2.1293 : 11/16/08 : Steam and Out

Out of steam and

Out of images

out of excuses

but never out of pages

want change so bad

I can taste it

If I won the magic spin

would I waste it

Out of sight and

Out of mind

is it such a tiny prayer

just to become more kind

the foul taste on my tongue

suggests I’ve

screwed up another one

but it’s all done and done

soon to be written off

I’ve had my fun

what

2.1292 : 11/15/08 : Wide Load

Cops in front and cops behind

the magic light flashed

in my mind

something swaddled

rolling up the road

was it a weapon or a crime

I’ll never know

just like the last time

what was concealed

in the wide load

I try to attach some

significance

I try to reach for some

redeeming magnificence

but I know it’s all a waste

I’ll get a moment

a little taste

but the mystery will

roll away

and tomorrow will be

just another day

what

2.1291 : 11/14/08 : Crisis

I told a friend in a

rambling missive

the crisis had flared up again

and so feeling permissive

I went through all the paces

in the old familiar places

a song smeared out

across a week or more

it’s what it has to be

but it leaves me

feeling poor

what

2.1290 : 11/13/08 : Late Night Crazies

I guess it’s all about the

late night crazies again

seems insane to talk about it

what it might end or begin

I couldn’t feel more ridiculous

but the method is meticulous

mark the door marked out

and just rush in

what

2.1289 : 11/12/08 : Promises

Promises promises

what’s one more slip?

So many crazy spills

betwixt the cup and my lip

maybe that dream I had

didn’t mean squat

but the suffering sure showed up

right on the dot

I’m claiming force majeure

for the greater good

maybe I’ll get it next time

like I know I should

have done tonight

well it’s hits and misses

and me and my damn

broken promises

what

2.1288 : 11/11/08 : Twisted Path

The twisted path and

how it got you here

puppet strings pulled by

winds of change and fear

a place that feels too

unsustainable

a chance for something better

still feels attainable

questions that hang

tragic in the air

mutual doubt

a twist path from here to there

feel that we must

begin retracing steps

back to zero or

Wherever disenchantment crept

what

2.1287 : 11/10/08 : Audacity

The act of stunning audacity

stymied by hope

and the dream of

reciprocity

is one hundred a

strong enough force

to hold the citadel:

of course

I’ll leave it to

some morrow

maybe to be subsumed

in a well of sorrow

but I’ll choose

my narrative track

someday I’ll drop this element

onto th’eternal

stack

what

2.1286 : 11/9/08 : Loop (Stuck)

Can’t seem to wrench my mind

out of the loop it’s stuck in

tried to keep it open

somebody shoveled muck in

tried to maintain a filter

but who knows what should be allowed

the winning cast of days

the path the loop plowed

I could look back on it

from many years ahead

afraid of what will come to pass

and who might end up dead

and what could get caught up

in history’s wide scoop

most afraid that ten more years

could find me still stuck in the loop

what

2.1285 : 11/8/08 : Numbers

I’ve played my share

of the magic numbers game

mostly all the dice

rolled out the same

hard to pick out the signal

from all the noise

observation and the chance

at precision it destroys

tough to be sensitive

tough to empathize

tough to see revealed

the grim equations ‘fore your eyes

and if this console blows

it’ll take you out redshirt

but hey put it off as you might

we all end up feeding dirt

what

2.1284 : 11/7/08 : Anomaly

The anomaly: last came first

well actually second

there’s that bubble burst

and the last will be

second to last

in an ultimate sense

that will get swallowed by the past

and I know that I’ll forget

when it’s time for the next

forget to mark the moment

Whatever it expects

but maybe I’ll remember

make it something new

remember at it, all of it

was written down for you

what

2.1283 : 11/6/08 : Ritualistic Conclusion

Attempt to drag the thing

to one last

ritualistic conclusion

all elements in place

in all their usual profusion

full of doubt it’s nothing new

new must be a long way off

I guess I’ll have to make it up

while anyone acquainted must scoff

to hear me talking new and first

to hear me talking tough

to hear me say I’m moving on

because I’ve had enough

what

2.1282 : 11/5/08 : Gimme

Gimme a freebie

toss me a line

I’m trying rather hard

to resist the decline

It may be quite serious

but here’s my retort:

