Monday, April 29, 2024

2.4379: 4/29/17 : Old Fox

You can keep pretending
that your checking
the boxes
but there's no really
fooling this old fox is
on to you
try to tell yourself
you're getting
perspective
try to sound
all so wise and reflective
think you do
old friend do you
recall the
green lute band
guess I'll have to
look it up sure
could used a hand
oh like we used to

what

Sunday, April 28, 2024

2.4378: 4/28/17 : Abdicate

I know I'll
abdicate
leave my crown
at home
forsake the state
feeling fine
in my hoodie
and chucks
flying free
and giving no
grey ducks

what

Saturday, April 27, 2024

2.4377: 4/27/17 : Tests

Not tests to fail
tonight no
derail points
to shatter
on autopilot
plowing through
to refuse you all
your saint's
head on a platter

what

Friday, April 26, 2024

2.4376 : 4/26/17 : Plumb

Odds strike me slim
which one am I
pretending to
and what's the deal with him?
When the intertia
pendulum
ceases to swing
and hangs straight
plumb
and the appetites
wash over twice
just another
half turn of the vice

what

Thursday, April 25, 2024

2.4375 : 4/25/17 : Coup

Restless in the box
unsure of the locks
Maybe just the jones
butcher the meat
get left with the bones
no interest in a coup
never drop
the other shoe

what

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

2.4374 : 4/24/17 : Decay

Is it just first day
decay
issues
or the cracks
revealing
truth
and ugly buzz
familiar
frequency
humming in
every tooth

what

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

2.4373 : 4/23/17 : Rickety Raft

As the rickety raft
approaches the falls
everybody argues
nobody helping at all
nobody paddling or
bailing anymore
Can you bail out a raft?
What they're arguing for
are the falls really coming
Is it that far down
Whose fault was the river
Who chose to leave town
Should we get out and swim?
every soul to its own
who should we chuck out after
all opportunity is blown

what

2.4372 : 4/22/17 : IMPRECISE

The eventual response
was imprecise
tended to excess
extracted a price
left a debit
hell what else is new
somewhat to my credit
keep things generally true

what

Sunday, April 21, 2024

2.4371 : 4/21/17 : Raise

So to raise hell
or let things slide
little likely to change
old same will abide
is it honest or just
jealous ire
steal somebody else's fire
but I'll scope it
maybe say my peace
half honest
half spent for release

what

2.4370 : 4/20/17 : Try to Figure Out

Try to figure out
when faith matters most
notice who's the parasite
realize you are the host
who will you trust in between the lanes
not to push you under the bus
out on the mean streets
where only cement reigns
this ain't the end of me
not half not even close
I've got the medicine
I've got a double dose
count five twice open palm
and then I curl it tight
you best to cover up
I showed up here to fight

what

2.4369 : 4/19/17 : Blunders

My share of blunders
foul the data
reveal some secret kink
to wipe out the slate, a
theory of self-sabotage
might well appeal
though I doubt there's much to it
doubt that it's real
just another opportunity
to feast on crow
guess I get down to it
familiar don't you know
at the end of the day
will I really just laugh
hope there's a sunny side
to every stupid gaffe

what

Thursday, April 18, 2024

2.4368 : 4/18/17 : Theory

Scratch out a new theory
of the method of the weary
too plot out of the old cycle
call Fortuna call on Michael
ten in hand
one leads the band
by sea and sand
and there to let it stand
the wise ones stacked like crooked blocks
scratched words and rhymes
on scattered rocks
I'm not their kind
a lesser mind
and little skill to bind
and all that's left behind

what

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

2.4367 : 4/17/17 : Romp

Half an hour
in the swamp
too old for this
no longer down
to romp
haven't quite
replaced the corrupt
chip
hoping soon
my upgrade
will ship

what

2.4366 : 4/16/17 : Cake

This is all just cake
right?
a cool breeze for
you defeated
all the world
that's good because
I need a break
and it need not be
repeated
If I could just get it
through my small
and worried brain
no need to invite the fall
or suffer for all
this imaginary pain

