2.3930 : 2/5/16 : Collect

What would I collect

if I got my money straight

It's all played out

Show up everywhere too late

Stick with the errant thoughts

and little scraps of verse

Less to shovel in the fire

after I'm collected in a hearse

what

2.3929 : 2/4/16 : The Artist

They mourn the arist

on page five

2 years gone

So for us

the alive

bring back a message

little bird little bird

returns as the wind

or so I've heard

what

2.3928 : 2/3/16 : Wreck

Feels like another break point

quick flip the narrative

got this ugly feeling

the condition is inherited

Hour stretched and broke already

chalk it up to weather, man

trip down along the fault line

better pull this wreck together, man

what

2.3927 : 2/2/16 : Bent Schemes

Between the weird dreams

and the bent schemes

I guess life is going on

wish for a book I liked more

And yes a back door

I'd love to get blowing, gone

Got told ditch the fancy flights

Forgo these kinds of nights

guess I knew that prescription

but oh sometimes it hovers still

reminds me of the storied pill

and even yet defies description

what

2.3926 : 2/1/16 : Cost

Sharp and fracture

always the

crash coming

this dreamed

imaginary

electric dulcimer

I'm strumming

this song to

long gone

imagined, lost

this long long

slow

meditation on

cost

what

2.3925 : 1/31/16 : Aristocrat

Take my rights

as an aristocrat

of verse

the hand will only

transact

bad and getting worse

no precedent

to this quick collapse

and I can't waste

another battered

synapse

what

2.3924 : 1/30/16 : Shade

A shade of difference

what's it mean

to anyone but me?

at the end of a twelve year

long game of

guess what the surprise is gonna be?

I may be a little

grim faced today

but I'm not afraid

and you're going to

get a hint of the cool change

in my shade

what

all filed: Quotidian

So that was the last song in volume 2.18, Stalk, and on we go into the imaginatively titled Stalk 2.

what

2.3923 : 1/29/16 : The Witness

I will wait on the witness

my time shall come

I guess you heard the stories

back where you came from

nobody ever gave me

So much as a clue

but I guess you gave me him

and God must have given me you

I will be the witness

when the villain's brought to bay

I'll face him in the dock

and oh what I'll say

I pray to measure up

when my day comes

and I have to face my witness

'long side all the other bums

what

2.3922 : 1/28/16 : Poison

I've got codes, categories

but it's all filed:

Quotidian

bad habits and mischance

Call project what I did again

noting but to wait

for poison to run its course

and usually

I've dealt with worse

what

2.3921 : 1/27/16 : Reaction

Obsessed to end the climb

on a streak

plant the rail cold

and just deak, deak

smart trucks got nothing

on this contraption

and here's the main reaction:

heel the whammy pedal

and go

thought it'd be a revolution

don't you know

but it's just another ride

and I've got to go

what

2.3920 : 1/26/16 : On Rails

It's all in rails right?

