tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198944112012-01-31T07:58:01.730-08:00It isn't much, but tomorrow there'll be two. <p> All writings © Jonathan Mark Hamlow 1998-2011</p>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.comBlogger14211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-30567387181028394012012-01-31T07:46:00.000-08:002012-01-31T07:51:50.938-08:00Ping<br />this is the real not the virtual<br />thing<br />there’s no latency and this<br />bling is real and how I feel<br />is a matter of record<br />for this record dial<br />and if I had to wrap the jazz up<br />I’d close the book<br />and slap that spazz up<br />write it in my memoirs one day<br />I hung up clever<br />and took the<br />fun way<br />out<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">what</a></I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-3056738718102839401?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-73531155035315440932012-01-30T10:21:00.000-08:002012-01-30T10:22:35.613-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/1600/partly%20cloudy.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/400/sunny.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> 2,463 : 1 <a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">?</a><br /><br /><br />Sir let me state my firm intention<br />founded on this great invention<br />Let it serve me as my pension<br />And secure my honorable mention<br />Never expected to be in first place<br />nor runner up I’m not in that race<br />A three way tie for third is more my place<br />And I’m not just saying that to save face<br />I’m satisfied just to have shown<br />the way that my ambition’s grown<br />and if my name is all I own<br />I’ll keep it no matter how the wind has blown<br />now load this beast and head on back<br />with your accomplishments written on a plaque<br />no trophies for that subtle hack<br />Our treasure’s stored on heaven’s stack<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">what</a></I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-7353115503531544093?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-23709967283651088352012-01-29T07:23:00.000-08:002012-01-29T07:25:05.127-08:00Am I arisen from sleep<br />am I awake or dreaming<br />what is the vision<br />in the predawn gleaming<br />a hundred legs<br />two dozen drums<br />Each one an island complete<br />but watch how it comes<br />together<br />pulses deeper than blood<br />travels through petrified mud<br />it must be a vision<br />next must come the flood<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">what</a></I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-2370996728365108835?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-4381352564418671872012-01-28T09:57:00.000-08:002012-01-28T09:58:07.813-08:00Take to the road<br />the call came in<br />We were ready to begin<br />and if it still seems like a sin<br />imagine what it may forebode<br />Gather up your pearls<br />protect them from the swilling swine<br />I swore to God I’d make them mine<br />and that I’d one day taste that wine<br />and twine my fingers through her curls<br />the day’s begun<br />we’re on the road and going fast<br />sailing as it were full mast<br />and when all hope of reason’s past<br />we’ll blast by you at a dead run<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">what</a></I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-438135256441867187?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-27853877020542448882012-01-28T09:56:00.001-08:002012-01-28T09:56:53.705-08:00Hoping that the tea leaves or the tides<br />the pattern of the yarrow stalks<br />or bouquets tossed by brides<br />will manifest our destiny<br />Ignore the paradox of liberty<br />I don’t really want to be free<br />I just want to find the way<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">what</a></I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-2785387702054244888?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-66792763285737756462012-01-26T09:58:00.000-08:002012-01-26T09:59:44.156-08:00Not to be mistaken for relativity<br />Or recidivism if that’s your proclivity<br />No right or wrong<br />no good or bad song<br />Never a belief always an accusation<br />Relativism offered as the explanation<br />of the state of affairs<br />or how it got there<br />I declared both sides to be false<br />Shook my head gravely took society’s pulse<br />Declared the situation doomed<br />Shut myself up in my room<br />And waited for the war to tear it all apart<br />tried to keep the taint out of my heart<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">what</a></I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-6679276328573775646?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-3270028164372243872012-01-25T12:34:00.000-08:002012-01-28T09:55:50.455-08:00Opposites defined as equals<br />sets the stage for the play and all its sequels<br />Good triumphs again<br />but it won’t last long<br />how dull it would be<br />if no one did wrong<br />Every decision cast as<br />either or<br />All or nothing: no less no more<br />Absolutes are fine<br />for fighting online<br />And dualism will suffice<br />to hypnotize the electorate<br />pick a horse it doesn’t really matter<br />just place your bet<br />And just behind the party line<br />concealed by a thousand banners white and black<br />the sea of a thousand shades of gray<br />rises and swells; nothing can<br />hold it back<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">what</a></I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-327002816437224387?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-1980418057607373442012-01-24T14:06:00.000-08:002012-01-24T14:13:15.492-08:00I wrote so many songs...<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AOqVL_813fs/Tx8ro-VcilI/AAAAAAAAAHc/1v7Z_JP5r5s/s1600/heavy.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AOqVL_813fs/Tx8ro-VcilI/AAAAAAAAAHc/1v7Z_JP5r5s/s320/heavy.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701323636202048082" /></a><br /><br />That I broke a piece of furniture<br /><br />: \<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-198041805760737344?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-81841313275166275972012-01-24T07:14:00.000-08:002012-01-24T07:15:35.569-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/1600/partly%20cloudy.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/400/sunny.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> 2,456 : 6 <a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">?</a><br /><br /><br />The crazy thread<br />run through the crazy quilt<br />is caught again<br />suspending guilt<br />at least for one more day<br />I’ve caught the<br />crimson plague again<br />If I’ve had it once<br />I’ve had it ten<br />Yet here I am and here I’ll stay<br />Caught up again<br />in baroque reverie<br />the visions that unbidden<br />Come to me<br />and pass away all unfulfilled<br />One day I guess they will all flee and fade<br />And I’ll be rocking mumbling in the shade<br />when at last my caught up mind is stilled<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">what</a></I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-8184131327516627597?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-11041106368969068422012-01-24T07:13:00.001-08:002012-01-24T07:13:19.563-08:00I’ve run out of excuses for this wretched society<br />I’m tired of trying to cast it in a good light<br />This is not about manners or simple impropriety<br />but rather an impenitent obstruction of the light<br />liberty sweet liberty your torch is long since doused<br />guess I’ll get my taste of living in a police state<br />when will they finally tear down the halls where she once housed<br />when will I find at last their meal on my plate<br />I’m not a stitch closer to a solution for this culture<br />And hell it doesn’t seem like most particularly want it<br />So I just shade my eyes and scan the skies for circling vultures<br />Guess when the times comes if I’ve got ball I’ll punt it<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">what</a></I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-1104110636896906842?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-90094923114867735822012-01-22T13:40:00.000-08:002012-01-22T13:42:04.616-08:00Fish swimming swimming<br />swimming all over<br />upstream<br />downstream<br />all around<br />a floater, a swimmer<br />a flasher, a rover<br />shallower or<br />depth some even<br />run aground<br />So many fishes in the sea<br />So many fishes in the sea<br />One might be you<br />One might be me<br />So many fishes fishes in the sea<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">what</a></I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-9009492311486773582?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-42062841352248670642012-01-21T10:57:00.000-08:002012-01-21T11:00:14.327-08:00Shouldn’ta pressed<br />that button I guess<br />mobilize the troops<br />I screwed up oops<br />not a half an hour after<br />with a burst of crazy laughter<br />I declared the end of that chapter<br />I just kept writing more<br />when I saw how I had done it<br />how I had blithely begun it<br />how I’d grabbed that bell and rung it<br />I was rolling on the floor<br />I better stop<br />I better roll and drop<br />put this sneaky fire out<br />I never was a boy scout<br />better whatever than inaction<br />though disappointed by the reaction<br />guess I best promote my faction<br />and rise above this small infraction<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">what</a></I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-4206284135224867064?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-66478865568401796392012-01-20T10:25:00.001-08:002012-01-20T10:25:43.230-08:00If I picked the right numbers<br />about the tenth thing I would do<br />is buy a fine electric violin<br />to give away to you<br />I think you might just like it<br />I guess I could be wrong<br />You might think it a stupid gift<br />you might think this a stupid song<br />I know that these are stupid thoughts<br />to dream of wealth unearned<br />and all the toys and presents I<br />might buy instead of<br />every stone unturned<br />It’s true it’s fun to dream<br />about a different line of time<br />It’s worth a song or two I guess<br />a line of prose a reworked rhyme<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">what</a></I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-6647886556840179639?