2.5275 : 10/12/19 : Liven Up

Half assing it

sure

have for it to be

the story

the stew du jour

would it

liven up

if I hit the

metaphor gym

if the bookies

looked my way

odds would be dim

If I livened up

my message

would some structure

follow

tried to hype

my own before

but words

rang hollow

what

2.5151 : 6/10/19 : Cobble

Call halt

due to time

spent cobbling

story of decades

in theory I'm hobbling

to some finish

better left

undescribed

some unlabeled

potion

better left unimbibed

what

2.5144 : 6/3/19 : Story

Because the thing

doesn't work

like a story

probably the future

is going to

get gory

maybe knock

my little perch out

oh well

make a channel

and get the merch out

either let me

forget it

and get on sinking

like the rest

or show me the

damn arena

and unleash the test

what

2.5127 : 5/17/19 : SINK

maybe there's

no more story

just move

shit around

So many

maybes

Why

make a sound

Why keep

stringing

teasing the flip

tempting fate

to sink

this ship

what

2.5101 : 4/21/19 : The Inheritance

Up early like

the old story

rain and thunder

Short on glory

how on earth

do I keep lifting my chin

to hell with it

come noon we begin

come midnight

I'll be drenched in dreams

and for once

the sight that comes

will be what it seems

and ripening late

the inheritance

it its time will come

to feel like the first chance

what

2.5073 : 3/24/19 : Obtuse

Could tell a tale

obtuse

absurd

mundane

my kingdom

for a

sight line

less inane

what

2.5058 : 3/9/19 : Little Tale

Don't want to

work out

some message

some

little tale

how

on earth

can it

all

not get stale

what

2.5057 : 3/8/19 : Disturb

Barely disturb

rarely making

history

really only timing

in the air

about this story

better not disturb

this dicey

balance of luck

chance keeping

me honest

it always gets

struck

and the more

righteous

must come from within

how do I figure

that

oh where to begin

what

2.5026 : 2/5/19 : Commitment

So if the story

of commitment

Doesn't hold up

Leaving me

sitting stupid

with a cold cup

Who's the guy

that wakes

after the after-crash

hooboy you

invisibles

here comes a laughter bash

what

2.5011 : 1/21/19 : Half Early

Missed a window

and the moment passed

like an angel in silence

its shadow cast

The day had qualities

mostly it flew

mostly kept busy

avoided the stew

not much of a story

what lesson not much

cruise out on old standup

half early and such

what

2.5000 : 1/10/19 : If I Should Fail

Before I start, perceive

it's all about

the tall tale

Deep down think it's for

the better if I

should fail

do I think the magic

number will

prevail at last

however it turns

out

it's surely

no grail

what

2.4853 : 8/16/18 : Backstory

The backstory you can't see

the context

Is a little too spot on

you know what's next

I must decline

to elaborate

it's duller than you think

seems to be my state

what

2.4802 : 6/26/18 : White Noise

Record every bit of it

end to end

So low so fast

load up hit send

reduced in fidelity

sounds just like white noise

call it performance

are ya feelin' me boys

I wouldn't have the slightest

what to do on a stage

or if a wealthy barfly

offered to buy a page

So I feel so lucky

the secret gets kept

and it's like the white noise

grew a story while I slept

 

2.4771 : 5/26/18 : On Base

Did I hit any home runs

seems like a long time

try to get on base

wait for the song chime

try to work the pause

try to change the script

keep my mind away

from where the story slipped

keep my mind away

from how the plays get ripped

always another day

and watch the page get flipped

what

2.4737 : 4/22/18 : Narrative

Dream to take control

of the narrative

and wrestle it away

from the tired refrain

not this time

around it seems

but tomorrow

I might catch that train

but I don't know

how the next story goes

and maybe that's

the real tale

the devil you know

and the details

where he dwells

where it always

goes off the rail

what

2.4671 : 2/15/18 : Disconnects

Every disconnect

is past distracting from

and old news I expect

and I just acting dumb

Who wants anything but

love and stories

this dim age can only

mine past glories

this dismal age can only

get better please tell me I'm right

I can't contemplate

the horror of further blight

what

2.4660 : 2/4/18 : Bring On Tomorrow

Bring on tomorrow

all the hassle

the day to day-o

need not engulf

me hey-o

there's a little

left in the kitty

Write story 'bout a boy

acting saintly in the city

give me an hour

I'll make it work

and as to my grand escape!

merely a perk

what

2.4554: 10/21/17 : This Way Comes

Is it right to let the boy in on the mystery

of sadness and loss

of the ladder of compromise

and the dark cost

let a dead man choose the moments

no idea what's truly heard

this way comes the dark man

the story, the word

there have been other hard times

who can ever say which is harder

this I didn't see coming

overrich but rickety larder

In my own dark secret world

I'm bartering for hope

not sure what I'm offering

fearing all I'll get is enough rope

what

2.4552 : 10/19/17 : Good Stories

Are they good stories?

boy I don't even know

Flickers of amusement

hoping for a winter snow

summer warm autumn

and a hell and gone summer's tale

don't know if I'm faking or making

as I try for a glimpse of the trail

what

2.4545 : 10/12/17 : Something Wicked

Forgot about that

lyric gyre

cloud of metaphor

almost smothers the fire

the story man

how he bobs and tricks it

what comes with October

Something wicked

Never to be a boy

or a young man again

not getting any easier

to turn in after ten

Old sirens call deep

for once I'll ignore them

make my way into sleep

what