I nailed it twenty years ago

in a book report

what

2.1281 : 11/4/08 : I Voted

I voted

I helped a friend

a neighbor vote

in the biblical sense

don’tcha know

I call it historic

I call it fine

I call it a supreme victory

I call it mine

what

2.1280 : 11/3/08 : History

History will teach me

Where to draw the line

between the advent of hope

after the steep decline

and if you’re doubting

I can relate

but there is time

to raise

this great estate

what

2.1279 : 11/2/08 : The Thorn

Even further behind

than you thought before

what’s better a brick wall

Or a slamming door

it’s getting tedious

I’m getting wroth and grim

Paul said the thorn pierced him three times

but I’m not him

And I should laugh of course

the price of bending rules

If you complained about the like

I’d curse you all as fools

but we all like rules

till they apply to us

and I’m no better than the next

So please excuse me while I cuss

what

2.1278 : 11/1/08 : Memory

I’ve got a mean streak about a mile

wide, inside

that tells me that we only

wreck things for the

drama, comma

but here’s what really keeps

me up at night:

Maybe Fred was right

And what had truly been true once

has died

what

2.1277 : 10/31/08 : Coda to a Decade

Can’t figure out if it’s been

nine years or ten

looks like I’m going to have to

call it rounding error again

coda to a decade

one more stumbling halt

but I need a fast run-up

to this damn pole vault

what

2.1276 : 10/30/08 : Age of Fire and Wine

And so began the age

of fire and wine

history got rewritten again

no surprises

about who came out fine

I’ve got to write

one period

to put a cap on it

this twenty pound rocket

with a strap on it

what

2.1275 : 10/29/08 : And Now the Clown

We’ve done the big night

eighty times

the variations

the various crimes

act like a grown up

middle aged

buried down deep

some dim impulse raged

how could I claim

any changes

the regressive twist

and how it estranges

me from my present

all my treasure

maybe next time

better measure

what

2.1274 : 10/28/08 : Campaign for Change

Dial another

no such number

doing some teensy part

try not to think about

my own backsliding

my neglected

so called art

Maybe it will

count for something

granular

distributed

at least I don’t want

recognition

let it all be to

the campaign for change

attributed

what

2.1273 : 10/27/08 : I Am an Idiot

3,464 : 24 ?

You are an idiot

enjoy being an idiot

You are an idiot

so enjoy being an idiot

Nothing much you can do

about it

Just the way the cards got dealt

I know because

I am an idiot

I just try

to enjoy being an idiot

what

2.1272 : 10/26/08 : Winter

It’s going to be a long hard

season in the ice

it’s part of living here

it’s not the part that’s nice

I’ve been waiting for the season change

despite the frigid slog

for changes a long time coming

new tricks for this old dog

thirty second or thirty third

who can keep track of it

I don’t remember my Western days

soon I’ll long to see the back of it

it will outstay its welcome

like other changes soon to come

but I’ll try to embrace it all

just follow through

complete the sum

what

2.1271 : 10/25/08 : Hells

This crooked shoulder

an ache to my soles

What is this affliction

that afflicts my poles

how can anything be

about anything else

how can I get past

these multiplex hells

here’s the fire

there’s the spark

here’s every single animal

but where’s the ark

I can’t understand

why I keep hearing bells

it must be the matins

in so many hells

what

2.1270 : 10/24/08 : Another Song

The alarm clock tells me

you gotta write another song

has gone on long enough

at least tonight

So hell I'll call this mess

another song

and I guess that's it

I guess

what

What's a tower of approach?

There have been many explanations of this congeries of "web pages", a portal to many of them (though some are lost) can be found here.

What are Songs of Days? Things I wrote, for days that were. The writing continues, at least as of this writing. When it ceases I'll correct that statement, if I can.

What is a Tower of Approach?  It is a time machine, currently set seven years in the past, though this has changed throughout the years.  It is as well an introspectograph, a portal into the state of one mind.

