fairly secret: the tower of approach
Don't need fortune fame respect or speed.
All writings © Jonathan Mark Hamlow 1998-2025
Friday, June 30, 2023
2.4076 : 6/30/16 : Last Moon
Save the last for
the middle
Hey diddle diddle
Someday I'll see
my last moon
but the lesson I need
is the moment's
dense seed
and I feel I might
get there soon
what
Thursday, June 29, 2023
2.4075 : 6/29/16 : Prepared
Forget about
ill or well prepared
not a player
no icon
still not impaired
call it ready
and push on through
holding steady
and it'll still be
me and you
what
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
2.4074 : 6/28/16 : Wallet
A dozen verses
bible and tao
no band wagon leapt on
long I learned how
better a pick
better two or three
and trust the right strings
will find me
slim fold of papers
in a slim fold of waxed
a book of matches
dry and stacked
slim notes
pencil and knife
enough for a wallet
enough for a life
and not a scrap
of currency
my little dream
of peaceful anarchy
what
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
2.4073 : 6/27/16 : Next It
Next it comes
to the shake up
the splash down
the adventure
long cooled
and I'm so
over this town
bang on
next it
comes to this slap
we're all fed up
and there's no
end in sight
to this crap
what
Monday, June 26, 2023
2.4072 : 6/26/16 : Wrong Way
A wrong way
knowingly embarked
guess yeah I'll pay
figure what sparked
blaming it on the box
typical though all me
who I think'll outfox
nothing about it's free
dig out that slip
make a record write it
While upon this trip
I'm keeping mum just to spite it
what
Sunday, June 25, 2023
2.4071 : 6/25/16 : Jack
They want to switch up
the telephone
headphone jack
the usual
digital
sneak attack
don't let 'em
y'all fight back
fight for your right
to jack
what
Saturday, June 24, 2023
2.4070 : 6/24/16 : Back to Real
Lottery thinking
again again
fairly stupid
if not a sin
try to force mind
back to real
but I'll tell you how I feel
I thought it would be
oh, automatic
I'd rise so easy
above the static
thought it would be a ride
instead this white knuckle surf
on a red ink tide
what
Friday, June 23, 2023
2.4069 : 6/23/16 : All Mean
All mean
or was it
all the means
In many scenes
nothing but average
dead with fatigue
and hoping for an intellect
that's in my league
what
Thursday, June 22, 2023
2.4068 : 6/22/16 : Candidate
Candidate
for the long box
I did OK
got off
enough rocks
is it halfway
a fifth or third
What else to say
check it: word
what
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
2.4067 : 6/21/16 : Burn
Played a fool
at every turn
don't want to tell the story:
fuck it:
Burn
what
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
2.4066 : 6/20/16 : The Alien
The alien studying
the ways of all these
creatures of this
gravity bound race
can you recognize
they are all
different
each one
its own face
what
Monday, June 19, 2023
2.4065 : 6/19/16 : Evaporation
Before another minute
Evaporates
I'll sling this hash
on seven plates
discipline hunger
chance and loss
redemption salvation
and of course
the way across
what
Sunday, June 18, 2023
2.4064 : 6/18/16 : NECK
This pain in my neck
reminder of the trek
This journey still raw
the call the deep flaw
Prays sleep will erase
Smooth lines in his face
reset and set free
Sweet though unlikely
what
Saturday, June 17, 2023
2.4063 : 6/17/16 : Nuts
Is it will or just
nuts lacking
it's an angry world
and all the yutzes
packing
do you get up
wave a sign
protest
hope to God you don't
run up into some
bro fest
how bad do the
fools
outnumber the wise
and oh God
what's the next
black
surprise
what
2.4062 : 6/16/16 : Work Will Bring
I want not to
talk about this
thing I have
been circling
I will go
and hope for
What I pray more
work will bring
what
Thursday, June 15, 2023
2.4061 : 6/15/16 : Soft Blow
This hammer
this soft blow
Come down harder
almost anything
we know
How many
threads
all pulled at once
leaving me under
that hammer
like a dunce
what
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
2.4060 : 6/14/16 : Tasteless
Tasteless - no
no flavor
Guess I should be
wailing over
all the bad behavior
and the wicked
ways all abroad
demanding answers from
elusive God
Skip the
tasteless observations
and the selfish
gaze
Guess I've just
lost my taste for it
these days
what
2.4059 : 6/13/16 : Success
What would success look like?
transformation?