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-25824961274768364442012-01-19T13:15:00.000-08:002012-01-19T13:17:05.622-08:00The old regime remains behind<br />I’ll sum it up<br />and nail it down<br />and wrap it in one perfect line<br />now my departure only at last<br />remains to be<br />projected in the telecast<br />the world will see because they really care<br />the mode of transmission<br />that takes me from here to there<br />from the isle of the wicked gaze<br />that focused on my center button<br />that land of foul enchantment<br />and the pain for which I was a glutton<br />across the silver bridge<br />suspended in the air<br />I didn’t forget anyone<br />I took all I loved with me there<br />to that wondrous continent<br />the Kingdom of What is<br />to only taste the real fruit<br />that grows outside parenthesis<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">what</a></I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-2582496127476836444?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-47608637799848272892012-01-18T11:37:00.001-08:002012-01-18T11:37:37.374-08:00The fall behind the winter now<br />entrenched despite a lack of snow<br />annual enchantment of my land<br />born here but not raised at first<br />may be a few years are what raised a thirst<br />I don’t mind the cold but I wish I had the ocean at hand<br />If I’ve fallen behind again<br />it may be sad or foolish but it’s not a sin<br />it’s not a crime I have harmed no one<br />but if so it’s not virtue either<br />no proof that I’m a bard or writer<br />that I picked it up that I again have begun<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">what</a></I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-4760863779984827289?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-17098261886492581262012-01-17T07:52:00.000-08:002012-01-17T07:53:46.811-08:00What goes in the middle<br />after the first flush expires<br />do you try to blow it up again<br />or bank your waning fires<br />do you hold out hoping for more juice<br />or conflagrate once more cut loose<br />the moorings and the anchor lines<br />mix metaphors in steadily increasing lines<br />what’s the formula<br />Greek and Persian fires<br />how do you transnavigate<br />the doldrums when the first flush expires<br />trying to sketch out<br />where it could go<br />Sketch of a second verse<br />It’s not perfect but even so<br />In the real thing I’ll put a ring<br />a wizard and a girl<br />All set up in a garden<br />and I’ll give the thing a whirl<br />and when you hear it you’ll remember why<br />the last was about how it was okay to die<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">what</a></I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-1709826188649258126?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-68825206546731134402012-01-16T07:10:00.000-08:002012-01-16T07:12:12.713-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/1600/partly%20cloudy.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/400/sunny.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> 2,448 : 25 <a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">?</a><br /><br /><br />Utopia your brilliant shores<br />that shine like unto mountain heights<br />they say your cities<br />reach up to the sun<br />and pour forth sweet delights<br />If nobody got sick or died<br />and everyone who wished got laid<br />do you think that it would work<br />at all if everyone who came stayed<br />If it seemed a shame<br />we had to go<br />I’ll tell you why I told you no<br />generations are the sweet<br />variety of life eternal<br />And the pleasing rhythm<br />of our deaths are natural as diurnal<br />passages from day to day<br />And every city has its night<br />even in great Utopia<br />Some turnings never see the light<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">what</a></I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-6882520654673113440?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-89034269102238163222012-01-15T11:30:00.000-08:002012-01-15T11:31:22.747-08:00Every morn the cup of cornflakes<br />appears as a portal to the stranger’s grasp<br />Each sunrise the cup of cornflakes<br />appears at a further extent of the seaside’s clasp<br />Cornflakes and solo dance attenders<br />Ms. Ross vegetates in a soft container open ended<br />And I’m unconcerned<br />As long as objects remain on<br />the lathe of heaven turned<br />Each diurnal the cup of cornflakes<br />unsteady tiny vessel of the glittering<br />essence of silence<br />Which one will become the cup of cornflakes<br />with increments of poor Ms. Ross<br />radiating temperance<br />I’ve entered within to such a distance<br />I’ve crossed to the opposite face of the portal<br />and circling is simply inefficient for a<br />mortal<br />When I’m within again I vow<br />I’ll never exit<br />anymore from now<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">what</a></I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-8903426910223816322?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-91718290174025265092012-01-14T17:34:00.000-08:002012-01-14T17:35:17.420-08:00Goodbye secret world<br />all the stories that lie sleeping curled<br />and cozy in your stony deeps<br />oh secret world this time<br />we’re playing for keeps<br />where once was two<br />there now is three<br />a little minus you<br />plus a little minus me<br />plus you a good while<br />though not so long as expected<br />in the crucible of you<br />you and I<br />were perfectly reflected<br />And so a few days hence<br />I got right off the fence<br />And I’ll say in my own defense<br />I kept one step ahead of consequence<br />And shut the door<br />Just one time<br />On my<br />secret world<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-9171829017402526509?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-70196405167642304612012-01-13T11:14:00.000-08:002012-01-13T11:15:53.515-08:00Crystal mounted spider screw<br />must have snuck inside of you<br />subverted now the mechanism<br />refracted through the helix prism<br />reproducing spreading free<br />branching every tributary<br />Transformation from within<br />wind up healthy wind up thin<br />wind up brilliant wind up rich<br />off the prenup I signed with the bitch<br />Transformed first into a bucket<br />half filled until I said fuck it<br />Empty when I found the hole<br />with what should I fix it dear rigamarole<br />transformed into a sphere of light<br />who knows why<br />flying like a kite<br />visioning a fate more vast<br />for now though<br />all flags drag low mast<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-7019640516764230461?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-67862527572631159132012-01-12T11:50:00.000-08:002012-01-13T11:14:13.578-08:00Vindicated by blood<br />serpent’s venom mixed with mud<br />and smeared upon the mantle<br />proved more than superman could handle<br />I’m in a vindictive mood<br />brought on by vindictive food<br />I did not order from the menu<br />so don’t see it as disingenuous<br />for me to ask just why<br />we gotta live like this when we have to die<br />you think we’d merit first class<br />give me an answer or kiss my ass<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-6786252757263115913?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-57624206200992019262012-01-11T08:55:00.000-08:002012-01-11T08:56:43.991-08:00Got the fibonacci waveforms<br />Oh you know I got those oscillator blues<br />I got waves standing on my corners<br />oh Lord I got those oscillator blues<br />you got me underneath your bell curve<br />oh hell I wish I were standing in your shoes<br />oscillating every morning<br />oh it shakes me through the night<br />And the mighty oscillator<br />traces it all out in green light<br />Ah I got those fibonacci waveforms<br />Got me them oscillator blues<br />Standing waves on every corner<br />oh hell I wish you were standing in my shoes<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-5762420620099201926?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-27669871564028895622012-01-10T08:47:00.000-08:002012-01-10T08:49:04.775-08:00With scarcely sole regard of even<br />One or two pairs of interested eyes<br />Cast the role to the ocean he<br />cast the verses to the skies<br />How many truly allow each day<br />Their legacies to come to this<br />each particular strand to go astray<br />How many were never found<br />even for a moment even by a few<br />Maybe even messiahs maybe even kings<br />queens, clerics, even poets like me and you<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-2766987156402889562?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-53662651124391674212012-01-09T07:08:00.000-08:002012-01-09T07:12:06.422-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/1600/partly%20cloudy.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/400/sunny.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> 2,442 : 19 <a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">?</a><br /><br /><br />Life without a punch clock<br />life without a card<br />never dreamed it would be so confusing<br />never guessed that it would be so hard<br />to have something like freedom<br />mixed with true responsibility<br />plus it seems I somehow<br />earned my muse’s enmity<br />nonetheless I’m keeping busy<br />nonetheless I’m making time<br />still searching for the subtle turn of phrase<br />or the less worn scrap of rhyme<br />If indeed I’m poor in spirit<br />I am rich indeed in dreams<br />and the hope of inspiration<br />in the hope it’s all more than it seems<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-5366265112439167421?