2.1269 : 10/23/08 : The Rest Cure

Hello middle age

another page

and here’s how I

fantasize now

about the rest cure

just inaction

solitude

something pure

work all these kinks out

pump some ink out

I could be

really certain

of my path forward sure

if I could just get

get a few

winter months

of the rest cure

what

2.1268 : 10/22/08 : The Provinces

When I finally beat this

affliction

and mend what I can of

my fences

I’m going to light right off

for the provinces

there’s no physical frontiers

left

or if there is the poor bastards

should be left alone

but oh God the provinces

no cyberspace

no telephone

if only I could beat this

thing

this thorn in my side

And so on to the

provinces

I will ride

what

2.1267 : 10/21/08 : Fine

Doing this wrong

the wrong time, lost the flow

I had it a minute

but it had to go

washed away with the water

cooked away by the sun

I can’t tell if it was good

if I lost the fine one

this is fine but not like that

Not like marble or wine

I know it so well now

the two kinds of fine

and I lied when I said

things were all better since

all those long conversations

when I was up against

it was there for a minute

I might get it back

learn how to pick my moment

learn when to attack

what

2.1266 : 10/20/08 : Flash in the Pan

3,457 : 17 ?

Well the great big new thing

is seeming like flash in the pan

and despite minuscule progress

I’m feeling like an also ran

and even though the good guy

is way ahead in the polls

I don’t trust it at all

and still that bell just tolls and tolls

I should apply the strategy

and make use of the chart

I should call this a learning thing

at least a little start

I shouldn’t project failure

on a tomorrow that’s barely begun

but it’s a long long way

and this cross weighs a ton

what

2.1265 : 10/19/08 : Witching

All the witching around

now it ends for good

oh I said it I said it

though I didn’t think I should

the hour is reserved

and the die is cast

and the last will be first

and the first will be last

what

2.1264 : 10/18/08 : Play

Screw it I’m not going to write

I want to play

I’ve had enough I’ve

written my heart out today

I only have a moment

want a little fun

Because we’re turning to

the cycle of far too little sun

what

2.1263 : 10/17/08 : Rerail

Rerail this epic mess I made

cook up some brick stew lemonade

dig deep must be a pony in there

a lump of gold fall out my ratted hair

I think I’m not having fun now

five hours of staring at the sun now

these spots I’m seeing can’t be right

a little blindness gonna kill my fight

well that’s no good start boyo

give me a little time I implore you

start out some new hard ramp

someday I’ll earn your precious stamp

what

2.1262 : 10/16/08 : Thick of It

I’m in the thick of it here

I’m getting sick of it dear

If I keep doing this way

I know I’ll really pay

I guess it’s suggestion

is that really a question

I’ve got to learn the trick of it

or stay stuck in the thick of it

I can’t just promise anything

how I try to snatch the ring

how I always come up short

maybe this will be the break

I’m serious a lot’s at stake

what

2.1261 : 10/15/08 : Bought and Paid

What will I buy with time?

a little time later

I might even use it right

because I am a revelator

a lot to figure out

a lot to keep track of

I’ll risk embarrassment

say here today you’ll see the back of

this back and forthing dance

I won’t repeat this mess

remember:

keep it simple

you want more

reach for less

what

2.1260 : 10/14/08 : Well Damn

3,450 : 10 ?

Well Damn the streak is truly done

And maybe I was compensating

for all the ways I didn’t measure up

it’s just myself that I’m berating

I’m used to talking to myself

I’m used to arguing at that

a little crazy it might be

I’m not afraid to wear that hat

well damn I’ll kick it off again

what else is there but pushing

trying to break through somehow

the sacred marshmallows I’m smooshing

I always think I’ll get farther

I always think I’ll get better

but better not think too much

fate will drive me off a cliff

if I let her

what

2.1259 : 10/13/08 : Jump

after the jump

something will change

I don’t know what or how

and I’m feeling strange

a better song

somebody else’s

plays somewhere in the back

it won’t be good now

I know I should now

throw another

pile of it

on the stack

what

2.1258 : 10/12/08 : Repent

Repent the sins and

mistakes of a decade

marked back in time

so sublime

I thought all dues were paid

I know the difference

I know what makes things real

but I’m here

it’s all it is

and I can really feel

what

2.1257 : 10/11/08 : Looking for Problems

Looking for problems

who’d of thunk it?

