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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2.3885: 12/22/15 : A No

Find a no

kept aside of late

nothing further

just as much

on my plate

what

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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