2.4107 : 7/31/16 : Monster

I'm a monster

but I won't back down

I've every statement

and go to ground

Yell a yawp

I'm crazy happening

and every every cry

I'm grappling

what

2.4106 : 7/30/16 : Decks

Clear decks check boxes

as another time approaches

try to hold steady

as doubt, fear encroaches

the matter of use of meaning

what lesson am I missing or gleaning

pick a night to transcribe and turn in

am I just picking which

time to burn in

Say it ain't so

maybe whistling in the dark

maybe in a year or five

I'll find out if I hit a mark

what

2.4105 : 7/29/16 : What Ghost?

What ghost is it

well I know not yours

Because you left this world clean

and you're not haunting it

So it must be me

some I-once-was kid

had something tossed away

and now I'm wanting it

or maybe that crumb of cheese

or a bowl of ice cream

oh I say I know better

but just look at me

And that mean patrol boy

ain't a haunting sure

but he's looking real prone

to throw the book at me

what

2.4104 : 7/28/16 : INDECISION

Far too late for indecision

but it sure looks like that's

who's hanging on

Still squalling peeking out

the blinds

getting weaker when

I need to get strong

What's the next play

does it matter

maybe the obstacle's

a hundred times the

size of me

and there was never a fight

this or any night

and the

outcome always fait accompli

what

2.4103 : 7/27/16 : Spike

Spike ripped through

to the next day

no muse coming

out to play

so I'm hung up

dangling stuck

you'd almost think

I didn't give a toss for luck

what

2.4102 : 7/26/16 : Break: Amen

Every living day

up at the same break:

amen brother

but maybe it's just

a mistake

seems a stretch

but I'm snatching as straws

trying to weave a little

Gold

attract all you Jackdaws

what

2.4101 : 7/25/16 : Don't Turn

Turn cards

on the table

don't turn a one

no prophecy

nothing new

under the sun

these old

blood yarns

always turn out alike

and new's no

different

new day same spike

what

2.4100 : 7/24/16 : Cracking

All on me

ain't cracking

every day

just get stacking

and when I'm high, high

I'll look around

and hear oh!

what a sound

what

2.4099 : 7/23/16 : JOKE

This joke

my scrawly love notes

backgrounded

by a daydream

of a real master

these days

I guess

they're seldom a disaster

and I

try

try

try

isn't this what really

matters?

and if the joke's on me

I'll put it to a melody

what

2.4098 : 7/22/16 : ID4

I die 4 times

Once drowned in rhymes

Once seething brave

and who could save?

Once by drink and dance

felled like a lance

One real, big black

no wake no coming back

what

2.4097 : 7/21/16 : The Slog

talk about the slog?

talk about the log

left light years back

haunt the aging rack

stuck fork it's done

why another one?

Yet I'll resurrect

whatever it may reflect

what

2.4096 : 7/20/16 : Clouds of Witness

Clouds or witness

or is it witness

of the cloudy

See or obscure

if obvious

choices aren't too loud

deter defer

feel I've earned it if it matters

in the face of most

reasoned thinking

such dissembling shatters

what

2.4095 : 7/19/16 : Don't Look

Can't see straight

don't look great

they all tell

me just wait

what

2.4094 : 7/18/16 : Loophole

I barely recall

the magic loophole gizmo

It's a half forgot fantasy

no shred of reality

I'm not remembering

search back there just is no

real impression left

and I am not a bit bereft

what

2.4093 : 7/17/16 : Sit Think and Listen

Try to listen

sit and think

though I feel a

little rinky-dink

trying hard to sit

think and listen

see what sparkles

what will glisten

any day think

listen and sit

the better part

my tiny chip of it

what

2.4092 : 7/16/16 : Dumb

Make dumb magic

like any other false start

dumb mule persistence

I dare call art

So sweep the floor

and blow the fog out

best step back

before I let this dog out

let the list grow

thousand one and scarce a start

ain't good enough to matter

but oh boy I do got heart

but this pain

is southwards deep gut

it's a dumb thing

my friend

this mute surly mutt

what

2.4091 : 7/15/16 : Period or Question Mark

Period? Or question mark?