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-5997067273334198372012-01-08T16:36:00.000-08:002012-01-08T16:38:53.538-08:00If one in a dozen are reachable<br />if one in a hundred are reached<br />if the object of the game is millions millions<br />if we gotta jump off before this whale gets beached<br />it sounds like we got two point five<br />call half the cost of doing business<br />Guess we gotta convince them to cough up eight bucks each<br />the traditional method is to argue more is less<br />but I’ve got a devious devious plan<br />give twice as much charge half the price<br />crazy enough it probably won’t work<br />I’m not sure if I want to roll them dice<br />and it’s all still just a little fantasy<br />dreamed by one little rat in his one little pipe<br />and the race it’s still waiting for me<br />patiently dissolving all my hype<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-599706727333419837?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-68022658685514892342012-01-07T20:21:00.000-08:002012-01-07T20:22:36.551-08:00No more shortcuts; they always take longer anyway<br />look at all the months it took to catch up with today<br />now wear your determined face and say never again<br />nor more failure no more lapses no more falling no more pain<br />But most of all no more shortcuts to the prize<br />If only I could stop them dancing right before my eyes<br />Sugar plums of pocket monstrosities or maybe<br />the album the t-shirt the novel ain’t it all so cliché baby<br />money money money the short cut uber alles<br />why we play the lottery pray the label will call us<br />I hate hate writing about writing<br />I hate talking ‘bout the industry<br />I don’t know the first thing about it<br />I should be happy that I’m free<br />I should be doing something constructive<br />Poison moment fills me with invective<br />nothing working out this morning<br />I think I got a dream side warning<br />but I ignored it as usual then guess what<br />went crashing down another shortcut<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-6802265868551489234?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-49034862593135666182012-01-06T06:28:00.000-08:002012-01-06T06:29:37.244-08:00Fifty minutes in<br />the rising act begins<br />but everything is set out<br />on the plate I needn’t<br />really have to wait<br />it through to see<br />the chase the hunt<br />the romance<br />the final contest<br />if it had to get cut short<br />now just might be best<br />I hear the dissent choir<br />already begun<br />at my portrait of a sailboat<br />at my cliché of a setting sun<br />at a paean to technology<br />Oh it always plays so well<br />just a minor lapse into style<br />at the center remains the tale you tell<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-4903486259313566618?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-64650377781533860702012-01-05T15:22:00.000-08:002012-01-05T15:24:07.599-08:00Got no finesse got no style<br />I just bulled through mile after mile<br />I finally had to admit to myself<br />what I was really always into was shortcuts<br />Stop a second and<br />ask yourself what it really was<br />you wanted<br />while the rest talked loud<br />Put the dog and pony show on<br />and fronted<br />No more shortcuts<br />we’re taking the long way around<br />no more pauses<br />until we run this thing aground<br />and find out if what it takes<br />will take a penny or a pound<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-6465037778153386070?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-70489405876193838082012-01-04T10:08:00.000-08:002012-01-04T10:24:55.862-08:00For the most part looking at the artists stats on my <a href="http://jonathanhamlow.bandcamp.com">Bandcamp account</a> isn't very, ah, encouraging. Not a lot of traffic. Not that I'm expecting or actively courting much but still, human nature, you know. Despite myself I'd like an audience, I guess. I just saw an old (early 90s) thing from public television about Bill Holm in which he talked about deciding that as a writer he wanted an audience and since he was in America he consequently started writing prose because Americans didn't really read poetry. Hmmm.<br /><br />Anyway. My favorite thing on the stats are the referrals, when someone surfs into it, however briefly, from somewhere unexpected. So it was very exciting to see today that somebody had stumbled into some of my 90s-era experimental sample wack-ness by following results (upper middish on the second page) from their attempt to search google for "<a href="https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&sugexp=pfwe&cp=38&gs_id=a&xhr=t&q=another+term+for+the+middle+of+nowhere&tok=IXG4vcUHzCk2ts__23eh3g&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&site=webhp&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=another+term+for+the+middle+of+nowhere&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=75c72e6ffd8ae8d7&biw=1680&bih=921">another term for the middle of nowhere</a>". Hope that helped, random searcher! Heh.<br /><br /><iframe width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=4076183069/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"><a href="http://jonathanhamlow.bandcamp.com/track/time-is-just-another-word-for-nowhere">Time Is Just Another Word for Nowhere by Jonathan Hamlow</a></iframe><br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-7048940587619383808?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-10109461084065921152012-01-04T10:00:00.000-08:002012-01-04T10:03:41.233-08:00What’d you do? Wake up this morning<br />and say I’m gonna ruin a man’s life<br />filthy diamond of desire<br />root of evil source of strife<br />Just the simple steps to one thought<br />what have you been spending your time on<br />look behind look back<br />the moment’s gone<br />what did you do when you<br />woke up this morning<br />did you take a hair of the dog<br />and which rules were suborning<br />While the rest follow that<br />funky red herring trail<br />this hound is hot on<br />the real new taste’s tail<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-1010946108406592115?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-85279214505860094572012-01-03T06:57:00.000-08:002012-01-03T06:58:07.409-08:00The system is closed<br />there’s no escape<br />nothing can last<br />not paper or tape<br />magnets all flux<br />writing all fades<br />memory dies<br />and the river it wades<br />changes each step<br />nothing is fixed<br />read it and weep<br />before it gets mixed<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-8527921450586009457?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-68285883746940460042012-01-02T13:31:00.000-08:002012-01-02T13:33:09.695-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/1600/partly%20cloudy.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/400/sunny.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> 2,434 : 11 <a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">?</a><br /><br /><br />Something that nothing can separate<br />Something indivisible<br />might by necessity seem all remote<br />might by design be invisible<br />I’d be the first to admit it if asked<br />it isn’t much of a plan<br />lit up in front of a lit up box<br />listening in on the little man<br />listening hoping to catch a dim whisper<br />of something that could be together, forever<br />fit to entice up the new paradigm<br />the fulcrum for this mighty lever<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-6828588374694046004?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-56883504659951679582012-01-01T19:06:00.000-08:002012-01-01T19:08:10.184-08:00I’ll spare you the suspense of reading ahead<br />the hero ended up feeling better off than dead<br />and the whole thing just moved along like money<br />there were accounts to close prices to pay<br />I’ll settle it with cash I say<br />It’s gonna be a hell of a ride I promise honey<br />at half past one I bowed to defeat<br />looking down sadly at my bronze clay feet<br />the fall inevitable the nature I decline<br />I swear I’ll own it make it mine<br />But that is not today today I strike the harp<br />And wrap a hella long way track<br />the way forward a long way longer than back<br />and the lesson of tomorrow I fear will be sharp<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-5688350465995167958?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-11865240813112732952011-12-31T10:49:00.000-08:002011-12-31T10:51:11.878-08:00It may be catching up with me<br />but I can sneak one last<br />unconscious melody<br />Into the vortex of all recorded thought<br />Started with the scripture<br />now see what we have got<br />if information overload<br />is the century’s curse<br />I guess I’ll throw my own<br />handful of verses on that purse<br />Simpler than you could imagine<br />this is all it takes<br />jump it with a sweet line<br />and a bass escape that shakes<br />and it’ll go down sweet<br />as any other<br />thinking bout the new year<br />thinking about my brother<br />thinking about my aching hand<br />I surely bust that nut<br />If there’s anything I’m not<br />thinking about I don’t know what<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-1186524081311273295?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-75441923496721574622011-12-30T18:09:00.000-08:002011-12-30T18:10:48.061-08:00Next penultimate<br />next big thing on the ultranet<br />some diseases pass all boundaries<br />something forged in<br />exquisite foundries<br />something truly dark and twisted<br />every scenario ever listed<br />might pale before the fact of life<br />might redefine both woe and strife<br />plenty new under the sun<br />I’ll work as hard as anyone<br />to carry through this simple pledge<br />I balanced every moment<br />on its edge<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-7544192349672157462?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-87624038026543039582011-12-30T18:08:00.000-08:002011-12-30T18:09:48.871-08:00Thunder distant<br />thunder rolling under<br />just below what you can hear<br />but you feel a little<br />tremble<br />you might misinterpret as fear<br />it’s nothing to<br />be afraid about<br />though it’s gonna get near by and by<br />though it’s gonna really shout<br />it’s just a changing of the season<br />things still happen for a reason<br />meaning may have died<br />with irony but<br />reasons still abide<br />This year I’ll crack the meaning of life<br />it’ll just be a joke by then<br />but it’ll still amuse the wife<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-8762403802654303958?