2.5030 : 2/9/19 : Appointment

Transition

no surprise

who's changing faster

sure no saint

fit to be

cast in plaster

not much

poetry

in the increment

and on these

days drag

When it's inclement

and I wait

patient

for the latest

disappointment

swearing soon

I'm going to

miss that

next appointment

what

2.4733 : 4/18/18 : Patience

Find a way to a

new way to measure

patience in burden

a lesson a treasure

try to believe that

here toiling under

is striking the path

not the lash for some blunder

I'm not very good

at waiting in strength

self possession

Somehow at some length

Maybe my coin will turn

patience will flower

and settle with this stone

and unlock its power

what

2.4599 : 12/05/17 : Stance

Change stance

challenge for tomorrow

What won't come natural

naturally will have to borrow

speak light

display a brighter spirit

not exactly faking

and perhaps will get near it

what is the stance

it's heading somewhere

panning the silt

the gold is in there

patience purpose

practice and zeal

Kept close to me what for

something I'll know when I feel

what

2.4403: 5/23/17 : The Screw

They'll find a way

to turn the screw

the only thing

really to do

is find a way

to turn aside

somewhere else

must peace abide

grant me patience

grant me stealth

grant continuation

of a season of health

keep me honest

have my back

show me how

to stay on track

what

2.4095 : 7/19/16 : Don't Look

Can't see straight

don't look great

they all tell

me just wait

what

2.3907 : 1/13/16 : Fool Tax

And that's the last time I pay

the fool tax I said

But you know I probably

hit it later

I know I've got a lot

to be glad about

but then I never

was a patient waiter

I give twenty times that

when they pass the plate

Some say it's the fool tax double

But it's somewhere to go

Something to do

and I guess it

Keeps me out of trouble

what

2.3580 : 2/20/15 : Stretched (Endless Axis 313/500)

Last stretched hour

hah yeah right

Better repent now

gonna be a long night

grant me the patience

Because it's nowhere near the end

and I'm long on regrets

and sure could use a new friend

what

2.3317 : 6/2/14 : Patience (Endless Axis 50/500)

Patience

maybe that's the lesson

I can be okay with the lesson

what there is to

be bright about

you know I'm going to

keep you cats guessing

And you know

I'm feeling my patience

growing roots

getting anchored

do it without

despair or rancor

the lesson

confession

what

2.3023 : 08/12/13 : Chaos Wrangler

Probably

got me dead to rights

guy

no chaos wrangler

well I am

I guess I have to

but I'd rather be an angler

Slow and steady patient type

but I'm not sure

how long I can wait

and the 

unknowing

disorder's

put me into

such a state

101 Curious Professions 68: Wrangler

what

2.3003 : 07/23/13 : Patient

Too busy being patient

to wait up for you

and though I'm no one's patient

am sick, it's true

in deference to sickness

and fatigue's soft crush

I will opt out of further discourse

'fore my mind converts to slush

101 Curious Professions 48: Patient

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2.2547 : 4/23/12 : Manhattan (Mt. Metaphor 16/58)

Broadway and Main
downtown Manhattan
waitin' for all the cultural
reference to flatten
then go and get a steak
up in Sir Scotts
check the trip so far
and ask you for your thoughts

what

2.2312 : 09/01/11 : Limit

Where is the limit
of patience
endurance
what if there's no guarantee at all
no real insurance
what if no matter
what you do
oh hell why keep repeating
I'll limit it to
only saying
there's too damn much material
and life is always fleeting

what

2.1969 : 9/23/2010 : That Didn't Work

Well that didn't work - no note of that
the transition protocol, the fancy new hat
the itty bitty songs at the frustrated last minute
looks like I'm just gonna have to swallow the loss, innit
looks like I have to get back on the long-form kick
and the little by little and trying not to be a dick
praying for patience, praying for peace
praying for the little revelations that bring release
put everything together and try another angle
let the impossible questions dangle
pick four or five solid virtues to pursue
and try so very hard to be good to you
and try so very hard to rise above the slippery slope
try to savor the feeling of not being a dope
believe in what's believable and gloss the rest
let what can't be understood to time's only test
well that didn't work but here I'm still kicking
throwing noodles at the wall to observe what's sticking.

what

2.1956 : 9/10/10 : Everything Wrong

I'm going to work diligently
to get everything wrong
wrong kind and wrong number
wrong time to write a song
hide knowing it'll get caught out
wrong choice of final rites
I'm just hoping to find a way
to get rid of the parasites
I worked so hard at being right
forgot the question
I don't know how to start the next verse
but I'm open to suggestion
I'm going to try so patiently
to stack it up again
the days behind the fluid now
I felt I had sometimes had when
I believed in a few little dreams
believed in things working
I believed maybe in a happy ending
might be in some odd corner working
I'll worry about tomorrow now
I'll worry about the gong
a-sounding out strange endings
I'm confident that's wrong

what

2.1871 : 6/17/10 : Bent

Time seems all bent out of shape
and disarranged
stuff that went down a few days back
I already feel estranged
hey that guy isn't me
that doesn't reflect my views
in light of the developments
in context of the news
I'm already against that joker
up there in the future
he's forgotten where he came from
the cheap pathetic moocher
If I had it to do again
whoops I guess I do
I'd tell them all to get bent
and wait oh so patiently for you

what

2.1827 : 5/4/10 : Slower

Harder time
is always slower time
I can almost appreciate
it
still the work chime
goes off constantly
and I am dragging see
as I try try try
to go about it patiently
couldn't be sweet, easy
and go slow too
another long turn around
another day is through
gone past in slower speed
stuffing in so much need
and I am the bullet now
only one voice I heed

what

2.1404 : 3/7/09 : Temptations

I’ve got temptations

and what else is new

time to show of that patience

I ask from you

do the right thing for a change

do the smart thing

no need to perfect or rearrange

and nothing in my hand I bring...

what

2.1354 : 1/16/09 : Moment Never Comes

Maybe you all made a terrible mistake

couldn’t wait

impatient said I’ll

take that one

now spill out the remainder

waiting for the

moment

the moment never comes

maybe I’m no better

maybe I’m worse

than fake free verse

maybe I belong

in the swill here

with all you bums

what

2.812 : 7/24/07 : This is Your Brain

This is your brain on fucking crazy
throwing down every scrap I saved
this is my brain on losing patience
this is the brain that roared and raved
look at the brains of the sunken masses
rotting in sugar and teevee rays
look at the brains of the politicians
pray for the end of their numbered days
rock it or not this boat is sinking
shrinking deflating and taking water
these are the brains of conspirators
these are the brains of the lambs led to slaughter

what

2.541 : 10/26/06 : Screw Up

Another screw up
bollixed transmission
another match
don’t want
to betray our position
it seems we always gotta be
somewhere fighting
the romance
of the cluster bomb
is I admit inviting but
screw up your
courage your
indignation
screw up your
belligerence
we’re nothing if not patient
screw up; grab another form
and start the process over
while your still warm corpse
spins outraged between
pushing all that clover

what