2.3265 : 4/11/14 : Magical Thinking

Magical thinking

doesn't help a bit

the need's extreme

this age is plain unfit

I am become catastrophe

blind and random

whoever's got the keys

should be forced to unhand them

oh but by whom

and into whose hand?

No glory be here

and no promised land

I promised I'd look up

that I would dream brighter

it's a hard row though

I am yet still a fighter

what

2.3264 : 4/10/14 : Long

Art is long

and I waited half my life to start

maybe it's only two fifths

that might be the scary part

the primary role model

was an abandoning fuck

and there's no much point to a row

when you've only got one duck

oh at least at least

it's not saying this again

better remember small favors

every time I need to count to ten

and another and another

is running long

you might think I'd go obvious

to you I say blong!

what

2.3263 : 4/9/14 : Heavy

Metal raining down

rocks and logs too

forsake history

before it flogs you

bounded by atmosphere

and gravity

What else heavy

can we throw in the cavity?

glass chunks raining down

Steel as well

we've every capability

to make this world a living hell

Why do we go heavy

so easily?

Why don't we have a better plan

than what will be will be

what

2.3262 : 4/8/14 : Gimmick

Every gimmick

every slogan falls down

there's no deus ex

no way out of town

So I guess we just see

and roll with whatever

pray for a pivot

and a place to ply my lever

what

2.3261 : 4/7/14 : Change Everything

The only way

to change everything

is how you look at it

and is that anything

many mystics

gurus and sages

kneeled at many hours

turned many pages

What I hold in my hand

I'll open, release

you can't change a lot of things

but every day you can seek peace

what

2.3260 : 4/6/14 : While the Tea Steeps

While the tea steeps

before the mission creeps any more

I'm going to place a bet

on you and me

If it gets a little old

If I may be so bold

I'll wager another

one day we'll get out

and go free

I'll dodge that hammer

if I end up in the slammer

just a figure of speech

it won't come to that

What I've got a fingertip on

like a mask I'm going to slip on

that which I can both do and teach

is tucked right under my hat

what

2.3259 : 4/5/14 : Quieter

Get quieter

get meeker

get humbler

be only a seeker

always loving

always kind

rise above this

struggling mind

always comes back

snapping striving

too many years of

just surviving

If I could be that kind

would I see clear

ask me next week

I'll still be here

what

2.3258 : 4/4/14 : Crowned

Under the circumstances

I should be crowned

I should be knighted

and well renowned

this is no coddle

for the creative heart

and yet I persist

and each day new start

Oh I know no guarantee

Oh I know its own reward

is it my comeuppance for some future life

hanging hoisted on my own petard

give me faith to believe

just for a single week

give me to hold on one more year

draw the veil and grant me just a peek

and I will go

wherever you might say

swear to me just swear to me

I'll get there by this May

what

2.3257 : 4/3/14 : Of Songs

Of songs I'll say

no more beyond

I only wished to shine

and forge a bond

we're all alone

spinning in the dark

and as noted this

is no walk in the park

And lately all I hear

is the market floor gongs

it sounds like hell

it sounds like a killing floor

of songs

what

2.3256 : 4/2/14 : Threats

Stressing threats

stressing losing bets

Dwelling in every

hasn't happened yet

Dwelling on disaster

the dark age

I'll say no more of threat

I'll turn a page

what

2.3255 : 4/1/14 : Transfer

Noon to midnight

the transfer fails

I better turn it in early

despite lost trails

the first station

is lost in the mist

and the past

is a velvet fist

I am beseeching

no idea to whom

with no hope to avoid

the decline

nor the tomb

but if it's not now

I better make this next transfer stick

and I'm not yet clear

so you better stand back when I kick

what

2.3254 : 3/31/14 : Mid Day Shift

Read about it

never found it again

two magic hours

every day renew and then

life intervened

for maybe 19 years

had some laughs

sure had some tears

but today I recall

and mean to reach and grab it

deep down I still believe

it's just a matter of habit

what

2.3253 : 3/30/14 : Higher Purpose

I'm kill this poison

with stronger poison

how'd I get

so smart

there's no such thing as

a higher purpose

there's no such thing

as art

there's such a thing as

getting my end in

you better all

watch out

I gave up looking

for my higher purpose

I'm on a tear

a rout

I'm kill the stronger poison

with lord high

ultrapoison

I'll seed it in

the clouds

oh how I'll laugh all

immune and furious

watch it rain on

the crowds

what

2.3252 : 3/29/14 : All Exits

What about this hell?