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-56075234939019371462011-12-28T07:17:00.000-08:002011-12-28T07:42:23.847-08:00It’s a near light but so very dim<br />I can hardly see a thing<br />the energy was never fully dissipated<br />and what a chain reaction it created<br />So near to the center of me<br />revealed at last the central fallacy<br />nothing ever really stopped<br />it’s all still rocking on the beat He dropped<br />on the first day ever<br />whatever that means<br />A man makes a mess<br />and he just cleans and cleans<br />When God makes a mess<br />all creation sings<br />And I wind up hung upon<br />by a thousand things<br />But nothing ever really stops me either<br />So I guess you could say I’m a true believer<br />Or I guess you could say I am fortune’s fool<br />But I’ll give it all up to gaze<br />Just once more in that pool<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-5607523493901937146?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-37279497565655473652011-12-27T07:17:00.000-08:002011-12-27T07:19:30.991-08:00Pop the cork a couple early why not<br />I got a lot to be excited about<br />It’s been a year like none before<br />and I fully expect the next’s gonna be even more<br />You can’t exactly call it evolution<br />You can’t exactly get behind the revolution<br />televised or not it’s surely bought and sold<br />oh they’ll do anything for filthy gold<br />This is barely a scratch on the surface<br />I’ll keep on digging till I find my purpose<br />I’ve got my row to till my furrow to plow<br />It started out so small but look at me now<br />Look at how it’s rolling crazy<br />I’m not always quite so lazy<br />but I love to just roll it along<br />pop the cork and pour out another song<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?<P><a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">Support</a> the song of the day</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-3727949756565547365?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-40151606632439333692011-12-26T07:52:00.000-08:002011-12-26T07:58:08.998-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/1600/partly%20cloudy.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/400/sunny.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> 2,427 : 4 <a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">?</a><br /><br /><br />Powerful impact boom! no dodging<br />deep into the mantle lodging<br />sent in by a bad old crew<br />that flew long before me or you<br />the tidal waves that rip the sphere<br />reverberate through oceans clear<br />throw up a spume to cloak the earth<br />happened before for what it’s worth<br />maybe the first five shots went wide<br />the longer they fall the harder goes forth pride<br />if it happened and it surely could<br />I guess I’d try to hang on I surely would<br />‘cause after all it’s just another day<br />I’ll still be signing if the music still plays<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-4015160663243933369?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-24739981320075236982011-12-25T21:03:00.000-08:002011-12-25T21:05:35.802-08:00Was it the acid sent him round the bend<br />He saw it all the way down to the end<br />and saw the beauty inner eye<br />of telling this becoming lie?<br />hurtling down the cellular time tunnel<br />vague remembrance of a harsh k funnel<br />So on fire to be the chosen<br />In that crystal valence frozen<br />turn on turn on turn on turn turn turn<br />I feel it you’re about to burn<br />and issue forth a wild decree<br />not so different from ol’ J.C.<br />The priesthood and West Point<br />don’t need much of an excuse to fire up a joint<br />pass that pass that flaming coal<br />only thing I can’t give up believing in’s my soul<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-2473998132007523698?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-61464447836248219092011-12-25T21:01:00.000-08:002011-12-25T21:03:04.814-08:00I’m gonna hitch my oxen<br />now I’m gonna hitch my oxen<br />I’ve got to get on up behind my song plow<br />Got to plow a furrow<br />today there’s no tomorrow<br />Plow this veil of sorrow<br />behind my song plow<br />You get up in the morning<br />as soon as it’s light<br />As long as there’s another song left<br />we’ll be up all night<br />driving the song plow<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-6146444783624821909?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-45478627791788504852011-12-23T04:54:00.000-08:002011-12-23T04:55:59.379-08:00Trucks are fun! Trucks are fun<br />wheels that roll and gears that run<br />and rumble when you pull a string<br />lights that light and cars that sing
<br />things that rattle rock and roll<br />dump a load into a hole<br />trucks with winches trucks with cranes<br />pretty soon you’ll be on airplanes<br />let’s just play trucks on the floor<br />after that let’s play some more<br />and at the end of every day<br />put every single truck away<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-4547862779178850485?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-76271818738410095532011-12-22T08:10:00.000-08:002011-12-23T04:54:53.621-08:00While I was building a booth<br />to house the Son of God<br />Moses and Elijah<br />both reverted to sod<br />and the lesson I was told<br />by the Voice from the sky<br />was try not to let the moment<br />pass you by<br />this was my epiphany<br />while the glory was revealed<br />I was fretting on the sea<br />that was getting very choppy<br />that was getting very rough<br />I remembered I had already<br />Said I’d had enough<br />but we didn’t stop we went<br />on up that mountain anyway<br />and that’s how I came to see the son<br />transfigured on that day<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-7627181873841009553?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-21586388504134087482011-12-21T23:11:00.000-08:002011-12-21T23:12:03.445-08:00Light travelled from the sun<br />93 million miles<br />took 8 minutes to get here<br />for light that’s quite a while<br />refracted through the atmosphere<br />bent and colored shining<br />through the clouds and through the air<br />polarities aligning<br />bounces off some mass of mass<br />whatever doesn’t get absorbed<br />reflected at the angles of<br />the incident and tangent of the orb<br />and so reflected passes by chance<br />focused by a lens<br />and tangles with a chemical plane<br />thus the photograph begins<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-2158638850413408748?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-87698490753059159232011-12-20T08:40:00.000-08:002011-12-20T08:42:09.353-08:00There’s no roads left less traveled by<br />or so it seems it seems to me<br />He said you’re wrong by definition<br />If there’s more there’s less it’s a tautology<br />And do I really care at all<br />why stray off the beaten track<br />except for all my trackless dreams<br />and even they lead me endless back<br />to this well beaten mortal coil<br />weaving to a center so well known<br />that’s been so many times before<br />but mine will come for me alone<br />and few reports are even claimed<br />across from that dim other shore<br />Are we surfeit past the trackless track<br />or do we useless beg for more?<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-8769849075305915923?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-80936537529817825262011-12-19T09:28:00.000-08:002011-12-19T09:32:30.717-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/1600/partly%20cloudy.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/400/sunny.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> 2,420 : 1 <a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">?</a><br /><br /><br />What’s coming up the shifts<br />the shut down rifts<br />the watchers of the watchers<br />the exploding gifts<br />the bomb squad units<br />the terrorist label<br />the last transmission of<br />the Tower of Babel<br />What’s coming up<br />the satanic angels<br />releasing a report that<br />Only sex and pain sells<br />displaying the latest rolling stock<br />sliding a slim hand<br />over your stopcock<br />coax another drop from the tap<br />collecting your dividend of sap<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-8093653752981782526?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-18788749184408854932011-12-18T11:47:00.001-08:002011-12-18T11:47:42.654-08:00Mistaking the reflections for the source<br />Shadows on the cave wall<br />will occur to you of course<br />Don’t mistake an archetype for a legend<br />You can’t eat metaphysics<br />So we’re fishing off the deep end<br />chasing light that dances<br />off the walls<br />shakes and shivers rises falls<br />mistaking movement for<br />real life<br />grinding dull the edge on<br />Occam’s knife<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-1878874918440885493?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-78398158720083592912011-12-17T08:18:00.000-08:002011-12-17T08:19:32.583-08:00The liar has not stopped<br />it must go back<br />ten twenty thirty forty years<br />playing on the prejudices<br />playing on the fears<br />another inquiry to get ducked<br />Some time they catch<br />Somebody getting sucked<br />But who the hell can keep up<br />with abstracts like liberty<br />and that’s the nature that’s<br />exploited by the liar of the free<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-7839815872008359291?