then what
May well be impossible
Well then what
Hell hardly knowing
what I'd even want
and I botched this thread badly
just to be blunt
Well that was yesterday
and I never sweat old news
but I hope you felt a minute
standing in my shoes

what

Saturday, December 24, 2022

2.3887: 12/24/15 : By Night

Oh right the other kind
of early riser
The unexpected turn
the slow surpriser
I got hung up
but now I'm steaming
And now each crystal
drop is gleaming
I watch by day
and then I watch by night
On track of the joyful
and the sweet delight

what

Friday, December 23, 2022

2.3886: 12/23/15 : Peace on Earth

No Peace on Earth
for what it's worth
I hit my knees
said pretty please
how many times?
first count my crimes
Chiefly ignoring
and forever scoring

what

Thursday, December 22, 2022

2.3885: 12/22/15 : A No

Find a no
kept aside of late
nothing further
just as much
on my plate

what

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

2.3884: 12/21/15 : Around the Earth

If I can
shoot this loop
Guess it's proof
of toughness
no one to prosecute
for unnecessary
roughness
and plenty to remind me
of my easy berth
For you dear friends
I'll chaste this loop
around the earth

what

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

2.3883: 12/20/15 : Skin

I only came back
for the skin
get out
get in
less young
daily
false unfree
fading palely
and still hard
to wind up
and never make
my mind up

what

Monday, December 19, 2022

2.3882: 12/19/15 : No Stunt

Lay claim of power
declare anything possible
middle of the hour
and sneaking quiet
commonplace crazy
move along nothing to see
the long bar and the place to pry it
get the feeling you're being observed
anyone could predict the end
lay a claim on the jest absurd
maybe still I lay claim to a bend
please quiet the stories
compelled to tell and tell
please just a moment, no static
elect not to name the how
and leave this skeleton
to settle in the attic

what

Sunday, December 18, 2022

2.3881: 12/18/15 : The Night Won't Let Me Forget

Maybe shirk the topic
oh I've got many
if blessings were dimes
I'd have a pretty penny
I should never forget
to count my blessings
Suppose this here twist
trying to teach me something
want to be stubborn
Say I won't learn nothing
but the night won't
let me forget to count my blessings

what

Saturday, December 17, 2022

2.3880: 12/17/15 : Flyover

Give me the connection
coast to coast
Call this flyover town
You know you're going to be toast
So I gotta lot
and more coming
Your lips speak doubt but
your eyes show
you can hear the drumming

what

2.3879: 12/16/15 : Vessel of Use

Try to discern is this
space empty or full
am I perched on a cocked barrel
or riding the dharma bull
or is this bull
of a different whiff
would a jigger help
would a spliff?
wish I had a big button
marked erase
wish I never ever showed
wish I had a poker face
try to discern if I were destined
or just landed in this place
try to find the vessel of use
in this empty space

what

Thursday, December 15, 2022

2.3878: 12/15/15 : Get Off

All I ever think about
now's how can I get off
only take a bow to shake
to chaff and and spit off
but here in my realm
at least I can take charge
nobody said I ever
always had to go large

what

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

2.3877: 12/14/15 : FREE WILL

Pitiable lord of increment
little climb little slide
little incident
was once one there
here once a little
little lord of
the jot and dittle
feelin' again today
the dark mark
what does it say
about the story arc
what does it say
about free will
what does it say
about the bitter pill?

what

2.3876: 12/13/15 : Dime

Rather than test fate
one more time
I think I better turn
and drop the dime
call the man
with the bag of sand
and hope a little
something finer
gets to my hand

what

2.3875: 12/12/15 : Life Four

Someone's out to teach me
something with this latest cycle
don't know what but
it's pressing pressing
something about the
work relentless and
something about all these
dreams distressing
and something about these
bells I keep hearing
tolling for ones who
Somehow so it sounds like snapped
I've had enough, hearing
things all too terrible
and somewhere back a minute
a life four got scrapped

what

Sunday, December 11, 2022

2.3874: 12/11/15 : Edge

What's that looming?
edge of endurance
trying to feel out
the wind and currents
and too late to guess
and anyway outcomes stale
and this latest swing's
about wrecked my frail

what

2.3873: 12/10/15 : Event

Not in this event
spare me the pissing
and the tent
What's more the
contest for extent
What's more
in fact
shove off
get bent

what

Friday, December 09, 2022

2.3872: 12/09/15 : PLOD

Think I'll let this grim
get it on with the dim song
flipping mental middle fingers
off at the chump throng
no story no moral no cleverman
those days are gone
nobody ever buy that stack again
Truly got a plod on
hope you hate this song
called a revenge on the
cheer enforced half key
that I didn't even make
and still I'll rail and take
Don't doubt I know it's all on me

what

Thursday, December 08, 2022

2.3871: 12/08/15 : No Routine

Try to find this thing
zazen
of no routine
tough in these
die stamped days
who planned my
shapes
these ways?
no villain left
in sight
no doomcloud
only night
no hero
and no saint
And no routine
this ain't

what

2.3870: 12/07/15 : Student

Hereby let it be marked
the student did appear
sharp pencil notebook
I was on time I was right here
the student is done taking blame
the student did his part
I am on fire to learn and change
to master a useful art
here is the blank
left behind my name
let it be noted all
It was not me who broke the chain

what

Tuesday, December 06, 2022

2.3869: 12/06/15 : Ignition

I said there
had to be a better way
said 8 repetition
I used to believe
just had to find
the ignition
but these days
sad to say
I'm having doubts
about the engine
what's in its tank
is stale
and yes
its starter is well hidden

what

Monday, December 05, 2022

2.3868: 12/05/15 : Complete Surrender

Complete surrender
before you
smash up anymore of
my toys
getting pointed now
trashing options
choice by choice
guess I better
keep the day job
guess I better
blast harden the smile
and give up asking
all I ever get's
another mile

what

Sunday, December 04, 2022

2.3867: 12/04/15 : Rough Salt

Too many cooks
rough salt and
battery
In a poison mirror
everywhere
will get you flattery
If it seems like
random slinging
when I get these
dumb bowls ringing
and the thousand
cooks' clatter
just a drop in the din
and me struggling
over if 
transformation
proceeds from within

what

Saturday, December 03, 2022

2.3866: 12/03/15 : Last Level

I'm so last level guess
I might get pity fucked
I'm fraidy cat of what might
go down if I got unstuck
The piper don't even play no more
he knows I'll still pay
I never said I'd ever
be a winner anyway
Such dull rhymes
So white so straight
So stout and protestant
thin crust over hate
Curdled and poisoning
aimed within
Zip it back behind one flash
of a devil's grin

what

2.3865: 12/02/15 : What I'm Going to Get

So too soon
still cusp-ish
still not calm
must have fell asleep
trying to call out
that psalm
Maybe you're
just there
like a river or such
mighty big
but not
saying much
Whatever
clear enough
I got what I'm going to get
for now
and anyhow
I barely started yet

what

Thursday, December 01, 2022

2.3864: 12/01/15 : Descent

Willing for the descent
but I can't tell if
the fever's taking
should have dropped
the dime sooner
either way soon
I'll be faking
nice again
the price again
maybe the plague's descending
but I'll just
slog the same
and nothing's ending

what

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

2.3863: 11/30/15 : What

Can I circle
once more
once more
what
does not come
all very familiar
all very
ho hum
think it's
bitter?
You haven't even
cracked the nut
When I serve
this bust up
You're going to holler
what

what

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

2.3862: 11/29/15 : Looped

Trying to break
escape the loop
play right back into it
yanked plank
the swoop
that looped
dove
banked sharp
swung out
I was the one
that got cold damaged
hung out
grant unto me
a new loop
or better
a real road
unending
and the passage letter