All exits

no destination

Say nothing matters

what on earth

is re-creation?

We shout our questions

into a deep hole

No echo:

And every exit with a stiff toll

what

2.3251 : 3/28/14 : Poleaxe

Unship the poleaxe

lay me flat

I want to check out from it all

just like that

no indecision

no dissertation on facts

just promised peace

carried on

the whistling of the poleax

what

2.3250 : 3/27/14 : The Decision to Fast

The decision to fast

and all it entails

try to transcend this plateau

of freaks and fails

hunger is a medicine

and anodyne a sauce

contrast for those getting soft

and and antidote for loss

what

2.3249 : 3/26/14 : Sit In Silence

What's wrong with the question

is that the question

is there something wrong

with that question

Shut up and work for a while

only a suggestion

shut up and sit in silence

and when you come on back

a while hence

I'll ask you

what was wrong with the question

is it that the only answer

is not this?

between the mu and the wu wei

and lacking a receptacle for pot piss

anyone could be forgiven

for being confused

Still the easy answer offered

was refused

what

2.3248 : 3/25/14 : Recover

I need a day to recover

form the shock and disappointment

only kidding

the affliction

just required

some tea and ointment

only kidding

we were slightly ill

and plus the same old same old

and I ought to chase

that bitter pill

before its trail gets

too cold

what

2.3247 : 3/24/14 : Money Tree

It comes around again

a bad card

I got a bad card tree

yeah it's hard

I got an it's hard tree

It's metaphysical

the way we make things hard

sure makes me quizzical

tonight I'll have a feeling

that I've had before

I'll shake the money tree

and hear a slamming door

there was no doorway there

just in my mind

Still looking for a way that way

I must be truly blind

what

2.3246 : 3/23/14 : Chances

I lowball bids for cheap chances

as the mind descends to dances

with the grim mechanics of

inevitable removal

from the mortal plane that we all face

if I knew the time I'd pick up the pace

and get over my standing

and the seeking of approval

my fate's for sure the pure and mundane

I can't seem to corral my brain

though golly how it

still wants to believe

and if I'm playing crazy chance's game

I best transcend the same old same

and get behind

the very best I can conceive

what

2.3245 : 3/22/14 : Lobby

Who do I hire to lobby

what's the coin

is there a society

I need to join

these barracudas

these greedy sharks

circling to take a

bite out of us marks

who do I hire to lobby

on my behalf

where to apply the influence

where to spread out the graft

do I pay up with silver

will 30 pieces do

or could I skip the lobby

take this one straight to you

what

2.3244 : 3/21/14 : Paint a Picture

Paint a picture

with light with words

with a certain

13 tones I heard

I put this to you

we're all bound for dust

and maybe sooner than we think

so while we can paint we must

I went looking for wisdom

and I found a lot

I went looking for an answer

and got put on the spot

paint me a picture

said the Lord most high

I said you'll see how I do

for I am such

a stand-up guy

what

2.3243 : 3/20/14 : As Long as You Believe (TWoB 11/11)

They'll howl to hear me say

it's the secret to doing

anything yes anything at all

one word: believing

As long as you believe

you can do anything

drive a race care paint a picture

get on stage and sing

Anything you believe you can do

When you believe strong enough

if I shout it out on the corner

if I sing it long enough

and they'll try to shout me down

let's see you fly they'll say jeering

I had to laugh as they faded out

and I saw my teacher was appearing

As long as you believe

you can do anything

drive a race car paint a picture

get on stage and sing

Anything you believe you can do

When you believe strong enough

if I should it out on the corner

if I sing it long enough

what

2.3242 : 3/19/14 : There Are No Mistakes (Only Happy Accidents) (TWoB 10/11)

Hard to believe

what with terrible things

but then again if

you're to believe anything

not exactly planned

certainly not all good

not a bit of easy but

the thing we understood

is that there are no mistakes

only happy accidents

and so we paint the sky

and so we make the firmaments

so we make this majestic roof

fretted with golden fire

so make our magic non-mistakes

and so each day inspire

what

2.3241 : 3/18/14 : If You Want the Bad Stuff Watch the News (TWoB 9/11)

Let me summarize my views

as one who's paid his share of dues

As species as a race

We've got the ability to fix this place

We've got the talent and the good heart

We've got the knowledge we've got the art

and that's me that's just my own views

So if you want the bad stuff watch the news

if you want the murder and catastrophe

if you want the war and misery

I'll be down here sawing this old harp

Maybe Pollyanna but the brain's still sharp

billions of hearts are ruled by love

Whether there's anything below, above

We've got all that we need here and now

Follow our heart and you will find out how

Get on my level leave the bad behind

get on my level get into my mind

You won't get this skill in the daily link

You'll get so blissed you won't know what to think

what

2.3240 : 3/17/14 : Beauty is Everywhere (TWoB 8/11)

