2.3588 : 2/28/15 : Final Act (Endless Axis 321/500)

Don't think me morbid

I'm just hypothesizing

There must be a final act

but if I'm theorizing

I won't see it

friend and neither you

and there'll be a whole lot

left when we're through

what

2.3587 : 2/27/15 : The Work, In Secret (Endless Axis 320/500)

The work in secret

was performed in plain sight

I got this invisibility

thing just right

who can judge me

but God, now

What's left but sweat

from my low brow

as fate arrives

just as long expected

in the invisible mirror

all shall be reflected

and despite it all

I wear a smile

I'll ride this secret horse

for many a mile

what

2.3586 : 2/26/15 : Fool Bell (Endless Axis 319/500)

Rung to turn out in their

droves and masses

Rung to stick in dirty homes

slow as molasses

Rung to the entertainment

what fresh hell

All collapse at the peal

of the fool bell

Lacking wherewithal

to battle the capital

lacking resistance to

the lie they might have it all

failing empathy

discipline or sleep

truly was it written

they were lost lost sheep

I guess we'll try

not quite give up altogether

maybe wake up a little bit

When we hit the really crazy weather

maybe not the last act

though who could tell

And I have a strong premonition

the last laugh'll go to the fool bell

what

2.3585 : 2/25/15 : Lance (Endless Axis 318/500)

Said he would lance it

but it was a clean cut

pain like no other 

Someday sure again so what

to let go to not care to know

how is a lance to the core

past the fear struggle

and the more more more

If not sufficient what

Could be anywhere for anyone

Excusing no injustice neither

Claiming a mantle of the chosen one

no need to wrap things neatly

no need to close the door

no need for reaching out

for effortless comes what's in store

what

2.3584 : 2/24/15 : Recovery (Endless Axis 317/500)

All this world

must pursue recovery

It needs a program

a voyage of discovery

oh world you're hooked on

Shine and ambition

Oh world you know

you need a mission

what

2.3583 : 2/23/15 : Snap (Endless Axis 316/500)

What will change

in a snap

What will trigger

the trap

while the history

sets up

Man of steady purpose

gets up

what

2.3582 : 2/22/15 : Piece (Endless Axis 315/500)

Is this a piece

is this another

am I putting together

Something or the other

I'll just pretend

it's a done deal every minute

it's not exactly

but for sure I know I'm in it

what

2.3581 : 2/21/15 : Rut (Endless Axis 314/500)

If the rut seems

chiseled and worn

Sunk deep in bedrock

and if to

the rut we're born

is there a real

true path for us

somewhere past a sheer wall

Somehow a new chorus

better forward than stand still

even in the rut

there hasn't been a single turn

that didn't come with a but

maybe it's a state of mind

maybe all chance and luck

I'll traverse the rut if that's what's given me

I will kick till something comes unstuck

what

2.3580 : 2/20/15 : Stretched (Endless Axis 313/500)

Last stretched hour

hah yeah right

Better repent now

gonna be a long night

grant me the patience

Because it's nowhere near the end

and I'm long on regrets

and sure could use a new friend

what

2.3579 : 2/19/15 : Box (Endless Axis 312/500)

If my story checks out

I guess I'm back in the box

Try to remind myself

thing doesn't have locks

but I'm already off

my program here

and I waited too long

and nothing better's going to appear

Somewhere out there

is a better stance

Maybe plenty of time

maybe plenty of chance

I'll trust the winds

and my most basic truth

and I'll trust it makes sense

when I'm long in the tooth

what

2.3578 : 2/18/15 : Lent (Endless Axis 311/500)

Maybe it's all borrowed time

well who lent it

that column looks a little strange

it's the way I unbent it

What shall I give up

how long you got to count

because I have to add up

a sick amount

I just just want to get

to this simple thing

call myself ready

for what the day will bring

feel a little friendly

to the ebb and flow

make peace with the sad parts

and let something new grow

what

2.3577 : 2/17/15 : Fat (Endless Axis 310/500)

Pharaoh couldn't decide

if these years were fat or lean

I didn't know if I dared

to put wheels on this machine

hey huddling masses

you still yearning to be free

heave off your asses

and hook up to the battery

You can burn more and more

well the world keeps getting hotter

Don't ask me how to solve that one

I'm just some lonesome jotter

We always thought we'd plain run out

never guessed we'd have too much

never thought we'd roll out of control

With the curse of the Midas touch

Pharaoh couldn't keep it up

Instead he had to get wrapped up

here's a message to the tenth percent

Your fat cow's about to get snapped up

what

2.3576 : 2/16/15 : Leave Town (Endless Axis 309/500)

A worm

predictable

each turn

despicable

quick grasp

don't hesitate

a chance

it's not too late

pinned there

and turning fast

go down

iconoclast

every image

turn face down

defy augury

and leave town

what

2.3575 : 2/15/15 : A Drift (Endless Axis 308/500)

Light will come

more and greater

shine in the new day

for the revelator

all that's required

is a drift and

letting go

not resist the light within

and expect it to break slow

what

2.3574 : 2/14/15 : Ceased Thought (Endless Axis 307/500)

Ask only

for darkness

quiet

ceased thought

at the appropriate time

what use

trying to

make that old bell

chime

I could have

and I should have

a long time

a long time past and lost

Caring a little

too much

and far too

aware of

all the cost

what

2.3573 : 2/13/15 : Strange Vine (Endless Axis 306/500)

