2.5134 : 5/24/19 : Apples

Still on

how you like

them apples?

get on your bike

and pedal off

into the sunset

at least for once

heroes won't be the gun set

what

2.4944 : 11/15/18 : Circling Dots

What are those

circling dots up there

rescue planes

or falling bombs

or buzzards

circling in the air

What can this

holding pattern mean

and should I hope it's

just been something in between

what

2.4302 : 2/11/17 : Backlash

Put myself before

the backlash

again and again

no weapon but my pen

You'd think I like the lash

but I don't I swear

it's just I get stretched

and hours can get wretched

and I've got nothing to declare

nothing gets me excited

not sainthood or sinning

the bad guys still winning

next wave not even sighted

what

2.4290 : 1/30/17 : Every Griefer

Could get

every griefer

swift reprise

to every griefer

swift wind

none see apporach

bearing the lance

of this towering reproach

what

2.4176 : 10/8/16 : The Young Ones

Load all guns

with soft bullets

let the boys

have their fun

rarely will convince them

anything's

better than a gun

games get less funny

when the grownups play

well they generally

send the young ones

anyway

what

2.4063 : 6/17/16 : Nuts

Is it will or just

nuts lacking

it's an angry world

and all the yutzes

packing

do you get up

wave a sign

protest

hope to God you don't

run up into some

bro fest

how bad do the

fools

outnumber the wise

and oh God

what's the next

black

surprise

what

2.4016 : 5/1/16 : Ordnance

Shut the door

on the mad cash

So what so what now?

Got no

secret stash

got no moonlight gig

annuity

wish to hell

You were done

getting through to me

give me the angle

the ordnance

the target and

shell weight

it's all drones anyhow

might as well pay freight

sense must start

before you pull the cord

And seldom smiles

on those

bound to the sword

what

2.4008 : 4/23/16 : Biggest Sword

Shake my stupid puny pointless fist

at King Entropy

Writing his hymn book for him

My own one true enemy

Reapers reap and scrapers scrape

Counters like me count up

bad seeds in my landscape

Today's fortune no guts no gusto

Only teacher waiting for me

Is Professor Bust-o

Back-paddle from that lesson

with all my strength

hoist up the mud-mixer's lot

sure, or any such length

Pursued no interest: so no talents

to lose for the Lord

Did you expect more from us

in the shadow of the biggest sword

what

2.3985 : 3/31/16 : AIM

No idea what

the new weapon is

no idea

how to take aim

take a minute

I can reckon this

my own man

even if it's not my game

what

2.3961 : 3/7/16 : Illusion Sword

Will I live or die

by illusion sword

this shadowy

dragon's hoard

mist fade-in

sunlight

none hear it swish

as it cuts air

as I wish you'd spare

an ear to

my fight

and I cascade

blow upon blow

and oh down the

mountain we go

and here's a precious pearl

a hundred hundred

glimmerings all whirl

what

2.3954 : 2/29/16 : Snap

Game's changed but it's

hard as hell to change the board

5 century legacy

the word spread by the sword

used to think I had an answer

just more kiddy claptrap

I chase the truth around a tree

it always eludes me, snap

what

2.3899: 1/5/16 : Insurrection

My insurrection plan is killing it

I'm occupying everywhere

and no one notices a bit

Armed with razor wit and pen

did you hear it's mightier than swords

I disdain the company

of technocrats and Lords

It isn't easy keeping up the stealth

turning down the easy fame

the easy pickings wealth

but oh the treasure I seek

Is a pearl far beyond price

since I found it's so much better

being not so smart but oh so nice

what

2.3857: 11/24/15 : By the Sword

Get behind

by the sword

everybody's got to

die some way

could be cool

feel that point hit to me

beats dying on the couch

in some dumb way

oh I might 

trip and fall on it

never see a day

of battle

buy a nice one

spend a pretty penny

park it in my armchair

and rattle

what

2.3796 : 9/24/15 : Laser

I want to solve

all problems with lasers

sword gun

knife eraser

cut all corners

score all faces

don't tell me

don't care unless it lases

all problems now

look like they want to get cut

you'll hear all about me

in the scuttlebutt

what

2.3691 : 6/11/15 : Compound (Endless Axis 424/500)

The action of

the increment

gun at my feet

tell me to dance

in wet cement

but I will turn

that beast around

and it will 

work for me

I'll run this town

declare my day

my compound

account

registers a

ray of light

a start a slim amount

what

2.3561 : 2/1/15 : Unrevealed and Yet Invasive (Endless Axis 294/500)

The unrevealed and yet

invasive Lord

and hope unwanted's

a thousand edge sword

I get cut up

any which way I turn

I should shut up

however thoughts may churn

It's been a while

hello Mr. Dim

I swore on a stack of mothers

I never knew him

but that invasive master

invisible hysterical

I should shut up

hell that would be a miracle

what

2.3537 : 1/8/15 : Volleys (Endless Axis 270/500)

Get lost among the volleys

So many arrows

I dreamed God took a nap

So I had to count the sparrows

as they flew under the shadows

of ten thousand spinning shafts

and I spun my wheels in shallow surf

ignoring my first drafts

can we not call a truce

I get shouted out from all sides

and I should get this act together

Comes more marches, comes more ides

but I'll end up a pincushion

I go out without a shield

and I still can't seem to stomach

Choosing which weapon to wield

what

2.3362 : 7/17/14 : Stealth (Endless Axis 95/500)

I'm in stealth mode

but I'm flying high

working pro bono

I'm a stand up guy

Won't be chucking bombs

'cause I hate 'em, yo

Packing love and art

holler here I go

while I chase money

sad, yes and health

but I'm not giving up

I'm just rocking stealth

When the moment comes

believe I'm coming loud

and some will look askance

but I'm coming proud

what

2.3238 : 3/15/14 : This is Your World (TWoB 6/11)

This is your world

do you believe it

To make of what you will

the clue did you receive it

There's a lot of us

ho hell a lot of us

can we share all this

possessing

are we marching

or regressing

still it's your world

not there or then

but here and now

it's either sword or pen

I chose my weapon

long ago so now I see

I was waiting on a signal

and you gave it me

This is your world

do you believe it

to make of what you will

the clue did you receive it

what

2.3187 : 1/23/14 : Strength

Strength is not a weight

or a rubber band

not in a Weapon

held in the hand

strength doesn't build a wall

or a tower of reproach

it is an honest laugh

While shadows encroach

I have been weak

I have been very weak indeed

I've seen the writing on the wall

and paid no heed

I've walked back and forth

in this world, walked its breadth and length

taking digs at God

daring him to test my strength

You live to see the strong

in your life grow weak

and far from giants still

our shoulders wait for those who seek

the way of strength with all its twists

that yet bestows its crown

to any that persists

(Tower of Reproach: 3)

what