Beauty is everywhere

So I went forth without a care

You've got to take time to sit and stare

because you know beauty is everywhere

You know that beauty is in the sky

Eyes up and beauty won't pass you by

You know that beauty is in the trees

Oh won't you stay with me beauty please

the mountains and the twining springs

all of the flying and creeping things

the sea especially in the clouds

So get away from the smoke and crowds

Beauty is everywhere

So I went forth without a care

You've got to take time to sit and stare

because you know beauty is everywhere

what

2.3239 : 3/16/14 : Clouds are Very Free (TWoB 7/11)

Clouds are very free

and oh how

I wish it were me

float above it all

leave life behind

eternal free fall

Sometimes fall in rain

no worries in it

no failure or pain

always rise again

reform

free in wind

in sun in storm

what

2.3238 : 3/15/14 : This is Your World (TWoB 6/11)

This is your world

do you believe it

To make of what you will

the clue did you receive it

There's a lot of us

ho hell a lot of us

can we share all this

possessing

are we marching

or regressing

still it's your world

not there or then

but here and now

it's either sword or pen

I chose my weapon

long ago so now I see

I was waiting on a signal

and you gave it me

This is your world

do you believe it

to make of what you will

the clue did you receive it

what

2.3237 : 3/14/14 : Let Nature Make You Happy (TWoB 5/11)

We better damn well

try to keep some

We better start now

boy we're gonna reap some

industrial whirlwind

rain on the cement

Better keep your green space

Better pursue that talent

there's compensation

it's not all hair shirt

there's peace in tall trees

there's join in clean dirt

let nature make you

happy and show it

We better damn well

keep some and grow it

what

2.3236 : 3/13/14 : Talent is a Pursued Interest (TWoB 4/11)

No such thing as talent

I heard that one somewhere else once

From someone else altogether

enough said from this here dance

Only the desire it's suggested

and the pursuing it

talent is a pursued interest

yeah no fate no born to this kinda shit

What's your interest then hey

What's got you on the hooks

see it like a deep wondrous dream

and make that chase one for the books

what

2.3235 : 3/12/14 : You Need Dark to Show Light (TWoB 3/11)

Said you need dark

to show light

You know that one

kept me up all night

Sounds like an excuse

like a riddle for a fool

Sounds like a copout

Yet it still sounds true

evil isn't good

black isn't white

Even so you need dark

to show light

Someday to understand

how it all works through and through

given the circumstances

I suppose you really do

what

2.3234 : 3/11/14 : Everyday is a Good Day (TWoB 2/11)

Try missing a few

so to speak

and so you knew

that somehow no matter how dark it could play

Every day is a good day

Either we're in this

or we're not

can't always pick the time

or choose the spot

but we can always try

we can always play

I dread being put to the test

but insist

every day is a good day

what

2.3233 : 3/10/14 : The Wisdom of Bob (TWoB 1/11)

I love your voice

and I love the way you paint

if the results were not always my cup of tea

it's not a bit of a taint

to the joy to hear the telling

and the wisdom of Bob

and how you laid it all down

each day you did your job

what

2.3232 : 3/9/14 : Sick Again

Tricked again

so likely getting

sick again

oh which thoughts

to pay heed to

the quiet said

are there any that

you really need to

what

2.3231 : 3/8/14 : Scrape

Scrape something up

call it the daily portion

keep your trap shut

it feels like pure extortion

You may be right art boy

not a soul cares

prepare for the hater's smack talk

and cold stares

scrape a little paint away

it's a nice effect

Scratch a little highlight up

and do you expect

there's some meaning lurking up

in the metaphor

here's a mirror here's a plate

here's a barrel here's the door

what

2.3230 : 3/7/14 : No Wolf

Not rough not mean

not full of myself

keep most of my masterpieces

on the shelf

big talk and flash

not a game I can play

No wolf

but I get up and grind

anyway

one day maybe found

make a documentary

condescending of course

if a bit complementary

but the treasure I took

from the suit with the hooves

beat a thousand day reign

as the king of the wolves

what

2.3229 : 3/6/14 : Midnight on the Slabs

Midnight on the slabs

cracking jokes

making rough grabs

eased a little

but it's still all bad

and I can't bear to think

about the notion I had

what

2.3228 : 3/5/14 : Post-Cliff

I am post cliff

on the treble clef

I am amused, bespoke

bereft

I ran out of letters

So it's plan whatever

I can't take ten more years

I better get it together

walk with me baby

and talk me down

I got a mean desire

to blow up this town

with wild talk

and cliff shenanigans

I thought we were past

all that you hooligans

give it to me straight doc

will I ever reach the def triff

Will there be a warning

as comes the next cliff

and post cliff

anything but a splat

leaving me to fit

nicely in my own hat

what

2.3227 : 3/4/14 : The Cliff (2)

