2.4376 : 4/26/17 : Plumb

Odds strike me slim

which one am I

pretending to

and what's the deal with him?

When the intertia

pendulum

ceases to swing

and hangs straight

plumb

and the appetites

wash over twice

just another

half turn of the vice

what

2.4375 : 4/25/17 : Coup

Restless in the box

unsure of the locks

Maybe just the jones

butcher the meat

get left with the bones

no interest in a coup

never drop

the other shoe

what

2.4374 : 4/24/17 : Decay

Is it just first day

decay

issues

or the cracks

revealing

truth

and ugly buzz

familiar

frequency

humming in

every tooth

what

2.4373 : 4/23/17 : Rickety Raft

As the rickety raft

approaches the falls

everybody argues

nobody helping at all

nobody paddling or

bailing anymore

Can you bail out a raft?

What they're arguing for

are the falls really coming

Is it that far down

Whose fault was the river

Who chose to leave town

Should we get out and swim?

every soul to its own

who should we chuck out after

all opportunity is blown

what

2.4372 : 4/22/17 : IMPRECISE

The eventual response

was imprecise

tended to excess

extracted a price

left a debit

hell what else is new

somewhat to my credit

keep things generally true

what

2.4371 : 4/21/17 : Raise

So to raise hell

or let things slide

little likely to change

old same will abide

is it honest or just

jealous ire

steal somebody else's fire

but I'll scope it

maybe say my peace

half honest

half spent for release

what

2.4370 : 4/20/17 : Try to Figure Out

Try to figure out

when faith matters most

notice who's the parasite

realize you are the host

who will you trust in between the lanes

not to push you under the bus

out on the mean streets

where only cement reigns

this ain't the end of me

not half not even close

I've got the medicine

I've got a double dose

count five twice open palm

and then I curl it tight

you best to cover up

I showed up here to fight

what

2.4369 : 4/19/17 : Blunders

My share of blunders

foul the data

reveal some secret kink

to wipe out the slate, a

theory of self-sabotage

might well appeal

though I doubt there's much to it

doubt that it's real

just another opportunity

to feast on crow

guess I get down to it

familiar don't you know

at the end of the day

will I really just laugh

hope there's a sunny side

to every stupid gaffe

what

2.4368 : 4/18/17 : Theory

Scratch out a new theory

of the method of the weary

too plot out of the old cycle

call Fortuna call on Michael

ten in hand

one leads the band

by sea and sand

and there to let it stand

the wise ones stacked like crooked blocks

scratched words and rhymes

on scattered rocks

I'm not their kind

a lesser mind

and little skill to bind

and all that's left behind

what

2.4367 : 4/17/17 : Romp

Half an hour

in the swamp

too old for this

no longer down

to romp

haven't quite

replaced the corrupt

chip

hoping soon

my upgrade

will ship

what

2.4366 : 4/16/17 : Cake

This is all just cake

right?

a cool breeze for

you defeated

all the world

that's good because

I need a break

and it need not be

repeated

If I could just get it

through my small

and worried brain

no need to invite the fall

or suffer for all

this imaginary pain

what

2.4365 : 4/15/17 : Service

Doing service

temporary abstinence

waiting on the rise

half decided

half convinced

They're not going to

believe my story

and yet still

I gotta hit 'em

with the love mandatory

try to shake a dance

out of that nonsense

flip the

picture in the sight

of the bomb tense

what

2.4364 : 4/14/17 : Trace

Pinning this

one to the board

time to flash

Unlock the hoard

buy my way

into the fast race

Come up quick

leave a long trace

what

2.4363 : 4/13/17 : To Disrupt

Any saying's been said

and twice and three

the losing count

that's my story

a tar an ichor

the thing stewed

in it's own foul liquor

no one wishes

for this cup

nothing much

here to disrupt

wish for a new thing

out of the blue

that wishing is

and old thing too

what

2.4362 : 4/12/17 : Resistance

Resistance barks

at easy release

and every fiber

bids must cease

reluctance begs

another day

and so the weary

gets its way

what

2.4361 : 4/11/17 : Innovation

Innovation is the

name for next

Gonna get all about

rise above the subtext

Get on the surface

the current the page

watch me decline

your definition of this age

watch me ride rising

the tower of approach

nevermore a dragger

oh no more slow coach

what

2.4360 : 4/10/17 : Stiff Neck

This stiff neck

not a metaphor

already blown my

schedule

and my dwindling score

of energy to plumb

isn't getting any

recharge

and boy I feel dumb

gotta activate

turn the keys

wouldn't mind

a little bump

if you please

 

