Better silent
than to speak now this feeling
unable to get used to
the vast glass ceiling
Ever so low
and far too thick
no use shouting
waving my stick
push the focus outside
Say a prayer
try to breathe a new canopy
ephemeral as air
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
2.3983 : 3/29/16 : Dig In II
Dig in
get Quinn
when I drop
you'll hit
the pin
bumpers bump
flippers flip
know I got a pocketful
so dang hip
ramp up
dig in no tilt
dang but
that machine
is built
2.3981 : 3/27/16 : Not Stepping Back
Ignore the cracks
this egg's not cooked yet
it's not a
resolution or a side bet
I don't know the next
chapter honest
but I'm not stepping back
and it'll be freestyle
surely but no mere hack
Sunday, March 26, 2023
2.3980 : 3/26/16 : Hustle
like the quiet
in this deep middle
let the hustle rest
Hang up my fiddle
There's always stares
always fussing
while you're subtracting
I'll be plussing
2.3979 : 3/25/16 : Spawn
Dropping glib asides
in the vidja game vernacular
dull observers at best
on the annual spectacular
Hey you cool kids:
get the hell off my lawn
High time I calculate
and contemplate the spawn
Point of appearance
moment of rebirth
Behold the light
and be sworn
witness to its worth
this has got to be the year
new possibilities spawn
this low ebb
this pining for dawn
just when I'm counted out
I'll reappear
transformed by the spawn point
newly freed from fear
Friday, March 24, 2023
Thursday, March 23, 2023
2.3977 : 3/23/16 : Groove
digging a groove in again
hard stop drop a pin
gather up these knuckle bones
and better pack my strops and hones
2.3976 : 3/22/16 : Steam
Less of the illusory
aspirational steam
more of the rolled flat
curdled as cream
this corner lately turned
hammer and rack
can't shut a one up
from the talking of attack
but I'll place another tin-patch
and pressure test the head
keep tending steam
and not spurn my bed
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
2.3975 : 3/21/16 : Rah
Oh right
rah rah this
still scrapping
still hunting bliss
pain pressing
burned some minutes
What the hell else
all impermanent, finite
2.3974 : 3/20/16 : Last Stretch
Last stretch of the
last long hour
nothing mystic
still no power
still not enough scratch
and never enough time
still down often enough
in the muck and slime
Why on earth
still pushing this rock?
next time it gets past me
for real taking stock
Sunday, March 19, 2023
2.3973 : 3/19/16 : Distortion
Give unto me distortion
Not strong enough to sing clean
And anyway it's got that
20th Century thing, soft machine
Guess there's no need to beg
Got deep warp on every tip
Guess I'm clearly here to fight
I guess I got to take this trip
2.3972 : 3/18/16 : Creature
Creature of habits?
of circumstance
creature of destiny
fate
or dumb chance
creature of necessity
show up for my shift
create a little fantasy
to give myself a lift
more than a creature
maybe only
in my mind
more than misbegotten
luckless
and blind
stuck in the persona
of how I invest
until another day turns
and the creature
may rest
2.3971 : 3/17/16 : Struck by Lightning
Struck by lightning
in the hall of dark tales
I scorned adventure
but it scorned my travails
and oh what got
times passed
drawn out at last
and shot the rails
Thursday, March 16, 2023
2.3970 : 3/16/16 : Cup
Another cup of coffee
no original thought
but hey I'm regular
maybe you ought
to move it along
to someone cooler
bigger
as I'm busy
over here
with my
hair trigger
2.3969 : 3/15/16 : Cars
Something about cars
the fools driving
every kind
selling and
buying
and the way
of my mind
blocked in the
cattle stands
getting to the grind
and drive and drive
until we're all
driven blind
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
2.3968 : 3/14/16 : Trap
It was a trap
and the beast was
all ire
curse the jaws
the snare the wire
We set the beast free
with no small danger
hail to heroes
hail the brave ranger
2.3967 : 3/13/16 : Laughed the Lord
Laughed the Lord
and said
well are you going to
or not going to
believe in the new thing?
call it a leap
or a long shot
think you've seen its
shadow a lot
think it's something
still
in your hand
you've got to bring?
Sunday, March 12, 2023
2.3966 : 3/12/16 : Empty Handed
Can't go with the gimmicks
the genre clichés
I had a better plan
but I blew my plays
And if I don't like
where this one landed
well I put it down where I could
and walked out empy-handed
2.3965 : 3/11/16 : Simpletons
Simpletons
their simple solutions
inertia bombs
all the drab institutions
better
look look within
focus on the progeny
and bringing
the sheaves in
leave the simpletons
to their cheap debates
I'll rule a tiny kingdom
in the ruins
of the city states
Friday, March 10, 2023
2.3964 : 3/10/16 : Crusaders
No new crusaders
No new crusade
Watching the yokel revolution
Cooking up the hater-ade
business as usual
ain't post-cap yet
on the dark future express
with the war scarp
2.3963 : 3/9/16 : Briefing
Give me my briefing
time for ascent
think I'm too early
get well bent
I didn't earn it
but I waited it out
I'm on a big adventure
like Mr. Roundabout
Wednesday, March 08, 2023
2.3962 : 3/8/16 : Rubber & Chrome
Dead ends
at every turning
or maybe it's
that rather than
talking I'd be burning
books and bridges
rubber and chrome
oh to burn
this offensive tome
oh to give up
oh to bugout
oh to quit
and other fantasy
dead ends
at every turning
where I lost every friend
Tuesday, March 07, 2023
2.3961 : 3/7/16 : Illusion Sword
Will I live or die
by illusion sword
this shadowy
dragon's hoard
mist fade-in
sunlight
none hear it swish
as it cuts air
as I wish you'd spare
an ear to
my fight
and I cascade
blow upon blow
and oh down the
mountain we go
and here's a precious pearl
a hundred hundred
glimmerings all whirl
Monday, March 06, 2023
2.3960 : 3/6/16 : Promenade
Oh but what a lot
of promises I made
they circle my brow
like a stately promenade
and day by day
I pick off a few
and every day it seems
a dozen more anew
Sunday, March 05, 2023
2.3959 : 3/5/16 : Epiphany
Tomorrow I'll
check the gate
get something on paper
won't be late
get a strategy
turn the corner
get the epiphany
no more a mourner
2.3958 : 3/4/16 : Merit
Paid in merit
spoiler: it's twenty bucks
I keep sluffing this
but just right now
I don' give two fucks
2.3957 : 3/3/16 : Discernment
Look at me for discernment
lord you're
barking up the wrong tree
how that
finger landed here
is a damn
mystery
empty my pockets
phone off the hook
must be too late surely
to write that book
Thursday, March 02, 2023
2.3956 : 3/2/16 : Burn
Here I commemorate
a cheating time
bust out a hoary old
and cheating rhyme
anticipating
my favorite vice
the a-em will not
seem so nice
burn baby burn
I'll get away with that
call it a parody
a rat-a-tat
could go on endless
but I know my limitsex
and at the extreme
bust out all tired old gimmicks
Wednesday, March 01, 2023
2.3955 : 3/1/16 : Whinge
Usual whinge
tugging at the ends
maybe next time
maybe make amends
push and pull
well hell I've had it
dumb refrain
however I add it
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