I guess running

into the bottom of the cliff

is better than

flying off the top

Reminds me of a book

a long time ago

a magic lion

that long slow drop

Once upon a time

I knew how to tell a story

What happened to me

anyway?

it went over the cliff

When I was thinking about

tomorrow

yesterday

what

2.3226 : 3/3/14 : The Cliff (1)

Good god

and you slide off the cliff

oh for a good book

and a little spliff

Whatever tomorrow meant

yesterday

You get it?

It doesn't matter

anyway

what

2.3225 : 3/2/14 : Circles

Drawn circles around

five hundred things

Show me the measure

of he who sings

when the chips are down

and the hammerfall whistling

Does it matter

can I be him

with the grasping

and the thistling

I can't commit

to the tale I want to tell

I can't get the singing right

So I just yell

another dumb bad venture

round the bend

Sing a circle round it

and full charge the dead end

what

2.3224 : 3/1/14 : Five Flavors

Five flavors

on your emotional tongue

I'm sure you're familiar

with this or that one

Fear anger

joy and disgust

you maybe heard there was no other

but believe you must

can you name my

favorite number five

it'll haunt you

every day you're alive

I know it will

but will not whisper a word

but give me a wink

So I'll know you heard

what

2.3223 : 2/28/14 : Twist & Turn

No matter how

no matter how

no matter how we twist and turn

the future comes

the future comes

and how it comes none can discern

And but a few

oh but a few

come to it as their own true home

and many here

many now here

will meet it nourishing the loam

if it's my day

it will be someday

I will not fret I will not fight

I will not twist

I will not turn

I'll raise my head embrace the light

what

2.3222 : 2/27/14 : Dice

throw dice

or flip coins

thoughts no guides

the throng it joins

scatter stalks

a turtle shell

been here before

oh hey oh well

better than

the oh the woe

the feelings come

the feelings go

the thought I had

didn't last a day

and what he thought

he'd never say

what

2.3221 : 2/26/14 : Inner Biome

I'm not the ruler of

the world inside me

I can't regulate

my inner biome

there's no answer on

the vast electric reaches

there's no answer in

any ancient tome

we'll probably hand

the worst of us immortality

we never could

make commerce work

with common morality

as so above

as so below

inner reflects outer

and both are laid very low

what

2.3220 : 2/25/14 : Covet

Everyone else's

how'd I dream of starting

too busy to covet

too busy regarding

I have to start

believing my own thing

rejecting all my own fear

that it's a bird has flown thing

what

2.3219 : 2/24/14 : Pins and Needles

Pins and needles

hammers and tongs

my q's are spitting p's

and I've got poems and songs

And once again

I'm calling this shit day one

fill it full of pins and needles

and sell it by the half ton

what

2.3218 : 2/23/14 : Plain Dealing

Put on my stone

no once can say he didn't try

I'm not alone

I'm hardly trying to claim I'm some special guy

I just can't decide

if I'll very be okay with if it's all for naught

I just can't decide

what I might do if I knew I wouldn't get caught

the spirit is willing

but the flesh will never be immortal

the piper's billing

and there's only one escape portal

and I've a feeling

I'll have to settle for a lot of could have's passing me by

but it's plain dealing

and nobody can say I didn't try

what

2.3217 : 2/22/14 : Rectify

Greed

lust

envy

and spite

so unenlightened

so little right

Every turn

another flaw

to rectify

at lest there's

plenty to stay busy

as the days fly by

what

2.3216 : 2/21/14 : Misdirection

I'm hip to my

vandal side's trick

the misdirection

it's a vile schtick

that works too well

my weaknesses

I fear I'll never

reach my peak princess

maybe the distraction

serves a higher goal

soon to reveal the magic trick

the flowering of my soul

what

2.3215 : 2/20/14 : Work Like Hell

I like to eat

I like to ring a bell

I like teevee

I like to work like hell

bred in the gristle

scratched in the bone

I can never finish nor leave it alone

Your recent deprivation

has been awfully cruel

this modern life dishes up

some damn thin gruel

bred in the gristle

scratched in the bone

step back girl when I hit it

you will glimpse the throne

not a glance backward

not a minute more

it's on it's on

get naked on the floor

rip back the flaps

show me your beating heart

better shade your eyes

baby here comes the art

what

2.3214 : 2/19/14 : Pin

I can't put a pin in

what I'm feeling

So step away

half awake

am I dreaming

it's so easy to say

no I'm certain so certain

but in another day

I may face the music

and I just can't stay

what

2.3213 : 2/18/14 : Discovery of Coal

We picked and mined deep

for the black rock

the hottest heat and how

we took stock

all we could do

and to fire our goal

we wrote the book

on the discovery of coal

fire in the boiler