2.4359 : 4/9/17 : Full Nerd

Shoulda turned inward

shoulda gone full nerd

Had a full foot in

found weed and got thin

can't overwrite that

Sourcing a new hat

just find me my just grind

I'll grin and go in blind

what

2.4358 : 4/8/17 : Pause

Slip bits

of unfinished business

into the pause

one of those days

kicking against

this immutable

laws

required to pay

for feelings

you didn't earn

can't know

anything

you did not learn

what

2.4357 : 4/7/17 : If At Long Last

If not a vision

if not a voice

if not a riddle

or exactly a choice

If not in books

or ritual

the long project

or the practice habitual

If at long last

not a gift of persistence

then I'm out of ideas

but on goes existence

what

2.4356 : 4/6/17 : Treasure Map

Will I get a clue

a little treasure map

tuck into a coin purse

close with a snap

maybe just a signifier

prove I'm pushing forth

x marks a moving target

drifting roughly east by north

what

2.4355 : 4/5/17 : I'm a Bad One

Where this anxious feeling

just too much caffeine?

an emotionl reaction

to feeling bad and mean

too much exposure

to the hoi polloi

oh I'm a bad one

I'm no Christian boy

Hope it just wears off

fades and slips by

just seeking out a new way

to earn my chips by

what

2.4354 : 4/4/17 : Mission

12 year mission

So far but

So sure to end

Still without an inkling

of what's around

the next bend

and many grimly

questioned

that which held me

in its thrall

Said:

Strength

Stillness

and compassion

and that

was all

what

2.4353 : 4/3/17 : Pass

I get a pass

for my suffering

wouldn't win a contest

whether I bluff or bring

Some version of

true feeling

how I wish it

was more appealing

what

2.4352 : 4/2/17 : Street Poet

Should I stand ahead

or behind one

street poet,

suffering's son

me child of privelege

these books I fill

had my own troubles

but really and still

dream to be a patron

savior if I'm honest

they've got a word for it

leave it unspoken

would be best

grant to me

understanding and grace

and I'll try to live up

whatever my place

what

2.4351 : 4/1/17 : Prison of Doldrum

Break out of this

prison of

doldrum

repeat

the olde ruler

from its throne

unseat

the first

ending

is for

self-reproach

start the long

hard journey

to the tower

of approach

what

2.4350 : 3/31/17 : Sketch

Just want to sketch

what I'm not

prepared to paint

maybe I just

want to be

coming off like a saint

the notion of

two made one

a slower

deeper world

Somehow we could

run

and sing a song

of relief and respite

try to find a key

that doesn't make me

feel desperate

what

2.4349 : 3/30/17 : Branching

Perceive a start

a branching

from this old stock

once I thought I was

hot prick

but I feel like

cold cock

this little

stirring

could it be real

why don't you

back it up

tell me what you feel

what

2.4348 : 3/29/17 : Tank

Everyone will

end up in the tank

pipe in

a far from perfect fake

block out

the truss and shank

forget there was

a real before the break

monetized

and sort of bespoke

Warehoused

and hydroponic

even the designers

will forget the inside joke

in the semidark

and the drone subsonic

what

2.4347 : 3/28/17 : Unbound

Is there really any power

near waiting to be unbound

did I ever catch

a shade's echo

of that big sound?

maybe just a

fairytale

lost in the woods

swallowed by a whale

maybe I'm

hidden in plain sight

maybe nobody cares

So they

put out the light

what

2.4346 : 3/27/17 : Diamond

Hidden diamond

invisible

need it so much

got no visual

got no

treasure map

can't rise

above the trap

keep hope

close to my chest

maybe hid forever

would be best

what

2.4345 : 3/26/17 : Bad Demand

As entropy

forever has the

upper hand

spend lives

dodging the

thumb of bad demand

To sum it up

in the lingua franca

a nicer way of saying

here comes the shitstorm

to tank ya

yet here I am

little engine saying

what now?

