2.5121 : 5/11/19 : Pinched and Thrumming

More trouble

sure we've been

around this old

refrain

true enough

blame the grind

the injury

the strain

something

bound up

pinched

and thrumming

don't ask me

just now

if a better day

is coming

what

2.5070 : 3/21/19 : Terrible

Say terrible things

no not what you'd think

not that kind of

trouble

but again again

the brink

but never going over

guess who

do I try to kid

most likely

this dumb mug

you'll not be rid

what

2.5010 : 1/20/19 : Surround In Wrath

Some saw

surround in wrath

Some say

intervene

Sometimes the truth is

truly

Somewhere between

get right out of it

Something inside said

enough trouble

enough dissonance

inside one head

no mind no self

no ethereal spirit

just the breath

that goes then stops

and fate, the blind

plucks at the string

in other hand

his razor

at the leather lash

he strops

what

2.4964: 12/5/18 : Satire

Not a bit of trouble

in my heart over the satire

sticks and stones

you know my heart

and its strange fire

say what you will I'm

bored with the debate

but wait to hear

a single word that

will inspire

what

2.4811 : 7/5/18 : Lament

Something in the water

something in the fare

or just how the trouble

finds you everywhere

the habits you know

just can't continue

no sign of the kingdom

of God within you

and no justification

for another lament

in a week I'll be wondering

how the time got spent

what

2.4799 : 6/23/18 : My Fancy

Whatever strikes my fancy

so I check in getting antsy

I've been phoning it in

Maybe I'm honing a pin

to pop this grown up bubble

probably not, not up for trouble

but I'll let things flow tonight

and just trust things will be all right

what

2.4556: 10/23/17 : Snatch

Give me clutch grasp

Give me grab get

I'm not finished

I'm not ready to lay down yet

give me mad snatch

I cook a bad batch

lure in all you itchy itchers

got to get scratch

want to be bad

cause trouble no end

not a good egg

not the boss friend

boy you're dreaming

just the nice type

talk what talk you want

you're never changing that stripe

what

2.4465 : 7/24/17 : Dream Stalkers

So many dreamstalkers

don't go popping bubbles

Don't need to lend

anybody my troubles

wish I could help you all

rassle those dreams

as to what not to do though

I got lessons in reams

what

2.4352 : 4/2/17 : Street Poet

Should I stand ahead

or behind one

street poet,

suffering's son

me child of privelege

these books I fill

had my own troubles

but really and still

dream to be a patron

savior if I'm honest

they've got a word for it

leave it unspoken

would be best

grant to me

understanding and grace

and I'll try to live up

whatever my place

what

2.4201 : 11/2/16 : The Big Game

While the big game's

still up in the air

and my level of stress

hell it's just not fair

too many games brewing

bad old world humming

I guess I knew the score

and trouble keeps coming

it's not sewn up yet

me trying to dodge a bad brood

what you get picking favorites

but we're way past mood

must there always be losers?

Oh babe with me you cannot lose

my ear's to the ground

to be sure I'm expecting good news

what

2.3908 : 1/14/16 : Hype Spiel

Lost the thread of the hype spiel

It was too bad: it had a nice feel

Now I'm just frank on a pissed-off tip

but I'm sick and tired so I won't

Let it rip

Missed the connection - had to double up

More chance to get angry with the Trouble Cup

It's an old story now

about someone long gone

someone who had his own song

what

2.3901 : 1/7/16 : Nub

The point of balance

is wearing on this

poor nub

Oh for a lamp

of oil

to give a desperate rub

guessing You're not

through with me

in this travail yet

You want to talk

troubles man

I've got a quartet

what

2.3632 : 4/13/15 : Service (Endless Axis 365/500)

Pressed into service

from troubled sleep

trying to grasp another rhythm

I could not keep

drumming my fingers

tapping my toes

wondering whatever

transcends mere prose

What was the mission?

relentless sunshine

clutching or pining

for a manner just not mine

not to question if it's worth it

nor if it pays

hold those queries silent

for later days

what

2.3488 : 11/20/14 : Battalions (Endless Axis 221/500)

And still sending

the troubles in battalions

no ward signs

no magic medallions

What can I say

back to basics

Guess it won't kill me

though the mind

it may play tricks

Got to strategize

marshal this ragged band

turn the next ellipsis

into another ampersand

what

2.3333 : 6/18/14 : Antumbra (Endless Axis 66/500)

Dark in the shadow

who can deny

plenty to fear

plenty reason to cry

I'm a dabbler

a dilettante and stumbler

and I can't see

the ring of light around

this antumbra

though it's there

of that I'm assured

though by hardship

by trouble inured

for a year

half a decade

22 long years

still looking for

the bright edge

upstanding

all ears

through trouble

through sickness

desperation and tears

still looking for

the bright edge

upstanding

all ears

what

2.3314 : 5/30/14 : Continuation (Endless Axis 47/500)

The sunniest note of all

continuation

never all, always some

so the briefest mediation

If none now aught

where's room for fear?

I'm riding that trouble horse

right out of here

what

2.3198 : 2/3/14 : Trouble

Challenges

a nice word for trouble

careful what you run from

when we're sifting through the rubble

oh how we'll wish

to be back right here

Small chance of that

So sell your present

troubles dear

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

2.2627 : 7/12/12 : Crane

If the tide
doesn't shift tomorrow
we'll have to bring
the crane in
and the urge
to dig and dig is
something we'll just
have to rein in
Some say it's
a mistake that
will only shift around the trouble
but what can we do
but do what we can
before the bankers
wreck the next bubble

what

2.2526 : 4/2/12 : Ascend

Going to abscond
and scarper now
sick to my gut
and my troubled brow
but hell with it
show the boy some fun
knowing at last
I'm just like anyone
nothing's going to crawl
into my outstretched palm
consider this
my lament my psalm
then close the book
and think not a whit more
of all that's owning
of what's in store

what