2.5163 : 6/22/19 : Spoke

This spoke

on the distinctly

non-perpetual

wheel

can't seem to

sever the knot

or get the

dream train

real

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

2.4714 : 3/30/18 : Train

Might as well

chock one more car

on this train

of thoughts

whatever those are

up in my brain

this pattern

well it's none too

inspiring

but it's small fry

to that over

which I'm perspiring

what

2.4659 : 2/3/18 : Hump Yard

Trains play rude jazz

in the Nordeast

squawks and squeals

from the hump yard

I shouldn't be doing

these wilding nights at my age

but something's

telling me to go hard

Rewatch the classic

a day late

knowing history will bear me out

I'll be surprised as you

to find out what's my thing

and oh the broken mystery

will tear the shroud

what

2.4490 : 8/18/17 : Tram

The little tram goes everywhere

the claustro halls

the halls of air

magnetic electric

near silent of course

superevolution of the iron horse

scary fast sling like a bee

and in this mind

naturally free

so many places to journey within

can only explore on this margin, thin

but for all the days

are not unlimited

get a lot of dipping

in the well unlimited

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2.4282 : 1/22/17 : Alternative Facts

Day 3 in the realm

of alternative facts

I've downed my share

and my amazing acts

of daring in mind

of generous words

a prince among tasters

in the first age of the nerds

I'll be an iconoclast

demand evidence

a train of logic

and things making sense

no doubt become an outcast

crying in the waste

imagining the real alternative

as the age batters truth to paste

what

2.4122 : 8/15/16 : Mundane

Guess I got domesticated

mundane

can't get attached

to the old crazy train

radical trips

or Foxfire dreams

thinking maybe it's all

pretty much what it seems

what can anybody do

but stand upright

remembering times long gone

and what's left of old insight

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

2.3712 : 7/2/15 : On the Spectrum (Endless Axis 445/500)

On the spectrum of

what you've got to work with

I'm in no place to complain

Keep focus on

the sunny thought

a straight track a short train

I could extend it

to all the earth

We ought to pull up our slouch

What would it

really take these days

to eject us off the couch

what

2.3436 : 9/29/14 : Joyful Noise (Endless Axis 169/500)

Grace of joyful noise

geese, then trains

Such seasons

Such old salt in the veins

of sounds

the fire to be their magician

to be an artisan

to become a musician

In all the world

On every stoop

my betters make a joyful noise

escapes the better coop

the oppression of

the clanging gong

lift up their vigils

and may their nights be long

what

2.3201 : 2/6/14 : Jack of All Ports

No signs, no visions

no relief in any superstitions

Yet it seems that you

refuse to sell me out

impossible, invisible

every day fearing the rout

craving routine

and so out of sorts

fed up with the charge

to be jack of all ports

is this an adventure

or aquatic train wreck

is this terribly clever

or a shambles in dreck?

what

2.3086 : 10/14/13 : Spiral

Smiley on the train

to the click clack box

the man's third life

and the third death unlocks

the ectoplasm from

nostril and mouth

smiley on the train

returns south

The fourth life

meanwhile another man

awakes in a new life

an unnatural span

Confusion in the stockyards

fall into a new past

It's spiral within spiral

but none will last

what

2.2806 : 01/07/13 : 2nd Protocol

Second protocol
this one gonna make it all
like I dreamed six years ago
ain't gonna take it
no more no
When I yank that stitch up
gonna yell for sure
but this trains got to hitch up
and my motive's pure

what

2.2781 : 12/13/12 : A Thousand

A thousand things to do
and nothing pays
am I going to think of that
another thousand days
When I piece it out like that
it doesn't seem so much
Still well shy of ten
since when I lost my magic touch
hell I cannot ride this train
a minute more
fueled by fear and distrust
of just what's in store
So afraid of dying
by the thousand cuts
time to grasp the nettle
and this time, no buts

what

2.2758 : 11/20/12 : These Days

Sure of these days
I was very clearly told
they even guaranteed they'd strike
before I was quite old
They even told me I'd be
surprised despite the warning
but no one could explain
the way I'd feel that next morning
no use in getting mad
anyway we can't afford it
if there's only one train out
What use to refuse to board it
these days I have to ask
Is it really any new trouble
or just that it's our turn now
to draw a black spot and get it double

what

2.2637 : 7/22/12 : Brainless

Having secured the high ground
our wise brigade
Is all het up
to drum on up
one hell of a parade
the new age slogan
that makes us so hale and hearty
is the unironic token
of the brainless optimism party
We're getting robot cars
a bullet train that spans the nation
We're ending global warming
and we still all get a great vacation
we're getting rid of crime and legalizing weed
we're even gonna put
the eggheads on a cure for greed
we're gonna go to Mars
and sends robots to Jupiter
We're tearing superstition down
and raising up a lucid cheer
nobody wants war
everyone wants peace
we're kicking down your stupid smack
hell yeah we bought
this age a new lease

what

2.2615 : 6/30/12 : Hobby

This train of thought feels like a hobby horse
this chain of ought always feeling off course
this getting drawn into the culture war scrums
logs getting sawn and here I'm twiddling my thumbs
I don't need a hobby, I need a fucking job
show me where to lobby, what kind of bomb to lob
nobody is fit to save this race of utter fools
no one has the bravery, no one has the tools
no one has my answer I am hung out on my own
beating every chance out of the hobby horse I own
seems I need a sharp turn and a different track
snap the strings of my harp throw it on the
smouldering stack

what

2.2294 : 08/14/11 : Memory Train

Where is the memory train
getting me tonight?
a feeling like no progress
all but starting over
where is the money train
to make it all all right?
it's all cheddar baby
it's all plums and clover
I lost my train of thought
or did I really have one?
maybe it's all just twitch
a current through a pithed limb
get on board or
whatever you think will be fun
better than remembering
and memory's hollow hymn

what

2.2264 : 07/15/11 : Fabulous

Oh to be vicious shallow and mean
so fabulous an acquisition machine
against my nature just so nice and clean
except for the mean streak, except for the spleen
oh to be a winner, a crusher of souls
I know where I always land in these roles
You take the gold I'll take the holes
I only want a little bit of control
Don't even have the wit to carry this through
and every little fantasy I accrue
stay on the back of the train and enjoy the view
And you all just go stay fabulous you

what

2.2077 : 01/09/11 : The Solipsist

Come on all you faithful and gather round
for this story that's been firmly screwed in the ground
or a couple thousand days in case you missed
the pitiful spectacle of the solipsist
the thrill ridden times of that brave little shit
who couldn't get good enough but would just not quit
should it sound familiar well for fuck's sake
because we've strung it out about as long as I could take
and I suddenly discover it's not funny anymore
when every door looks like a dead end, every dead drop like a door
the solipsist if you'll excuse is feeling slightly ill
I know he promised you more of he same but really, still
if only and if only we could break outside
jump a freight like old times and take a ride
but the world these days reminds me of a closed tight fist
and there's nothing new under the sun for the solipsist

what