We thought that ship

had seen the bottom

when we sunk it

it should be easy

there are so many

trying to think solutions up

I don’t have any

Looking for treasure

a simple goal

hoping I don’t come up

with a lump of coal

I’m storing it wrong

prone to moth and rust

I’m sure that I’ll

regret it when

I’m eating dust

what

2.1256 : 10/10/08 : Change

The slightest change

could be

the wingstroke of a

butterfly

I won’t fear hope

I’ll scorn the fear

that all around us

scatters by

cause and effect

aren’t simple things

who understands

all relevance

here’s life here’s hope

a small light

against dark

circumstance

what

2.1255 : 10/9/08 : Feel Life

Feel life there is only

this now cliché

sure:

But truth is truth and

that’s gospel, pure

there is no limit to the horror

the suffering

but there are always

precious moments of recovering

dwelling and raging

will not change a thing

I’m going to write

and I’m going to sing

I may never be good enough

to call it pro

but I’ll feel life

Choose life

till I have to go

what

2.1254 : 10/8/08 : All the Right Reasons

I know I’ve been all wrong

and for all the wrong reasons

and I’m writing this song

for all the wrong reasons

but I’ll turn it round

for all the right reasons

and I’ll seek The Sound

for all the right reasons

You just get twelve and twelve

and just four seasons

and we have just ourselves

and we find our reasons

what

2.1253 : 10/7/08 : Proud

I don’t feel proud

to be slogging through

but I’m proud

every time

I do right by you

So I won’t dwell or

dawdle

On trying to perfect

this daily dose of

something

strong to inject

I guess I know the score

yes this routine

it’s not Shakespeare

but it’s something

what

2.1252 : 10/6/08 : Better Off Alive

3,442 : 2 ?

I decided

I’m better off alive

a house divided

and what devious men devise

roaming footloose

and wrapping up

every loose end

I pick my moment

and my message to send

what

2.1251 : 10/5/08 : Midnight

Midnight put me in a bad mood

too many hours

that I pissed away

and what can I really call

this endless procession

day after day

You’re gushing over

a shoe shop website

Is this what it’s about

I wanna get in there

and grab the stage

oh how I want to shout

Midnight is not

Lord of me

Midnight’s not my boss

Midnight will not

define

some sense of triumph or loss

but I obey

my structures

and tack this coda on

have you heard it brother

have you heard my song?

what

2.1250 : 10/4/08 : Estatic

I should be estatic

I’m fully functional

crank out reels of verse

on automatic

I let this world burn up

far too long

So here’s a song

to say:

today

today

today

today

today

today

today

today

today

what

2.1249 : 10/3/08 : Charlie

Tell me about how

you tell what is the truth

in what respect, Charlie?

maybe I’ll grow my beard real long

wear all leather

get a Harley

boom around the Southwest coast

California

my childhood home

I saw the ocean

I saw my life

tumbled

in the eternal seething foam

and I won’t talk about

that elephant

ignore that as long as you can

don’t talk about the fire

man, we’re doing

just fine in this here pan

what

2.1248 : 10/2/08 : Succumb

Unknowing if I’m gonna succumb

like another one

the moment is sweet

but the morning’s a tough beat

get away with it in a sense

but I feel real dense

throat burning

eyes sanded

fell prey again

to the vile branded

replay for me

that definition of being

insane

in my brain

I knew low down

but I’m so close to down

and I really don’t know

So?

Go see,

so go

what

2.1247 : 10/1/08 : Michael

I can’t seem to beat

those same old circumstances

itch gets in my feet

and kid just gots to dances

this could be the last

the last of one great journey

way back in the past

let me call my attorney

before I tell my story

of how I broke the cycle

jumped to the track of glory

steered by the angel Michael

what

2.1246 : 9/30/08 : Long March of the Early Riser

Early riser far ahead of dawn

His long march his unfortunate

slide back a day, two gone

his broken pledge his selfish debt

I’ll grant you an hour more

pushed back among the quiet hours

to dream of oceans dream of forests

dream of chasms dream of towers

someone may come look at this

I’m sorry for my horrid scrawl

I’m sorry for the world we made

I’m sorry, sorry for it all

but I’ve got plans and must

away I still plan to surprise her

by stepping up one special day

so hey the long march

of the early riser

what

2.1245 : 9/29/08 : Write the Poison

3,436 : 9 ?

