2.5297 : 11/3/19 : Kept

How likely

the world will be kept

something that

crossed over

while I slept

I cast it so

about a thousand times

and when the bell chimes

I'll run at the mouth

like the dog I am

get you coming and going

on the job on the lam

sign me up

for another ten thousand

something new next

or you can damn well

pound sand

what

2.5257 : 9/24/19 : Something Like (The Experiment: 92/100)

Put away more

and still more

try to figure out

What anything's for

something like a sieve

something like a still

anything sweet left to

temper this bitter pill

is the goal to be content

or angry enough to leap

could I turn it around

with a little more sleep

I read our hearts are

made to endure

chasing down the long game

has a certain allure

by the end of this run

to have something like a plan

to get me somewhere

though I'm surely and also-ran

what

2.5236 : 9/3/19 : Routine (The Experiment: 71/100)

If I was having my

morning coffee

on top of eight

hours of sleep

If I was wearing

better shoes

would the routine

feel more deep

If I can't find one

tiny bright star

in the midst of the

routine grind

well I think I think

I feel I fear

I might just

misplace my mind

what

2.5227 : 8/25/19 : Too Much Coffee (The Experiment: 62/100)

Too much coffee

probably

maybe it's stress

all I know

it's all me

too much drifting

in this idiot sphere

maybe a nap

show up later

still here

 

2.5157 : 6/16/19 : One Foot Out the Door

I threw it out

wayback along

not to say

it was ever not wrong

nobody had

to give me the talk

when do I get to walk

one foot out the door

one in the bear trap

I was sleep walking

never heard the snap

stationary target

easy to knock me down a peg

but I might just get along

Once I gnaw off that leg

what

2.5099 : 4/19/19 : Devout

Missing the mark

on the devout state

asked to watch

but cannot

stay awake

A little late

to claim the

Cause of grief

And wondering

what on earth

could bring relief

what

2.5081 : 4/1/19 : Husk

This mere husk

fruit

or root

nowhere to

be seen

the stupid

same

lantern play

behind the

screen

thinking

another dismal sleep

thinking I'm

a dumb dumb

sheep

what

2.4937 : 11/8/18 : Frantic

It's all part of the design

the frantic pace

keep my gimbals unaligned

Keep me in my place

I gotta gotta breathe deep

get my bearings straight

until I've got my line down

in my sleep

And at the cusp

I will not hesitate

what

2.4894 : 9/26/18 : The Thresher

Climb out

before the walls

get steeper

am I still hoping

this thing is a

Sleeper

four pop shots

aren't getting

any fresher

pray some revelation

and on its heels

the thresher

what

2.4862 : 8/25/18 : Anger

It's the anger

it's the lack of sleep

it's the bad old days

that cut me deep

it's the vices

it's the worm

it's the restless grasping

if that's really the term

believe believe

that things can change

not just deck chairs

to rearrange

maybe even

turn the great ship round

about the only thing

that keeps me seeking

the big sound

what

2.4829 : 7/23/18 : Not Deep

Turn down

the anger

get more

sleep

eat better

move more

it's not deep

Would all things

fall into place

Would you see

there on my face

oh far off friend

that joy at last

seen in your dream

crazy years past

not smart not deep

but from the heart

would that be how

the next would start

what

2.4816 : 7/10/18 : Regimen

Finally get enough sleep

get on a gratitude regimen

frequent active breaks

could I be the specimen

so many tricks

that I never apply

meditate, eat great

will I ever be that guy

It just can't go on

the gnashing and grumbling

Where's the effect tho

of this truth to which I'm tumbling

the regimen sits

in its dusty box

and you'd be a fool

to invest in my stocks

what

2.4802 : 6/26/18 : White Noise

Record every bit of it

end to end

So low so fast

load up hit send

reduced in fidelity

sounds just like white noise

call it performance

are ya feelin' me boys

I wouldn't have the slightest

what to do on a stage

or if a wealthy barfly

offered to buy a page

So I feel so lucky

the secret gets kept

and it's like the white noise

grew a story while I slept

 

2.4781 : 6/5/18 : The Order

Trying to get the order right

how to step down retire from the fight

Daybreak must take it up again

armed with nothing but a pen

I pine I'll fall into a trance

and dream at last my own true dance

the work that feels like coming home

but daytime smashes it to foam

and then I try just to accept

nothing much ever came when I slept

and what I got was what there is

and still the pining dream worlds fizz

what

2.4758 : 5/13/18 : Sleeper

For a hot minute got fired up

to go deeper

Plumb those hidden depths

the real summer sleeper

but while I toiled, the depths

sank out of sight

Left with the obvious

Call that the usual plight

Briefly sought a rhythm

briefly thought a rhyme

but I only get to work

what I've got

when it's time

and so so seldom

find a real refrain

and the sleeper slumbers hidden

the conclusion is plain

but I won't disdain

say I failed the mark

however small however lodged

in the deepest crack I fan the flame

what

2.4740 : 4/25/18 : Hand and Neck

Try not to see portents

in my hand and neck

just this aging body

just hurts like heck

One small comfort gives me

it's a good excuse

hope to sleep this vise off

And tomorrow be more use

what

2.4710 : 3/26/18 : Rig

If you saw this rig

these sleep magicians had

to put me in

you'd gather why

this one is thin

I hope the

dreams can still get in

what

2.4680 : 2/24/18 : Travails

According to plans

so right of the rails

and nobody wants to

retread these travails

and in the big scheme

I've got no right to Yap

I'd just as soon retreat

and heap sleep on that nap

what

2.4653 : 1/28/18 : Mojo

To get the mojo back

fix the whole culture

rectify the great disunion

keep back you damn vulture

there's not a corpse here

there's life in us yet

Still a world of simple pleasure

Somehow we're bound to get

a lot of reading lately

probably won't cut it

have to find it in the darkness

won't come overnight but it

must be worth it

the mojo's very needful

So I'll be silent get to sleep

and try to be so heedful

what

2.4645 : 1/20/18 : Steps

Am I slowing

losing steps

just want the quiet life

maybe a few more

laps and reps

a few more greens

better sleep

no kind of plan

but these steps

are going deep

into the drifted

snow of

day after tomorrow

So says the bit of

future vision

I borrow

what