2.5237 : 9/4/19 : Decay (The Experiment: 72/100)

Waking up in the

decay of inner

pictures so banal

worse than the

empty pages

the endless hall

trying to find

some anodyne

for spitting inner ire

a channel to

direct this fire

what

2.4720 : 4/5/18 : Chronic

Every year it

seems more

things turn chronic

I sigh and pine

for the

anodyne: tonic:

every year

what works

gets more complicated

and the march

of so-called progress

is severely

overrated

what

2.4182 : 10/14/16 : Swing

Got plenty of push

but I'm weak on swing

and if you don't have that

You don't have anything

because push is always straight

but the world waves

I have to work so hard

to make up with my clefs and staves

I'm short on branches

Seeking for the vine

Once my source of everything

my anodyne

the center holds

it must have been me swung away

Swing me back

grant me momentum I can trust

grant me rotation

I'll provide the thrust

maybe in stillness

as I least expect

grant that the swing is hard

and grant that it connect

what

2.3652 : 5/3/15 : Search the Sky (Endless Axis 385/500)

Just apply a frame

the Sunday box

pews just the same

now something looser

ceilings high

Still I still I

Search the sky

Sought for traces

secret signs

Some called

superstitious anodynes

sought techniques

to amplify

still and yet

I search the sky

what

2.3445 : 10/08/14 : Weight (Endless Axis 178/500)

Have at the weight again

rather rail against

the ordinary span

or one's position

on the line

better than years

chasing the anodyne

or lucky tokens

or augury

Well one is not

such an old dog you see

Has got more tricks left

than Fillmore Slim

and the weight

has yet to press the life

from him

what

2.3250 : 3/27/14 : The Decision to Fast

The decision to fast

and all it entails

try to transcend this plateau

of freaks and fails

hunger is a medicine

and anodyne a sauce

contrast for those getting soft

and and antidote for loss

what

2.3122 : 11/19/13 : Numbers and Signs

I played a million games

with numbers and signs

said I was ready to step up

Soon as every star aligns

hunting patterns you know

it's just our nature

If you roll up in the middle

of mine you better state your

business are you part

of the pattern the plan

are you the one I've been waiting for

the teacher, the man

take my hand

we're walking away from

the numbers the signs

from quick fixes, tricks the

ponzi schemes and anodynes

what

2.1608 : 9/27/09 : Faith

Believing in an outcome may be required

Some anodyne some tonic for

when I get tired

when you’re faking so much

and making so little

And sunk in real doubt

there’s a real answer to the riddle

Confusion is okay for a chapter or two

but it won’t make the nut

for the whole book of you

Maybe faith in something more

than ears stopped, eyes closed

a knowing you require

when every obstacle’s exposed

what

2.860 : 9/10/07 : God Told Me

God told me to start a band
God told me to take the
knife in my hand
God told me to kill a son
I said I guess
I’m not the one
I saw the Presence
but I received no instruction
absent both
now I move
by spiritual induction
I claim no special insight
no grasp of the divine
it’s something like a practice
not belief
or anodyne

what