Friday, April 30, 2021

2.3284 : 4/30/14 : With the Heat (Endless Axis 17/500)

You can pack a whole day
into just three minutes
live your life
hold sway
so glad I could
begin it
Attitude turned out
to be
precisely nothing:
an artifact
and I stuffed
three minutes taut
with the heat I packed

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Thursday, April 29, 2021

2.3283 : 4/29/14 : Tremble (Endless Axis 16/500)

This joint's so sweet
it makes me tremble
tremble
try to act cool
try to dissemble
but I can't
I saw a rock
become a fountain
who's counting
my tremblings stopped
my fire is mounting
so listen to this rant
I'm going to get sweet:
Sweeter
make you tremble
to the beat
repeater
Not ever going to stop
Until you're all
rocked out
then I'll tremble
reassemble
and spout

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Wednesday, April 28, 2021

2.3282 : 4/28/14 : Thrill (Endless Axis 15/500)

The thrill's still strong
and here's the moment
of the spark
Sure it's brief
but what a flash
and the thrill:
hey what an arc

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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

2.3281 : 4/27/14 : Good News (Endless Axis 14/500)

A spell the driest
Hell just made the pie
the highest
and I'm really
looking forward to the good news
I'll act surprised
but it's just sweet how I surmised
that I was ready to start drawing down
Because I have paid all my dues

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Monday, April 26, 2021

2.3280 : 4/26/14 : The Light (Endless Axis 13/500)

I'm so glad the light's
so very far away
I've got years and years
of it getting closer every day
I'm so glad I took
that awful awful cup
And let you tip it up
I know it's going to turn up
though I lost all faith
that's a gracious paradox
ho hey, yeah thus sayeth
You've heard enough I'm sure
And I say free from fear and spite
leave me to my pining
staring patient at the distant light

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Sunday, April 25, 2021

2.3279 : 4/25/14 : Cheese (Endless Axis 12/500)

Maybe it only 
seems it's going rotten
maybe it's
turning into cheese
maybe it needed to
sit a long time on the shelf
maybe unwrapped
it will be fit to please
I wrote a tall order
a very tall tall order
an almighty
delivery of cheese
hey don't you know
fulfillment is my business
this aroma's
going to bring you
to your knees

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Saturday, April 24, 2021

2.3278 : 4/24/14 : Exact Directions (Endless Axis 11/500)

Discovery is nice okay
the revealed country
the new day
but for those velvet
insurrections
It's nice we've got
exact directions
for the origin of word
the disposition of light
for the precise manner
which I'm a rock you all night
it felt so fine to be sure
So powerful to know
I was backed by such an army
all just waiting for my go

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2.3277 : 4/23/14 : The Report (Endless Axis 10/500)

We're all going to
get together
so said the report
I'm working on my
attitude
So I bite off
a blithe retort
Show me where
to sign up
show me where
to stand
as long as there's
still a promise
as long as there's
still a land

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Thursday, April 22, 2021

2.3276 : 4/22/14 : True Brilliance (Endless Axis 9/500)


I began
I was so amped
I didn't notice it
you know
this is the prime
this is the bespoke shit
Behold I am
the thing that God
kept for himself
You motherfuckers
screwed it so
He took me off the shelf
I'm here to fix your bust up wagon
here to clean your clock
If you never saw
true brilliance
you're in for a shock
the real joke is that
I'll pass you all unseen
but when the dust
is settled oh
you'll sure see
where I've been

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

2.3275 : 4/21/14 : Sun (Endless Axis 8/500)

Plenty of sun
and none
of promised storms
and twined through all
the patterns, forms
promises of better days
not knowing how
not ends or ways
but in the sun
I thought of one
up the raised sash
and treasure from trash
and spinning every
straw man to gold
and the end of cold

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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

2.3274 : 4/20/14 : No Fooling (Endless Axis 7/500)

No fooling
life's been kind
and so much I deem dark
was only ever
in my mind
if the road seems steep
the destination uncertain
well we're still rolling now
and still
no sign of final
curtain

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Monday, April 19, 2021

2.3273 : 4/19/14 : Imminent (Endless Axis 6/500)

Feeling amazing about
imminent collapse
this whipping party
we'll all sing to the straps
I love an edge
I love a narrow strip
defeat on either side
and the losing of grip
the rhythm bangs
like a two-stroke engine
and the back of my
skull unhinging
chalk this one up
to dancing on lines
cross my fingers as I
tiptoe amongst the mines

what

Sunday, April 18, 2021

2.3272 : 4/18/14 : Get Into Now (Endless Axis 5/500)

All this projection
all this futurist suggestion
I can stop dodging the how
I can get into now
nowhere anywhere
but here
nothing at all to fear
but fear
it's all turning out
beautiful
all children bright
and dutiful
all wives of stainless
purity
all comfort, love
security
and this pen
looks like a prow
and I'm right here
into now

what

Saturday, April 17, 2021

2.3271 : 4/17/14 : Of Seven (Endless Axis 4/500)

One of seven
of one of two
in a minute I will know
in a minute I will know
exactly what to do
sure at last
confident
surging past
all ghosts of the past
nothing mystic
just firm intent
by main force
the column finally unbent
save the world
or get rich trying
hit it so right
I'll leave you crying

what

Friday, April 16, 2021

2.3270 : 4/16/14 : Than Done (Endless Axis 3/500)

So much easier
said than done
that's all right
because saying is such fun
no harm in saying
it's at least a start
and so I say
come what may
I'll play a part

what

Thursday, April 15, 2021

2.3269 : 4/15/14 : Eclipse (1) (Endless Axis 2/500)

Said things would clear and they did
are you starting to believe yet kid
not magical not serendipity
to have missed it would have been a pity
Saw the eclipse one night and late
the mists that occlude heaven's gate
I said I know it all will clear
and so it went and so now we're here
saw the shadow start and creep
worthwhile to keep me from my sleep
saw it redly full occlude
and then I was one happy frood
And cast off all the previous scripts
now happiness will all eclipse

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

2.3268 : 4/14/14 : Unreconstructed (Endless Axis 1/500)

What's that sound you hear?
Rubber hitting road
I am the teacher I appear
Boom! Your head explode
before this unreconstructed
warrior of light
I slapped a meter on
I've just 500 endless nights
I'm ready now
Oh I'll make each one count
haypenny, sou
now there is no amount
too small to matter
too small to help
this life's rich platter
this stark owl's fierce whelp

Endless Axis: 500 Days of Light
brought to you by the Parliament of O.W.L.s

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Tuesday, April 13, 2021

2.3267 : 4/13/14 : Miss America

Am I going to Miss America
Honey was it ever there
truly I'm not going nowhere
But maybe it's going to get
pulled right out from underneath me
Dear miss the bliss you bequeath me
What's next it's a cloudy mirror
Future might even surprise me
America you might arise free

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Monday, April 12, 2021

2.3266 : 4/12/14 : What It Is

thinking my way through
what it is
the parable
the mountaintop
the hers and his
never bought a ticket
but this ride I'm on it
and despite it all
I still do really
care doggone it

what

Sunday, April 11, 2021

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

Saturday, April 10, 2021

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

Friday, April 09, 2021

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

Thursday, April 08, 2021

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

Wednesday, April 07, 2021

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

Tuesday, April 06, 2021

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

Monday, April 05, 2021

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

Sunday, April 04, 2021

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

Saturday, April 03, 2021

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

Friday, April 02, 2021

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

Thursday, April 01, 2021

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

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