what

Monday, November 28, 2022

2.3861: 11/28/15 : Girls

Girls all like to
sing about the killer
you know me
suppose I'll never write
a thriller
suppose I won't bother
launching project 44
suppose I found my level
just how little
I am for

what

Sunday, November 27, 2022

2.3860: 11/27/15 : Pander

I don't want to share
and I don't want to pander
don't want to talk about
What got up my dander
or the slippery hope
that flows and ebbs
or how bad I'm still tangled
in the spidergod's webs

what

Saturday, November 26, 2022

2.3859: 11/26/15 : For Granted

Take too much for granted
crave a rich portion
in my heart
grip my life in both hands
won't sacrifice for art
Look a little too much
like a patriarch
in a larval stage
Irony is stark
So I'll say my thanks
however I might feel
and leave to silent
prayer
my great appeal

what

Friday, November 25, 2022

2.3858: 11/25/15 : Pre Dawn


Predawn raid on
what's left of the pristine
trace 30 loops back
Cherry Chapstick
and Visine
ask me how I
feel
I'm disappointed
I'm trying to give thanks
and the truth's
double jointed
and plays a mean
sleight of hand
with its brass coin
don't know about this
predawn club
I'm about to join

what

Thursday, November 24, 2022

2.3857: 11/24/15 : By the Sword

Get behind
by the sword
everybody's got to
die some way
could be cool
feel that point hit to me
beats dying on the couch
in some dumb way
oh I might 
trip and fall on it
never see a day
of battle
buy a nice one
spend a pretty penny
park it in my armchair
and rattle

what

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

2.3856: 11/23/15 : Light

Considering light
and the light side
but who am I to say
look at the bright side
advice you must only
ever give to yourself
I save it for a
rainy day it's top shelf
darker every morning
for another month
get baffled why I stay
here if I'm being blunt
maybe hooked on
the relief when it turns the other way
and light comes creeping back day by day

what

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

2.3855: 11/22/15 : What's Inside

Death cults seek signs
of weakness or strength
life junkies only know
how to measure length
And me I'm going to find
something new to talk about
try not to come off as clever
or especially devout
but what oh what oh
what is that?
my breakfast choice
my style of hat
a world's weight turns
and I just ride
And sick of showing
what's inside

what

2.3854: 11/21/15 : Hard Getting

Hard hard getting
and the easy easy go
everybody wants a piece
and I'm so bad
at saying no
hold out my hand
dreaming of
wishes and shit
Still hung up on
revelation
And probably
just need more grit

what

Sunday, November 20, 2022

2.3853: 11/20/15 : Equation

Best not even
Say one word
And anyway
as far as that goes
I'm sure you heard
about the outcome
of the grim equation
and as of now
I'm of a steely new
persuasion

what

Saturday, November 19, 2022

2.3852: 11/19/15 : Stripes

No choice but to
steal nectar as the whip cracks
the curse of
this dimension
get no take backs
So I will stride
this path I’m thrown to
like I mean it
and I own to
Re-up
dig in
and earn me some more stripes
leave a battered corpse
for all you
stone hypes

what

Friday, November 18, 2022

2.3851: 11/18/15 : The Ring

Trying to learn to cut the ring
so I can stay on my feet
Don't know I'm getting up again
if I can't escape this beat
down getting cheered for
shouted and screamed at
got no clear answer again
just that I dreamed that
I was back down
getting questioned and scoped
trying to get down to the bottom
of how the hell I still hoped

what

Thursday, November 17, 2022

2.3850: 11/17/15 : No Light

Almost up this van
no sign of end in sight
no treasure stop
no castle in the clouds no light
throw it to the dream dogs
never worked out so far
probably the answer
certainly would be on par

what

2.3849: 11/16/15 : 24 Rematch

Another 24 Rematch
this time
real scratch
I will hear
the Voice
I will swallow whole
a true choice

what

2.3848: 11/15/15 : Trio

I'd give a trio
paired threes
hand in glove
there's no way
no way at all
without unconditional love

what

Monday, November 14, 2022

2.3847: 11/14/15 : Death Cult

Another round
of the splitsville cloud
this time
making it's way
Through my
house of God
throw on
another assault
by another
death cult faction
trying to set fire
to the chain reaction
my world is
bad news
and I refuse to engage
guess I
turn another turn another
turn another page

what

Sunday, November 13, 2022

2.3846: 11/13/15 : Civilization

In a minute
could I remember
what rock and roll was for
sick of these
fatal clowns standing
to shock and troll the floor
trying to have a
civilization
here
right now doesn't
seem soon or near
but I'll keep back
a little rock and roll
and try try again
you heard it all before
bu it's what I've got
today to begin

what

Saturday, November 12, 2022

2.3845: 11/12/15 : Majestic

A big deal fella
invokes the thrice majestic
Hell I'm always so
far ahead
I get future whiplash
snap back like elastic
What else to say
He deserves to be the big deal
me I don't
You say if I just believe
I'd reach to that golden fruit
but I don't
so I won't

what

Friday, November 11, 2022

2.3844: 11/11/15 : Fallow

Standing appointment
the passage lies fallow
the generous portion
yet still strangely shallow
I've got it in my mind
to draw the line
Whatever I may find
It's been that
kind of year
and nothing for it
but to get right out of here

what

Thursday, November 10, 2022

2.3843: 11/10/15 : Main Event

Start with the so called
Main event
when did I
Stop dreaming
of fitting
everybody under
my big tent
the movement baby
the million to start
dead broke
anonymous
but with a ton of heart
well the anonymous million
came in different clothes
I get it
but I can't be
one of those
can't be nothing
maybe
even
a quiet failure
watch out
step back
I'm going for the grail cure

what

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

2.3842: 11/9/15 : Free Hand

I'm going to
try again
to draw a perfect
circle, freehand
and if the edges
don't quite meet
maybe tomorrow
I'll declare defeat

what

2.3841: 11/8/15 : What I'm Not

Can't give what
I haven't got
can't be it seems
what I'm not
can't see why
I shouldn't step off
take to the sidelines
safe to sneer and scoff

what

Monday, November 07, 2022

2.3840: 11/7/15 : Waiting and Wasting

Gone mild
with the waiting
the wasting
always bitter
in the sweet I'm
tasting
not going to
behave anymore
I've been have
enough
deliver the door

what

Sunday, November 06, 2022

2.3839: 11/6/15 : This Burning

Will the wanting go
the yearning
will I miss it then
or will this burning
go on endless
is that your blessing
one day I'll laugh
oh ever I was stressing
past the great divide
past this droll deceit
many find me incredible
but permit me my conceit

what

2.3838: 11/5/15 : Pendulum

Pendulum's swinging
am I just hanging on
ringing like a chime
clanging like a gong
as a matter of fact
think I'll go with this swing
pray for a kick of momentum
for a hint of anything

what

Friday, November 04, 2022

2.3837: 11/4/15 : My Sins

And for my sins
a million forking paths
all claustrophobic
dead ends
You do the maths
figure who's selling
what really gets bought
only one
clear shot
on the trail you sought

what

Thursday, November 03, 2022

2.3836: 11/3/15 : Tighter

Draw it in then
tighter, smaller
till I whimper
till I holler
Laid out
wrung out
tight spring
spun out

what

Wednesday, November 02, 2022

2.3835: 11/2/15 : So Familiar

Another so
familiar
song without
words
common as a
sparrow
counted like
birds
on the wing
in the air
roosting all
unseen
A skeptic sure
but now I
close it all
clean

