2.4501: 8/29/17 : To Sustain

The turning of the year

required too much

to sustain for long

So left it at

the threshhold

with its plain song

what

2.4500 : 8/28/17 : Bellows

What to build first

the furnace or

the bellows

don't it always

end up going to

the tough agressive fellows

can you design

your way out of

that one Einstein

leave those losers

at the junction of

no problem and

I got mine

what

2.4499 : 8/27/17 : Fair

Even between the stars

we'll need a spectacle

at times and marking

of the seasons oh

It's time for the fair

Imagine all of them

riding on the tram

from their far-flung roosts

and see them all there

so cheer up groundling

in your dismal age

of Realekonomik

and virtuality

though it may be beyond

your age you may salute

time at your own day

out in your own fair reality

what

2.4498 : 8/26/17 : The Credential

I dreamed I was

to hit restart

resume pursuit

of the credential

if i could flip

the switch I'd be

writing elevator music

last heave-ho to Potential

stand with me in

this elevator

you won't believe

what's up the next decks

I've only got

time for the

elevator pitches

so I do my best with specks

what

2.4497 : 8/25/17 : Universal Schematic

Your kechain fob

atop your pen

universal schematic

compressed, and all

the images scrubbed

pure text didactic

what's with the

crazy things I dream of

never in a million years sell

of course not the point

tell myself the millionth time

I guess that I don't listen very well

what

2.4496 : 8/24/17 : Crew Goal

The exciting discovery

of failing light

chance for a crew goal

we'll get it together

in just one night

an excuse to

leave home

mission to an unknown land

everybody gets to be

a hero now and then

oh we sister's band

what

2.4495 : 8/23/17 : Phases

Life phases like the

moon's craze is on

me remembering

Prior junctions

hours overworked on

functions

unfulfilled

ended up half crazy

and bitter-pilled

but I'm not then or that

and then's not now

call it an interlude

I'll get back into space

somehow

what

2.4494 : 8/22/17 : Natural Sphere

Need some getting back

to a natural sphere

get plenty of that

in my space ark

you'll wish you were here

Seeking my own soon

me and my little crew

and if you're nice

I'll bring back a tale

or two

what

2.4493 : 8/21/17 : Medac

Even in a

perfect enclosed society

might get sick

might get hurt

no fear

Collectivized and

medac bots

will make sure

you don't lose your shirt

you could call it

a necessity of meritocracy

who could excel

under such a burden

I'm getting vicious

message creep

in my fine

day dreaming

I never could manage

to suck the herd in

what

2.4492 : 8/20/17 : Their Grip

What's this hanging on?

Who's losing their grip

What future fantasy

would you have me ship?

Who are you asking?

how would you hear?

I'll tell you when the ones

I'm waiting for appear

what

2.4491 : 8/19/17 : Van

as an aside

from the impossible

fantasy future

disconnected not even

a clumsy suture

I gotta new fantasy

a bitching van

tricked airbrush paint job

You know I'm a fan

little travel kit

cabinet and bed

Cross country at last

all in my head

probably means something

I'd rather just doze

lost in my daydreams

like one of those

what

2.4490 : 8/18/17 : Tram

The little tram goes everywhere

the claustro halls

the halls of air

magnetic electric

near silent of course

superevolution of the iron horse

scary fast sling like a bee

and in this mind

naturally free

so many places to journey within

can only explore on this margin, thin

but for all the days

are not unlimited

get a lot of dipping

in the well unlimited

what

2.4489 : 8/17/17 : Leisure

Does it all get done

by robots?

Does it

make us kings of leisure

but a quarter in my

noggin

Keeps on counting

just to be sure

never

mind

figure it will

at least take car of

itself

Leaving at least a dash

of leisure for

this tired self

what

2.4488 : 8/16/17 : Air Silos

Steel horizons steel skies

Scale beggars imagination

On vistas as the crow flies

tanks like lakes

jewel-emerald with life

I dream the air silos

fields of division on the bioknife

Chlorophyll and concentration

the great inertial pumps

the works wrought in great black

yards of asteroid mine dumps

to dream a lifetime I'll never see

new fontiers and other well-worn copy

I circle on a glider of thought

Over rich outlets where the air gets choppy

what

2.4487 : 8/15/17 : For 20 Years

Begin by remembering

a time of year

a favorite tree

a place outside

for twenty years

left all but forever

but kept safe

between my ears

go there anytime

better than the lately

step outside these circles in circles

that have grieved me lately

what

2.4486 : 8/14/17 : Too Many Books

Scattered over too many books

always thinking this one might

maybe if I tore out the pages

finally get them shuffled right

answers that i tried to scribble

was I ever inspired or just grasping straws

never one there when you need it

in the dark numinous jaws

of a moment that could spill

escape and revelation

this one dropped into the tub

that one lost on some vacation

this one colonized by figures

that one I can't read my own hand

can't think of what but to stack them

dusty corners are the home brand

what

2.4485 : 8/13/17 : Dirt Halo

Dream myself right off in space

the dirt halo

and the enclosed place

could it be like

Concord of old

maybe a more inclusive metaphor

if I may be so bold

the soaring vistas

the machinary

a world of imagination

and what it might

all mean to me

another fantasy

suppose I'll never start

and what are all these

half measures

inflicting on

my heart?