On a track

front eventually

meets up with back

and even if you

throw in a möbius flip

it gets to be

the samey same trip

say it's a new day

but does it feel true

all shades of indigo

on blackish blue

not relishing the next flip

not the upside down

just laugh and

shake my head

the harmless clown

what

2.3919 : 1/25/16 : Blow Up Peaceful

So what

I won't give up

on the fantasy trip

blow up

peaceful

holy

clean

and still

maintain

my grip

and my 

low profile

and my

joie de vivre

and if you're

going to make

fun of me

over it

I'll leave

what

2.3918 : 1/24/16 : Diptych

No middle panel

'Cause we don't do second acts

Said some dumb dead guy

hey I didn't make no pacts

Diptych's all I need on this one

wait you'll see the second punch

winding up but oh not coming

come a week you'll hear a bunch

what

2.3917 : 1/23/16 : Dipstick

You mean it

pejorative but

I'm a useful

little plunge

tell you how close

to grinding out

Save your white

fingers from the grunge

While you get

fancy with your hip schtick

don't mind me

I'll be the dipstick

what

2.3916 : 1/22/16 : Butter

I'm going to invest the Nut

in butter

and when I'm singing

Star Ways

from the gutter

them as knew me

as King Gijohn

of the Tirish Meer

shall surely heed and hear

bust me right

out of here

and the mortal rail

will glide like

butter

and then I kick the

trip and flip

the shutter

what

2.3915 : 1/21/16 : Long Tables

Dream long tables

open plan

making money

I guess that's the secret man

back shop chatter

for getting names

my cover's more blown

than Valerie Plame's

Get more secret

a month, eight days

get more cryptic

fine combination

God bless the pendulum

and reiteration

what

2.3914 : 1/20/16 : Tip

Consider this early

entry a tip

You gotta give your artifact

the soak and strip

and relinquish all

history of reverence

and rote

because the last call out

is like to stick in your throat

what

2.3913 : 1/19/16 : The Material

Stretch a hands-breadth of

the material

over the yardarm

Start with a damn low bar

try to do less harm

how on earth did you

get to this wretched state again

Alas the material

led me into sin

but I'm getting up

and I'm dusting off

and missteps or not

somehow I'll shake this cough

And bow once

to the minister ethereal

and dive bold into

this new material

what

2.3912 : 1/18/16 : Yoke

Yoke's killing me

right in the neck

stiff and hunching

and sore as heck

here's the punchline though

the funny joke

I don't know if it's the hard

or the easy yoke

millions pick their numbers

their spirit ploy

one hits they're sure

the Lord said oh, you boy

So maybe my talent is shoveling shit

So maybe your face looks

like it wants to get hit

what

2.3911 : 1/17/16 : Stutter

Stutter for sure but

I'm hardly stopping

man told me to jump

but I'm barely hopping

been a solid innings

since I blanked three days

sludge right up

through a self-reference haze

and pray for relief

despite my sins

and pray for peace

in the midst of these dins

what

2.3910 : 1/16/16 : Hyperpause

Carve the perimeter

the hyperpause

try not to fall in

there's no escape clause

this time

on this one

grind that edge finely

you may still see sun

one day coming

around the bend

of this hyperpause humming

what

2.3909 : 1/15/16 : SLAB

Silent as a crypt

dull as a slab in here

hell if I'm to

Open up and crab in here

better keep counsel

and not object

more you best

not expect

lob another bone

down the long lane

clam up

and don't explain

what

2.3908 : 1/14/16 : Hype Spiel

Lost the thread of the hype spiel

It was too bad: it had a nice feel

Now I'm just frank on a pissed-off tip

but I'm sick and tired so I won't

Let it rip

Missed the connection - had to double up

More chance to get angry with the Trouble Cup

It's an old story now

about someone long gone

someone who had his own song

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

2.3906 : 1/12/16 : Blue Flow

I ain't got the mystery of

the blue flow down

you know I heard those

girl angels flew this town

and our walls our walls our walls

are in our minds

this ain't me trying to be kind

I give a dollar

give a sawbuck five

to hear a solid theory

that it matters we're alive

aw it's just this sickness

these crow city blues

and they'd line up

for a mile vacation in my shoes

what

2.3905 : 1/11/16 : WARE

Only way out

is up

like I ever had

a choice

the cup

it's just the play

now so

You may say

You couldn't guess

my no

my yes