Are you going to try to write

the poison out of you

better write in blood

with all the rot you drank

well everything is

just as clear as mud

I’ve got no cleverness

no fast talk that will

make this any cleaner

just to sleep sooner not later

be bigger not a hater

kinder not meaner

what

2.1244 : 9/28/08 : Fine a Point

And not to put

too fine a point on it

the whole plan went to shit

but I persisted, somehow

what

2.1243 : 9/27/08 : Recollect the Tunes

I recollect the tunes of youth

Black Dog reveals

I’m long in the tooth

reliving childhood days

childish talk

of childish ways

the heavy and the metal speed

these things defined

a kind of need

I’m not about to

write me off

for every lie

or dullard’s cough

the country rock

to classics of

the sixties psychedelic rug

pulled out from under

eighteen years

eighteen wheels

truckload of fears

what

2.1242 : 9/26/08 : Sigils

So sick of the

spells and sigils

the same old riddles

am I simply

prolonging

the inevitable

that glass is empty

no, no hint of full

but it seems to be a habit

I just cannot drop

well at least mostly

I can stop

what

2.1241 : 9/25/08 : Mission

A walking curdled stomach

filled with fear and suspicion

I cannot bring myself to

give a shit about the mission

like I even know what that might be

the nothing that you ever gave to me

nothing at all will change

there’ll be some words, recrimination

some other night again

I’ll be stuck with this same sensation

I don’t really need to control everything

but the barbs of uncertainty sting

do I surrender let it be what

it is or do I balk

what’s the use of staying up

for a useless talk

postpone deciding a little while

nobody wins but that’s my style

what

2.1240 : 9/24/08 : Advance Strike

Nobody but the man

is making any advance strike

You sorry revolutionary

pedaling your bike

it all seems like good fun

until someone’s head gets cracked

it might as well be straight physics

the inertia of the way the odds are stacked

I want so bad to have a new solution

some way that’s not doomed before it starts

but long as we keep acting without thinking

blindly following our hearts

and the majority’s complacent

and power favors wicked vice

there’ll be no action from this vanguard

and we’ll all pay the same old price

what

2.1239 : 9/23/08 : Span

I think my expectations

are all out of proportion

of what a day can render

of Caesar’s dear portion

In a day just a day

Such an arbitrary span

the happenstance of revolution

overshadows every plan

I’m feeling hard done by

and it’s all my own fault

but I don’t see you had to

compound injury with insult

what

2.1238 : 9/22/08 : Ball

3,428 : 1 ?

