2.5216 : 8/14/19 : Uplift (The Experiment: 51/100)

Uplift so easily

conceived

but in reality

what energy - 

I believed

the universe was

filled

so the bad and worse

could be stilled

bite off that but that

presses the teeth

hold on to what that

beckons belief

what

2.4705 : 3/21/18 : Groove

Watch your hand

energy

effortlessly

overtake me

that's not my

struggle

and I mean my

lauds

sincerely

but wonder

what it's

my turn for

wonder what

I'm surely here for

tomorrow

make the

numbers move

pays the bills

but so

not my groove

what

2.4548 : 10/15/17 : Razzmatazz 2

I got it bad

I got the razmatazz back

slung from having too much

to too little slack

they've got their

talons in so much of my days

where the hell do I find

energy to fight this haze?

what

2.4482 : 8/10/17 : Task

Hardly caring

and certainly not daring

and the discharge of the battery

seems to produce no energy

pins and needles

the old coward whines and wheedles

need I go on?

it's not much of a koan

did I used to be brighter

somehow more of a fighter

am I coming around

or just producing mocking sound

will it make it to the LP

I expect no one will help me

particularly as I fail to ask

and every moment is just a task.

what

2.4360 : 4/10/17 : Stiff Neck

This stiff neck

not a metaphor

already blown my

schedule

and my dwindling score

of energy to plumb

isn't getting any

recharge

and boy I feel dumb

gotta activate

turn the keys

wouldn't mind

a little bump

if you please

 

2.3079 : 10/07/13 : Jack

I had this thing

but I don't have jack

Is it 'cause I don't want to

Was there too much flack

it was just that I

lost all energy

ran out of gumption

chutzpa and synergy

what

2.2651 : 8/5/12 : Curiosity

Do I still feel
curiosity
lately some days
I don't feel like
I've got the time
And I got mired in
philosophy
that ate at
that kid's
energy like
quicklime
I'm rooting for you
curiosity
So far off
in a place I'll never see
here's to imagination
and a gentle touch
and for your namesake within me
please provide a little crutch

what

2.1927 : 8/12/10 : Dikes

Dikes are failing
right and left
and I don't know what's next
lately I don't
have the energy
to even get perplexed
And I don't have
the wherewithal
to try and plug a hole
I'm just trying to
locate the smoke
to track down my burning coal

what

2.1182 : 7/28/08 : Switch

3,373 : 18 ?

I’d like to shut my own damn

brain off like a switch

why keep on thinking thinking

never scratch that itch

God society and energy

space mind and death

blow it all away like dust

blow it with a breath

what

2.1005 : 2/2/08 : Files (Seventyseven: 10 of 81)

What’s the essence what’s the spark of life

They must not separate on pain of strife

Gathering and channeling the energy wild

become as soft and supple as a newborn child

The inner eye grown clouded and gray

the masters need so badly to put cleverness away

hiding in the role of my anima

storming heaven’s gate from here to Panama

Seeming silent, prescient but still

Doing all yet seeming as if with time to kill

I set no store by these burgeoning files

I call it hidden virtue hidden in these piles

what

2.789 : 7/1/07 : Eradicate

Eradicate all traces of
weak rationalization
Draw every ounce of energy
around an act of grim creation
grasped within the inmost heart
this human lot is sour
I overturn the vinegar
and here declare my hour
a thousand and a thousand
pages turned like sand descending
however narrow the bottleneck
this timebound time is ending
now push until the stone surmounts
drink till all thirst is sated
all partial, all conditional
will be eradicated

what

2.667 : 3/1/07 : Change is Impossible

Change is impossible
because the universe is full
I feel it in my gravity
I feel it in the planet’s pull
I push eventuality
it coils round like a snake
it curves and coils right back at me
work equals zero for the trouble I take
spin equals zero
universe made of energy, not a drop
available to dig us out of this hole
wait for the collapse, the crunch
the pop
 
what

2.644 : 2/6/07 : Only Civilization

If we ran out of energy
the earth wouldn’t care
Blew it all back to the stone age
nature wouldn’t care
If we succumb, decline decline
God won’t care
what will be will be something
will still be there
Only civilization cares
Only civilization cares
The universe is a big blank stare
Only civilization cares
if America holds on
another hundred years
And Coke taught the world to sing
I couldn’t believe my ears
if we survive the apotheosis
of our fears
None of it will mean a damn thing
in a thousand years
Only civilization cares
Only civilization cares
Only civilization cares

what

2.638 : 1/31/07 : Turning Point

If you keep thinking about it it will never come
who the hell came up with something so mean and dumb
who knew so many more would feel time out of joint
who knew we’d all end up at the turning point
The problems of this world are simply one, two, three
short sightedness and selfishness and entropy
Energy can solve the last one for a while
Ingenuity might yet bridge that last mile
But of human failing what is to be done
Can’t satisfy myself, I’m not the only one
So I pray with the rest the turning point is near
So I pray with the rest to not so much fear fear
looks like we’ve muddled through a thousand centuries
Given the last one that thought does not appease
Given global warming and the nuclear deterrent
we need a far far better way to swim against this current
And if we do not find it then I think we sink
This society will vanish in an eyeblink
The turning point a memory a false surmise
Can anyone pretend it would be a surprise
Still long as I’m alive and optimism’s free
I’ll just keep searching
for some pivot
where I can turn free

what