days not done

and I'm not

done dodging

I vow

what

2.4344 : 3/25/17 : Rank

So still behaving

like the rank & file

I could have faked it

if I had more style

but being as how

I never had the chops

I better hustle

better pull the stops

nobody's pushing through

to give me props

or else get used

to putting up with slops

what

2.4343 : 3/24/17 : Lost Lines

lost lines

flee through

a mind

half there

and can't

care

say

another day

another way

of saying

anyway

wherever

the lost lines

get tucked

as long

as another

thorn gets

plucked

what

2.4342 : 3/23/17 : Not Destiny

Think fast

reject the past

it is not destiny

There is the rest to see

we're going to get concrete

grass growing under feet

the worms

the birds the moles

my lovely lawn of holes

it's waking up again

we'll raise it up past ten

no fates no omens left

be only swift and deft

what

2.4341 : 3/22/17 : Exultation

The exultation doesn't last

and is counterfeit

and the objects of

our admiration

are far too used to it

I know the pattern well

and never judge

I've fallen more than many times

for it's allure

relief from drudge

And I've my own

little dragons to tame

and one one has forever

and it's no game

what

2.4340 : 3/21/17 : Sounding

Somewhere between the

mundane mire

and the highly theoretical

celestial fire

wherever is my

heart's true sounding

would it feel like

old familiar

or the stark

shock astounding

will I ever really get

within shouting hail

or spend my lifetime

trying to fix the hole in the pail

maybe what luck I had

ran out of it years ago

and the trick's unless I find it

then I'll never know

what

2.4339 : 3/20/17 : Dole

Universal basic dole

just a regular

human hole

would I take it

likely no

long as there's

elsewhere to go

what

2.4338 : 3/19/17 : No Muse

No muse but strategy

and requirements

self imposed

arbitrary

scarce recall

what inpired this

Constant recursion

was not the plan

but few things

go on as they began

not much

of a blueprint but

the no muse said

go

and this is the what

what

2.4337 : 3/18/17 : Do I Dare

Do I dare ask

at this point

for a second act?

Did I say that

already?

