2.4754 : 5/9/18 : Den

First thing I'll get out

of this den of waste

can't think about the hours spent

can't afford the the slightest taste

What I go to

barely a setup

better than nothing

and I'll never got my rep up

anyway so not to worry

about missing every scene

and blowing up the fantasy of

Somehow getting out clean

imagine I'll be back well

jump off that bridge when it's here

did you hear the one about

the fool waiting for me to appear

what

2.4522 : 9/19/17 : Backtrace

So maybe, just maybe

the tide isn't turning

and maybe, just maybe

that bridge is finished burning

but the backtrace route

is too far to fathom

and as for all the dreams

hell with it, you have 'em

can't get my finger

on a steady pulse

my ear's gone tin

and all words ring false

but I better grit and grin

and just bear it

and if that pointy cap fits

I guess I wear it

what

2.4141 : 9/3/16 : What Comes Around Goes Around

Take comfort in the fact

that what comes around

also goes around again

the wheel metaphor is

awfully worn

and rusty oh but then

it gets you there

anyway doesn't care

everybody used it to death

the wind the river

the bridge the clock

cup and ring and arc and breath

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

2.4083 : 7/7/16 : Burned

Tell me it's not more

make work

stay awake jerk

Before you get hit

burned

like you never

learned

Oh I could

give up flat

no one would

notice that

no bridge there

to burn

long as I still

spend

and earn

and the latest

burn will fade

here hand me

the goddamned

Kool Aid

what

2.3962 : 3/8/16 : Rubber & Chrome

Dead ends

at every turning

or maybe it's

that rather than

talking I'd be burning

books and bridges

rubber and chrome

oh to burn

this offensive tome

oh to give up

oh to bugout

oh to quit

and other fantasy

dead ends

at every turning

where I lost every friend

what

2.3418 : 9/11/14 : Forgetting (Endless Axis 151/500)

Forgetting is our greatest gift

our saving grace

our daily lift

the arrogance of every age

thinks that it writes

the real first page

I dreamed a bridge

point a, point b

it can't enter reality

Every what was

becomes what's not

I had a point

but I forgot

what

2.3048 : 09/06/13 : Sell it All

Will I be an ad man

sell it all

fossil fuels

the bomb

a bridge

the fall

it's the height

of creativity

in the twenty first

I'll sell you

sugar water

till you die of thirst

101 Curious Professions 93: Ad Man

what

2.2863 : 03/05/13 : Kinder

Kinder gentler
the only course
I believe in more than half
think about
where I heard it
what can you do you have to laugh
the thousand points of light
the bridge to the future
can I get a stiff one to cope with it
can I get a little hooch here
to take the edge off
get a little kinder
nobody told me
it'd be such a grinder
but I will gentle
before the grim machine
and breeze through its pores
before it knows what I mean

what

2.2799 : 12/31/12 : Quest

No bridge no
borderland
the quest goes on
but no omen
will be found to hand
and I wrap up quietly
no bombast
my quest proceeds
this day's
not first nor last

what

2.2734 : 10/27/12 : Haven't Got

I heard your song you wrote
and I liked it a lot
It reminded me of tons of stuff
I simply haven't got
The totally sweet bridge
and the rising action
all that keeps me going lately's
not to give the devil the satisfaction
cross my fingers say I'm fine
how much longer can I fake this line
give me a bottle of the hard stuff and a match
to hell with this
I'm burning down this patch
You can't make a change
with what you haven't got
I guess I'll push that pen
into another spot

what

2.2560 : 5/06/12 : City of Destiny (Mt. Metaphor 29/58)

City of destiny
end of the west
what is my destiny
here at the crest
feel like everything's twisting
like the narrows bridge
what's going to come apart first
maybe privilege
maybe persistence yeah
maybe today I give up
right here in Tacoma
throw down the cup
howl at the affliction
sit right down and sob
no destiny awaits
I'm not the one for this job

what

2.2442 : 1/9/12 : Canon

The final argument
of the king of sleep
the bad company
in these dreadful hours I keep
making the list
the wonderful list
of the canon
I won't get rich on it
oh no I'll get no fame
looks like I'm stuck
playing a longer
and harder game
maybe my mind's
incomplete bridge
will find a hook in there
to hang its span on

what

2.2208 : 05/20/11 : Bridge

I said not another
but bridges kept coming
I said I'm not so smart
but that must mean something
and if I come to a point
but refuse to cross
will the whole tale
be accounted loss?
I try to listen
for the distant thunder
I try to take time
to sit and wonder
what's over the bend
beyond the ridge
and always whether
I can sight the last bridge

what

2.1997 : 10/21/2010 : Bridge

I wish that I could burn that bridge
the one no one can see but me
to known it's there makes my head bound
to light it up would set me free
I fall asleep next thing I know
I wake up I'm halfway across
Because I've got no insurance
I'll have to sell it at a loss
Hey mister can I interest you
in something that's invisible
and in a place I cannot map
The situation's risible
but I'm not laughing I can't stop
dreaming of soaring towers of flame
I burn it all day long in my head
but every day it's just the same

what

2.1849 : 5/26/10 : No Marker

No marker this time
no true count
no way to know or guess
the actual amount
is that a gimmick
some kind of trick
Regardless I'm just hoping
this time it will stick
So many so many
So how to believe
that I might still have
a surprise up my sleeve
one day and another
burn each bridge so carefully
leaving back no line or marker
what remains is only me

what

2.1463 : 5/5/09 : Intro (The Golden Age: 9/100)

here’s the intro

I’ll only get away with this shit once

So here’s the verse

Yeah not really what’s on my mind

you think I care at this point

you must be blind

So sing a chorus

whoah-oh

chorus whoah-oh-ah

really wish I could

cut and paste with a pen

after the second verse I have to

write that damn chorus again

So sing a chorus

whoah-oh

chorus whoah-oh-ah

here’s a little bridge so what

I really need to get this done

So sing a chorus

whoah-oh

a chorus whoah-oh-ah

Sing a chorus

whoah-oh

sing a chorus

Whoah oh hey oh oh

ah yeah

what

2.1359 : 1/21/09 : No Bridge

I can’t escape

across the river

because there is no bridge

worst scenario is me

run down by hounds

along the ridge

I think I’ll slip the noose

just one more time

expect me on your doorstep

set to deliver the prime

what

2.1298 : 11/21/08 : Music In My Head

As soon as I focus

the music in my head stops

a thousand thoughts crowd in

the volume sharply drops

What an illusion

What a tale of years

hear it in my head

but cannot ever

bring it to your ears

Somebody else did it

better years ago

Someone did it weirder

a bridge beyond what

I could ever know

but it’s done complete

the page is truly turned

and before the hour is cold

I’ll see that

last bridge burned

what

2.940 : 11/29/07 : Gone Missing

Another day gone missing

heeding hacks out dissing

what they don’t get

and never have yet

felt further behind

dates had me close to the line

who you gonna believe

for these gifts we now receive

There is no time missing its continuous

Right now’s the same as then

at the back of the bus

where I stood my ground

like the fool I was

That day’s not missing

and I know because

I’m right here

I could skimp on the rebound

but I’m channeling the big sound

and I have to share

it’s all there out there

I could keep rolling now

instead I’ll take my bow

half hour of witching left

half hour to bridge the cleft

There is no time missing everything is one

the truth you’ll never get

out of the barrel of a gun

Right now’s the same as then

at the head of the pack

Still treating every single thing

like an attack

what