what

Monday, April 15, 2024

2.4365 : 4/15/17 : Service

Doing service
temporary abstinence
waiting on the rise
half decided
half convinced
They're not going to
believe my story
and yet still
I gotta hit 'em
with the love mandatory
try to shake a dance
out of that nonsense
flip the
picture in the sight
of the bomb tense

what

Sunday, April 14, 2024

2.4364 : 4/14/17 : Trace

Pinning this
one to the board
time to flash
Unlock the hoard
buy my way
into the fast race
Come up quick
leave a long trace

what

Saturday, April 13, 2024

2.4363 : 4/13/17 : To Disrupt

Any saying's been said
and twice and three
the losing count
that's my story
a tar an ichor
the thing stewed
in it's own foul liquor
no one wishes
for this cup
nothing much
here to disrupt
wish for a new thing
out of the blue
that wishing is
and old thing too

what

2.4362 : 4/12/17 : Resistance

Resistance barks
at easy release
and every fiber
bids must cease
reluctance begs
another day
and so the weary
gets its way

what

2.4361 : 4/11/17 : Innovation

Innovation is the
name for next
Gonna get all about
rise above the subtext
Get on the surface
the current the page
watch me decline
your definition of this age
watch me ride rising
the tower of approach
nevermore a dragger
oh no more slow coach

what

2.4360 : 4/10/17 : Stiff Neck

This stiff neck
not a metaphor
already blown my
schedule
and my dwindling score
of energy to plumb
isn't getting any
recharge
and boy I feel dumb
gotta activate
turn the keys
wouldn't mind
a little bump
if you please

 

Tuesday, April 09, 2024

2.4359 : 4/9/17 : Full Nerd

Shoulda turned inward
shoulda gone full nerd
Had a full foot in
found weed and got thin
can't overwrite that
Sourcing a new hat
just find me my just grind
I'll grin and go in blind

what

2.4358 : 4/8/17 : Pause

Slip bits
of unfinished business
into the pause
one of those days
kicking against
this immutable
laws
required to pay
for feelings
you didn't earn
can't know
anything
you did not learn

what

Sunday, April 07, 2024

2.4357 : 4/7/17 : If At Long Last

If not a vision
if not a voice
if not a riddle
or exactly a choice
If not in books
or ritual
the long project
or the practice habitual
If at long last
not a gift of persistence
then I'm out of ideas
but on goes existence

what

2.4356 : 4/6/17 : Treasure Map

Will I get a clue
a little treasure map
tuck into a coin purse
close with a snap
maybe just a signifier
prove I'm pushing forth
x marks a moving target
drifting roughly east by north

what

Friday, April 05, 2024

2.4355 : 4/5/17 : I'm a Bad One

Where this anxious feeling
just too much caffeine?
an emotionl reaction
to feeling bad and mean
too much exposure
to the hoi polloi
oh I'm a bad one
I'm no Christian boy
Hope it just wears off
fades and slips by
just seeking out a new way
to earn my chips by

what

Thursday, April 04, 2024

2.4354 : 4/4/17 : Mission

12 year mission
So far but
So sure to end
Still without an inkling
of what's around
the next bend
and many grimly
questioned
that which held me
in its thrall
Said:
Strength
Stillness
and compassion
and that
was all

what

Wednesday, April 03, 2024

2.4353 : 4/3/17 : Pass

I get a pass
for my suffering
wouldn't win a contest
whether I bluff or bring
Some version of
true feeling
how I wish it
was more appealing

what

Tuesday, April 02, 2024

2.4352 : 4/2/17 : Street Poet

Should I stand ahead
or behind one
street poet,
suffering's son
me child of privelege
these books I fill
had my own troubles
but really and still
dream to be a patron
savior if I'm honest
they've got a word for it
leave it unspoken
would be best
grant to me
understanding and grace
and I'll try to live up
whatever my place

what

2.4351 : 4/1/17 : Prison of Doldrum

Break out of this
prison of
doldrum
repeat
the olde ruler
from its throne
unseat
the first
ending
is for
self-reproach
start the long
hard journey
to the tower
of approach

what