Do I repeat myself in fact

trying to adjust

the volume

trying to get the fix

On the signal

on the beacon

not knowing if it's there

or just more

mind tricks

what

2.4336 : 3/17/17 : Call of the Night

Try to defy the

call of the night one time

the evidence of past crime

the empty glass

the tired eyes

try to dream of seas

and believing in suprise

and believing in

surprise

not in the other day

not in passing

or pretending

not in contrived

beginnings

or imagined

ending

what

2.4335 : 3/16/17 : A Midnight

So: a midnight

and I'm still in the game

figure out

on my own terms

what I mean to reclaim

haven't got much

kid stuff left

got one of my own

and a stake

in the treble clef

and one hand

on a bass grind

keep gearing it down

till it's so funky

everybody going to

lose their mind

what

2.4334 : 3/15/17 : This Stop

This stop I have to

get off or stay

declare the wind down

I've got a right to

go my own way

can I find a reason

beyond the keeping on

do I try to fight

for another floor

up the tower of song

what

2.4333 : 3/14/17 : Reign Doubt

No turnaround today

not giving it

the play

barely

scratching out

things as they

are so

let reign doubt

what

2.4332 : 3/13/17 : Flush

I'll keep short changing

I'm just not flush

always the tailends

always the rush

never a reward

Oh I live it pure

drop all ambition

and I'll find the cure

what

2.4331 : 3/12/17 : Whiskey Dream

The whole concept

was a whiskey dream

the morning found

it had no steam

the evening found me

cranky and stalled

hardly telling stories

hardly enthralled

what

2.4330 : 3/11/17 : Tale of Rings

Tell a tale of rings

always loved shiny things

all the paradigms

and plots life brings

Little folks and

wizards grand

pipeweed really

fueled the band

I dreamed the

better part of a year

and if you got ears

sure you'll hear

It's what I had

hidden in my pocket

and the dream

awoke as a rocket

that blasted

to three hundred days

and so the beat

bays

what

2.4329 : 3/10/17 : Scatter

My business all

a scatter pattern

lost that guy

who had the lantern

guess I didn't measure up

again again

invoke the cup

too old

eclipsed

no grails

feels like the rest's

on rails

my business alla

chaos moiré

only in my dreams

the crystal array

what

2.4328 : 3/9/17 : Implication

Always left up late

with the implication

hanging by a thread

waiting for incarnation

what

2.4327 : 3/8/17 : Out of Salt

Set another task

what a fool what a mask

like the original round

still chasing that sound

so shake it like we're

already almost out of salt

Yeah shake it like your head

saying it's none of your fault

If you can't shake it like

you're trying to shake the devil off

you better listen up

no you better not scoff

the very thought of excitement

sets me well on my guard

turning this raft around

is going to be so hard

should I have left it cold

renounced song forsaken art

left town with an

unburdened heart

what

2.4326 : 3/7/17 : Garbage

Toss the garbage

throw the trash

better not think about

what's left to smash

feeling a little

trashed in and out

save what's left

for another bout

haven't given up

but the future is dim

a little pessimistic

for sure a little grim

for a minute there though

I really flew

but nothing but the cold

ended up getting through

what

2.4325 : 3/6/17 : The Plot

Mighta lost the plot too

far back to find the trail

again do we tray to make

or find by hammer thread lens or sail

many think it's hardly a real thing

bound by book cross rope rail or ring

but I loved it so

just can't say goodbye

I swear I saw it far off

once with my good eye

So what it explains the chaos

say it don't exist

Say that's just more rising action

know I've got a list

play it one two three

when I'm down by four

for the breath of a rumor

I'll get up off the floor

what

2.4324 : 3/5/17 : Free Fall

Everyone around me with

their fixed idea

everyone with their own

end all be all

I got not notion no

notion at all

No big production

my production is

in free fall

what

2.4323 : 3/4/17 : Brief

Let each song's life

be brutal and brief

to ward off the one

who comes like a thief

in the night while the rest

sleep shelved like books

I spin up what can't

be claimed by crooks

what

2.4322 : 3/3/17 : Dauntless

No great burden

I'm not the unlucky

do I wish to be

dauntless and plucky

do I really

want to dwell and sulk

such grains of salt

better buy in bulk

at least square my shoulders

stand up straight

bring on another

with full on freight

what

2.4321 : 3/2/17 : Worlds and How Many More?

How many worlds

and how many more?

and each more dull

than the one before

too many make-

believes

on too impressionable

young age

and the shameful

palimpsest

today's

ragged page

let me fit one more

world just one

I ask

to fit this thing

I say I seek

a worthy task

what

2.4320 : 3/1/17 : Mess

Sometimes the mess

before I even started

quit it faster

than I can be thwarted

blanked out

and a stumbly pen

shutter the light and send

this hound back to

his den

what

leap

Sat down to do my daily portion (I've been missing too many days posting and trying to stay on track) only to be reminded that the Leap year cycle of the posted songs are not in sync with Actual Time. Might as well do a little meta.

I've never known less what I'm doing, in the posting of this (which as far as I can tell literally no one is reading, however it might generate a small handful of impressions that I suppose are bots), or in the writing that is ongoing. The long atrophied impetus to actually make or record music hangs on by the slenderest filament. I haven't updated the Personal Favorites page in going on 13 volumes.

No conclusions. Onward to March I guess.

what

2.4319 : 2/28/17 : Alert

Seven years slap

knocked from the groove

no treat to read

sure had something to prove

left the rift behind

without a glance back

no standing salt for me

no romance for the crack

what

2.4318 : 2/27/17 : Tick

Tick the boxes

it looks like discipline

better not skip the practice

risk letting

who knows what in

I think I'd

rather read a book

leave the box shut

a skip

taking this look

what

2.4317 : 2/26/17 : Many Hours Later

Many hours later

Still silent,

seeking sign

dark dreams

and an hour I still malign

I will ask for help

Seeking the Voice

that comes after the fire

and before the choice

between a silence

none dare describe

nevermore deny the cup

I demanded to imbibe

not knowing is no excuse

anyway you can't

the truth the many

hours bought

now so I came at it

aslant

what

2.4316 : 2/25/17 : A Contender

Too late too long

felt like a pretender

bite tongue from telling

How I could have

been a contender

If I had

would I be singing now

too foolish to think this way

but if not this way

then how?