what

Tuesday, November 01, 2022

2.3834: 11/1/15 : Quills

What is the richness
the true quill?
If you don't tell me
then who will?
Surely the latest
spectacle
should warn me
off that path
cheap thrills
and weak quills
sunk time like an
investment
and bound to take a bath

what

2.3833: 10/31/15 : Spin

Spin up another
just to
Strike it straight down
this vicious cycle
still makes me frown
used to think it enough
now I'm not so sure
every minute spinning by
every cost yet to incur

what

2.3832: 10/30/15 : Mark

Maybe the mark was
never real for anyone
an only sloth was easy
only gluttony was fun
Avarice and envy
rule the teevee workd
dragged a whole day by
what the fates knitted and purled
and if I don't want to repeat
then I can't say nothing
if I want out of all this meta
have to make up something
or live something different
God knows how or what
Somewhere somewhere a mark
at the ladder out of this rut

what

Saturday, October 29, 2022

2.3831: 10/29/15 : Skin

Fast slash
through the skin deep
if only
it bred good sleep
by definition
can't sustain
can't flirt can't chart
can't refrain
thank God they
can't see my unfinished soul
too bad I can't crawl in
pull in the hole
Too bad I'm the one who's
stuck leading here
better hope I hang on
don't disappear

what

Friday, October 28, 2022

2.3830: 10/28/15 : Time-Hole

Your modern time-hole
nothing to say
I need the money
and by and by
it does pay
I'll get mine back
Someday way down the line
and failing that
you'll see me coming
with a mean hook on my line

what

Thursday, October 27, 2022

2.3829: 10/27/15 : Typical Quotidian

Too typical
quotidian
get a look
obsidian
give a look
all disbelief
I'm the crook
but time's the thief

what

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

2.3828: 10/26/15 : Little Spaces

Living for
these little spaces
breathing right
for fifteen paces
but the big
figure out
seems no closer
and what could still fit
is a real poser

what

2.3827: 10/25/15 : Perfection Trip

So if I give up
On this perfection trip
What will I have
will I have nothing, zip
Maybe another
45 and change
What will I discover
What to rearrange
always want to put
a cap on it
and all this business
all this crap and shit
Got to be nicer to myself
Got to be a good little elf
Crash it, walk away
call tomorrow a better day
glad to be straightening up
maybe the lord
will gift me a better cup

what

Monday, October 24, 2022

2.3826: 10/24/15 : Lower

Surprised myself
by going lower
Surprise I guess
I'm a grower
not a shower
wish I could skip
a couple days
craving growth
craving praise
maybe revelation
is imminent
praying for a transformation
that's permanent
So tie my shoes
gird my loins
the whirlwind is coming
may I not be mired
in my coming and goings

what

Sunday, October 23, 2022

2.3825: 10/23/15 : Stupid Play

What if I don't want to
and don't have to
and I do it anyway
is that true or brave
or just a stupid play
is there a difference
to be had anywhere
after I ask five hundred times
Could you do anything but stare
Your big answer is silence
Can't stand on that forever
So I say whatever comes
What I need comes never

what

Saturday, October 22, 2022

2.3824: 10/22/15 : Another

Blown
burned
all the way
can't say nothing
but another day
another day
got to sunlight
no magic string
How bad I need
a way to turn this thing

what

Friday, October 21, 2022

2.3823: 10/21/15 : One Game

Spin back all but
the same
with one game
On the field
and the truth will yield
a handful
a smattering
who's making odds
on this turn
better burn
the transcripts
if you can
spring the crypts
dig in
trying again
and get
scattering

what

Thursday, October 20, 2022

2.3822: 10/20/15 : Needles and Pins

Magic
wishes
deal with djinns
every minute
On needles and pins
failing that
as it surely shall
Maybe you can
help me out here Pal
Shut down
say next time for sure
more magic begging
more of the same, the pure

what

2.3821 : 10/19/15 : Immersion

The immersion
getting to me
the recursion getting
getting to me
said this was my
real life now
after all
What did you think
scared me
true against the wall
it took a long time
but this well is looking bad
and this seems like
the worst idea
in a long damn chain
I had

what

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

2.3820 : 10/18/15 : Tank

With nothing in the tank
nobody to thank
tonight
see you fixing
for a fight
but I won't play
and I won't stay
and if you ask me
how it went
I'm going to say OK

what

2.3819 : 10/17/15 : Dark

Nowhere to go
but dark
and that unearned
this fool's lark
zero desire
to rectify
and even less than that
to justify

what

2.3818 : 10/16/15 : The Table

Unconvinced
unable
to take myself
that seriously
What I bring
to the table
Once I knew
thought it was good
feet were clay
head a block of wood
the table
was heaped with crusts
and everything
that doesn't spoil
rusts

what

2.3817 : 10/15/15 : Square Jaw

Have I got a bell
left to ring
do I still give a rip
for anything
besides the home the kid
the wife like any
square jaw
there must have
been an
inflection point
some rare law
seems we won't rally
so I guess we sink
but maybe we always
think we're on the
Brink
fishing with a square jaw
and a ghost light
close the book on it
and say goodnight

what

Friday, October 14, 2022

2.3816 : 10/14/15 : No Portents

No charm
no portents in evidence
read a mind
no blind
or shackled
obedience
so by choice
yet what value
If I knew
hell
I'd just tell you

what

Thursday, October 13, 2022

2.3815 : 10/13/15 : A Little Juice

Not a miracle
nor sleight of hand
not a
minute to lose
gotta gotta
get the band
back together at last
make the movie
make the game
ha the pipe dream's
got a little juice yet
but it'll all
turn out the same

what

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

2.3814 : 10/12/15 : Scrap

Dark seed beckons
but spin it in a
spiral instead
I had far to go
to be lying in
my made bed
perspective can't
escape the lesson
of the privileged few
all dead but a handful
and doesn't mean
a scrap to you

what

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

2.3813 : 10/11/15 : Cracks

Black cracks
clouds already
showing
what's the use
of doing
and knowing
Ah no light
down the old
passage
reel it back in
get on
with this
first classage

what

Monday, October 10, 2022

2.3812 : 10/10/15 : Switch

Turn off
no more
waking
everything
on a switch
even partaking
enlightenment
joy majesty
switch it on
or switch off
randomly

what

Sunday, October 09, 2022

2.3811 : 10/9/15 : Every Moment

By crazy chance
crossed the same river twice
imagine every moment
filed 
cant even tell
if that would be nice
that's my next level
every paradigm
in ruins
but I imagine it all
the revelations
and so so many
gorgeous tunes

what

2.3810 : 10/8/15 : Classics

If you haven't picked up
I'm scribing describing
future times oh I can't wait
throw a little chrome on a
dome for sure
I'm taking that bait
here's another wrinkle
kicks'll be all legal
and industrial class
or better top shelf subtle
like the real good stuff
in a big heavy crystal glass
all the classics
and all the new kicks
trip free freak and fly high
no need to overdo
we all have a few
because everyone can get by
Finally get to be the wizard
the alchemist
I always felt was my fate
Come make the sanctum with me
classics yanked from the tree
now stand back as I demonstrate

what

Friday, October 07, 2022

2.3809 : 10/7/15 : Haste

To end the need
for haste and deadlines
oh God the way
that I'll be making headlines
for my innovations
my amazing lists
I demure my fame
but oh my muse insists
that I ascend
on pure furious
optimism
the transfigured society
built across
the perfect schism

what

Thursday, October 06, 2022

2.3808 : 10/6/15 : Gem of Great Price

Gem of great price
my plenum horn
bursts this
gated paradise
diamond by hundredweights
grown in fathomless caves
fit skin for a
harsher world
and the beginning of
the glad hand
that saves

