2.4409 : 5/29/17 : Bright Line

The bright line at last

present

spills into the past

at this cataract

and if anybody

deserves a second act

and a plot twist

this time no illusion

burn the sea mist

what

2.4408 : 5/28/17 : Fresh or Stale

Take back

what I thought

I'll think

something better

everyday

trying my best

remind myself

with a letter

some words unclear

some thoughts forgotten

fresh or stale

feeling on top or rotten

each one just springs

out of an infinite pool

stay unafraid

to look the fool

what

2.4407 : 5/27/17 : Magic

How in the end

they all

become their true selves

that old thrall

Won't my card

ever turn up

won't that last luck

ever burn up?

what

2.4406: 5/26/17 : Could Be Worse

Conceive a mission

just for a change

the birth, the universe

everything to rearrange

Call it a mirror

a gatefold ode to verse

it isn't much

but it sure as hell could be worse

what

2.4405: 5/25/17 : Free Day

I'll take spring

and a free day

All goes so fast

oh the long way

Follow the current

hold my tongue

shrewdly side eye

at it hinged and hung

what

2.4404: 5/24/17 : WAYBACK

Things that go

way back

and when the

old static clears

something deeper

more orderly appears

all getting older

finding out there's worse

all a little overloaded

everywhere but the purse

someday all will merge

with the way back

tally every turning

and find no lack

what

2.4403: 5/23/17 : The Screw

They'll find a way

to turn the screw

the only thing

really to do

is find a way

to turn aside

somewhere else

must peace abide

grant me patience

grant me stealth

grant continuation

of a season of health

keep me honest

have my back

show me how

to stay on track

what

2.4402: 5/22/17 : Lunatic

Lurk to catch the worm turn

Going to chase its tail

tried a thousand days

five times

over and again I fail

I cannot lose the scent

of this worm that makes me sick

with angry thoughts

inside laughing words

oh my such a lunatic

oh for once

have the hours to set me right

delve to the pure ore

and see my hands flow

with the bright

what

2.4401: 5/21/17 : How I Sound

Sickness of grinds

and cures

sparse on the ground

ought to

check my privilege

I know how

I sound

The luxury

of whining

but that's a dead end too

just more

dirty static

and hullabaloo

what

2.4400: 5/20/17 : All Riddles

All riddles 'cause I'm

feeling dumb as hell

hope like heck to leave you

with a big oh well

Still trying to work magic

like the fool I am

filling up my fish urn

with celestial kingdom spam

Next year it says

look to the big eighteen

The century can smoke and fight

buy a dirty magazine

and if it doesn't come

I'll blow my gol dang stack

provided I don't

tease apart the tesseract

what

2.4399: 5/19/17 : Poison Tongue

Tame this poison

tongue

or choke on it

give me the switch

to lay a

stroke on it

let me abide

and count

my stripes

and find a way

to draw

the poison from

my tripes

what

2.4398: 5/18/17 : Then Let's

Then let's keep dancing

Then let's fall down

Let's rush the crown

Over all the King blade

Over all the sun

Overall it's how I get paid

Overall we seek the one

what

2.4397: 5/17/17 : Dream

Beat a similar

and dumb dream

nobody hears

nobody wants some

who would see

mirror and mirror face

nor room for this

slow drummer

in that place

what

2.4396: 5/16/17 : The Rain

look to the lightning

storms rolling

narrow narrow path

I'm strolling

no ticket no key

nobody here

but you and me

what

2.4395: 5/15/17 : Early Spring

The early springs

will just become

springs

and so it will

go with

many things

I seek the

transformation

from inside

many will

disdain

to contemplate

that ride

but I'm going

to ride it

through to the peak

and only only only

there I'll find

what I seek

what

2.4394: 5/14/17 : Cheated

Shouldn't feel cheated

Given to greed

Should write a hymn of thanks

not another angry screed

Where do I get off

question for ages

Where can I get off

this sinking ship

of muddy pages

Yet we are getting cheated

of our world of sheaves and ploughshares

so I say to the hoipolloi

who file past it with blank stares

what

2.4393: 5/13/17 : Crash

About time

to crash this truck

but think I'll

Swerve and miss

how long can I

Keep it up

watch that query

don't go amiss

what

2.4392: 5/12/17 : Swahili

just toss a square

doen four by four

nothing to look at

like Swahili in semaphor

 

2.4391: 5/11/17 : Fruit

Being clever

being of use

frequently stumbling

being obtuse

probably ignoring

some obvious fruit

torn between these ways

of the quill

and the suit

what

2.4390: 5/10/17 : Turn

Wierd turns

and tricky

sticky

problem tangles

this can farm

the worms I wrangle

feeling a little

I can handle, deal

Probably the perfect

time to hand You the wheel

what

2.4389: 5/9/17 : I Claudius

Beltway news is

getting pretty "I Claudius"

like to drive the lot of them

off a long pier

on a short bus

history just keeps happening

now it's happening to us

man I'm missing the

good old days

when exactly?

I can never quite recall

maybe half way round

my turn on the swing

wondering what

might really fall

however it shakes out

it'll still be

you and me, doll

making up our own

good old days

what

2.4388: 5/8/17 : Peace

Try not to forget

You signed up for peace

more than a word

camoflage in fleece

can't keep a violent heart

in my pocket anymore

you must lead this poor beginner

I implore, I implore

soon soon challenges arise

and will I founder at the start

I can make peace my watch and ward

if you will only lead this heart

what

2.4387: 5/7/17 : Transit

The people

and their marching

the transit

of the sun

Don't feel the movements

gaining ground

but it's

a bit of fun

but I come down

bleak

not wanting

to speak

Stars in their

transits

and I might as well

be writing Greek

what

2.4386: 5/6/17 : Stroking

Out of questions

oh me: still joking

What disaster

to tackle first

wise chin

I'm stroking

trying to look

like I've got it

together

not quite a wipe out

but it's heavy weather

what

2.4385: 5/5/17 : What I Want

Nor ready for the

past tense

at least I hope

another poem

think I'm not

quite at the end

of the rope

even so I know

should stand in

thanks

For the love I have

have had

though I be lost

in the ranks

what I want

still seems a distant

notion

a culling a piece

a forest

an ocean

what

2.4384: 5/4/17 : What Truly Matters?

What truly matters?

oh don't ask me today

the thing I despise

locks me in sway

money, lucre

filthy gold

curse its dominion

curse its hold

Lo the prophecy

self-fulfilling

call it the rat race

boy it is not thrilling

tell myself all that

doesn't matter a whit

but my words ring hollow

up to my teeth in it

what

2.4383: 5/3/17 : How Can I Help

Should be

the only thing I ask

how can I help

what is my task

Sure I'd be better

off out of my head

all shred of focus

on helping instead

what

2.4382: 5/2/17 : Could We At Least

Could we at least

agree that the feast

is well past delayed

we've been

waiting all day

bliss awe and joy

don't chuckle

dear boy

it was promised

what's more

splashed above

every door

why else come here

at all

Couldn't we at least

storm the hall

what

2.4381: 5/1/17 : Wonder

I wonder if

you'd notice if

I threw the whole plan

off a cliff

I wonder why

I'll ask her why

and if I should

close my eyes

what

2.4380: 4/30/17 : Wait What?

Wait what?

Drifted off again

You try to clarify

I'll try to guess

where it all began

what