Strange vine does anyone

have an ear on this

If nothing of the divine

made it through

how's anyone going to talk to you

If I call these fruits

will your teeth set sour

If you shook me

demanded an account

23 years give or take

hour upon hour growing this

strange vine does anyone

have an ear on this

If nothing of the divine

made it through

how's anyone going to talk to you

If it dries and dies

no more gems however small or flawed

Will any stumble upon

half buried yet still

a little long and far and broad

strange vine

what

2.3572 : 2/12/15 : Magic and Escape (Endless Axis 305/500)

Grant me the juice

the grit or whatever

to seize the moment

to pull that damn lever

and flush this stale notion

magic and escape

tear through that veil

now whip me into shape

One last extension

one last medicine run

One last note to lie

and declare I've begun

Grant me the current

and the currency

a get out of jail free card

an honorary degree

what

2.3571 : 2/11/15 : Small Things (Endless Axis 304/500)

I could argue

if I wanted to justify

that I've blown a lot of small things

in the watch

of the all-seeing eye

So and begging

for the big ticket

golden high five

Could be asked

Who do I think I am

man alive

but the smallest ever gift

I guarded

and multiplied

So maybe you're the problem

oh so great

and all-seeing-eyed

and while I daydreamed

and got all sky-pie'd

I pray I didn't let slip

anymore

small things

what

2.3570 : 2/10/15 : Stupid Hat (Endless Axis 303/500)

Hand span merely between

done and undone

but it seems I've got to

convince myself I'm the one

to expound in an essay

on a virtual door

less is more

less is more

less is more

nobody's happy

they're all getting fat

I resemble that accusation

in a stupid hat

who would listen

to this sack

sad and poor

less is more

less is more

less is more

what

2.3569 : 2/9/15 : Lines (Endless Axis 302/500)

Too many starting lines

perceived now vanished

only one finish line

all thought must be banished

every day all the same

same old way never change

I borrow words I'd shed my name

and all my history estrange

how do you pull good out

of this slick crimson wire

surely not rhetoric

surely not strike and fire

every day all the same

same old ways never change

I borrow words I'd shed my name

and all my history estrange

Ever always a chance to grab

never simple never complete

but there's only this own hand

nowhere there but my own feet

and yet there's a new day

and yet any own way may change

I'll find my words in my own way

and every old line rearrange

what

2.3568 : 2/8/15 : Zoom (Endless Axis 301/500)

Zoom in focus enhance

give me the magic

this could be my last dance

with the spin

the data

the rush the mélange 

endless obstacles

I faced so staunch

all feeling samewise

all hurdles and woe

get a finger on a new thing

and away I'll go

Zoom into the future

the new optimism

by some other name

through some brilliant new prism

what

2.3567 : 2/7/15 : Zero Sum (Endless Axis 300/500)

Call every course

that's clear

we can escape

We can get out of here

It's no zero

sum game

for a hero

who's worth the name

place in my hand

a gem of great price

call my broker

isn't that nice

I'll put it to serve

a higher good

I'll do it honest

I'm no hood

I'll do it open

no dark lantern schtick

pay heed or no

you will all

feel the kick

what

2.3566 : 2/6/15 : 1 & 11 (Endless Axis 299/500)

One and eleven

til the flash change

how you like all my numbers

do I seem strange

what I'm holding in my hand

you do not want to see

So you better back up

If you dare face me

they say I gotta punch up

but I'm peerless so

I just gave up punching

now I'm fearless, yo

I'll be standing on my soapbox

at one and eleven

shouting everybody duck

here comes heaven

what

2.3565 : 2/5/15 : Not Positive (Endless Axis 298/500)

What rune scribed

could correct or reverse

or instruct or illuminate

or lift the rumored curse

That's not positive

your numbers game is cracked

hell pile it by the door

where all the other failure's stacked

I want a little bling bling

Want to take a trip

Want to know my secret?

Never quit and never skip

that might be my only

ray of sunshine this small hour

stand in the light with me

and we will speak of this power

what

2.3564 : 2/4/15 : Discipline (Endless Axis 297/500)

Teach me discipline

or teach me a discipline

You owe me a teacher

I've been so long ready to begin

Once a disciple

now lost, forlorn

Terrified I was on the 

wrong side when the veil was torn

Possessed of this treasure

what wouldn't I do

go forth and get my hands around

a dream or two

Stick my neck out

no more the cautious terrapin

Oh if I only

had a little discipline

what

2.3563 : 2/3/15 : Bacon (Endless Axis 296/500)

Is this the hammer

will this grindstone

save my bacon

to hell with all of it

I'm dying cannot

put the brake on

Let me spill into

a black and trackless

void of sleep

behold the next slip

and the riddle

there, exquisite, deep

what

2.3562 : 2/2/15 : Next to Nothing (Endless Axis 295/500)

I said in a minute I'm

doing everything right

from now on forever

starting this very night

So hey right now why

not get next to nothing

right even a bit

hah and you think I'm bluffing

what

2.3561 : 2/1/15 : Unrevealed and Yet Invasive (Endless Axis 294/500)

The unrevealed and yet

invasive Lord

and hope unwanted's

a thousand edge sword

I get cut up

any which way I turn

I should shut up

however thoughts may churn

It's been a while

hello Mr. Dim

I swore on a stack of mothers

I never knew him

but that invasive master

invisible hysterical

I should shut up

hell that would be a miracle

what