build a head of steam

Watch as the flywheel kicks

and starts to scream

the powers that we have

as yet to tap

this crazy castle's wings

that start to flap

what

2.3212 : 2/17/14 : Pricks

Pricks assail from every which way

I keep kicking but they're not going away

I'd symbolize nine tenths of them with one sign

Something like an S with a double line

Yet still I contemplate no great escape

too bad my ship's made from boxboard and tape

confess sometimes I fear the pricks will fade away

do too good bluffing this weak hand I play

what will I kick at then what will I fight

get left alone with just myself all day and night

night and day after day I ask just the same

can I even give this dilemma a name

is it really indecision is it dimmer tricks

or am I just rolling to escape the pricks

what

2.3211 : 2/16/14 : In Defiance

Am I still in defiance

has it sunk below the surface

One the path of self-reliance

what's my present sense of purpose

If I knew that my story

Would everything just fall in place

God not another word from me

not one expression on my face

let's change directions

in fact let's jump right off the tracks

smash up this hallway of reflections

get so small to slip through the cracks

unnoticed unregarded

hell I only need a little scratch

defiance goes not unrewarded

pass it by I'll hoe my own patch

what

2.3210 : 2/15/14 : Fear

Overcome indecision

overcome fear

can't get more ready

will you just appear

The easy explanation

there's just nothing there

the fear talking sure

but I got nothing to compare

except all things outside

and the measures don't book

and that's probably the end

I'm probably caught on that hook

what

2.3209 : 2/14/14 : Not Perfect

Not perfect

but we try and push on

since you seem disinclined

to get a burning bush on

I'll have to be my own

prophecy

give me a minute

I'm sure something

will come to me

what

2.3208 : 2/13/14 : Circular

It's all feeling a little circular

maybe I'm feeling

like the biggest jerkular

Maybe for once I

can decide not to force or rush

sooner or later some

source I tap has got to gush

what

2.3207 : 2/12/14 : Upgrade

Time to upgrade the operating system

man that sounds great let's do it everywhere

To just sweep away the clutter and conformity

Listen to the roaring crowds the trumpet's blare

Wow can the great be reflected in the small

You know I sure could stand to be optimized

Probably both sides would still get trashed in every forum

Probably I wouldn't really be surprised

Who do I think I am some damn messiah

might as well ask for a million bucks

but while I try to cultivate the aloof attitude

can't help but give a thousand fucks

at every turn this world resists the mighty upgrade

every woman yes and every man

Gosh I just think it sounds so great in every way

I just don't think I'll ever understand

what

2.3206 : 2/11/14 : Janus

Two faced idol

I just can't decide who to trust

maybe can't neither

maybe it's all

an automatic bust

but it's no secret

I got a pile of work waiting

and hell or high water

there's no more time

for hesitating

what

2.3205 : 2/10/14 : Clutter

Will I ever get a leg up

on the clutter

the muttering the

stutter of the

not quite start

am I set up to

accept those joyful terms

across the plains

have I got time

for chasing art

for all the time

spent in quiet

it's been a steady diet

of chattering

a little like a monkey

little cluttered

little junky

Still I dream of

someday shattering

what

2.3204 : 2/9/14 : Hammer

How crazy must I be

to think I'm going to

dodge the hammer

Imagine standing

speaking clearly

but I stammer

the shadow's fallen

over me

the whistle of descent

And I still think

I'll pull a slipaway

I truly must be bent

what

2.3203 : 2/8/14 : Taste

Sweet or bitter

I'm no heavy hitter

but if I say so

I've got a little case

Sure there's no accounting

how little I'm amounting

no and can you

read the toll on my face

what I imagine constructing

or so I'm instructing

oh the beams and berms

it's been scratching in my mind

always a little behind

Since I heard about

a life on such joyful terms

what

2.3202 : 2/7/14 : What Lies Buried

Getting furious

while I meditate

is this a joke

maybe I'm doing great

work it all out

get some air to it

Some days I don't know

whether to stare or shit

Want to vomit up

every poison thought

boy what lies buried

is a juggernaut

ready to erupt

at the drop of a hat

another effort to empty

goes splat

and what lies buried

is a life's work

and sometimes hell

I just feel like a jerk

what

2.3201 : 2/6/14 : Jack of All Ports

No signs, no visions

no relief in any superstitions

Yet it seems that you

refuse to sell me out

impossible, invisible

every day fearing the rout

craving routine

and so out of sorts

fed up with the charge

to be jack of all ports

is this an adventure

or aquatic train wreck

is this terribly clever

or a shambles in dreck?

