2.4379: 4/29/17 : Old Fox

You can keep pretending

that your checking

the boxes

but there's no really

fooling this old fox is

on to you

try to tell yourself

you're getting

perspective

try to sound

all so wise and reflective

think you do

old friend do you

recall the

green lute band

guess I'll have to

look it up sure

could used a hand

oh like we used to

what

2.4378: 4/28/17 : Abdicate

I know I'll

abdicate

leave my crown

at home

forsake the state

feeling fine

in my hoodie

and chucks

flying free

and giving no

grey ducks

what

2.4377: 4/27/17 : Tests

Not tests to fail

tonight no

derail points

to shatter

on autopilot

plowing through

to refuse you all

your saint's

head on a platter

what

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