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