2.3031 : 08/20/13 : Square

Draw a square

two lines

make four

two are clear

but what the others

are for

I'll give you one

though you know

you don't deserve it

and what's left

there

by all light

you better serve it

101 Curious Professions 76: Server

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2.3030 : 08/19/13 : Nut Shell It

The vitreous crust

of the parasite classes

the change that formerly

moved slower than molasses

has quite reversed

the tide broke and run

The day I made the earth

it had well-nigh begun

They've written scores of books

on how it doesn't work

hardly one on how to fix it

me I'd rather shirk

but I can nut shell it

as easy now as later

we don't need activists

we need an exterminator

101 Curious Professions 75: Exterminator

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2.3029 : 08/18/13 : Grind

There is a grind to everything

no real comfort in that

Goes from you can do anything

to here, you wear this hat

if you choose to do a thing

say for a hundred and one

don't complain when

you find that it's lost its fun

Back at this square again

the grind drills very fine

I think it's minus one

I know that it's all mine

One last thing on my mind

it's something I can't say

pack the grind in again

it will be back another day

101 Curious Professions 74: Grinder

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2.3028 : 08/17/13 : Sea Change

What now

oh Lord what now

the knives are coming out

and I'm still stuck on how

I'm jonesing for

a sea change

but I've got no ship

and I can't afford

the terms

of an internship

So how do you learn

So where do you work

What happens when you're too damn old

to be a young turk?

I'll be your apprentice

but I need room and board

and at least a little bit

of gold

to rebuild the private hoard

101 Curious Professions 73: Intern

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2.3027 : 08/16/13 : Pundits

Curse the pundits

the masters of debate

Their payloads of commoditized

and sanitary hate

God help us this is how

we choose what we all do

the marketplace

the media

the turning of the screw

God help me if I ever

Speak another word

let this be the last of it

that anyone ever heard

don't really mean that one

Couldn't if I tried

things arise and things fall

the pundits and their

packages abide

101 Curious Professions 72: Pundit

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2.3026 : 08/15/13 : Master

Such a master

when the vultures

cease circling

I appear

have you been fooled

by all my

meekness and confusion

did you almost

come to share my

Good delusion

Every instant

never ceased to be aware

every moment

Oh you know I'm in there

and what now

is a riddle

my joke on the cosmos

why I just

ooze on up and osmose

101 Curious Professions 71: Master

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2.3025 : 08/14/13 : Epic

Would another epic boot any damn thing

Does anybody want to see me dance and sing?

Did I really used to do it for the band

If so what the hell keeps it it before my hand?

It should be about a story but I lost my thread

Thing's got no backbone surely should be dead

Should I get into structure, the scheme obtuse

Would that nowhere tree fall any harder - what's the use

It's far from epic and redundant to boot

You got to take it out behind the barn poor son and shoot

Put us all out of your misery no one will miss it

What you waiting on now what you gonna kiss it?

101 Curious Professions 70: Epic Poet

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2.3024 : 08/13/13 : Fortune

Wish I could see

the future

wish I knew the fortune

wish I knew

this bad old world

would manage

on its daily portion

wish I could believe in

praying for a

rich supply

failing that I wish

I could be sharper

but I'm not that guy

101 Curious Professions 69: Fortune Teller

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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

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2.3022 : 08/11/13 : Slate

Slate cleaner

hard reset

about the best

I'm liable to get

worn out

and again too late

and my hour is over

and the rest won't wait

101 Curious Professions 67: Slate Cleaner

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2.3021 : 08/10/13 : Sleight

Rather than come through

here's a little sleight of hand

Talk about what

I won't talk about

hey now let's meet the band

a fan of cards, a little pass

think you're choosing

but it's just a force

I won't fool everybody all

the time

but I only have to

fool myself of course

101 Curious Professions 66: Magician

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2.3020 : 08/09/13 : Haunt

I'm gonna haunt you

come Christmas Eve

Show you past and present

and still up my sleeve

the darkest future

a real horror-show

if that won't turn you

well I just don't know

101 Curious Professions 65: Ghost of Christmas

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2.3019 : 08/08/13 : Shrink

I'm no one's counselor

my shit's not together

I'm sure nobody's shrink

barely know what I think

get back up on the horse

follow your light of course

not quite a self-help book

hey I'm still on the hook

will it get better soon

will I visit the moon

go ask your shrink to say

me I'm just here today

101 Curious Professions 64: Counselor

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2.3018 : 08/07/13 : Trauma

Birth then walking

eating and talking

leaving and schooling

Who do I think I'm fooling

the trauma always builds up

life is a very very full cup

but is it full of wine or vinegar

you want a little water hah right sure

Would I trade it for the big question mark

I think I'll stick around and provoke the dark

it may be Stockholm syndrome still it's true

traumatic life oh I'm in love with you

101 Curious Professions 63: Psychiatrist

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2.3017 : 08/06/13 : Criticize

Those who can't do it

can always criticize

Hell yeah, me too

It stinks and damn your eyes

never in my life

have I seen such abomination

gotta love the knife

so much more fun than information

every artist needs

nature to provide an enemy

been on the other side indeed

felt the vitriol so venomy

thinking sure I might

just enjoy wielding the lash

Say it should be more than a fight

shit babe I'm in it for the cash

101 Curious Professions 62: Critic

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2.3016 : 08/05/13 : Works

Ozymandias

got nothing on this

look on these works

yeah that's your pants

you going piss

I'm pretty sure

nobody ever forget me

don't know what you want

but you're sure going to get me

101 Curious Professions 61: Warlord?

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2.3015 : 08/04/13 : Nanny State

Yeah I could be

deemed a nanny

you should be so lucky

to wind up in my nanny state

Don't you feel strong

independent

Your fabulous fanny

Someday even you

might not be doing so great

If you pick up everybody

when they fall down

will they all just go

tipping off like pins

did we ever give the nanny state

a real chance in this town

I can see the answer by your grins

101 Curious Professions 60: Nanny

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2.3014 : 08/03/13 : Digging

Scratch scratch

maybe just start digging

like my real first song

what kind of

crazy shaggy dog

I'm rigging

but you never know

how much how much

until you work it, gig it

You never know

how much

you're going to dig it

101 Curious Professions 59: Miner

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2.3013 : 08/02/13 : Gone With the Grist

Maybe nothing anybody says

means anything just a low-res

simulation

and the real thing

is a snarling dumb beast

that I wanted to believe

didn't mean jack

and the beast was on the attack

and my dumb slack

was its movable feast

So someone said I might

be an essayist

What did he know

He's gone with the grist

And in case you missed it

I'm not much

to speak about

shall I tell you how

to approach a change

tell you which

Seats to rearrange

did I mention that I'm strange

just trying to dredge

one more peak out

101 Curious Professions 58: Essayist

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2.3012 : 08/01/13 : Again, Solipsist

You called it the whores of reason

You said it not me

I hear the ranks are running over this season

It's work I wouldn't learn for free

I guess it's necessary, I've hired one true

not for myself but there but for the grace

if you get the gist

regardless of what has gotten said about you

I wouldn't bet my life I'll never

need you again, solipsist

Is it really this great law and order

that keeps the lid on this dim crusade

and all you solipsists camping the border

cashing money in on all the haterade

At least I know I'll never join your ranks

one moral screw I needn't twist

regardless of whether the whole outfit tanks

I'll remain my own tame

and harmless brand of solipsist

101 Curious Professions 57: Solipsist

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