what

2.3807 : 10/5/15 : Unlost

Now to sea
unlost continent
made of all refuse
twentieth's
revenant
powerful I drew
in the mighty gyre
first I attended
built the wire
ran a hard line
old school that way
then casting
all scraps come play
many mansions
many wells
many fields
and all there dwells

what

Tuesday, October 04, 2022

2.3806 : 10/4/15 : Spires

Spires spires
the thousandth floor
praise the elevator
and I still want more
begin the diaspora
up gravity's well
You're going to swing
your'e going to
hear that bell
Spires spires
My day will come
I spend a year
never touching ground
I'll elevate all things
the thousand and first story
all to gain a hermitage
to craft
the true sound

what

Monday, October 03, 2022

2.3805 : 10/3/15 : Turning Point

Turn my face from
the seemingly unsolvable
swallow the exponential
problems consuming all
all for a microscopic
subset of the cosmos
but as the rest is locked away
sleaze right on up
and osmose
the wrong complexion
ideology
and tackle
I'll say it anyway
and maybe raise a hackle
not coming on like that
just looking for
a turning point
nobody else
is stepping up
so step back
here's my
pivot
joint

what

2.3804 : 10/2/15 : Sameness

Sorry for the sameness
but one call only
blameless
and maybe meet me
halfway
this once
oh repetition
how it dulls
and blunts

what

2.3803 : 10/1/15 : Matchbox Fates

And truly flattened
and beyond wiped
these matchbox fates
as they schemed
and sniped
only one exit
and it only half works
but better than to
line up for
Heaven's sluggish clerks

what

Friday, September 30, 2022

2.3802 : 9/30/15 : Not Having Any Fun

I'm giving up
and not telling
anyone
keep up
appearances
While not having
any fun
If you can't
tell
is it even
happening
keeping my eyes closed
and work that false
like anything

what

Thursday, September 29, 2022

2.3801 : 9/29/15 : Theme

I'd rather sit and listen
to the theme to Barney Miller
New York cops
not so funny these days killer
nice guys, good guys
resolution
conflict clock in under thirty
always gets to a solution
bail out
miss the closing credits
We'll punch it up in post
make it make sense
in the edits

what

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

2.3800 : 9/28/15 : Ennui

Must I rebut
the positivity
the latest speaking
for itself
frankly
past master of
self-fulfilling
prophecy
call it failure
collapse
gall spite
Sour grapes
ennui

what

2.3799 : 9/27/15 : Ensign

Luminous fantasy
plugged in jacked
every function
sidelined
every input stacked
imagined the ensign
cut loose
adrift
swept into
great evil
watch the tone
shift
So we're all
assimilated
In the machine
no ghosts
no simple answers
no one gets
out clean

what

Monday, September 26, 2022

2.3798 : 9/26/15 : Stars

Throw punches around
like ninja stars
punch through to
riches respect
fancy classic cars
no more need
to be eloquent
punch my way to
value self-evident
Punch grief punch loss
punch squandered potential
for the church of pain
and this ring reverential

what

Sunday, September 25, 2022

2.3797 : 9/25/15 : Hand

Resenting
autobiograph
too many times
this
crushing hand
dragging me back
dragging me back
and all across
a fractured
land

what

Saturday, September 24, 2022

2.3796 : 9/24/15 : Laser

I want to solve
all problems with lasers
sword gun
knife eraser
cut all corners
score all faces
don't tell me
don't care unless it lases
all problems now
look like they want to get cut
you'll hear all about me
in the scuttlebutt

what

Friday, September 23, 2022

2.3795 : 9/23/15 : Seethes

I see the fatal flaw
targeting
forgot my brain's been tanked
by age and marketing
should have
locked something in
So long ago
but I got caught up
in the I don't
I don't know
and this is
pure problem
as it lives
and breathes
and I only dream
the see
as it gives
and seethes

what

2.3794 : 9/22/15 : Iron

Is this iron hot
or cold or what
I can't tell
oh if I knew oh
I would ring it like
a damn bell
my iron slug
is cold
can't pound it flat
or draw it
but I am back
now still
this thing
I go to
throw out

what

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

2.3792 : 9/20/15 : Happen

This didn't happen
that didn't happen
Somehow they're still
laughing clapping
put me out 
of my misery again
Put me in a place
where for a while
nothing will happen

what

Monday, September 19, 2022

2.3791 : 9/19/15 : Slow

Will this curse
descend again
after another hour
I can't defend
One way to find out
never any other
but it's a slow path
and I'm tired brother

what

Sunday, September 18, 2022

2.3790 : 9/18/15 : The Dark Sense

So how did it go?
Kind of
on again
off again
Strange dreams
the crest and the
trough and spin
out and get
reeled in woken
by the silence
the dark sense
that something's
still broken

what

Saturday, September 17, 2022

2.3789 : 9/17/15 : Execute

Rush through something
and another
thing between
no time to stop and talk
or think about
what I've seen
got one small plan
I better execute
narrow narrow line
now time
to bomb this chute

what

2.3788 : 9/16/15 : Crease

Increase Decrease
I got to get a dip
of the good grease
'cause it's a rough start
all morns
all horns
we reborns
no chosen no called
at the pit at the pit
at the pit I stalled
rolled up then
Shot the crease
now done the work
it's day
So may I
desist and cease

what

Thursday, September 15, 2022

2.3787 : 9/15/15 : Shift

Disbelieving
the shift the break
doubting the lesson
of the give and take
but must hold belief
for one at least
next year Jerusalem
next year the feast

what

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

2.3786 : 9/14/15 : Crest

Rise up
I can crest above
the optimistic one
the tide of love
this crimson portal
this dawn light
not much invention
Yet it still feels right
Guess it's what comes
When you give all you've got
how every every day
I take a shot

what

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

2.3785 : 9/13/15 : Every Sin

Under my own name
every sin
mostly sophistry
The world within
Surely I'll break out
in a year or five
talk about miles to go
and getting out alive

what

2.3784 : 9/12/15 : Winston

Winston Smith
what should I make of you now
the screen don't watch us back
but we're all watching anyhow
I had a dream, not of you
but your namesake planted a seed
holy black mother of invention
sacred daughter of need
I leave a mark to remember
like so many before
maybe be my room of terror
maybe be the last decent horror
leave the rest to the bomb squad
remembrance and the past
pray for simple outcomes
pray this marker
forever to last

what

Sunday, September 11, 2022

2.3783 : 9/11/15 : Not from a Box

Can't get a shot off
without lighting up some ancient story
and all the time I'm mixing the
map up with the territory
thinking thoughts of thinking
someone should put me down
like a babe in a crib
heedless of my cranky frown
another one off the hip
will I ever settle in get a groove
It sure as hell ain't like
I got one thing left to prove
Lord let me inhabit a different problem
something not from a box
Cook it up yourself for once
Set every trick up
and shoot all the locks

what

Saturday, September 10, 2022

2.3782 : 9/10/15 : Be The One

I can see it in your eyes
Your shelf-like brow
Your magic thighs
Oh what sport
What wicked fun
You still believe
that you could be the one
I gave the notion up
in old ought six
my decade did its
so-same downside tricks
that shit's no longer
on my resume
and as to whom
I've not one word
to say

what

2.3781 : 9/9/15 : Muck

Lose a notion
muck out the box
back anon
if I weather the shocks
Space age addicts
fix it in the background
glad to be past it
glad for this all-sound

what

Thursday, September 08, 2022

2.3780 : 9/8/15 : Some Other

Hell how I need
the some other
you know I told
You twice brother
other topic
other voice
new rising ground
fast early choice
Some other face
in morning's mirror
a lighter glass
in it clearer