what

2.4315 : 2/24/17 : Lament

Thought about another

to try to make it better

but another probably make

it worse

that's just the

commonplace of man

it ain't no magic curse

thought I had more

but lament is such a bore

and distraction takes up

So much time

whatever it was

let be be just because

it was a long enough climb

what

2.4314 : 2/23/17 : Great Adventure

Get all over

that great adventure

trip

won't actually

get there

but you'll all

part with

your scrip

get no new

stories

but the danger

is real

So how does that

make you feel

how does that

rub you

are your hackles

erect

When it comes to

tarnished aspirations

I'm the

prince select

what

2.4313 : 2/22/17 : A Gem

I didn't see

a gem

a new rune

barring great

discord

won't hear

a new tune

and it's all

I care to

think of so

back out

real, real

slow

what

2.4312 : 2/21/17 : Scraps

I pull an inch

on every scroll

Same old scraps

by day I bring it

while I dream of naps

I haven't got

within a shout of balance

how the hell did I

so badly

screw up my valance

a scrap of this

a scrap of the other

big ideas float through

throw up my hands

oh brother

will I ever

sew this patchwork

into something that can cover

are there scraps left

of the fighter

of the poet and the lover?

what

2.4311 : 2/20/17 : Little Crutch

Do I mine

or scan the sky

for what I need

to get by

Don't even want

to name it

and if I see it

will I dare to

claim it

I want or so I say

to change so very much

tell myself that

interim

I just need a

little crutch

I don't know

wha'ts really lacking

or if I'm really

gaining for all my stacking

what

2.4310 : 2/19/17 : Ball

Can't spit up

what's stuck halfway down

because I can't choke it up

You better go to town

since I can't talk back

Won't get a better chance

to lay me wide open

with a backwards glance

well I guess I'd just call

this old mess

a ball

ain't you really

glad you asked

you all

If you can believe it

it was worse in my head

guess it stuck in my craw

and came out lukewarm instead

what

2.4309 : 2/18/17 : Cross Nought

Cross nought

poorly balanced

none win

got no other

game it seems

I scratch a grid

begin again

what

2.4308 : 2/17/17 : Filled

So many

starts and halts

Still mostly

same old faults

is a vessel left

without a hole

pretty useless

still

nothing stays full

all filled

with black sand

all filled

by the same Hand

but not all

filled alike

So that's a pretty

petty psyche

and all punched

with the same hole

leaking at the same rate

waiting on the

same toll

what

2.4307 : 2/16/17 : Silt & Drift

Still too often wanting

to just rush through

grasping, grasping, grasping

and it all sifts past to

silt and drift

the pile unobtainable

the very hallmark of

life unsustainable

try to stop to

be very very still

what's there to gather

nothing does and nothing will

still not right

somehwere an easy stance

effortless unthinking

light as an unsettling glance

billowing net of gossamer

billows with crystal light

but this only a daydream

and I rush into another night

what

2.4306 : 2/15/17 : Beams

I went out to root

for the good guys

but all I saw were

teams

I was looking hard to

judge them

but my eyes

got full of beams

of sun and moon

and hell yeah laser type

I couldn't believe

these Astral Beams

could live up

to the hype

I pray an

honest one

will take me by the arm

in all the blindness

of my beams

and lead me

free of harm

what

2.4305 : 2/14/17 : Felled

fairly felled

by the brew

not the bow

the latter long since

scored his mortal blow

don't you know

while I'm yet tottering

I'll follow through

my stroke and cease

as near as I'll get

to release

what

2.4304 : 2/13/17 : More Math

Do more math

try to calculate

the halfway

no bending these

equations

except do

really mean it

that way?