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-58496970857908790602011-12-17T08:16:00.000-08:002011-12-17T08:18:01.667-08:00The reactions proceed by steps and ramps<br />collecting baseball cards coins and stamps<br />led to the cabin back up in the sticks<br />led to the manifesto and the package tricks<br />There ain’t much excuse or even explanation<br />Just inexorable ramping station to station<br />First the crystal radio from Radio Shack<br />Next thing you know the terrorist attack<br />Demand an accounting be demanded by the masses<br />better arrest anyone wearing glasses<br />raid the universities the college kids<br />who knows what sedition lurks beneath their lids<br />cleanse society of every intellectual<br />after every other method proves ineffectual<br />give the whole thing over to you numbskull jerks<br />see if all the average joes can make it work<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-5849697085790879060?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-53486589881195844782011-12-15T07:01:00.000-08:002011-12-15T07:02:32.040-08:00I hate talking about God he said<br />I’d rather talk about dogs instead<br />People really want to talk about<br />theology<br />tautology<br />politics and gold and ideology<br />nobody<br />wants to talk like me<br />about anything<br />they’ve actually felt or seen<br />if people talked about love<br />the way they talk about God<br />pop radio would perish<br />there’d be lectures on your iPod<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-5348658988119584478?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-82596651387013797942011-12-14T08:51:00.000-08:002011-12-14T08:52:04.283-08:00Garble garble what’s it matter<br />in the face of history all<br />meaning is reduced to tatters<br />words do not mean<br />what they used to<br />Text hid eons<br />are reduced to<br />fire starters<br />scratch for accountants<br />leaving garble garble<br />interspersed with the amounts and<br />subtotals ain’t that tragic<br />Once upon a time<br />it held a little magic<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-8259665138701379794?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-21796386100384112622011-12-13T11:52:00.000-08:002011-12-13T11:53:16.980-08:00Cheap trick lay it down,<br />old pattern on the low down<br />fake smile hides a frown<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-2179638610038411262?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-50552977937627353522011-12-12T07:53:00.000-08:002011-12-12T07:55:45.438-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/1600/partly%20cloudy.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/400/sunny.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> 2,413 : 14 <a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">?</a><br /><br /><br />Learning something new every day and<br />getting pretty sick of it<br />Still I don’t really know what to say<br />still I don’t get the trick of it<br />Learning to take it a day at a time<br />And really it isn’t any easier<br />It just makes it possible: the choice is always mine<br />It’s creeping like molasses though the lightning couldn’t get<br />greasier:<br />My God what misbegotten tripe<br />what a a waste of good time after bad<br />And even if it’s at myself I snipe<br />Still it surely makes me sad<br />not enough time for all the visions<br />vision one through vision fifteen<br />Only time for snap decisions<br />and the hope for a break that is<br />clean<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-5055297793762735352?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-39825997984590392022011-12-11T16:05:00.000-08:002011-12-11T16:09:17.428-08:00I stacked my bricks up<br />stone on stone<br />I could not finish<br />or leave it alone<br />And when a thousand and one<br />days had died<br />still I was not<br />satisfied<br /><br />I knew one stone could not<br />remain upon another<br />I knew that brother<br />must rise up against brother<br />I knew the name writ on<br />my secret stone<br />I knew the name of the<br />beast who usurped<br />the throne<br /><br />It’s just a dictionary<br />I said<br />It’s just a contemplation <br />of daily bread<br />I’m just a messenger<br />so kill me if you must<br />ashes will stay ashes<br />and you’ll still eat dust<br /><br />I don’t look for any<br />final end<br />Nobody at all knows<br />what’s around the bend<br />but I can feel it<br />In my bones<br />Hello to another day<br />of stacking stones<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-3982599798459039202?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-45126610858226247752011-12-10T10:27:00.000-08:002011-12-10T10:28:53.995-08:00This ain’t the first time plans went astray<br />Surely not the first of a million<br />Head’s too full of thoughts they say<br />If I had a penny I’d be worth a billion<br />Place holders may mock resolve<br />Promises made silently all alone<br />so I write another apology that will not solve<br />these questions etched as deep as bone<br />So I write another song in which<br />I write another line about the song I’m writing<br />at this point’s the truth’s a bitch<br />and the outcome is neither surprising nor exciting<br />the best that can be said I suppose<br />I did one thing I said I would do<br />today and even if it’s another one of those<br />just holding a place well its intent is true<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-4512661085822624775?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-12948641135196885642011-12-09T20:15:00.000-08:002011-12-09T20:18:10.608-08:00It’s the first day<br />not yet started;<br />blues are forecast<br />Reminiscent of the time I started<br />year on year two years ago<br />four years five years six years I know<br />this is the real one<br />I’ll make it so<br />So blue<br />not yet started<br />formalism says the day’s begun<br />and I am broken hearted<br />thinking of the paths all<br />unwinding<br />Such a precious stone<br />I’m finding<br />tonight<br />endless night<br />one last time<br />pursued by every light<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-1294864113519688564?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-92108149561891621512011-12-08T11:05:00.000-08:002011-12-08T11:07:27.437-08:00When will the truth set me free?<br />When will the truth set me free?<br />I’ve been raising up its name a long time you see<br />And I only ever asked for what was said would come to me<br /><br />When will we meet face to face?<br />When and in what kind of place?<br />I waited such a long time hoping for just a small taste<br />Though I guess that I’d be waiting here in any case<br /><br />When will the work be complete?<br />This good work in me be complete?<br />I’ve raised my voice so many times I’d rather not repeat<br />I wish though you would answer while I’m still on my feet<br /><br />Oh when will I be free?<br />When will the truth set me free?<br />It’s lined up there with all the other things they said would be<br />But nobody gave me a vote -<br />And this is no democracy<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-9210814956189162151?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-36970681865060457432011-12-07T08:40:00.000-08:002011-12-07T08:41:40.858-08:00Another dog makes three<br />listen babe to me<br />if this one doesn’t work out<br />We’re going to get a cat<br />A cat with socks and stripes<br />aloof you know their types<br />And if that kitten should prove false<br />we’ll get a fast evolver vat<br />And grow it up into an ape<br />I warn you it may well escape<br />and make it’s way all the way<br />to the talk show set I guess<br />Then I will get a bird<br />less trouble so I heard<br />And if you wonder if it<br />makes much sense I couldn’t say yes<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-3697068186506045743?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-30412523585661567082011-12-06T21:13:00.000-08:002011-12-06T21:15:11.193-08:00Divide the grim from the merely realistic<br />If the parse suggested seems absurd, far too simplistic<br />Think about it think about it such a Sisyphean task<br />Just another maudlin ditty, songs about another mask<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-3041252358566156708?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-87312019515471307872011-12-05T09:23:00.000-08:002011-12-05T09:24:47.757-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/1600/partly%20cloudy.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/400/sunny.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> 2,406 : 7 <a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">?</a><br /><br /><br />Chance it says the inner mind<br />Not expecting pay in kind<br />All convinced the consequences<br />will not overwhelm our senses<br />Twisting upward in an updraft<br />Something between warp and witchcraft<br />And adventure no mistaking<br />with each dubious turn we’re taking<br />Ask why does this maze exist<br />ask what lies lost in the mist<br />find the gem the sword the scepter<br />I left a thread who knows what kept her<br />Who knows why she came at all<br />to see us off against the wall<br />but we appreciate the support<br />Nevertheless backtracking is the last resort<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-8731201951547130787?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-1673890964387249052011-12-04T13:09:00.001-08:002011-12-04T13:09:35.927-08:00Is there a way to slice some time out of my day<br />without a seam or glaring gap<br />is there a method or a map<br />can you bewitch the clock to count the hours<br />but skip a beat at your command<br />halt the pendulum still the sand<br />Time out of hand<br />Time out of mind<br />Time flies time creeps<br />Time is money time is blind<br />I don’t have the method you are seeking<br />we all have to heed the same clock<br />In our walking and our speaking<br />In our wander round the coil<br />Get no time out to reflect<br />Or revise our strategy<br />Or our hidden motives reject<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-167389096438724905?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-71349099340545555072011-12-03T09:00:00.000-08:002011-12-03T09:01:45.822-08:00Just another jolly day in Bedlam<br />chewing on the carpet bouncing off the walls<br />Napoleon and Chamberlain facsimiles in human skin<br />muttering and wandering the halls<br />I can’t tell the doctors from the patients<br />whose side I belong to<br />we’re all locked in here together anyway<br />We all know we’re bound to sing the same song too<br />Bedlam oh Bedlam home of my madness<br />Good fences make even madmen good neighbors<br />just how sure are you of which side you are on<br />Where do you look for reward of your labors<br />Lord oh dear lord to whom shall I go<br />for words of eternal compassion<br />there is no better than a good Bedlamite<br />for invoking you after his fashion<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-7134909934054555507?