what

2.3779 : 9/7/15 : Upstream

Too fast
but well met
thrown back in
but swimming yet
not sure I have it
in me to turn upstream
it seems I can't wholly
give up the dream

what

Tuesday, September 06, 2022

2.3778 : 9/6/15 : White Guilt

I've got that white guilt
I've got entitlement
I've got survivor's guilt
about the environment
I sport on lakes
while kids die in the sea
What do I say
I ain't no refugee
Guilt doesn't help
nobody's buying
not posting that
nor bother replying
barely afloat
in my own way
that's crummy irony
but it's a strange day

what

Monday, September 05, 2022

2.3777 : 9/5/15 : Same Bell

Check that
tip hat
quick bat
run rat
stop thief
new leaf
all grief
right chief?
Oh well
Oh hell
same bell
still fell

what

Sunday, September 04, 2022

2.3776 : 9/4/15 : A Box

Draw a box around
and stick a
pin in it
I signed up for
another round
of minion shit
not like I used
the time before
with any grace
I guess the box
is in my mind
so damn my face
Damn my eyes
for seeking beauty
my ears for melody
damn me for
wanting a soft touch
my nose a bright bouquet
an stuff my mouth
with junk until
my jaw locks
block every passage
and disregard
a box

what

Saturday, September 03, 2022

2.3775 : 9/3/15 : Drop

Hear a pin
drop
on this one
or was it a dime
or was it a
needle
or a stitch
in time?

what

2.3774 : 9/2/15 : Piling

Fooled myself
I was stacking
I was really
just piling
there's a name
for this disease
but I guess
I'm still smiling
H-A-P-P-Y
well I wouldn't venture quite
So far but maybe
Some kind of
contentment in sight

what

2.3773 : 9/1/15 : What Sells

Riding the excuse
of everyone else
And so easy to
heap on the plate
And all succumb
to the logic of what sells
and I tell myself I
haven't quite left it too late
but the certainty
is it's later
and most of those I found
were lost again
oh come expand my mind
my time oh great dilator
and grant me faith at last
in my own pen

what

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

2.3772 : 8/31/15 : Strum Strum Strum

For want of a better plan
for the wish I was a better man
What I proved I could go on and on
but something that was here is gone
or is it just a dip, a clock pendulum
or could I get it back with a little strum, strum, strum
or maybe it was always an illusion
you can imagine my earnest confusion
vague feelings make a bland pie
sick today feel mostly past by
and stubborn enough not to fake a wrap up
One more bitter treat for the crows to snap up

what

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

2.3771 : 8/30/15 : Many Accusers

This feeling like:
aren't you getting on
with something
many accusers
I ain't got nothing
ready to start
another category war
I'm doubting they'll
settle any score
many things mother
I control next to nothing
and still and so
I need to get on with something

what

Sunday, August 28, 2022

2.3770 : 8/29/15 : Mix

When you mix me
When I feel it spill on
over the top
See feeling was all
one thing
When I don't take
a step back
and don't
say stop
I'll see it then
I'll laugh at
all our empty talk
give me to remember
as I pause exhausted
halfway
up the stalk

what

Saturday, August 27, 2022

2.3769 : 8/28/15 : The High Road

That's that then
so
let me tell you
it's a shit show
maybe thought I'd
take the high road
hee haw
oh hell no
I refuse to
even wrap it up
the less the less
the fucking less
than half full cup

what

2.3768 : 8/27/15 : One of these Days (Endless Axis 500/500)

Prior to one of
my finite
remaining sunrises
think I can't
swing that drag around
hope you like surprises
there's no tomorrow
but we've got
all day long
one of those days
it's like there's
nothing I can say wrong
so go ahead
try me on like
a tailored suit
I'm up on the highest line
no net
no parachute

what

Friday, August 26, 2022

2.3767 : 8/26/15 : Foundation (Endless Axis 499/500)

Considering the
foundation laid
If the welcome's
perhaps overstayed
but it's firmer
than I though it'd be
there's more of it
that's left to me
and while not quite yet
pinned to the map
it seems this reed's
not going to snap

what

Thursday, August 25, 2022

2.3766 : 8/25/15 : Sunshine (Endless Axis 498/500)

Back blowing sunshine
every channel uncorked
Got gloomy so I
grabbed the source and forked
and if you want to know
how I can keep it up
hell I'm just so damn glad
that still have a cup

what

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

2.3765 : 8/24/15 : Come Easy (Endless Axis 497b/500)

Sure enjoying
the challenge
the nothing
come easy
the always the
next thing
my paeans
most cheezy
these short stacks
like tooth pulls
and never
a day off
but I'm not
complaining
I'm locked
for the playoff

what

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Monday, August 22, 2022

2.3763 : 8/22/15 : Shorter (Endless Axis 496/500)

Shorter
sweeter
Once grim mood
Starts
to teeter
I'm betting
long on me
just getting
going
strong you see

what

Sunday, August 21, 2022

2.3762 : 8/21/15 : Fishing (Endless Axis 495/500)

The minimum standard
if that's what I'm dishing
I push it unhidden
they say that I'm fishing
but when I pull this catch
you'll say I'm a genuis
crazy I still mean it
you'll know when you seen us

what

Saturday, August 20, 2022

2.3761 : 8/20/15 : Pragmatic Retreat (Endless Axis 494/500)

Guess I better try
to nail the landing
make it with the peace
and understanding
how far under
am I on this plunge
somehow erase it
Somehow I'll expunge
the mark of
pragmatic retreat
Somehow transform
and make it not defeat

what

Friday, August 19, 2022

2.3760 : 8/19/15 : Fool's Game (Endless Axis 493/500)


Did the brigade get broken
well the scoffers well may reckon
All the hateful raters
Would I might call down heck on
The account is slender and
I admit I'm low on ideas
Nobody hid their smirks last time
I ventured that the truth might free us
In a hundred years
Isn't it a shame
none of us left to behold
accountable to this fools' game
In a hundred ears
rhetoric and sleight
we'll be history and the
game will be somebody else's fight
I've still got the secret roster
I still have the ritual rules
don't throw your pips
and medals out too soon
I might yet call upon you fools

what

Thursday, August 18, 2022

2.3759 : 8/18/15 : Positivity Experiment (Endless Axis 492/500)

Not experimental
talented or tight
no good excuse
for what keeps me up
all night
nobody looking
to collaborate
Why do I work
to prop up this blank slate
end of the
positivity experiment
is nigh
What could the conclusion
be except I
guess I'm not that guy
what could the conclusion
be but
try try again
then blame it on
the Devil
and original sin

what

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

2.3758 : 8/17/15 : Hamster (Endless Axis 491/500)

All I just want
is to keep polishing
tiny stones
I learned you were
2 years my elder
that one got
me in my bones
I and should
break out break out
form this
hamster track
but I like it when
if spins up fast
and trips me up
and hurls me back

what

2.3757 : 8/16/15 : Drop (Endless Axis 490/500)

Pin drop
anticipation
for the
good cop
bad cop
situation
hardly know
the goal
the object
anymore
but for sure
there's going to
be a downpour

what

Monday, August 15, 2022

2.3756 : 8/15/15 : Charge (Endless Axis 489/500)

Who's in
charge here
something looming
large near
and I can't
claim to be
enlightened
a bit
and I get
the tensions
heightened

what

2.3755 : 8/14/15 : Line (Endless Axis 488/500)

Draw a line like a circle
trace a mazey line
I'm right as rain
baby I'm super fine
around the rosy corner
when I lunge
You'll feel it always
then I take the plunge

what

2.3754 : 8/13/15 : Stygian (Endless Axis 487/500)