Recapture 7 years
the true recreation
I can't see the forest
or a hill from this valley
deep in the weeds
and could I truly rally?
what
Monday, June 12, 2023
2.4058 : 6/12/16 : Outrage
Forgot for a minute
the latest outrage
no tomorrow
no blank page
no idea how it could relate
to my next stage
what
Sunday, June 11, 2023
2.4057 : 6/11/16 : False God
Trying to kill the false God
but it's holding steady
Swear to Real God I'm trying
It's time I'm ready
I know I could quit it
pull the damn plug
but there's a perverse kink
and I'm all, like, ugh
finish this joint
head for another round
maybe at last again
hear the small still sound
that says: here is your true
I won't speak of it
but I'll bring it all to you
what
Saturday, June 10, 2023
2.4056 : 6/10/16 : Accept
Accept this descent
like a great soft hand
no idea
where this strange ship
will land
what will I choose
next to carry
what to drop
what to bury
lack of coherence
well the drought's been long
and I feel a million miles
lost from the tower of song
what
2.4055 : 6/9/16 : Heat
Heat come early
literal and otherwise
I'll sweat it no doubt
blinded in all my eyes
making mistakes
Sliding not striding
try hell where's trying
Where's the thing hiding
the secret strength
Called it the battery
all I see is all head
and a madder see
rising angry to smite
say no to that fear
and all endless night
what
Friday, June 09, 2023
2.4054 : 6/8/16 : Care
Oh right
forgot to care
cheer up
be positive
get anywhere
what
Wednesday, June 07, 2023
2.4053 : 6/7/16 : Whirl
Always ready at the whirl
get me to the next round
this time I'll dig my heels
not go to ground
not replace vice
or fill old with new
cultivate new ground
and share it all with you
grant me to rest deep
and when the little light is dim
bear it with better grace
and not give in to the grim
what
Tuesday, June 06, 2023
2.4052 : 6/6/16 : The Letter
Do you send the letter
or throw it out
embarrassed of the
small mind stuff
you blab about
do you start it over
or call a miss
even worse
than the letter: this
what
Monday, June 05, 2023
2.4051 : 6/5/16 : Early Riser, Late Edition
Early riser
late edition
like to say it's the last
but hell
it's just a revision
I got to edit
figure it out
sometime damn early
bound to spout
Early riser
tell my truth
hardly fit in words
Verily
forsooth
what
Sunday, June 04, 2023
2.4050 : 6/4/16 : Battery Part Question Marks
The battery
part question marks
little I knew
I started shooting sparks
the fire they set
good God
ah' mighty
and everything
going
to be all righty
what
Saturday, June 03, 2023
2.4049 : 6/3/16 : 55
Fifty five
alive, alive
not a simulation
maybe a halfway
thrive
no certainty
all possible
this ain't the hit song
I'm under
the gospel spell
totally caught
nobody cares
and they crowned me king
of the
thousand mile stares
what
Friday, June 02, 2023
2.4048 : 6/2/16 : Tomorrow
Always new bad decisions
Waiting on the good ones
That's about the story
Anything else I should have done
Get me through another day
I guess, worry about that tomorrow
and the reason and the reason
I guess something I'll have to borrow
what
Thursday, June 01, 2023
2.4047 : 6/1/16 : Gimmicks
The thing about gimmicks
the thing about scams
Oh my wisdom ain't about
to blow up any poetry slams
simply under compulsion
Looks the same back and forth
and in this honest toiler
just seeking to see true north
what
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