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-88086781091269214612011-12-02T07:14:00.000-08:002011-12-03T09:00:50.933-08:00Do any keep the faith?<br />Do any turn the cheek<br />Do any give their cloak as well<br />And do these only find what they seek<br />Do any find a world without war<br />without injustice<br />without greed<br />Keeping the faith is so hard<br />So unnatural<br />So many in need<br />I do not keep the faith<br />I have a violent soul<br />I want to cling to what I think is mine<br />I don’t want the path<br />Only the goal<br />I pray to be completed<br />A good work once begun<br />I pray that this might be accomplished<br />by the holy son<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-8808678109126921461?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-14298383760515069082011-12-01T12:28:00.000-08:002011-12-01T12:30:15.767-08:00Batshit insane holes in the brain<br />little bitty bell goes klang klang klang<br />Roaring void another nitrous train wreck<br />cashed check writ dreck<br />gosh I’m mad as all heck<br />Zippy zippy doo-dah<br />Fed up with the hoo-hah<br />Lined up with the light brigade<br />All shouting booyah<br />Suck it up<br />it’s a simple mistake<br />gotta chunk<br />get with monk<br />gotta get drunk<br />shake<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-1429838376051506908?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-31061743660698939322011-11-30T19:07:00.001-08:002011-11-30T19:07:56.553-08:00Unfinished business painting book<br />masterpieces half uncooked<br />Striving for completion<br />tempted by deletion<br />got there but what a toll it took<br />You can’t tell me this ain’t progress<br />You can’t so I’ll just say God bless<br />And stick another dismount<br />Try to pretend I’ve lost count<br />Try to ignore the agony of abscess<br />I could say it will all change from now on<br />I could say forever now I’ve got my plow on<br />but all I got is magic beans<br />produced by magic elf machines<br />I worried they were not so smart<br />a thing to spend my cow on<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-3106174366069893932?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-59924417627907422742011-11-29T09:54:00.000-08:002011-11-29T09:55:46.254-08:00Dangerous questions perilous thoughts<br />The most dangerous game<br />played with crosses and naughts<br />Look where mathematics got us<br />Who woulda thought trinity could be<br />So thoughtless<br />I smell peril it stinks in here<br />I smell danger I smell fear<br />I smell a rat something rotten<br />Scratching at the back of my mind<br />Something I’ve forgotten<br />I watch the news for secret signs<br />I wait for what tasks<br />the overlord assigns<br />I wait to go all the way crazy at last<br />for the signal<br />for the omen<br />for the ocean<br />for the blast<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-5992441762790742274?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-8478496152888864532011-11-28T21:39:00.000-08:002011-11-29T09:54:36.735-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/1600/partly%20cloudy.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/400/sunny.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> 2,399 : 0 <a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">?</a><br /><br /><br />Such a dissipation<br />Such a shame<br />This maze of words without a name<br />Work made for hire<br />Work done for free<br />the work to carry meaning<br />to you from me<br />Profligate, it spills all over<br />It gets about a bit<br />it’s sure a rover<br />It’s got six shots a week it’s a revolver<br />Still dreaming that one extra push<br />is going to solve her<br />God forgive me profligacy<br />I only ever wanted to be free<br />Instead again it backed me right in<br />to a corner<br />dodging the tomatoes of each<br />passing scorner<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-847849615288886453?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-73680210191844300922011-11-27T07:16:00.000-08:002011-11-27T07:19:59.782-08:00There’s a lot of it a lot of it<br />a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot of it<br />Can’t always vouch for the quality though<br />You ought to know<br />you’re always telling me so<br />What can be said it’s not a full time job<br />just a modest graph<br />of the spaces between<br />waiting in the dark<br />for dark lord Psyche<br />for muse or inspiration<br />for our faces to come clean<br />It’s prolific you can’t deny that<br />ready to enforce it with a baseball bat<br />ready to lay down<br />another and another<br />Till a lot becomes more<br />Till I figure out why I think<br />it’s worth the bother<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-7368021019184430092?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-28322190618161081252011-11-27T07:15:00.000-08:002011-11-27T07:16:29.818-08:00The world I see in my mind’s eye is<br />Nothing but a chaos haze of interactions<br />Every cup of coffee is a little crisis<br />The endless reflections of the endless refractions<br />It’s a point source in theory but the point is massive<br />So theory doesn’t cut it but the sun still rises<br />And if my take on it seems still and passive<br />I’m just a little glazed by non-stop surmises<br />I’m hypnotized by the process behind every product<br />I’m overwhelmed by all the stuff so plastic<br />Still I’m miles away from sorting out my conduct<br />And every plan that I concoct just seems so drastic<br />Would it be better to close my mind’s eye<br />if such a thing could ever be achieved<br />For a while yet I guess I’ll have to try<br />till the man in the back finally says I can leave<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-2832219061816108125?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-1533871686693065942011-11-25T18:38:00.000-08:002011-11-25T18:40:33.500-08:00In the elemenatarium<br />creation’s crucible aquarium<br />fire and water and earth and air<br />they can’t see you don’t be afraid to stare<br />steam and lava<br />plasma too<br />fog and mud<br />it’s all true<br />Dust devils<br />Smoke angels<br />Perfect cosmology<br />We’ve tested all the angles<br />And now will shake down<br />every combination<br />the new man will be born<br />of the new creation<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-153387168669306594?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-15693844775161760822011-11-25T18:37:00.000-08:002011-11-25T18:38:12.509-08:00Pop cult resurrection<br />hear my<br />harsh inflection<br />The bastard son of the mother tongue<br />but I gotta use the voice I got like anyone<br />Televised revolutionary<br />I fear the movement has grown stationary<br />There’s a hella lotta mess on that stone<br />And the depth of our sleeping<br />has only grown<br />Hopped up electric messiah<br />Age of Aquarius passed right by ya<br />And everything they said would happen<br />Came to pass<br />their only mistake<br />was thinking it would last<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-1569384477516176082?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-20297694514284852162011-11-23T06:41:00.002-08:002011-11-23T06:42:43.097-08:00Cross the water fisherman oh fisher go across<br />the fish you seek are over there<br />the bounty of the lost<br />As a result of map-makers’ error<br />Your boat is gonna be a holy terror<br />When you<br />Cross the water cross the water<br />cross the water fisherman<br />throw your net over the side<br />then lift it if you can<br />A bounty of a thousand thousand<br />every kind the mind can<br />understand<br />And then some<br />fisher come<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-2029769451428485216?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-83167278723011544792011-11-23T06:41:00.001-08:002011-11-23T06:41:41.151-08:00Exist: persist<br />remain aloof while still within<br />Reflect: inject<br />I’m almost ready to begin<br />what if nothing really ever changes from now on?<br />I had a dwelling once<br />but now that place is gone<br />Predicate: masturbate<br />the universe abused itself<br />Undermine: disincline<br />You shoulda listened to someone else<br />All the things we dwelt upon<br />we dwelt in altogether<br />Ever scrap and spell we lashed<br />to try to keep out of the weather<br />Instill: fulfill<br />transcend: contend<br />command: pound sand<br />foretell: indwell<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-8316727872301154479?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-14823101628491049472011-11-21T07:30:00.000-08:002011-11-21T10:58:33.295-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/1600/partly%20cloudy.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/400/sunny.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> 2,392 : 1 <a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">?</a><br /><br /><br />Consequently then<br />perfection is no more than<br />to say: this is so<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-1482310162849104947?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-60679910712984048042011-11-20T07:38:00.000-08:002011-11-20T07:39:43.612-08:00Momentary loss,<br />Yet all value will persist<br />Today, forever<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-6067991071298404804?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-67229335679161696082011-11-19T19:18:00.000-08:002011-11-19T19:19:17.218-08:00How the path is found:<br />3 haiku each more perfect<br />than the one before<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-6722933567916169608?