2.52834: 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

2.5277 : 10/14/19 : Change the Story

So change the story

never lost

Not a degree of course

A pin in every cost

Confidently sailing

right at the master

plan

better yet

meshed in the moment

as it eternally

began

a generation waits

to see the big reveal

and the rift

begins to heal

what

2.5276 : 10/13/19 : Oracle

Nothing I can think of

matches up with

the oracle

or am I deluding myself or

did I

ignore the call

Any good surprises

left in this

century

were I doing it over

where would my

Sense of adventure be

for sure this week

I'll kick off

phase one of five

still not gave up

though lacking in drive

oracles can't do

the work I

require

but I'll need more than

lists for

the work I aspire

what

2.5275 : 10/12/19 : Liven Up

Half assing it

sure

have for it to be

the story

the stew du jour

would it

liven up

if I hit the

metaphor gym

if the bookies

looked my way

odds would be dim

If I livened up

my message

would some structure

follow

tried to hype

my own before

but words

rang hollow

what

2.5274: 10/11/19 : Grotesque

The spectacle grotesque

and me at the desk

not knowing

how to counter

and will all the good

founder

Not a bit

messianic

look concerned

that's a good trick

but the grotesque

marches on stilts

and my optimism

wilts

what

2.5273: 10/10/19 : Someday for Sure

Pain's in the head

is it anywhere

else

is it anything

else

Someday

for sure

and no

real cure

But while

you've got me here

best

keep busy

teacher's

not coming

is he?

what

2.5272: 10/9/19 : Hysterical Misery

Hysterical misery

but a quiet sort

half incoherent

shrugs off retort

hardly articulate

thoughts circulate

repeat and seethe

what use to create

what use to improve

adapt try to change

age's drag deepens

call duller, more strange

no market for this crap

most of all not within

and angry as well

at the curse word begin

what

2.5271: 10/8/19 : Scheming

Can't stop the scheming

The pure perplexing dreaming

the inner essayist

Sorry old friend

that chance I missed

trying to make

sense of the scraps

the ghostly hand

fire-writes: perhaps

dullard obligations

call me from my schemes

I'd shed a tear

but my eyes are full of beams

what

2.5270: 10/7/19 : How Long

How far have I come

well how long has it been

not all up and down

not all sweat and tin

stop trying to keep score

stop seeing a race

drill down on the core

beating heart strong in space

like a jewel on a line

monofilament mount

one at every crossing

hanging jewels beyond count

each one a pure heart

I have only to pluck

when it's been so long twice

I'll no longer be stuck

what

2.5269: 10/6/19 : Third Act

Can't remember

if I've dwelt on it

before

looking for a door

If I may say it

without fact

wondering if there's

any such thing

as an American

Third Act

Hard time caring

or believing

too damn early

to just

stall at last

Checkout

Well still the

next dumb

come on artist

pops a head out

will be the one

I deck out

what

2.5268: 10/5/19 : Or End

Not the start

or end of

anything

Keep my

pointer down

on that

maybe I

can pull

the string

Still trying

to make

it

Something

pivotal

and I don't

want o

give at all

what

2.5267: 10/4/19 : Square

Square up the edges

align my pins

reach up to the sky

touch my shins

square my shoulders

breathe in deeply

let it out slowly

it won't come cheaply

what

2.5266: 10/3/19 : The Uncertainty Factor

Hardly know where

my head's at these days

And the uncertainty

factor just weighs

an my shoulders my chest

a rest cure would be best

but that's not in

the cards this side

maybe of the sod roof

Surely of the senior ride

tell myself to

focus on the fundamentals

and lighten up all

mortal raiments are just rentals

It's just that uncertainty

factor pressing

on my head and my chest

a rest cure would be best

what

abstract

So what was the 100 song series I called "The Experiment"? Not a hundred percent sure to be honest. There's nothing clear to connect the songs, no marginal notes of explanation. I think it may have been an attempt to write the songs first thing in the morning, there seem to be a few allusions to this among the lyrics. A little mystery anyway, wrapped up if not solved.

what

2.5265 : 10/2/19 : Secret (The Experiment: 100/100)

So this age is getting run

by mockers and fools

I show up early

try to play by the rules

Limit of my relevance

approaches zero fast

Some my litany may be

fully secret at last

keep the secret:

nobody left to tell

no clear objective for years

probably just as well

persistence becomes easy

habit's inertial drift

and I'd the survival bit gets ugly

There's always shorter shrift

always some scrap to write on

always a pencil stub

who knows what it could come to

You tell me future schlub

maybe even optimism

a renewed lease

one experiment is done

but I must keep saying

me secret piece

keep the secret...

what

2.5264 : 10/1/19 : Finish Line (The Experiment: 99/100)

Messing up

in the eleventh

hour

how I'll page

through

how I'll scour

try to nail it

on the

finish line

bad science

and all fault is mine

what