2.5285 : 10/22/19 : Indignity

piled up indignity

infirmity

the predictable outcome

of gluttony

Not all my fault

but enough

The next five looking

rough, but

check the sleeve

roll

the set jaw

the cocked hat

pose is what I got

so I try to

launch off that

what

2.5284: 10/21/19 : The Plan Behind

Seeing the apocalypse

does not come swift

and seems no

chance of healing

this national rift

and mulling the prospect

I'm long years for

this scrape

try to find the

plan behind

the rubric:

change is the

only escape

what

2.5283 : 10/20/19 : Imaginary Books

All imaginary books

the studio

a neck on that

guitar

could work you know

the branching path

game

boy that goes

way back

wish I'd kept that TRS

and stayed on track

And really on the

docket

hacking at the

grind

jeeze but what a

downer

All the same

mind

what

2.5282 : 10/19/19 : HALF

It's all the run up

the run up

on the half century

ohell is there

going to be another

better hit me

with the evidentiary

woo I didn't used to

disdain a shot

at getting venerable

not quite two years

to get right with God

I guess

attitudes untenable

how much more

can I talk about it

God don't test me

still haven't figured

out the next thing

or if the half glass

is yet to

best me

what

2.5281 : 10/18/19 : Sunrise

Sunrise

not even planned

one interval

deciduous

fall side

spanned

Soon give over

to utter dark

and the days

of desperately

trying to shelter

the spark

what

2.5280 : 10/17/19 : Sunset

Somewhere in there

Sunset lit under clouds

color of a finch's breast

away from cars and crowds

beauty comes easy but so brief

and the fight is feeling mortal

and far from imagining

the passage ends in a portal

what

2.5279 : 10/16/19 : Sign Off

One of those

wrap it up days

American flag

sign-off music plays

been none of that

a whole lot of years

all goes non-stop

So many tiers

So many channels

such a chaos mob

that barely notes

while it stuffs its gob

but not to dwell

focus on the beam

on the sign off kick

and conserve my steam

what

2.5278 : 10/15/19 : Phase Zero

Phase zero

don't think about

the time scale

as far as older

aspirations

we're gonna have

a fire sale

No one wanted

to build on a

burned out shell

but it seems we're

stuck here for a while

so what the hell

So many enemies

of good

most will never face it

but I think you should

I'll be shoulder to shoulder

at the mirror

clocking that mug

maybe the time

has finally come

to do more than shrug

what