perfection hidden

in uncertainty

have you had

enough this gas

inanity

could holler

Shut up instead

You'll find me 'ware

When you come cut up

my thread

what

2.3904 : 1/10/16 : Thus and Far

I should think

thankful about all I

know so far

that it starts by a river and

will carry thus

and far

long from now

near as right here

the action is a little town

something like a

miracle appear

sure don't know all of it

sure don't know the half

but deep down feel like

I might hook it all

with a paragraph

what

2.3903 : 1/9/16 : The Shell

Corporeal betrayal

typical, ubiquitous these days

never meant to make art

Everybody laugh that he even says

well I am going to crash this car

because the road goes just one place

and I don't want to be there again

and I want this glimmer off my face

and I want to go down silent

and sleep until I'm well

until this mood is lifted

and I'm strong enough to hoist the shell

what

2.3902 : 1/8/16 : Scrip

The scrip is surely worthless

pinned on the board

and only a mark

for stupidity scored

and I cannot shake

this racking cough

and I can't shake

these bitter feelings off

what

2.3901 : 1/7/16 : Nub

The point of balance

is wearing on this

poor nub

Oh for a lamp

of oil

to give a desperate rub

guessing You're not

through with me

in this travail yet

You want to talk

troubles man

I've got a quartet

what

2.3900 : 1/6/16 : Kapow

No epiphany

no winning

the lottery

think I'd be

resigned by now

don't know

what I thought I'd think

or how I thought

I'd dodge the big

kapow

what

2.3899: 1/5/16 : Insurrection

My insurrection plan is killing it

I'm occupying everywhere

and no one notices a bit

Armed with razor wit and pen

did you hear it's mightier than swords

I disdain the company

of technocrats and Lords

It isn't easy keeping up the stealth

turning down the easy fame

the easy pickings wealth

but oh the treasure I seek

Is a pearl far beyond price

since I found it's so much better

being not so smart but oh so nice

what

2.3898: 1/4/16 : Snuck

The devil snuck a little

dark, dark, dark

it's hard to see

there's not a spark

at all

is that a feeling

or a hard fall

just like the old

dominion

those who like to feel the

test, test, test

you always think

it's all for the best

but it's a prototype

at best oh though

it's just my opinion

what

2.3897: 1/3/16 : Wipe and Wrap

Give this old slate a last wipe

and wrap up another transition

not feeling up to

assessing the position

pray for the increment

to still be in effect

a little net better

realistic slack to perfect

just an idea right

still confused to what's not

and call that sufficiently

close dart to the imagined spot

what

2.3896: 1/2/16 : Spot

No plan plan

didn't work out so hot

predictable was predictable

cool I was not

and sick of coming up

with newish thought

and searching searching

for anything

to hit that spot

what

2.3895: 1/1/16 : One Time

Love last forever

amen

seen it once

sure to see it again

but for each one

unique

yours alone

one time waiting

one time the telephone

one time wondering

one time certainty

Blessing on this one time

nothing at all to do with me

probably never heard

but just in case

my blessing

and a lifetime of grace

what

2.3894: 12/31/15 : Left to Burn

No resolution

no new leaf to turn

and this world seems resolved

burn what's left to burn

rise the seas

trump the extinction

and for those of us between

a grim distinction

but I'm zipping this lip

night's rest mum

but I'm not done by a damn sight

and you'll be hearing some

what

2.3893: 12/30/15 : Always Bind

Turn my back

on the high mind

one time

this always bind

be however I wish

not think ahead

not make a big thing of it

and push it all off instead

what

2.3892: 12/29/15 : Long Shadows

restive wary

long shadows

pushing the frost line

ghost of past snows

nothing lived

will ever return

nothing dies

nothing is lost

long shadows inter

what

2.3891: 12/28/15 : Anything But Yelling

No condition

no state for telling

predicting

imagining

anything but yelling

life and its rough trade

me mister patsy

I got to do my rhymes

all quick

and nasty

time tick time

and nothing good

or so I'm feeling

whether or not

I should

what

2.3890: 12/27/15 : Crown

This world's no present

if I dare to say

not for must of us

well not everyday

or most of them

and the endings: atrocious

and possibility

curse of the precocious

this: lacking vision

too long down

fed up with daydreams

of the golden crown