what

2.3200 : 2/5/14 : Real Magic

What if I can't stop wanting

real magic what then

get used to disappointment

oh well oh well again

there's always a million

things and only time for ten

and never any real magic to help

oh well oh well again

we get by despite

at least until we don't

we can believe despite it all

like a child at least until we won't

close your eyes and wish

and look at once nothing will happen

except the same old same old

oh well, oh well, oh well again

what

2.3199 : 2/4/14 : Extent

Extent isn't

everything

a comfort when there's

such a long line

of bells to ring

there but for the grace

uh oh

here we go again

still a long time

coming, let me

show you history's recycling bin

what

2.3198 : 2/3/14 : Trouble

Challenges

a nice word for trouble

careful what you run from

when we're sifting through the rubble

oh how we'll wish

to be back right here

Small chance of that

So sell your present

troubles dear

what

2.3197 : 2/2/14 : Event Horizon

Just like that you killed the

event horizon

So many lovely things

I had my eyes on

Was that the moment

Where the dark spot was born

and now I know it

Where am I going to blow my horn

You mean to say you've never read

or even saw my great Obscuro

I meant it to go viral man

You know I was so sure, oh

I guess at last I'm going to

have to go and roll my sleeves up

It's a dirty job but

Someone's got to sweep all these leaves up

what

2.3196 : 2/1/14 : Shatter

Don't take on problems not mine

got enough pins to scatter

don't take on someone's smoke

don't dream about shatter

Never let me practice my art

So I must pick up another

trust it will blow in on the wind

trust the spirit the mind's mother

what

2.3195 : 1/31/14 : Honky Tonk

A little of that solo

honky tonk guitar

while you pretend at

better progress

but know really where you are

and when they bring in

that high wistful

violin

you get knocked

back again

The past looks like

a lot of open spaces

but that's a trick

not true

but I've got to

learn something from it

Catch a different view

of tomorrow

of its space

the dark suspicion

it's in front of my face

or twining in my ears

a honky tonk refrain

Oh there I go again

what

2.3194 : 1/30/14 : Refrain

If I refrain

sustain this ascetic

will I end up stronger

or double pathetic

I used to think the answer

was so so clear

I used to think my

refrain would appear

I need a language of

a sort of diplomacy

I picked a hard place to be

sort of a home to me

and though it hurts me

oh I strive and strain

thinking I'll hook the least snatch

of my own refrain

refrain, stop

refrain, do it again

who comes up with this stuff

moreover where's the pin

I could yank and render

outcome inevitable

I might refrain

but then again I might just give it a pull

what

2.3193 : 1/29/14 : The Royal Road

Do I hear the call

the royal road once more

the next level head

the door the door oh God the door

do I dare to dream a peach

do I dare to dream a better way

do I dare to dream

do I dare to let go and play

what

2.3192 : 1/28/14 : Thaw

Have to be satisfied to start

with a thaw without

a change in temperature

feel free to scoff and doubt

another inward thing

called it a mental state

call it a spiritual thaw

roll my eyes mutter great

a superstitious scrap

said it was two years hence

the ship the thunderclap

the pole to vault the fence

want it to all melt now

none of this bitter wait

maybe within I'll cultivate

myself a fluid state

what

2.3191 : 1/27/14 : Froze In

Froze in

again

hard to complain

given

where I'm living

easy to complain

cabin fever

again

and no end

in sight

oh for a million

and south flight

what

2.3190 : 1/26/14 : Allegory

Perfect allegory

for the king of rubes

things that got pissed away

flushed down the tubes

nothing new

well he heard that before

nothing much

that he could not ignore

but it was not an allegory

it was him living his actual life

like a mouse in a maze

and actor in his plays

said I better buckle down for the kid and the wife

what

2.3189 : 1/25/14 : Pieces

Looks like the

same pieces man

can I really

learn a different

arrangment

having spoken

from hell to breakfast

of the tale of the

minor fall

my subsequent estrangement

or is there a

new piece for me

out there somewhere

a silver star maybe a white moon

I'm tossing my

pieces in my hand

and I'm going to

lay the new board

out- oh real soon

what

2.3188 : 1/24/14 : Magic Number

Grant me release from superstition

Oh great spirit of the heavens