just like me to court a spark

and blow it on a little trim

I'm a philosopher not a doctor Jim

and finding a bit too deep

below the surface

is it better or worse

to think we're here on purpose

and I'll put a period on that

take it to the bank

a little too ready

for all the file and rank

what

2.4090 : 7/14/16 : Rambling

Leave my river crossing rambling

in the little book

rain or shine you know me

I can always cook

So take a peek in as

I stir up this pot

Because you know I got a lot

and I serve it hot

Surprise some thought

my rambling days had dried up

some days thought myself

these circuits were fried up

With this and that

up my sleeve

a little half smile

take my leave

and ramble on and up

turn tramp baton and cup

what

2.4089 : 7/13/16 : Fighting

Fighting ain't working

So now what?

Maybe make like a chicken

cluck and strut

Say later later

Only got now

hope this affliction

takes a breather

because holy cow

what

2.4088 : 7/12/16 : Sullen Hook

like a last

sullen hook

cast

rather read my book

but I caught

a wave

another hour

two

I could not save

what

2.4087 : 7/11/16 : Punctuate

So let me punctuate

some willful

swerving

with a twist of fate

glad to see

the end of it

now gentle ask

the old friend

to sit

what

2.4086 : 7/10/16 : To Resist Hate

To resist hate:

darkness -

is it too late

saying never

but do we mean now?

and always left

with how

Must not be left

at that

got to stay up

stand flat

and plan

must, will

whatever will can

what

2.4085 : 7/9/16 : Slacking

Not ready to put

the period on slacking

tasty self-indulgence

fit for snacking

It all adds up

to the ol' zero sum

screw it

I'm just here

to chew bubblegum

what

2.4084 : 7/8/16 : Middle Day

The middle day

must have been the long one

dark shadow of doubt

you backed the wrong one

bitter memory

of when you felt so sure

and every thing to come

you must endure

and can't prepare

except to say

this too shall pass away

blend in among the trees

like the middle day

what

2.4083 : 7/7/16 : Burned

Tell me it's not more

make work

stay awake jerk

Before you get hit

burned

like you never

learned

Oh I could

give up flat

no one would

notice that

no bridge there

to burn

long as I still

spend

and earn

and the latest

burn will fade

here hand me

the goddamned

Kool Aid

what

2.4082 : 7/6/16 : 76

Global movement

number 76

looks like a pack

of words and old tricks

like to provoke

a universal yawn

Whatever why don't

You kids get off of my lawn

what

2.4081 : 7/5/16 : Premise

don't want long thinking

this old premise is stinking

I won't scrape that reef again

deeper channel cotter pin

and a half shank and a cleat

this new premise can't be beat

what they thought was

their own game

blew their stones

right on the frame

what

2.4080 : 7/4/16 : The Iconoclast

If you can't imagine

just imagine I imagine

at the distant breaking boundary

of the examined

still more like crude magic

if you're so inclined

so all advanced apace

and every impulse left a trace

the sacred first though

sore diverted to the last

And I am on the track the great iconoclast

grant me to be more like

my ink and paper icon

transcend this greedy age

and leave my own line on the page

what

2.4079 : 7/3/16 : Every Mark

I'll get better timing

I'll nail every mark

we're gonna have a

real good time when we park

I must have said it

oh about a hundred times

I'll say my fair word

When the big bell chimes

And every mark who hears

will get up and follow

I'll show you undeserving fools

but your victory is hollow

what

2.4078 : 7/2/16 : Flipside

No better on flipside

kids always thought

they got the wrong ride

better clear evil

in a dark suit

than the this side record deal

it's fairy loot

what

2.4077 : 7/1/16 : Vacation

Feels like a job

do I get to not do it?

vacation time

and I intuit

find what I'm getting

away from is not me

get back get back

to a truer way to be

what