one way kept avoiding

silence: stillness

maybe that way at last

the cycle of brilliance

what

2.3889: 12/26/15 : Association

I need to find out the number

of my association

hook me up with something

to elevate my station

lost a lot of network

in the long lonely march

I kept my moxie up

I kept my starch

I'm ready to go forth

now and set up shop

I don't know my line yet

wait for the association

to drop

what

2.3888: 12/25/15 : Rectification

If rectification precedes

well then what

May well be impossible

Well then what

Hell hardly knowing

what I'd even want

and I botched this thread badly

just to be blunt

Well that was yesterday

and I never sweat old news

but I hope you felt a minute

standing in my shoes

what

2.3887: 12/24/15 : By Night

Oh right the other kind

of early riser

The unexpected turn

the slow surpriser

I got hung up

but now I'm steaming

And now each crystal

drop is gleaming

I watch by day

and then I watch by night

On track of the joyful

and the sweet delight

what

2.3886: 12/23/15 : Peace on Earth

No Peace on Earth

for what it's worth

I hit my knees

said pretty please

how many times?

first count my crimes

Chiefly ignoring

and forever scoring

what

2.3885: 12/22/15 : A No

Find a no

kept aside of late

nothing further

just as much

on my plate

what

2.3884: 12/21/15 : Around the Earth

If I can

shoot this loop

Guess it's proof

of toughness

no one to prosecute

for unnecessary

roughness

and plenty to remind me

of my easy berth

For you dear friends

I'll chaste this loop

around the earth

what

2.3883: 12/20/15 : Skin

I only came back

for the skin

get out

get in

less young

daily

false unfree

fading palely

and still hard

to wind up

and never make

my mind up

what

2.3882: 12/19/15 : No Stunt

Lay claim of power

declare anything possible

middle of the hour

and sneaking quiet

commonplace crazy

move along nothing to see

the long bar and the place to pry it

get the feeling you're being observed

anyone could predict the end

lay a claim on the jest absurd

maybe still I lay claim to a bend

please quiet the stories

compelled to tell and tell

please just a moment, no static

elect not to name the how

and leave this skeleton

to settle in the attic

what

2.3881: 12/18/15 : The Night Won't Let Me Forget

Maybe shirk the topic

oh I've got many

if blessings were dimes

I'd have a pretty penny

I should never forget

to count my blessings

Suppose this here twist

trying to teach me something

want to be stubborn

Say I won't learn nothing

but the night won't

let me forget to count my blessings

what

2.3880: 12/17/15 : Flyover

Give me the connection

coast to coast

Call this flyover town

You know you're going to be toast

So I gotta lot

and more coming

Your lips speak doubt but

your eyes show

you can hear the drumming

what

2.3879: 12/16/15 : Vessel of Use

Try to discern is this

space empty or full

am I perched on a cocked barrel

or riding the dharma bull

or is this bull

of a different whiff

would a jigger help

would a spliff?

wish I had a big button

marked erase

wish I never ever showed

wish I had a poker face

try to discern if I were destined

or just landed in this place

try to find the vessel of use

in this empty space

what

2.3878: 12/15/15 : Get Off

All I ever think about

now's how can I get off

only take a bow to shake

to chaff and and spit off

but here in my realm

at least I can take charge

nobody said I ever

always had to go large

what

2.3877: 12/14/15 : FREE WILL

Pitiable lord of increment

little climb little slide

little incident

was once one there

here once a little

little lord of

the jot and dittle

feelin' again today

the dark mark

what does it say

about the story arc

what does it say

about free will

what does it say

about the bitter pill?

what

2.3876: 12/13/15 : Dime

Rather than test fate

one more time

I think I better turn

and drop the dime

call the man

with the bag of sand

and hope a little

something finer

gets to my hand

what

2.3875: 12/12/15 : Life Four

Someone's out to teach me

something with this latest cycle

don't know what but

it's pressing pressing

something about the

work relentless and

something about all these

dreams distressing

and something about these

bells I keep hearing

tolling for ones who

Somehow so it sounds like snapped

I've had enough, hearing

things all too terrible

and somewhere back a minute

a life four got scrapped

what

2.3874: 12/11/15 : Edge

What's that looming?

