2.5250 : 9/17/19 : Upside Down (The Experiment: 85/100)

Upside down

underwater

could we be

learning

got no spotter

do the

heavy lifting

all alone

and they won't

even throw me

a bone

what

2.4994 : 1/4/19 : Knuckle

Paring it even further

to the knuckle

of the bone

Nobody is looking down

for wisdom in that phone

well known it's all

marking time

don't think about for what

they caught me gazing

raptly at 

a plain unblemished stone

what

2.4744 : 4/29/18 : Grip

Getting a grip

but on what exactly

do I have strength to pull up

before what's coming down

Smacks me

back to the next

setback always in the chamber

Who's tugging on the trigger

I could but I won't name her

sickness recedes

but leaves an ever darker stain

When the sickness is gone

what exactly will remain

I'd like to think

the bones of a higher order

not so optimistic

but hell

I'm only a recorder

what

2.4717 : 4/2/18 : The Jones

Can't tell if

it's the condition

or the jones

the new treatment

regime

or something

in the bones

really just hoping

it's clearing up

I really could do

with some cheering up

what

2.4523 : 9/20/17 : Envy Stones

Once I felt defiant

these days I'm not so sure

the ground is very trodden

not much left you'd call pure

closing my eyes I only

see a hundred envy stones

and everything everything

I cannot wring

from my own bones

the show doesn't slow down

the players get youger

whet thin and whittled

by a differet sort of hunger

And if I had to bet

I'd probably try to hedge

and the whisper in the back

I must be losing my edge

what

2.4460 : 7/19/17 : Crusty

If it's all just a task

why not brush it off

just an eccentric

turning crusty toff

or maybe just worn

and fighting a tough line

with what little starch

is left in my spine 

what

2.4444 : 7/3/17 : The Past

The Past not gone

not even past

a good line and yet

things don't last

but bones and spectres

are everywhere

are they in our world

or do we stil

Live in theirs?

what

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

2.4301 : 2/10/17 : Blue Light

I should be smart

and just give up the fight

whisky and water

and unreal blue light

find better patterns

settings for my stones

some lovely intricate

channel for these bones

that never quite get

clothed in proper flesh

always the bleeding chunks

not fair but fresh

hearken too much back

to bad old ways

I should give up

shut every door on those days

what

2.4291 : 1/31/17 : Throne

Throw a new seat

on the throne

a little joke for

me alone

at least a little

definite to cap

a day that proved

mostly to sap

will I ever

drive the bad thought off

say I might but

some dark thought will scoff

but I'll think of

my new shiny throne

just enough to

throw myself a bone

what

2.4281 : 1/21/17 : The Other Monkeys

Thoughts knocking around

unproductive noise, not sound

What's the gear I need

to harmonize

While stones tumble

and the time flies

I put a lot into

the ever present grind

but never got me

an inch closer to peace of mind

and the refrain is

dead familiar

throw me a bone

hey would it kill ya

what is the gear I need

to get harmonized

I saw one used

but still so high prized

for me

so keep knocking around

with all the other

monkeys in this tree

what

2.4114 : 8/7/16 : Bad & Ugly

Made it maybe halfway

didn't make it to the cannon

the train, the prison chorus

led by false lights

led by mammon

the destruction of the bridge

ecstasy among the tombstones

guess I've learned it well enough

guess I got it in my bones

the defeat of bad and ugly

who doesn't want that joint

though I saw half just in memory

that was well beside the point

what

2.4011 : 4/26/16 : Battlefield

Rejoin the battlefield

half willing

dragged along

another 180 degrees

wasted

trolling this

digital song tra bong

painted up

knucklebones

go all the way bush

Waiting for a mission

getting softer

now the lethal push

what

2.3977 : 3/23/16 : Groove

digging a groove in again

hard stop drop a pin

gather up these knuckle bones

and better pack my strops and hones

what

2.3909 : 1/15/16 : SLAB

Silent as a crypt

dull as a slab in here

hell if I'm to

Open up and crab in here

better keep counsel

and not object

more you best

not expect

lob another bone

down the long lane

clam up

and don't explain

what

2.3882: 12/19/15 : No Stunt

Lay claim of power

declare anything possible

middle of the hour

and sneaking quiet

commonplace crazy

move along nothing to see

the long bar and the place to pry it

get the feeling you're being observed

anyone could predict the end

lay a claim on the jest absurd

maybe still I lay claim to a bend

please quiet the stories

compelled to tell and tell

please just a moment, no static

elect not to name the how

and leave this skeleton

to settle in the attic

what

2.3758 : 8/17/15 : Hamster (Endless Axis 491/500)

All I just want

is to keep polishing

tiny stones

I learned you were

2 years my elder

that one got

me in my bones

I and should

break out break out

form this

hamster track

but I like it when

if spins up fast

and trips me up

and hurls me back

what

2.3387 : 8/11/14 : Thorn (Endless Axis 120/500)

Trust in this thorn

this affliction

and its virtue

though to be sure

what doesn't kill you

can sure as hell

still hurt you

But you might figure out

whether you love

the hill or the stone

It's not my sunniest thought

but Jesus thrown me a bone

The mysteries

of what works

and what fails

Still out in the forest

hard at work

with my sap pails

how the hell do you get

worse

having gotten what you want

But I know I'll never

pull this thorn

except that I come in

hard and blunt

what

2.3313 : 5/29/14 : Stacking (Endless Axis 46/500)

Wrestling mater

stacking stones

even when the strain

stains pain in the deep bone

another day

boy I can't wait

It's shaping up

to a bold estate

What I put past me

What I look for ahead

the ironclad conclusion

of how I make this bed

what I'm stacking up

pages galore

it's a hell of a lot

and there's so much more

what

2.3304 : 5/20/14 : Case (Endless Axis 37/500)

My first case lost

mystery

part and parcel

subsumed in history

how it wrapped

recall too well if anything

What I didn't know I clung to

or held in my hand to bring

second case

I've stood at that stone

they called it ivory

but it was all bone

this next case though

I'll set it so sweet

honest yet cunning

astute and complete

I'll even talk my

own self around

give it a week or so

we'll see what I've found

what