And anyway

what will I 

observe

some perverse

synapse quivers

but I'll hang

on to my

reserve

what

2.4303 : 2/12/17 : Wish You Were

Got nothing

not interested

better luck next time

wish you were here

and I was elsewhere

wish it were your dime

what

2.4302 : 2/11/17 : Backlash

Put myself before

the backlash

again and again

no weapon but my pen

You'd think I like the lash

but I don't I swear

it's just I get stretched

and hours can get wretched

and I've got nothing to declare

nothing gets me excited

not sainthood or sinning

the bad guys still winning

next wave not even sighted

what

2.4301 : 2/10/17 : Blue Light

I should be smart

and just give up the fight

whisky and water

and unreal blue light

find better patterns

settings for my stones

some lovely intricate

channel for these bones

that never quite get

clothed in proper flesh

always the bleeding chunks

not fair but fresh

hearken too much back

to bad old ways

I should give up

shut every door on those days

what

2.4300 : 2/9/17 : Sovereign State

The independent

sovereign state at war

now everyone became

what all deplore

an ugly spectacle of waste

but what the hell

we all had the taste

for the spice of blood

in our narrative

so dreary the lot

of all who merely wish to live

peace and good fortune

where's he poetry in that

said the troglodytes

as the took the best to the mats

a grim spectacle

but with a handful of

bright gems

seems a poor trade

for us left holding

a dozen dry stems

what

2.4299 : 2/8/17 : Always New

Holler back

to cycles

like sick again

somehow

always new

old unwelcome friend

not feeling

eloquent

mired and

glued

and though

the cycle will turn

tonight I'm

buried in

its brood

what

2.4298 : 2/7/17 : Every Bright Head

This poison drool

will float my

back teeth off

but won't stop

piling up

till it fills

my dumb kopf

seems these days

what I'm up to generate

down with the

general hate

swish cane and

lops

every bright head

that bobs

a little too high

sure at least

I'm safe

such a downcast guy

but I should look out

for those bright lights

seeing as how we ain't half done

with these days' fights.

what

2.4297 : 2/6/17 : Touched Too Light

And my stains and slops

never fade

how clever I am

what a droll thing

I've made

perfect for one

talent touched too light

not quite astute enough

to quietly bury

his plight

a little too meek

to brush off

the writing on the wall

and probably too

deep in now

to think of

backing out at all

what

2.4296 : 2/5/17 : More of the Same

More of the same

sorry

but not really

but I need to be

clear of

my self-imposed

labors

tonight

what

2.4295 : 2/4/17 : Things I Don't Need

Things I don't need

and needn't

put up with

I could make a list

but I'll spare

everyone

what

2.4294 : 2/3/17 : Confluence

Whence the quest sense

dimmed by dark times

old school bad guys

and their boring boring crimes

why do I feel responsible

dumb and miniscule

not an ounce of influence

no change agent

just more floating

detritus

swept in the confluence

that's not helping

either

still wrestling the stone

a lot of us at it

yet we feel alone

what

2.4293 : 2/2/17 : Big Woo Woo

And just like fun

You can stop talking

about that

and how we all

get to your

Big Woo Woo

There's been

a million

be a million more

somebody always

telling what

you've got to do

I keep on

whittling down

less and less

what a little point

blunt small

that's all

God bless

what

2.4292: 2/1/17 : Inside Out

What to call it

knot or lock

try to turn it inside out

or stem to stock

have I been chasing

or run on rout

what would I call it

inside out

how to stop hoping

for sudden light

and call the thing

now a gift not a plight

how long will I keep

that facade up

long enough to hoist

my get into got up

long enough to reach

way deep inside

and yank the thing out

Through its own hide

and hand this new pet

its own name

call it inside out

just why I came

what

2.4291 : 1/31/17 : Throne

Throw a new seat

on the throne

a little joke for

me alone

at least a little

definite to cap

a day that proved

mostly to sap

will I ever

drive the bad thought off

say I might but

some dark thought will scoff

but I'll think of

my new shiny throne

just enough to

throw myself a bone

what

2.4290 : 1/30/17 : Every Griefer

Could get

every griefer

swift reprise

to every griefer

swift wind

none see apporach

bearing the lance

of this towering reproach

what

2.4289 : 1/29/17 : Coup

They argued if this was

the start of the coup

we all argued

Whatever we could do

Just an old dog

used to dealing out the deck of woe

all you can take heart in

it ain't our first rodeo

what

2.4288 : 1/28/17 : Chuck

Chuck three sports cards

inexplicably saved

hope they weren't sentimental

to you

but you are beyond sentiment

and I gotta start somewhere

hacking back the material tide

sad but true

what would you think

of these tides of late

you'd have some choice words

I hope all that garbage

is off your plate

but I'm still down here

fighting many tides

and forever seeking that far shore

where everything

of worth abides

what

2.4287 : 1/27/17 : Ten Turns

Did I live less?