for I have forsaken honey

for I have forgone all leavens

Grant me just one lucky number

One key to the rest of all of it

One key to the damn door out of here

One pole for to vault this wall of shit

Shouldn't I just cheer up up already

stop acting as if I've had a hard time

acting like I deserve lucky breaks

acting like it's my lucky card time

there's no luck and there's no magic

nothing's meant to be, nothing's special

everything running on the same crazy engine

every day potentially one fresh hell

what

2.3187 : 1/23/14 : Strength

Strength is not a weight

or a rubber band

not in a Weapon

held in the hand

strength doesn't build a wall

or a tower of reproach

it is an honest laugh

While shadows encroach

I have been weak

I have been very weak indeed

I've seen the writing on the wall

and paid no heed

I've walked back and forth

in this world, walked its breadth and length

taking digs at God

daring him to test my strength

You live to see the strong

in your life grow weak

and far from giants still

our shoulders wait for those who seek

the way of strength with all its twists

that yet bestows its crown

to any that persists

(Tower of Reproach: 3)

what

2.3186 : 1/22/14 : Always Hidden

Always hidden:

the outcome: the snap

sometimes obvious

Sometimes a shot, a slap

flying out of darkness

stark as destiny

climb under the gap

you'll find the

rest of me

not a puzzle

not a secret handshake

no a hidden path

we might be led to take

When I speak of mystery

with the capital M

dream in drift

of this ever hidden

oceanic gem

what

2.3185 : 1/21/14 : Clay

Where will I find

the craft that suits my hand

What is the nature

of my clay

I've turned this wheel

a thousand thousand times

and watched each turning

spin away

maybe some are

meant for nothing

scratch the earth

get by get by

This shapeless clay

pressed in my fingers

forever aimless

maybe toll I die

what

2.3184 : 1/20/14 : What Kind

The irony and my story

the 19 year old mind

thinking it has such developed

notions of what kind

It's not regret, second guessing

still self awareness is a mixed blessing

double it, it feels like

It could be critical hit

losing steps right and left

chancing the pendulum pit

these days doom feels imminent

feel dead old; need black tea and liniment

What kind will they say

When I'm the daisy pushing type

Will anyone even remember the hype?

what

2.3183 : 1/19/14 : SAP

Boy hell this world's adept

at ripping off saps

As for me I've had my fill

of gumption traps

I'm getting ruthless

turn real hard

you'll never see

such a stone cold bard

I used to care about

the world so much

my aspiration now is

to get well out of touch

sap no longer

mean as hell

and here you thought that

you knew me so well

dragging myself up and out

by my bootstraps

and a bucket under every tree

collecting sap

what

2.3182 : 1/18/14 : Taboo

the only thing on

my mind tonight

hush

it's taboo

Nothing racy, mind

nothing perverse

yeah like you're thinking

sure I know you

but I'm adamant

so don't wait

you're hearing all I got

it's a ridiculous

way around a small pond

you might think I'm joking

I'm not

what

2.3181 : 1/17/14 : Prestige

Try to finish everything

before I start anything

kid you're crazy

you're a dingaling

Oh my God friend

no kid I

and I may be crazy

but I got an alibi

for my whereabouts

When they pulled off the heist

When the powers that be

substituted our zeitgeist

for a show of trying

to squeeze blood from a stone

gold's flowing but these days

for the few alone

I know I wear every aspect

of privilege and prestige

but you'll find me at the last

on the same side of the siege

what

2.3180 : 1/16/14 : Books are Freedom

Books are freedom

Words are freedom

You've got to seed them

you've got to feed them

they eat space true

soak up time too

but let this face you

the truth will chime through

get me a stack this second

a shelf hell a rack I reckon

and oh when a book does beckon

and oh when a hard read whips a wreck on

what

2.3179 : 1/15/14 : Legs

I don't know what exists

I'm no blasphemer

I believe when I know for sure

You'll bring down the hammer

maybe vice versa

huh chickens and eggs

Good god son

I think this thing's got legs

Strap on an engine

Strap on wings

I heard you were crazy

for all new and shiny things

I'm not getting around

to any clearer vista

am I? Oh well, guess

and ambiguationista

what

2.3178 : 1/14/14 : Experiment in Review

Where can we expect to

wind up

if we don't try

different things?