edge of endurance

trying to feel out

the wind and currents

and too late to guess

and anyway outcomes stale

and this latest swing's

about wrecked my frail

what

2.3873: 12/10/15 : Event

Not in this event

spare me the pissing

and the tent

What's more the

contest for extent

What's more

in fact

shove off

get bent

what

2.3872: 12/09/15 : PLOD

Think I'll let this grim

get it on with the dim song

flipping mental middle fingers

off at the chump throng

no story no moral no cleverman

those days are gone

nobody ever buy that stack again

Truly got a plod on

hope you hate this song

called a revenge on the

cheer enforced half key

that I didn't even make

and still I'll rail and take

Don't doubt I know it's all on me

what

2.3871: 12/08/15 : No Routine

Try to find this thing

zazen

of no routine

tough in these

die stamped days

who planned my

shapes

these ways?

no villain left

in sight

no doomcloud

only night

no hero

and no saint

And no routine

this ain't

what

2.3870: 12/07/15 : Student

Hereby let it be marked

the student did appear

sharp pencil notebook

I was on time I was right here

the student is done taking blame

the student did his part

I am on fire to learn and change

to master a useful art

here is the blank

left behind my name

let it be noted all

It was not me who broke the chain

what

2.3869: 12/06/15 : Ignition

I said there

had to be a better way

said 8 repetition

I used to believe

just had to find

the ignition

but these days

sad to say

I'm having doubts

about the engine

what's in its tank

is stale

and yes

its starter is well hidden

what

2.3868: 12/05/15 : Complete Surrender

Complete surrender

before you

smash up anymore of

my toys

getting pointed now

trashing options

choice by choice

guess I better

keep the day job

guess I better

blast harden the smile

and give up asking

all I ever get's

another mile

what

2.3867: 12/04/15 : Rough Salt

Too many cooks

rough salt and

battery

In a poison mirror

everywhere

will get you flattery

If it seems like

random slinging

when I get these

dumb bowls ringing

and the thousand

cooks' clatter

just a drop in the din

and me struggling

over if 

transformation

proceeds from within

what

2.3866: 12/03/15 : Last Level

I'm so last level guess

I might get pity fucked

I'm fraidy cat of what might

go down if I got unstuck

The piper don't even play no more

he knows I'll still pay

I never said I'd ever

be a winner anyway

Such dull rhymes

So white so straight

So stout and protestant

thin crust over hate

Curdled and poisoning

aimed within

Zip it back behind one flash

of a devil's grin

what

2.3865: 12/02/15 : What I'm Going to Get

So too soon

still cusp-ish

still not calm

must have fell asleep

trying to call out

that psalm

Maybe you're

just there

like a river or such

mighty big

but not

saying much

Whatever

clear enough

I got what I'm going to get

for now

and anyhow

I barely started yet

what

2.3864: 12/01/15 : Descent

Willing for the descent

but I can't tell if

the fever's taking

should have dropped

the dime sooner

either way soon

I'll be faking

nice again

the price again

maybe the plague's descending

but I'll just

slog the same

and nothing's ending

what

2.3863: 11/30/15 : What

Can I circle

once more

once more

what

does not come

all very familiar

all very

ho hum

think it's

bitter?