what

2.4484 : 8/12/17 : Sneaky

Simple as a spinning top

Pound a peg, hang my hammer

and stop

now to dodge a paradox

feel me on this Jake:

I'll slip right off the page

just like a sneaky snake

what

2.4483 : 8/11/17 : Early Shift

Get in an early shift

on the third unpaid job

no sure what it's good for

besides flapping my gob

Probably no essayist

ever going to sing its praises

but I guess I own it outright

and still the stack raises

oh I did it again

went and inverted the bottle

have to break it in need

to let out all this wreck and dottle

what

2.4482 : 8/10/17 : Task

Hardly caring

and certainly not daring

and the discharge of the battery

seems to produce no energy

pins and needles

the old coward whines and wheedles

need I go on?

it's not much of a koan

did I used to be brighter

somehow more of a fighter

am I coming around

or just producing mocking sound

will it make it to the LP

I expect no one will help me

particularly as I fail to ask

and every moment is just a task.

what

2.4481 : 8/9/17 : The Sound Tide

Same old same old

but this old dog don't

bite so easy anymore

nothing's permanent

anyway I always find a way

to force open another door

and all I want to do

tonight

is drift on the sound

tide and feel all right

carry that ocean

in my pocket

and my home is

anywhere

I can find a socket

and if rock won't

have me

I'll roll along free

on my sound tide

baby

no more the wannabe

what

2.4480 : 8/8/17 : Instruction Book

Follow the instruction book

Seven years cold

every day a birthday

it doesn't seem so old

Seems as fresh as yesterday

days and their thousands

rake them up with my fingers

my no-thing garden sands

Wanting ninety nine things

here's one I've got

dreamng seven years hence

Now there's a little thought

what

2.4479 : 8/7/17 : Heron

Water bird

dips its head

in the quiet

my soul is fed

how the ripples

circle out and out

no need for words

no idea

what it's about

heron I imagine

When I see you fly

where you land

What passes by

You could call it

elementary

but where it will

show

is a mystery to me

what

2.4478 : 8/6/17 : Monochrome

The monochrome mood

has reigned too long

rail and founder

everthing that's wrong

the misspent past

the permanent record

wielded like a lash against myself

clash dead strings like a wrecked chord

what's a real alternative look like?

When is the dog too old and tired

for learning one wierd trick

to unleash the soul unmired

easy to frame that tricky shot

plotting the approach is no joke

hard to believe I'm anywhere here

and not just blowing smoke

what

2.4477 : 8/5/17 : Money Wave

Dream of surfing this

American money wave

some say it's crashing soon

best jump for one last rave

One time I'll hit the timing

get in on floor one

jump at the very peak

call me mister one and done

dreams are easy math is hard

never showed the head for it

what fool would bet on me

more for me when I hit

what

2.4476 : 8/4/17 : Split

Will I ever commit

oh I have many

but for this world

I haven't found any

causes I can

oh really believe

oh really commit

and all the time

I feel split

what

2.4475 : 8/3/17 : 7 STYLES

7 Styles verbal technique

Fork tongue, cat dude,

Stringbound beak,

Lizard person disguised as monk,

Fortinbras, Homunculus,

Rhetorical skunk

All my skills are

So uncool

everything adds up to

shoulda stayed in school

Sometimes charm

but seldom convince

my and my dumb obsession

with the evidence

what

2.4474 : 8/2/17 : A DECADE

Think about the big shut off

Shoot not tonight

but maybe maybe

someday it feels right

I can't deny this

information age wears me down

could probably do with

a decade in a quiet town

what

2.4473 : 8/1/17 : Big Reveal

I daydream about the big reveal

could I ever script the way it makes me feel

When I think about the syncopation

while I barely scrape my daily ration

so many thoughts they barely register

So much I'll never drop or make a stir

the good argument is I found my level

the going flow well it was alwas my devil

and on the flipside just the humdrum toil

What bare crop could I till in such soil

far from convinced any ship is coming

and still far back in my mind I hear the drumming

what