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-12575940055456076642011-11-18T12:43:00.000-08:002011-11-18T12:45:41.148-08:00Once upon a battered clock<br />Somewhere between tick and tock<br />the road untraveled’s start defined<br />who will blaze the trackless trail<br />go where all before did fail<br />and just what will they find<br />Hey hey trailblazer<br />She didn’t allow the weird terrain to phase her<br />it’s no profession for a navel gazer<br />the likes of me can only sit back and praise her<br />and who can say she’s not out there still<br />I stayed home with my page and quill<br />One day the correspondence ceased<br />each day the weight of silence increased<br />Hey trailblazer you still on the track<br />For those who wait and serve by standing back<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-1257594005545607664?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-82812955724187014182011-11-17T08:07:00.000-08:002011-11-17T08:08:36.878-08:00Is this bedrock far enough down<br />do I have to make it in this town<br />is this the answer? is this the mission?<br />is this the moment of great decision<br />it seems a lot like all the rest<br />probably get a solid C on the test<br />and end up in the stupid person’s club<br />the sad little bottle said glub glub glub<br />And that was all the basalt I could bear to mine<br />trying to build a fortress against the slow decline<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-8281295572418701418?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-39227275501747784532011-11-16T09:53:00.000-08:002011-11-16T09:54:10.532-08:00In the pentagram<br />I dropped a centigram of the blood<br />of a child-stealing jackal<br />you know that raised her hackles<br />Yes but<br />I didn’t notice or care<br />I killed a cock<br />and a piebald goat<br />it’s worse than it sounds<br />hear what comes out of my throat<br />It’s all just a metaphor<br />For everyone stuck on this boat<br />trying to be a voodoo child<br />I got no secrets<br />I got no spells<br />I got no incantations<br />and it’s probably just as well<br />this superbly tempered pentagram<br />is forged in salt<br />And I probably cannot deny<br />it’s all my fault<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-3922727550174778453?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-6330114898793624922011-11-15T11:32:00.000-08:002011-11-15T11:34:13.633-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/1600/partly%20cloudy.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/400/sunny.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> 2,386 : 18 <a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">?</a><br /><br /><br />Fool me once<br />shame the fool<br />won’t get fooled again<br />Says the fool<br />We got fooled by indifference<br />we got fooled by vice<br />Only a fool would argue<br />it ain’t happened more than twice<br />Once fool twice dupe<br />third time’s a charm<br />the depths we’ll stoop<br />It’ll stop being a cycle<br />when we stop being fools<br />Stop ignoring reason<br />Stop obeying the rules<br /><br /><I>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a><P><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-633011489879362492?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-83316841873374357762011-11-15T11:28:00.000-08:002011-11-15T11:30:14.274-08:00Get up get up get up get up<br />get up get up get up get -<br />Down<br />The eighth time<br />get up<br />I know this thing seems like a set up<br />But get up anyway<br />Hey<br />It’s the new day<br />And he said<br />What a bunch of trumped up nothing<br />You said you were working but I saw you sloughing<br />I’m not impressed by the dog and pony<br />I’m not about to eat that stack of baloney<br />So I knocked him down but he got back up<br />I smacked him on the temple with a half full cup<br />I kicked his legs out he got up a third time<br />I pushed him over just to make the words rhyme<br />I took the sucker on on in fisticuffs<br />Got up a sixth time when I called his bluffs<br />I pulled the rug right out from under him<br />He got up a seventh time so I hit him again<br /><br /><i>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a></i></p><p><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</i></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-8331684187337435776?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-89190852132836665572011-11-13T11:38:00.000-08:002011-11-13T11:39:04.291-08:00It all spins down in a deep spiral<br />DNA, the mimetic viral<br />landscape topography<br />metaphysical geography<br />observation transformation<br />creation’s hagiography<br />Psychonaut how far you getting shot<br />into the undiscovered country of thought<br />Integral tautology<br />empathic eschatology<br />after all these years deserve at least an apology<br />what should we expect to find<br />behind the character of mind<br />only the psychonaut knows<br />the place that only his kind goes<br />And yet it’s said the same wind blows<br /><p><i>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a></i></p><p><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</i></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-8919085213283666557?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-65438261239001030242011-11-11T22:48:00.000-08:002011-11-11T22:49:29.654-08:00If rules exist it seems that this<br />perception of free choice must be<br />a sad illusion of self-reference<br />deluded by the word free<br />Pain exists pleasure exists<br />compulsion in a thousand forms<br />How sweet to think that we’ve got options<br />And will to navigate the storm<br />I’m not saying I don’t believe in it<br />but the possibility must be thought about<br />that the whole system’s just blind chance<br />that there is nothing that we’ve brought about<br />And we’re no more than schools of fish<br />darting with the mindless mass<br />that one day in some storm we can’t control<br />the whole of humankind will pass<br /><i><br />If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a></i><p><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</i></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-6543826123900103024?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-14500052183866065512011-11-11T15:39:00.000-08:002011-11-11T15:40:15.739-08:00Lies upon lies upon lies upon lies<br />Flies swarm from your mouths<br />Brass glitters in your eyes<br />From day one the cover up began<br />From here it seems we still don’t understand<br />What is the function of the ruling class<br />Telling you be thankful<br />for your half full glass<br />And if this is the height of man<br />I think I’ll pass<br />All the lies that we debate now<br />will get swallowed up in the<br />cover up somehow<br />in ages to come<br />And even the best think to themselves<br />They better get some<br />Before the next collapse<br />And so we all end up saps<br /><br /><i>If you would like to support my song of the day, please consider purchasing something from <a href="http://bootstrapgospel.blogspot.com/2010/11/various-mental-difficulties-and-why.html">the Shop</a></i><p><i><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</i></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-1450005218386606551?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-10793014941442952742011-11-10T09:09:00.000-08:002011-11-10T09:10:36.466-08:00Moments grow like leaves on trees<br />A thousand million simultaneously<br />They have their sun time strong and green<br />That passes never to come again<br />Their colors fade to gold and red<br />green life gives way to past and dead<br />and in the mind of endless time<br />they drift and swirl a dance sublime<br />You cannot hold a single one<br />past when their sunny season’s done<br />Ours is just to watch their day<br />their bud and growth and fade away<br />and soft descent to join the rest<br />and to this truth I do attest<br />that we like moments, we like leaves<br />have got no last tricks up our sleeves<br />we each one have our appointed hour<br />though we defy or run or cower<br />still when it strikes we too each fall<br />and join the drift in silence, all<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-1079301494144295274?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-67727742551794069332011-11-09T11:04:00.000-08:002011-11-09T11:06:02.193-08:00Well if you’re gonna break down<br />the brand new taste<br />be prepared to end up with<br />egg on your face<br />because you gotta break a few<br />a few what? don’t ask<br />if you remember the tower<br />remember the masks<br />a house all of doors<br />a broken spine<br />tell you true I broke it down<br />with a lot of friends of mine<br />the fundamental particle<br />well now it’s just me<br />trying to decode the new taste<br />trying to define what is free<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-6772774255179406933?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-23805405392842173292011-11-08T19:56:00.000-08:002011-11-08T19:57:14.206-08:00I think it’s better to muddle through<br />the long approach by way of<br />one thousand good-byes<br />I don’t need your secret passage<br />your cheat code or your<br />strategy guide<br />There’s so much more satisfaction<br />when you’ve settled every option<br />then reveal the one that clicks<br />The gap between a Rembrandt<br />and a paint by the numbers<br />That's the lesson I learned<br />playing Zelda in the Sticks<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-2380540539284217329?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-41107160478835740192011-11-07T10:51:00.000-08:002011-11-07T10:54:38.611-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/1600/partly%20cloudy.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/400/sunny.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> 2,378 : 10 <a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">?</a><br /><br /><br />Critical juncture critical mass<br />critical density of the boil on my ass<br />critical malfunction of the<br />critical function that joins it all<br />or would have in the critical conjunction<br />I wouldn’t dare expose it all to critical review<br />Because right now there’s no evidence<br />That it isn’t all just spew<br />And some goats’ milk give spider silk<br />like some trees give you apples<br />God help me I ooze this stuff out<br />when with the Lord I grapple<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-4110716047883574019?