You haven't even

cracked the nut

When I serve

this bust up

You're going to holler

what

what

2.3862: 11/29/15 : Looped

Trying to break

escape the loop

play right back into it

yanked plank

the swoop

that looped

dove

banked sharp

swung out

I was the one

that got cold damaged

hung out

grant unto me

a new loop

or better

a real road

unending

and the passage letter

what

2.3861: 11/28/15 : Girls

Girls all like to

sing about the killer

you know me

suppose I'll never write

a thriller

suppose I won't bother

launching project 44

suppose I found my level

just how little

I am for

what

2.3860: 11/27/15 : Pander

I don't want to share

and I don't want to pander

don't want to talk about

What got up my dander

or the slippery hope

that flows and ebbs

or how bad I'm still tangled

in the spidergod's webs

what

2.3859: 11/26/15 : For Granted

Take too much for granted

crave a rich portion

in my heart

grip my life in both hands

won't sacrifice for art

Look a little too much

like a patriarch

in a larval stage

Irony is stark

So I'll say my thanks

however I might feel

and leave to silent

prayer

my great appeal

what

2.3858: 11/25/15 : Pre Dawn

Predawn raid on

what's left of the pristine

trace 30 loops back

Cherry Chapstick

and Visine

ask me how I

feel

I'm disappointed

I'm trying to give thanks

and the truth's

double jointed

and plays a mean

sleight of hand

with its brass coin

don't know about this

predawn club

I'm about to join

what

2.3857: 11/24/15 : By the Sword

Get behind

by the sword

everybody's got to

die some way

could be cool

feel that point hit to me

beats dying on the couch

in some dumb way

oh I might 

trip and fall on it

never see a day

of battle

buy a nice one

spend a pretty penny

park it in my armchair

and rattle

what

2.3856: 11/23/15 : Light

Considering light

and the light side

but who am I to say

look at the bright side

advice you must only

ever give to yourself

I save it for a

rainy day it's top shelf

darker every morning

for another month

get baffled why I stay

here if I'm being blunt

maybe hooked on

the relief when it turns the other way

and light comes creeping back day by day

what

2.3855: 11/22/15 : What's Inside

Death cults seek signs

of weakness or strength

life junkies only know

how to measure length

And me I'm going to find

something new to talk about

try not to come off as clever

or especially devout

but what oh what oh

what is that?