Wierdly with more stress

did run out of tales

ten turns back

Dreamt such wild things

Orbits of steel rings

looking dusty old like Gernsback

what got stuck in the straw

what got stuck in my craw

I never saw my way

to pick my go time

feels like forevermore

feels more like nevermore

any other turn left

but this slow time

what

2.4286 : 1/26/17 : Released

Released once

from the

wish of the well

throw no coin

for no word

will tell

what

2.4285 : 1/25/17 : Every No

Pile every chip

and every tattered bill

pulled my gold tooth

but oh they want more still

every single day

they want a little show

for want of a

better idea

I bite back every no

a sack of tarnished pride

Weighs down half my tightrope pole

but it gets balanced pretty good

by what I think's

a sack of coal

And if I haven't found a virtue

lately I'd care to extoll

well look around you lord of hosts

because the devil's

on a roll

what

2.4284 : 1/24/17 : Dread

Almost caught

get caught up in the

dread word spiral

wasn't long at all ago

we had a much better

us for the adjective viral

I won't be edified

or taught so why

not let all dread

gray thought pass by

and coast an

early bed

rise to who knows

a different head

One that does not dread

so easily and fast

and hang a slim silver

crown on the main mast

what

2.4283 : 1/23/17 : Lord Austere

Will the Lord Austere lead me

where the way of will faltered

was there really a time

I ever had the demon haltered

said once a prayer of

simple dull endurance

but these days I'm older

want a little more insurance

but it's not today no to day-o

and I already knew what I'd say-o

give me your plain ring Austere I kiss it

it's tomorrow and tomorrow

and I don't even miss it

what

2.4282 : 1/22/17 : Alternative Facts

Day 3 in the realm

of alternative facts

I've downed my share

and my amazing acts

of daring in mind

of generous words

a prince among tasters

in the first age of the nerds

I'll be an iconoclast

demand evidence

a train of logic

and things making sense

no doubt become an outcast

crying in the waste

imagining the real alternative

as the age batters truth to paste

what

2.4281 : 1/21/17 : The Other Monkeys

Thoughts knocking around

unproductive noise, not sound

What's the gear I need

to harmonize

While stones tumble

and the time flies

I put a lot into

the ever present grind

but never got me

an inch closer to peace of mind

and the refrain is

dead familiar

throw me a bone

hey would it kill ya

what is the gear I need

to get harmonized

I saw one used

but still so high prized

for me

so keep knocking around

with all the other

monkeys in this tree

what

2.4280 : 1/20/17 : Mr. Clever Dumb

Tired of Mr. Clever Dumb

and how all the moments come

and weather, work, repast, and rest

and feel I've failed most every test

what

2.4279 : 1/19/17 : Planting

Planting seeds

I'm not sure I

want to cultivate

many tendrils

drag me to a steady state

don't blame the job

blame the man

you sent

And oh how weary

to picture

wondering where it all

went

what

2.4278 : 1/18/17 : A Tide

Grant power

magic

to turn a tide

pity this poor

believer

still yet

so unsatisfied

what

2.4277 : 1/17/17 : Goal

What the hell's the definition

between a goal

and a mission

if I finally got it

written down

could I finally lift

my head and look around

I can't believe

threw more hours

down that hole

chasing the zeitgeist

baiting the troll

bail bail bail

leaks are multiplying

holy hell in twelve

I'll purely be dying

what

2.4276 : 1/16/17 : Troll

The whole damn century

is a troll so far

no day for heroes

no rising star

but at least this small hour

going to muscle up

at least the couple sandbags

I can rustle up

what

2.4275 : 1/15/17 : Hole

And so every so often

fall through this hole

the bottom falls out

so many hours I stole

and I'll pay for it

stumble through somehow

I guess it's a living

but holy cow

what

2.4274 : 1/14/17 : New Plan A

New plan A

and who can stop me

old's the new young

or prove me wrong

and drop me

nothing like magic

but watch out for misdirection

this next one's going to take you

like a jab to the midsection

what

2.4273 : 1/13/17 : Strength

Will I find that strength

in a website book

One day date me so badly

be embarassed to look

took a lot of leaps

could argue

never blind

or far enough

always found the strength

to go on

but did it ever

get that tough?

was always just

looking for a rulebook

a cheat code

the instructions?

guess I'm wired

to keep looking

among these

baffling constructions

what

2.4272 : 1/12/17 : It's Fun to Dream

It's fun to dream

big score big con life's work on along

Shot down shot back toss the shot

Then attack

it's fun to dream

oh the melody the shaker breaker

bellery fame without

consequence

how'd a smart boy

get so dense?