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-49780741230121788052011-11-06T13:36:00.000-08:002011-11-06T13:37:30.819-08:00If this seems a marginal accomplishment<br />another speech about how hard<br />the job I have to do is<br />Please excuse us<br />We are indisposed<br />Dumbstruck by the question you posed:<br />If the goal is to be goalless<br />what does motivation mean<br />Are you sure I’m not just<br />Some kind of<br />machine<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-4978074123012178805?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-90022619605098189112011-11-06T13:34:00.000-08:002011-11-06T13:36:23.487-08:00I don’t want to levitate<br />or fly through the air<br />I just want a five second delay<br />For when I gotta stop myself<br />before I go there<br />I don’t want a time machine<br />or the power of mesmerism<br />Just give me a quick replay<br />just give me a prism<br />to split the difference<br />‘tween the lesser of two lesser evils<br />when I got to navigate the breaks<br />when the breach is narrow<br />and th’ observance has gone missing<br />let me redo<br />just a few of my mistakes<br />The roll reversal power<br />when the roll has gone against you<br />Otherwise I’ll have to muddle<br />through it like I’m prone to<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-9002261960509818911?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-24723270378599214502011-11-04T12:05:00.000-07:002011-11-04T12:07:48.699-07:00Get on get on<br />get on the track<br />that’s what every one was<br />tellin’ you all the way back<br />Don’t let your wheels<br />roam their own way<br />don’t give into fate<br />Lock your mag lev<br />on the main rail<br />Succumb to the steady state<br />First there was anarchy<br />then there was patriarchy<br />matriarchy<br />The ancestor gods<br />Then there was theocracy<br />then monarchy and aristocracy<br />and it would be hypocrisy<br />to say Guy didn’t talk to me<br />Some nights<br />Tellin’ me to blow the rails off<br />the track tonight<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-2472327037859921450?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-71112549220606644842011-11-04T12:03:00.000-07:002011-11-04T12:05:06.603-07:00If you really have to know<br />Today was the day I let everything slide<br />I drew a line I numbered it five<br />succumbed one last time to that old jive<br />And if you asked and I didn’t tell you so<br />Six years three days to the day just so<br />Now I’ll tell you<br />If you really have to know<br />Time is an illusion it doesn’t<br />really matter<br />You can think about it till your brain’s in tatters<br />You can think about it all live long day<br />this too this too shall pass away<br />I wrote it down just to preserve<br />a record of the too many masters I served<br />On the way to try to pare it down to one<br />I sensed that my trial had just begun<br />the littlest sentry just would not sleep<br />I got my big last number<br />but the price was steep<br />I gave it one more minute, plunged into the fray<br />reminded that every single day was today<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-7111254922060664484?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-32792464442057443252011-11-02T07:05:00.000-07:002011-11-02T07:06:40.337-07:00I am lost in the world of words<br />what I wrote<br />and said<br />and read<br />and heard<br />It’s unquestionably real<br />but is it what it seems<br />and could the same be said<br />of our experience and dreams<br />but I’m given to believe<br />it’s a deceptive path<br />So many throw the baby out<br />and keep the dirty bath<br />Yet still I seem entranced by it<br />still I can’t seem to stop<br />I can’t escape that feeling if<br />I don’t write my skull will pop<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-3279246444205744325?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-70145200434528448422011-11-01T11:05:00.000-07:002011-11-01T11:11:58.627-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/1600/partly%20cloudy.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6680/533/400/sunny.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> 2,372 : 4 <a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">?</a><br /><br /><br />So it ends for just one day<br />This is all that I can say<br />There is only sleep and death<br />All else is just revolving<br />Still yet a month to set things right<br />Still yet it seems an end in sight<br />Another hangs on bated breath<br />Try to see what I’m solving<br />Here’s a thought to wake up to<br />believing something doesn’t make it true<br />But belief goes on it seems<br />And each day comes regardless<br />And so it ends begins or pauses<br />the small print in your escape clauses<br />warns in sleep may come such dreams<br />warns of softness warns of hardness<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-7014520043452844842?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-30908705013036877442011-10-31T13:17:00.000-07:002011-11-01T11:05:33.039-07:00So it begins<br />in the middle<br />the end nowhere in sight<br />Confessed my sins<br />Pronounced the riddle<br />Keep hammering the wrong until<br />the wrong becomes the right<br />I did my time<br />None can deny it<br />It seems it’s going to take something much more<br />I’ve said my rhymes<br />and I’ve kept quiet<br />and one last nod to what is left in store<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-3090870501303687744?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-11044132774356882272011-10-30T07:43:00.000-07:002011-10-30T07:44:20.685-07:00The sun also sets<br />everyone eventually forgets<br />And down there on the killing floor<br />I swung my maul and called for more<br />waiting for the clock to strike five<br />at least it’s a living without the<br />shuck and jive<br />why does inspiration sometimes strike<br />And other days just takes a hike<br />It’s pretty aggravating man<br />Never knowing when it’s showing<br />no way to plan<br />How could I have gone<br />a thousand and one<br />and felt like I had<br />just begun<br />when this shit is over do I get to<br />stop for good<br />do you think I’ll want to?<br />Do you think I should?<br />I’ll find a way through I guess<br />Try as I might to always say yes<br />the revolution is in person and live<br />and it’s all gonna shake out five by five<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-1104413277435688227?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-55918412480615755262011-10-30T07:42:00.000-07:002011-10-30T07:43:13.714-07:00Everything’s gonna be five by five<br />If I get outta this thing alive<br />If I manage to close the gap<br />If I manage not to snap<br />If I make an effort true<br />So I keep saying to you<br />Even though there’s no evidence<br />At least perched up there on the fence<br />You better believe that’s right<br />No more smoke no more endless night<br />I imagine that’s not quite certain<br />Cause this is in the past so pull the curtain<br />Forget about it too much to explain<br />Every line every beat I gain<br />Every time into the pool I dive<br />I come out hoping to be five by five<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-5591841248061575526?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-39534958568748210472011-10-30T07:40:00.000-07:002011-10-30T07:42:11.612-07:00Here’s a riddle a puzzle for sure<br />what’s the function of tedium<br />Shouldn’t work be a pleasure no?<br />Since work is existence’s medium<br />What kind of genetic blunder<br />Makes persistence such a chore<br />Makes forbearance such a nuisance<br />Makes surviving such a bore<br />Maybe something’s missing there<br />an obvious little clue<br />Maybe DNA works just fine<br />Maybe the problem’s with you<br />The tedium is calling you<br />to live your life even better<br />write the reminder to yourself<br />sealed in a secret letter<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-3953495856874821047?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-26109011742399193122011-10-27T13:03:00.000-07:002011-10-27T13:04:49.164-07:00Why bother is the biggest question<br />in all of philosophy<br />And the fact that almost no one asks it<br />is just more proof<br />If you ask me<br />Is it just an itch we scratch at<br />Is it some compulsion of evolution<br />Or are we just so stupid<br />that we’re still expecting a solution?<br />People get worked up about<br />their little brainstorms true<br />I’m no better than the rest<br />Hey neither are you<br />And if I ask why bother<br />and come up with nothing at all<br />Well the fact that I just<br />keep rolling anyway<br />must hint at the genuine fall<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-2610901174239919312?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19894411.post-16383404172203802432011-10-27T13:01:00.000-07:002011-10-27T13:03:04.532-07:00Rocks are heavy: hills are steep<br />That’s it: you pretty much got my deal<br />This is a sequel: you may have read the prequel<br />I fear it won’t have quite the same appeal<br />‘Cause I just roll roll roll roll roll<br />till gravity wins again<br />that’s it that’s the whole movie<br />what do you think of my concept friend?<br />I guess you could say we’re speaking in code<br />And breaking the rule so lately set<br />The author tells his own tale stealthily<br />And it shows in the product you can bet<br />Is there really any other way<br />Do all tales tell the same<br />Are they just a long and fruitless task<br />relating really just one name?<br />ten thousand nights ten thousand nights<br />ten thousand nights in a row<br />And I can barely bear the irony<br />if you really want to know<br /><br /><I><a href="http://songsofdays.blogspot.com/2006/07/lets-begin-again.html">What</a> is the song of the day?</I><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19894411-1638340417220380243?l=songsofdays.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JMHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05667979254801580187noreply@blogger.com0