my breakfast choice

my style of hat

a world's weight turns

and I just ride

And sick of showing

what's inside

what

2.3854: 11/21/15 : Hard Getting

Hard hard getting

and the easy easy go

everybody wants a piece

and I'm so bad

at saying no

hold out my hand

dreaming of

wishes and shit

Still hung up on

revelation

And probably

just need more grit

what

2.3853: 11/20/15 : Equation

Best not even

Say one word

And anyway

as far as that goes

I'm sure you heard

about the outcome

of the grim equation

and as of now

I'm of a steely new

persuasion

what

2.3852: 11/19/15 : Stripes

No choice but to

steal nectar as the whip cracks

the curse of

this dimension

get no take backs

So I will stride

this path I’m thrown to

like I mean it

and I own to

Re-up

dig in

and earn me some more stripes

leave a battered corpse

for all you

stone hypes

what

2.3851: 11/18/15 : The Ring

Trying to learn to cut the ring

so I can stay on my feet

Don't know I'm getting up again

if I can't escape this beat

down getting cheered for

shouted and screamed at

got no clear answer again

just that I dreamed that

I was back down

getting questioned and scoped

trying to get down to the bottom

of how the hell I still hoped

what

2.3850: 11/17/15 : No Light

Almost up this van

no sign of end in sight

no treasure stop

no castle in the clouds no light

throw it to the dream dogs

never worked out so far

probably the answer

certainly would be on par

what

2.3849: 11/16/15 : 24 Rematch

Another 24 Rematch

this time

real scratch

I will hear

the Voice

I will swallow whole

a true choice

what

2.3848: 11/15/15 : Trio

I'd give a trio

paired threes

hand in glove

there's no way

no way at all

without unconditional love

what

2.3847: 11/14/15 : Death Cult

Another round

of the splitsville cloud

this time

making it's way

Through my

house of God

throw on

another assault

by another

death cult faction

trying to set fire

to the chain reaction

my world is

bad news

and I refuse to engage

guess I

turn another turn another

turn another page

what

2.3846: 11/13/15 : Civilization

In a minute

could I remember

what rock and roll was for

sick of these

fatal clowns standing

to shock and troll the floor

trying to have a

civilization

here

right now doesn't

seem soon or near

but I'll keep back

a little rock and roll

and try try again

you heard it all before

bu it's what I've got

today to begin

what

2.3845: 11/12/15 : Majestic

A big deal fella

invokes the thrice majestic

Hell I'm always so

far ahead

I get future whiplash

snap back like elastic

What else to say

He deserves to be the big deal

me I don't

You say if I just believe

I'd reach to that golden fruit

but I don't

so I won't

what

2.3844: 11/11/15 : Fallow

Standing appointment

the passage lies fallow

the generous portion

yet still strangely shallow

I've got it in my mind

to draw the line

Whatever I may find

It's been that

kind of year

and nothing for it

but to get right out of here

what

2.3843: 11/10/15 : Main Event

Start with the so called

Main event

when did I

Stop dreaming

of fitting

everybody under

my big tent

the movement baby

the million to start

dead broke

anonymous

but with a ton of heart

well the anonymous million

came in different clothes

I get it

but I can't be

one of those

can't be nothing

maybe

even

a quiet failure

watch out

step back

I'm going for the grail cure

what

2.3842: 11/9/15 : Free Hand

I'm going to

try again

to draw a perfect

circle, freehand

and if the edges

don't quite meet

maybe tomorrow

I'll declare defeat

what

2.3841: 11/8/15 : What I'm Not

Can't give what

I haven't got

can't be it seems

what I'm not

can't see why

I shouldn't step off

take to the sidelines

safe to sneer and scoff

what

2.3840: 11/7/15 : Waiting and Wasting

Gone mild

with the waiting

the wasting

always bitter

in the sweet I'm

tasting

not going to

behave anymore

I've been have

enough

deliver the door

what

2.3839: 11/6/15 : This Burning

Will the wanting go

the yearning

will I miss it then

or will this burning

go on endless

is that your blessing

one day I'll laugh

oh ever I was stressing

past the great divide

past this droll deceit

many find me incredible

but permit me my conceit

what

2.3838: 11/5/15 : Pendulum

Pendulum's swinging

am I just hanging on

ringing like a chime

clanging like a gong

as a matter of fact

think I'll go with this swing

pray for a kick of momentum

for a hint of anything

what

2.3837: 11/4/15 : My Sins

And for my sins

a million forking paths

all claustrophobic

dead ends

You do the maths

figure who's selling

what really gets bought

only one

clear shot

on the trail you sought

what

2.3836: 11/3/15 : Tighter

Draw it in then

tighter, smaller

till I whimper

till I holler

Laid out

wrung out

tight spring

spun out

what

2.3835: 11/2/15 : So Familiar

Another so

familiar

song without

words

common as a

sparrow

counted like

birds

on the wing

in the air

roosting all

unseen

A skeptic sure

but now I

close it all

clean

what

2.3834: 11/1/15 : Quills

What is the richness

the true quill?

If you don't tell me

then who will?

Surely the latest

spectacle

should warn me

off that path

cheap thrills

and weak quills

sunk time like an

investment

and bound to take a bath

what

2.3833: 10/31/15 : Spin

Spin up another

just to

Strike it straight down

this vicious cycle

still makes me frown

used to think it enough

now I'm not so sure

every minute spinning by

every cost yet to incur

what

2.3832: 10/30/15 : Mark

Maybe the mark was

never real for anyone

an only sloth was easy

only gluttony was fun

Avarice and envy

rule the teevee workd

dragged a whole day by

what the fates knitted and purled

and if I don't want to repeat

then I can't say nothing

if I want out of all this meta

have to make up something

or live something different

God knows how or what

Somewhere somewhere a mark

at the ladder out of this rut

what