These Stygian depths
Do I get plumbing them
meeting big dudes with bad reps
It's unbecoming when
I go from station to station
forgetting every thought
And not a clue now
as to what I really thought

what

2.3753 : 8/12/15 : In Post (Endless Axis 486/500)

Fix it in post
fax it back to most
through the time time
bubble tube
made him look
what a rube
This line stretches worse
who so wins the purse
The race did
it pass?
bend on
leaves of grass

what

Thursday, August 11, 2022

2.3752 : 8/11/15 : Because Eleven (Endless Axis 485/500)

Because
eleven minutes
arthritic hands
because but ifs
althoughs maybe ands
because ten minutes
because that's
how it goes
today I knew
today
was going to be
one of those

what

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

2.3751 : 8/10/15 : Ditch (Endless Axis 484/500)

Said I'd blow off
and ditch
but it's all gotten so rote
In time
another stitch
guess I'm still
bailing the boat
but the thing
was supposed to be
about the sea
not the boat
not this damn
silent cacophony

what

Tuesday, August 09, 2022

2.3750 : 8/9/15 : Plod (Endless Axis 483/500)

Long for a sprint
but this leg's a plod
Somebody for sure
decided don't spare the rod
got the marks to prove it
Cross my thighs and back
no short cut seems apparent
and no goddamned life hack

what

Monday, August 08, 2022

2.3749 : 8/8/15 : Dare (Endless Axis 482/500)

Sick of talking up
the daring-do
You talk a nice game
but what do you do
about these problems
larger than us all
forget your dare
because here comes the wall

what

2.3748 : 8/7/15 : The Rabbit (Endless Axis 481/500)

Where the time went
other not mysteries
grab hell
things get blistery
I'd like to think
we're going to pull the rabbit out
but what I've got
goes way past doubt

what

Saturday, August 06, 2022

2.3747 : 8/6/15 : Last Meal (Endless Axis 480/500)

All nonsense
like we didn't
long past
begin it
and the finish
line all unknown
could just
pop up any minute
I've lost a bit
of my old
existential zeal
and I can't
figure if I'd
ever really want
to know my last meal

what

Friday, August 05, 2022

2.3746 : 8/5/15 : Stays (Endless Axis 479/500)

Then apprehending
a shift must come
a change in the wind
and where's that from?
an open end
a few sparse days
pray a little sticks
a little stays

what

Thursday, August 04, 2022

2.3745 : 8/4/15 : Special (Endless Axis 478/500)

But it all just keeps
spooling around and the special's gone
and I'm thinking about
language
and traditions, long
I think I'll leave the thought
again unresolved
you can chew on it a while
if you can stand to get involved

what

Wednesday, August 03, 2022

2.3744 : 8/3/15 : Stick (Endless Axis 477/500)

Ring around
another change
end of indulgence
embrace of the strange
If you'll forgive me
short and sweet
I defy augury
and determine to stick every beat

what

Tuesday, August 02, 2022

2.3743 : 8/2/15 : Wonderful Gift (Endless Axis 476/500)

Focus, think clearly
present what you know
Had a way with words
but still I guess you had to go
and here's to each one
I couldn't ever know
What a wonderful gift
may any essence ever show
me away and going forward
with a nasty weight now pressing
with this wonderful gift of a hard short life
a depth I am calling a blessing

what

2.3742 : 8/1/15 : Happening (Endless Axis 475/500)

It's happening right now
by the pricking of my brow
by the prickling up my neck
I see the veil a pieced torn wreck
Did I want the face to face
you interposed a fearsome taste
I interposed a deck of woe
Guess we both had some miles to go
What's happening so soon the launch
my Argonauts grinning and staunch
the destination here's the trick
Chuck all the darts sure one will stick 

what

Sunday, July 31, 2022

2.3741 : 7/31/15 : Spike (Endless Axis 474/500)

Last spike
here on either
wrap it up
or hook
up the mic
throw a few
down
get large
hoist the spike
yeah
take charge

what

2.3740 : 7/30/15 : Sketch (Endless Axis 473/500)

About the minute
we lose the plot
forget to give
what was assumed
we got
this situation
eh it's been worse
at least I finally
bought off that curse
if I could take a minute
20 times a day
get inside the issue
maybe come what may
the next minute
wouldn't be such a stretch
and the general prospect
wouldn't be so sketch

what

Friday, July 29, 2022

2.3739 : 7/29/15 : The Obvious (Endless Axis 472/500)

Let every single thing
Slack but this
thrilled up ten thousand
seconds got shot with bliss
and got it right forever
for an instant just one time
and didn't even finish
the obvious

what

Thursday, July 28, 2022

2.3738 : 7/28/15 : Zero and Force (Endless Axis 471/500)

Inertia to zero
and force consequent
in a second
with a sharp
consonant
and a gut whuff
deep hollowing
did I ever tell you
how I got my following?
every time I open
my palm fate silvers it
Every time I pick up
bad luck
time pilfers it
so at the hard
stop I
took a deep breath
said
love, love, lover
Love is
Strong as death

what

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

2.3737 : 7/27/15 : Loop (Endless Axis 470/500)

far too many
times the loop
no serious
bid to fly the coop
and I offer no light
no not any
and how many more nights?
far too many

what

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

2.3736 : 7/26/15 : The Worst (Endless Axis 469/500)

The worst is coming
I'm sure of it
How'm I really expected
to give a shit
to get it down
transcribe repost
Maybe yet still to come
the best the most

what

Monday, July 25, 2022

2.3735 : 7/25/15 : Dumb Boy Thrash (Endless Axis 468/500)

Ready for nothing
unchanged
nothing but deck chairs
rearranged
spin out
blow out
pass out
crash
spun boy
hung boy
dumb boy
thrash

what

Sunday, July 24, 2022

2.3734 : 7/24/15 : The Pricks (Endless Axis 467/500)

Far past parables
the hammer and the axe
whatever's falling
guess even gravity slacks
however tossed that bed of tacks
always one that sticks
and I'm too tired now
to kick against the pricks
guess I was going to write
500 cheerful songs
Did I tell you cats the one
about clanging gongs
did I tell you the one
about the solipsistic trap
or the hundred pound barrel
and about two fifty of crap
however tossed that bed of tacks
always one that sticks
and I'm too tired now
to kick against the pricks

what

Saturday, July 23, 2022

2.3733 : 7/23/15 : Trio (Endless Axis 466/500)

Trio of afterthought
trio of error
wouldn't you like to hear
my own small trilogy of terror
Scarcely think now
of my own flesh
but I worry at these eons
and how fine they thresh

what

2.3732 : 7/22/15 : Hey Hell (No Title) (Endless Axis 465/500)

Oh right
hey hell
one more night
no title
no business
maybe a little
bit of fife and
thrust
and all we
ever implied
girl I
ain't
tongue tied

what

Thursday, July 21, 2022

2.3731 : 7/21/15 : Held (Endless Axis 464/500)

A plate held
with a scrap of notions
pine to dream
of the slap of oceans
soon to see
how comes to it
Sure I'll be
all thumbs through it

what

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

2.3730 : 7/20/15 : Careless Wishes (Endless Axis 463/500)

Careless wishes
for silence, control
for a trajectory
to be on a roll
for one less task
for one more day
careless talk
and not a thing to say

what

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

2.3729 : 7/19/15 : Another World (Endless Axis 462/500)

Another world
could I find my heart
and move right in
and really start
broadcast straight
at you from there
and would anyone hear
and would anyone care
I don't look back
with envy or regret
every year still feels
could be the best yet
and potential it is
stashed and curled
all ready to discover
in another world

what

Monday, July 18, 2022

2.3728 : 7/18/15 : Weather (Endless Axis 461/500)