Roll on

O Experiment

Humanity keep

grabbing for those rings

But don't forget

After every hopeful trial

We must hold

Each experiment

in review a while

we like to argue

and guess at all the

possible

outcomes

We don't care for

rigor

or follow up

long as the news cycle hums

Leave it to the

professionals

they tell me but

I am a scientist

a dilletante

an amateur for sure

but as you know

I do persist

what

2.3177 : 1/13/14 : Dreamers

Realities march

two by two

distracting all the dreamers

If I were only

stronger

if these nightmares

weren't such screamers

this is no

holy crusade

I'm no revolutionary

but it keeps me

busy

and it beats being

stationary

what

2.3176 : 1/12/14 : A Veil

At the onset of insight

a veil descends

was it an intervention

well

it depends

it didn't seem there was

all that much more

to be said

and I'll be an optimist

and count myself ahead

what

2.3175 : 1/11/14 : Closed Doors

What would this world be

without closed doors?

A million jobs

a million paramours

without editors

without frames

I guess I just thought

I'd be better at these games

I guess I just thought

there's be more middle ground

convinced my fates

and muses would come around

I used to think

new doors would keep opening

a little voice tells me

it's no such thing

it draws my mind

to the door that shuts once and all

no second chance

no final curtain call

but every next day

is a door of sorts

the only way to

the King of doors' courts

and on this sire's pleasure

I must wait

and as the next door opens

not hesitate

what

2.3174 : 1/10/14 : Shorts

Do I have a moment?

These shorts are killing me

Soon burst in the art cops

They'll sure be grilling me

It's just I've been struggling -

If you heard my deck of woe

Everything I'm juggling

No excuse for dreck here though

what

2.3173 : 1/09/14 : Wind Down

The wind down

left me feeling dumb as dirt

maybe I'd see something

maybe I'd lose my shirt

But I decided I would take a look

and and have my say

and stay right here in today

what

2.3172 : 1/08/14 : What Gave

What gave?

if I could fly through time

circle my singularity

as neatly as a dime

I said oh something's gotta

how I'd love to know what might

but I won't figure it out

well not tonight

what

2.3171 : 1/07/14 : Christ Usurp the Thorn

Christ usurp the thorn in me

return me to the joy that's free

When you're sufficient over all

it's then I hear your highest call

I'm weak and lost inside of pain

restore me to your way again

peace and perspective, simple joy

the sting of every thorn destroy

bid me be thankful, honest, just

Give me to thoughtfulness and trust

true freedom's your sufficiency

and peace surround this thorn in me

what

2.3170 : 1/06/14 : Hunger

Can't whine about the hunger

all self-imposed

explaining cold to those

so terribly exposed

yet it creeps through all

and drifts from every pore

and there's even a strange beast within

Who hisses more and more

what

2.3169 : 1/05/14 : Worm Without End

Same as it ever was

worm without end

one day will make an end of me

and then what worms to send?

When in disgrace with fortune

and can't get social hits

I wonder at the portion

that the worm gets

God where's a next sign

I am a worm and no man

only one exit and

I must avoid it if I can

I've got promises to keep

and responsibilities

So if you'd just dial back a bit

illuminate my abilities

If you'd just this once

give me a leg up on the worm

but I begin to think

you just delight to see me squirm

what

2.3168 : 1/04/14 : Tower

I set myself up

on a tower of reproach

my anger at a lifetime

of flying coach

these aspirations

I can't justify

this meaty beam

all up in my eye

So I lack humility

a sense of scale

So I'm not a stoic

yet I lack the will to wail

hell if you could hold a prince up

on that pretty hair

you'd think a smart boy

could let himself down from there

(Tower of Reproach: 2)

what

2.3167 : 1/03/14 : Expiration

What's the opposite

of inspiration

expiration

Sure I shoot

above my station

get me on the script team

for the rendezvous

let me tell

the tale for you

and these parts don't fit

but give me time

I'll put it all up

on your dime

what

2.3166 : 1/02/14 : Sign

Sign of the cross

I've got the sign of the pen

maybe everything that could be

must eventually happen

I don't even know

if that's horror or glory

So what in hell

could possibly wind up this story

the worm is strong in me

it turns and turns

these days they praise disruption

but all whistle when it burns

signs of the times they say

no signal for a halt

the way all things just have to go

and surely no one's fault

what