2.4786 : 6/10/18 : Lease

just try to find

the spark of hope

maybe like a

periscope

glance above

this turbid swamp

far away from

glitz and pomp

seems so simple

as you say

only love

not fade away

only grant

a rest of peace

one more step on

in this brief lease

what

2.4785 : 6/9/18 : Way of Peace

oh show me

the way of peace

this ugly era

show me an exit please

useful work

rest at day's end

won't you show me?

Neighbor? Friend?

what

2.4776 : 5/31/18 : Hand Crafted

Twist a few more up

handcrafted I pour up

a bitter witchbrew warlock

a man of peace I uncock

the piece I won't posess

I won't add to this mess

the peace past understanding

let me put up with underhanding

underlings all lying

still many many dying

putting up won't cut it

but I don't know how so shut it

what

2.4700 : 3/16/18 : My Visceral

I was working up

something really neat to say

about the purity

of the clean and peaceful way

but I run out of time

and get so literal

but it's not my fault

I'm so out of touch with my visceral

but I just keep it up

with a ton of grit

and it's been a long

strange trip not half done

and still I will not quit

what

2.4621 : 12/27/17 : Call Out

Another call out

to Lord Rigamarole

shone out the signal

to the owl patrol

those as would notice

must be my lowly squad

Force for peace in all things

spare every rod

Quell my violent spirit

ugly power dreams

playbook is tiny

against reams and reams

of dark designs

and wanting fast and loose

don't know if I'm getting there

but I've got no excuse

what

2.4462 : 7/21/17 : Stranger

All the true believers

can't tell them from the rest

till comes the crisis

till comes the test

are they our salvation

or the most dangerous

the true believer is

a stranger to us

I'm not true believer

thiough I get the attraction

Somehow it always comes to

violence and faction

and I'm a true

believer in peace

doesn't dwell in my heart

but I'm trying to find the key

what

2.4403: 5/23/17 : The Screw

They'll find a way

to turn the screw

the only thing

really to do

is find a way

to turn aside

somewhere else

must peace abide

grant me patience

grant me stealth

grant continuation

of a season of health

keep me honest

have my back

show me how

to stay on track

what

2.4388: 5/8/17 : Peace

Try not to forget

You signed up for peace

more than a word

camoflage in fleece

can't keep a violent heart

in my pocket anymore

you must lead this poor beginner

I implore, I implore

soon soon challenges arise

and will I founder at the start

I can make peace my watch and ward

if you will only lead this heart

what

2.4371 : 4/21/17 : Raise

So to raise hell

or let things slide

little likely to change

old same will abide

is it honest or just

jealous ire

steal somebody else's fire

but I'll scope it

maybe say my peace

half honest

half spent for release

what

2.4300 : 2/9/17 : Sovereign State

The independent

sovereign state at war

now everyone became

what all deplore

an ugly spectacle of waste

but what the hell

we all had the taste

for the spice of blood

in our narrative

so dreary the lot

of all who merely wish to live

peace and good fortune

where's he poetry in that

said the troglodytes

as the took the best to the mats

a grim spectacle

but with a handful of

bright gems

seems a poor trade

for us left holding

a dozen dry stems

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

2.4254 : 12/25/16 : ALL

I want it all

so sue me

virtue

alse great wealth

to flow through me

long life

great health

up to the last minute

live to 140

big bed big house

die peaceful

asleep in it

and in between

hells yes

giant legacy

historic

majestic

set everybody free

what

2.4142 : 9/4/16 : In Peace

Go in peace for real

for once

just go

no stress

no dunce

not blind

still facing

facts

allowed for once

to stop

relax

what

2.4044 : 5/29/16 : Shuck

What to battle

what what to fight

too soft too long

it's keeping me

up at night

manufactured dependence

genetic bad luck

the daily drag

the jive and shuck

Surely coincidence

this nervous cough

insist I'm a pacifist

and pass it off

what

2.3946 : 2/21/16 : Grasper of Empire

Teach me great one

from beyond

the other side of

the great campfire

every illusion

every soft calling

throwing down every

grasper of

empire

too late again

missing my chance for quiet

no reclaiming

but I'll learn this round

not even going to

try to fix it

I'll go peaceful

not a sound

what

2.3919 : 1/25/16 : Blow Up Peaceful

So what

I won't give up

on the fantasy trip

blow up

peaceful

holy

clean

and still

maintain

my grip

and my 

low profile

and my

joie de vivre

and if you're

going to make

fun of me

over it

I'll leave

what

2.3911 : 1/17/16 : Stutter

Stutter for sure but

I'm hardly stopping

man told me to jump

but I'm barely hopping

been a solid innings

since I blanked three days

sludge right up

through a self-reference haze

and pray for relief

despite my sins

and pray for peace

in the midst of these dins

what

2.3886: 12/23/15 : Peace on Earth

No Peace on Earth

for what it's worth

I hit my knees

said pretty please

how many times?

first count my crimes

Chiefly ignoring

and forever scoring

what

2.3761 : 8/20/15 : Pragmatic Retreat (Endless Axis 494/500)

Guess I better try

to nail the landing

make it with the peace

and understanding

how far under

am I on this plunge

somehow erase it

Somehow I'll expunge

the mark of

pragmatic retreat

Somehow transform

and make it not defeat

what

2.3676 : 5/27/15 : Creeps (Endless Axis 409/500)

Bust up from the start

I knew it wasn't for the faint of heart

The try again getting pretty stale

While my mission creeps in the face of travail

A list here and a list there

One unwritten describes a pear

that's the shape of the going of the best laid

What choice but to drink the Later-Ade

Later the song the book the masterpiece

Later travel, charity, the fight for peace

What creeps out of the modern jungle

a whole lotta unexpected mission to bungle

And then a pin in it and back to scrum

Got to do what's to do from here to Kingdom Come

and try to find the moment and a positive vibe

pending a signal from my post-ismic tribe

my imaginary million distributed freak

more I don't know so thereof I don't speak

Call it a tall tale about hope

all it a course correction call it a trope

what