But it's

fun to dream away

the dark age in between

the wasted gears

and another dull day

but that is not

the song I sought

and dreaming ends

If only I could

end all thought

of

what

2.4271 : 1/11/17 : No Access

No access

stopped short

at the shell

diamond hard

transparent

as hell

and oh what

jolly fun it

looks inside

can't be part of it

and so I hide

can't last

soon to be

dragged into light

blinking

but standing

and still

burn bright

what

2.4270 : 1/10/17 : A Husk

Tried to stop asking

for lights on the way

for mystic unmasking

and a better day

but the spark won't quit kindling

getting burned to a husk

though the light seems dwindling

and I fear eternal dusk

maybe I knew at the center

I could not stop all hope

for a new sign saying enter

through days I merely cope

don't know if I'm living through

or just marking ticks

a box of days to give you

and me still kicking at the pricks

what

2.4269 : 1/9/17 : Dead Eye

Always aiming

always

scoping out

fifth decade

on the mission

still a

groping scout

never getting

that dead-eye

flow down

oh someday

I shall

there'll be

a hoe down

what

2.4268 : 1/8/17 : Daylights

No not going to

let the usual fog

trick the daylights

out of this old dog

I got a scent on

so faint as to madden

but as the routine

went on

his heart began to gladden

because it sounded

like that one song

and it felt like home

and it smelled of times

in childhood

happy content and alone

but it felt like a gathering

many old friends

and it moved like

a congregation

united in means

not ends

what

2.4267 : 1/7/17 : The Lost Track

The lost track

that started here

Somewhere long

and far off

will suddenly appear

and none will

remember where

it ever was supposed to

lead

and I'm guessing

it doesn't matter much

better to production

better look for speed

it was an

age of expedience

wrapped in ugly lies

but they didin't

pull the wool

over my eyes

what

2.4266 : 1/6/17 : Push the Chairs In

Latel always wanting to just

rack the glasses

push the chairs in

Pull the shades

and go home

Routine pulls the plow

nothing's different now

there's nowhere

I would roam

I would pull the

dark cold night

like a blanket over

my buzzing head

Follow it through

nothings going

to fall to you

drop 90 million

miles into bed

what

2.4265 : 1/5/17 : A New Thing

Try a new thing

work in hope

strive idealistic

surge for scope

small is beautiful

I must be ravishing

and that's about the extent

to be slavishing

what

2.4264 : 1/4/17 : Sandbags

Plenty to decry

always plenty

to pass by

plenty of sandbags

in a pile

hell this could

take a while

it's dull I'm

copping out

this warm pot sucks

I'm hopping out

it just takes

to damn long to boil

and I've got

days left yet

to toil

what

2.4263 : 1/3/17 : Shady

Was thinking big thoughts

but the night

made them fadey

and anyhow my big

thoughts always

seem shady

and I'm tired of hype

that just doesn't

ring true

So I'll mute the bell

and hang up that clue

what

2.4262 : 1/2/17 : Petty Pace

All I can 

such a petty pace

and the big casino

is a race

I never got the

invitation

so it seems

except in spooling words

and half remembered dreams

rough starting

what's new?

fear too much

will be remembered

as the year

the bill came due

what

2.4261 : 1/1/17 : Rune

So the sucking void

asserts its space

too soon

Please don't ask me to

explain the chaos rune

just the armies

of the hateful

Still on every side

and does the light really abide?

I'm just cranky

I'm just low on sleep

fucked up on legal

uppers

downers

too much wheat

too many words

too many minds

everted

on this backwards warped

panoptic

where all progress

is perverted

what

2.4260 : 12/31/16 : Tear it in Half

Get this party started

in the usual fashion

alone and silent

and well out of the action

after the introspect

I'll tear it in half

led the party up and

away from the golden calf

What's in my pocket?

 a coin key or ring?

is my left hand clutched

around anything?

oh just you wait

for a delight will soon appear

poet out

and see you next year

what

2.4259 : 12/30/16 : HERD

Go on two years

pummled with it

and still resist

just another one

any cool fate missed

just another one

of the ordinary herd

and I disbelieve it

push my broom

and say not a word

how I pine

how I dream of the key

my own secret garden

locked up inside of me

I sketched it once

called it my masterpiece

and wonder if there's anything

esle that could

give me release

what

2.4258 : 12/29/16 : Thrill Star

No thrill star

no rocky bod

desk jockey

pasty office clod

pudgy american

full of cake

no kung fu

no downtown shake

hope I don't

need to save nothing

I'm not really

even up to bluffing

what