As the weather
gets weirder
ignore it like anything
anyway you've got
to life life
and you can't change
what's happening
up in my mental space
the weather cycles
calm and rough
I'm contemplating
what I can't spare
and what's enough
I'm contemplate
weather now and soon
and in and out
my mind is brewing up
and soon enough, the waterspout

what

Sunday, July 17, 2022

2.3727 : 7/17/15 : Peers (Endless Axis 460/500)

Here to check
the peers
how you like my humor
kick back relax
stay in the room or
get out
as always one
on the other side
of the fence
of that line
of the whole ride

what

Saturday, July 16, 2022

2.3726 : 7/16/15 : Stretched (Endless Axis 459/500)

Stretched too far
at long last
I'm losing it
getting
deep and vast
shadow on the water
how'd it work out again?
and the membrane is
grown very thin

what

2.3725 : 7/15/15 : Wish (Endless Axis 458/500)

Maybe
the expression should be
don't be too careful
what you wish for
dream a little bigger
can't hurt
do you figure
might all find
that we could get more
can't make time
and sure there's no
new rhymes
but we might get a fresh idea
give a shout
the truth will have out
you might well wish
that it might free ya

what

Thursday, July 14, 2022

2.3724 : 7/14/15 : Present (Endless Axis 457/500)

Present the artist
at the end of a long line
present the artist's
journey the extent of an incline
and if the artist can't
keep up with the presentation
leave the artist stranded
flip another station

what

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

2.3723 : 7/13/15 : Boxes (Endless Axis 456/500)

Just filling boxes
with numbers here
nothing ever really
does appear
And I like a rapid strike
flash bang gong
40 less things yet
to not get wrong

what

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

2.3722 : 7/12/15 : Weird Fears (Endless Axis 455/500)

Weird transgressions
and weird fears
the student is long gone
and nobody appears
I think about a little tiny
indiscretion
I swear it's so slight
seems absurd to mention
how long since I
last blew the big vice
forgotten the when
forgotten the how
Suiting me just fine
make way for all right now

what

Monday, July 11, 2022

2.3721 : 7/11/15 : Forget Get (Endless Axis 454/500)

Technically again
forgot to pull the pin
Or is it the other way
Keep forget get in
a little local light show
past midnight
facing five hours
hell I'm so not right
Feeling regret
Scratch at my side door
all things considered
What the hell is it for
Guess I better find
new ways to cope
I guess I wish I knew
who handed me all this rope

what

Sunday, July 10, 2022

2.3720 : 7/10/15 : Coalesce (Endless Axis 453/500)

Diamond focus
the only antidote
in these times
to prevalent despair
against frankly
the eco-crimes
talk to me
about the worse
worst case
many things lost
we never
shall replace
Diamond focus
to not to
quiet acquiesce
a crazy confidence
a brand new key
will coalesce
not held in
any single
hand or mind
stand back as
Some bright million
pierce the rind

what

2.3719 : 7/9/15 : Twisty (Endless Axis 452/500)

How twisty can it get
hey take a look at me now
if they could read this misformed mind
They'd throw the book at me now
they'll never figure it out
it's what I'm always laughing about
Always jump in with no clue how to wrap up
Should work out great if you need someone to slap up
Keep trying to look ahead
on these twisting roads
One day I'll cave these maze walls in
unleash just blistering loads

what

Friday, July 08, 2022

2.3718 : 7/8/15 : Inkling (III) (Endless Axis 451/500)

Called out someone's weakness
I laugh immune
stroll up with celestial banjo
keep it crunchy, picayune
my mentors of an older school
I wish I'd wondered harder then
lone inkling's all I'm left with
stop and call it back from ten

what

Thursday, July 07, 2022

2.3717 : 7/7/15 : Inkling (II) (Endless Axis 450/500)

Little inkling
ragged scrap of script
Stingy revelation from
my spent pen dripped
no time to polish
no time for lick and spit
solely time to throw the dice
so make what you will of it

what

Wednesday, July 06, 2022

2.3716 : 7/6/15 : Inkling (I) (Endless Axis 449/500)

Claimed it a sad precedent once
back when I was a pollyanna dunce
back when I was a moralist
flash forward ten tons of grist
Now under smoky stars twinkling
despite my errors I have an inkling
And closing in on twenty years long
I grasp in hand just that that's wrong

what

Tuesday, July 05, 2022

2.3715 : 7/5/15 : Pith (Endless Axis 448/500)

Squeezed the juice all
now I'm left with pith
see the fountainhead
Pack a hand to take you with
wanted more substance
more fiber: more pith
not exactly heaven calling
but I'm confirmed
that that's a myth

what

Monday, July 04, 2022

2.3714 : 7/4/15 : Racket (Endless Axis 447/500)

Someone ought to declare
interdependence day
Because we're crashing
a lot of things
And there simply is no way
One flag one strategy
One zeitgeist is going to hack it
and today anyway
I'm going to pretend
I'll see a new thing rise
from inside my new racket

what

Sunday, July 03, 2022

2.3713 : 7/3/15 : Toff (Endless Axis 446/500)

Rise early leave
the messageman off
Take your instructions
from another sort of toff
I'll be a sort of servant
to a sort of aristocracy
anything to opt out
of this present bureaucracy
Hi ho the messageman
surely already employed
by another more toff than I
and I don't lie, I'm overjoyed
no half measure this
I'm locking down the count
and three days time will note
to what my launch may yet amount

what

Saturday, July 02, 2022

2.3712 : 7/2/15 : On the Spectrum (Endless Axis 445/500)

On the spectrum of
what you've got to work with
I'm in no place to complain
Keep focus on
the sunny thought
a straight track a short train
I could extend it
to all the earth
We ought to pull up our slouch
What would it
really take these days
to eject us off the couch

what

Friday, July 01, 2022

2.3711 : 7/1/15 : Fullness (Endless Axis 444/500)

Holding to fullness
typical scene
try to come out
of an interim clean
guess I used to dream
about a clean break
over the hump
call it a piece of cake

what

Thursday, June 30, 2022

2.3710 : 6/30/15 : My Corner (Endless Axis 443/500)

My corner of this thing's
so very small
but I'm going to own it
going to cover it all
Someday soon
When this hard working day's done
I'll get a glimpse of it all
on my way to the sun
goodness gracious
all I care about now
is making the promised land
it's when not how
I've got a little thing inside me
I've been waiting to tap
call it a trim tab baby
cal it a bootstrap

what

2.3709 : 6/29/15 : Stark Realism (Endless Axis 442/500)

Raise shadow
too much sun to permit
bright the throne
Where the Lotus King doth sit
they called me a fantasist
but I demurred
my stark realism
was well assured
I said to the shadow
be back soon enough
Enjoy your cool silence
but your love comes so tough
If I had a million
something - I couldn't light the world
come evening
every shadow unfurled

what

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

2.3708 : 6/28/15 : Dumb Shrug (Endless Axis 441/500)

Stack this stack
higher
rally
raise the high
pie-er
never quite get
to the divy
the impoverished
the privy
So I rant
a little bit
rule the rulers
all unfit
raise my dumb shrug
to the skies
while the stack
mounts to
my eyes

what

Monday, June 27, 2022

2.3707 : 6/27/15 : Reverence (Endless Axis 440/500)

Mistake reverence
for a state of mind
oh I have blundered
oh I have been blind
give unto me
momentary clarity
give the dark and light aspect
momentary parity
I'll close my eyes
and put out my hand
and as to what I need
I trust you understand

what

2.3706 : 6/26/15 : Lists (Endless Axis 439/500)

Got lists coming
out of both ends
need to find
acceptance
and a new best friend
justification
valid hope
tolerance for
diminishing scope
a sunny disposition
in the face of
the whole tangle
inner rebellion
and a new secret
angle

what

Saturday, June 25, 2022

2.3705 : 6/25/15 : Paragon (Endless Axis 438/500)

I'm also lucky
despite small means
behold the
paragon
who cooks and cleans
no mansion no
no fancy car
I've got my own
small star
as long as I can
follow it to where you are

what

2.3704 : 6/24/15 : Hut (Endless Axis 437/500)

Perceive a loop
a track a rut
wish I could
retreat
to a little hut
mark things out
at last
with pad and pen
light this
pale shadow
yes, begin again

what

2.3703 : 6/23/15 : In Hope (Endless Axis 436/500)

Oh right
that time of night
one more
in hope not spite
still counting
I can get it right

what

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

2.3702 : 6/22/15 : Roses (Endless Axis 435/500)

Smell what?
no time
modern
thought crime
all fine
long as I don't think
don't speak
don't blink

what

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

2.3701 : 6/21/15 : Pure White Pop (Endless Axis 434/500)

Cog Diss
promo
the 
pomo
Con po
no protest
no
sacrifice
this no hip hop
pure
white pop
no excuse
and no
reprimand
privileged:
I get
another and

what

Monday, June 20, 2022

2.3700 : 6/20/15 : Permission (Endless Axis 433/500)

Should have known tonight
came with stiff competition
Will I ever feel
I've got permission
just to be
not to say
not to always
with no everyday
I passed it
off again
Somewhere behind
this coffin grin

what

Sunday, June 19, 2022

2.3699 : 6/19/15 : The Awful Thing (Endless Axis 432/500)

Everyone
got their rhetoric on
to talk about
the awful thing
stole his ideas
from
Charlie X
what's the point
how could I sing
climb in head-
first and pull
the hole in behind
whether
ever
was a long tether
but it came out to
a devilish bind

what

2.3698 : 6/18/15 : Inside Man (Endless Axis 431/500)

Getting good cheer
exactly wrong
everyday
in every song
this piece this scrap
this dogear marker
disguise the inside man
a raver, barker
reveal the outer man
a laughing churl
oh yes I reel and roar
oh yes I whirl
I'll flow it better
with a little sleep
leave all the beat up
good cheer in a heap

what

Friday, June 17, 2022

2.3697 : 6/17/15 : And Now the Mob (Endless Axis 430/500)

And now the mob
rears again
you heard no sob
I'm hard
and bright as tin
Modernity
will run
its course
and damn hell
me without a horse

what

2.3696 : 6/16/15 : Dayside (Endless Axis 429/500)

Put it all together
a new day side
right now
sealed with a kiss
not a promise or vow
and let this mantra
be your mission statement
still on still up
still defy abatement
Salute the morning
back ten and five
Shot the gauntlet
emerged alive
Salute to all
that turned up right
and to that love
which smashed me into light

what

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

2.3695 : 6/15/15 : Old Play (Endless Axis 428/500)

Isn't there danger
in finding the moment great
I don't regret every
time I chose to hesitate
I should be questioning
this how hard
I know what I'm dealing
tomorrow's card
all the same tracks
fall behind the same way
full stop I'm sick of
giving the same old play

what

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

2.3694 : 6/14/15 : Predictions (Endless Axis 427/500)

A sleight of hand
did I guess your card
You were high
and the trick wasn't hard
and another there
an alternate track
one time all religious
kinda stabbed him in the back
One time I listened
heard what I wanted
the truer reading would have been
the path's dead hard
and your growth is stunted
past is past
and for present
take this learning
don't listen to predictions
and keep those
cards turning

what

Monday, June 13, 2022

2.3693 : 6/13/15 : Suspend (Endless Axis 426/500)

Tell me your tragedy
your dying dog
Your anti-religion
the related flog
So short so short
So coarse
So fine
this ain't the
half of it
no finish line
You don't want my
pity
I don't want
to offend
But how I wish
that I could revelate
and this sentence suspend

what

Sunday, June 12, 2022

2.3692 : 6/12/15 : Drop (Endless Axis 425/500)

Zero balance
full stop
won't solve this
riddle
with a bass drop
raise my hand
lower my voice
pretend
pretend
It's all a choice

what

Saturday, June 11, 2022

2.3691 : 6/11/15 : Compound (Endless Axis 424/500)

The action of
the increment
gun at my feet
tell me to dance
in wet cement
but I will turn
that beast around
and it will 
work for me
I'll run this town
declare my day
my compound
account
registers a
ray of light
a start a slim amount

what

Friday, June 10, 2022

2.3690 : 6/10/15 : Sincere (Endless Axis 423/500)

Try it get sincere
get softer
Rise rise above
Still keep your dreams aloft here
chip at your corner
never knowing who you'll reach
You're still on the same
random walk
we're all on the
same beach
and cynicism is cowardly
and we need you brave
and you never know
what you might be called to save

what

Thursday, June 09, 2022

2.3689 : 6/9/15 : Irony (Endless Axis 422/500)

As such I dish it up
with excess irony
I know this much
this jack stacks up like do re mi
and it repeats
and I repeat myself again
I used to think I was
some troubador slash paladin
and the irony
does not escape me now
I used to think I was
on the scent of Tao

what

Wednesday, June 08, 2022

2.3688 : 6/8/15 : No Habit (Endless Axis 421/500)

Trying to make
no habit
refuse routine
the icing on the cake
would be to unearth
that
ancient machine
but this smoking
clanking
ancient repeater
not my finest hour
but
at least I'm no cheater

what

Tuesday, June 07, 2022

2.3687 : 6/7/15 : Super Sleek (Endless Axis 420/500)

Why not imagine it
It's all been strategy
and when the pieces
Start to fall together
Look at me Super Sleek
what now elementary
Kick back watch the sky
here comes heavy weather
I am all tooled up
by a swift ten of high adversity
woke up and saw it
call it Super Sleek university
the battery
the counterweight
Watch out now
here comes the excited state
aluded to far from
the teeming throngs
I ponder the legend
of the song of songs

what

Monday, June 06, 2022

2.3686 : 6/6/15 : Remembrance (Endless Axis 419/500)

What's more important
remembrance or an early bed
I would call this indifference
but I've got a weary head
So many little things
to keep the machine from foundering
a thing or or two comes together
Still wouldn't say I'm not floundering

what

Sunday, June 05, 2022

2.3685 : 6/5/15 : Lawn (Endless Axis 418/500)

Got my blood up
try not to sleepwalk through
another day
what hell you say
they give a dollar to you
and I might call
this one
guess guess who
because it all goes
rolling on
if you let it
and you may doubt
it to your core
but I get it
get my dollar out
ready for the man
in the stands
to raise the shout
and it's enough
for getting on with
I'd say more
but I gotta
check my bandwidth

what

2.3684 : 6/4/15 : Bait (Endless Axis 417/500)

Way too late cutting bait
falling for cheap tricks
everybody's boo hoo
cranky nursing bum licks
grim down spare crown
Sweat the days to leave town
it'll get worse but okay
And you'll just want to play
It ain't much but it stacks
Maybe someday it attracts
a teacher a blessing a helping a key
maybe at last at last a jubilee

what

Friday, June 03, 2022

2.3683 : 6/3/15 : Lawn (Endless Axis 416/500)

This ring won't come off
this day won't end
and I'll regret it
I'll regret it all my friend
And how to piece out
the way from here to unknown
unimaginable dawn
Maybe just never get it
Maybe get off my damn lawn

what