Run around it

worry at it

cannot get my

teeth around the ball

and who could deny

that all we say

and write

and sing

might not mean anything

at all

if life’s just

for the sake of living

every day

no more no less

I might as well

act satisfied

I might surprise

myself

by saying yes

what

2.1237 : 9/21/08 : Waiting Game

It's a waiting game

No matter how you roll

we’re all waiting

for that bell to toll

We're all hungry

We're all insane

thinking of the potential

on that membrane

So I'll hear my sounds

I'll do my mantra

you can almost

hear it can't ya

double space final fold

I better ditch it before it gets old

what

2.1236 : 9/20/08 : Wealth

I will do as I wish

with my wealth

or is that not allowed

or do you envy

me my generosity

when my wealth's

superabundant

and my haters cowed

You will be astounded

by fabulosity

Last will be first

first will be last

it will all be

blasted asunder

rocked to its plinth

god I love that word

And I'm feeling fine

every moment can shine

and your spirit is always free

and I'll kick out bad thoughts

conditionals and oughts

I feel it just free as a bird

what

2.1235 : 9/19/08 Displaced In Time

I'm feeling all

displaced in time

too early or too late

I'm feeling up to half a rhyme

And if that's it then great

what

2.1234 : 9/18/08 : Multitasking

I’m watching the teevee set and

reading a book

once in a while I give that

demon in the corner a look

I’m not really following

this show anymore

but I’m trying to multitask

my way out that door

I’m also getting lit and

getting worried by the future

That seems connected to now

by a crooked suture

sometimes it all clicks like

Swiss watch works

But I think we can’t take

much more of these war-hawk turks

So I’m multitasking

peace love and understanding

and when I’ve got the time

I’m out gladhanding

what

2.1233 : 9/17/08 : Commitment

I guess I screwed up

the big commitment

Shoulda thought about it

another minute

sure I would have once again

just lost interest

nights like this I

just feel like it would

be best

I guess this routine

has gotten quite stale

not much is left that’s

beyond the pale

I guess I’ll pretend

that I’m still committed

only time will tell

how that fake out got

acquitted

what

2.1232 : 9/16/08 : Dilly

What’s the dilly

this thing’s getting chilly

and I’m too hot

to believe it or not

There’s nothing up here

possibility or fear

the stops are gonna all come back

jump the stack

Don’t want to be feared

or payed attention

or similar fates

too dull to mention

I just want to

do my work in peace

Hope somewhere inside

I’ll find it, sweet release

what

2.1231 : 9/15/08 : Registry

There’s some malfunction

in the registry

the mode of attribution

brainless industry

creates without a notion

if its gambits pay

gives a little here, and there

Explain another day away

what

2.1230 : 9/14/08 : Lost

Sure I could get lost

all over again

but I think this time I

might just snap the thread

that keeps me

raking over old ground

So write this bitch down

with a pen

whatever my real crime I

take arms and stop theories dead

whatever’s not lost

is someday found

what

2.1229 : 9/13/08 : Render

Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s

So I’m so sorry

but I cannot stay

For there are miles

and miles and miles

and I’ve dug well

into this day

what

2.1228 : 9/12/08 : Peace and Love

All I want to stand for is peace and love

I don’t see the need for your complications

And my baby and me fit just like a glove

I can’t believe the way this nation’s

lost the feeling in its heart

seems to want to talk with fists and boot

and after such an exquisite start

I’d try to argue but the point is moot

here’s one thing they can’t take away

All the love that is inside

here’s a thing I don’t have to say

here I am and here peace will abide

I’m standing here I’m not yet moved

only time tells only time tells

go ahead and tell me what you think it proved

or just listen ‘cause here comes the bells

what

2.1227 : 9/11/08 : Conversation in God’s Office

Standing at his

executive desk

God looked at the

paper and said

Christ, I should

probably get

a publicist

And looking up

from where he sat

with his feet up

on the couch Jesus

said:

“I agree”

what

2.1226 : 9/10/08 : Surge

I’ve got the

urge to surge

but little

ammunition

I’ll purge your town

of these revenants

on one condition

you can’t get too far

ahead in this game

they called it a surge

but it’s really all the same

what

2.1225 : 9/9/08 : Continuity, Number Unknown

I’m afraid of sudden change

I won’t notice it ‘cause

I won’t remember it

Maybe it happens

to all of us

Shadows flit to shadows

in the whispering forests

a good tale is all we ask

And if the continuity fails

number of mutations unknown,

I’ll snap back into the game

long enough to

reset the tone

what

2.1224 : 9/8/08 : Freight of Prose

3,415 : 60 ?

There is no, there is no

sense to how it all collects at times

and just flows syllables and

silent space and rhymes

Do it every day it won’t

come more often

Do it never sure it never comes

at all

we’ve sure devalued the word

but it’s still awesome

when a bold word comes on

in the early grips of fall

and the leaves are turning

and the geese are in formation

and I’m sure that mighty

freight of prose

will someday pull into the station

but in the meantime show me

the territory; I’ll stake it

until that bitch calls again

I guess I’ll fake it

call whatever spills out a song

I knew

but couldn’t believe

it would all take so long

what

2.1223 : 9/7/08 : The Crisis

The thoughts are tumbling

through my mind

but I think you will

simply find

that this is really

nowhere near the crisis

Just look at how I

get back on my feet

and fly it in by

my pants’ seat

it’s magical: it better

be at these prices

what

2.1222 : 9/6/08 : Joy

The definition of insanity

is doing the same thing over and over

and expecting anything to change

I know I seem just all the same

still a bounder, still a rover

but it’s really simple and not at all strange

That I got the joy joy joy

down in my heart and hey

I’m gonna take it to the limit so high

I did everything necessary

to keep the wolves at bay

but I did not snitch, I’m not that guy

What happens on the screen’s

obscene, but I think we have beat it

everybody’s interested but

poor attendance means the

promoter’s gonna have to eat it

this routine is looking like a rut

I guess if there’s joy even

minutes to the day

you’ve got to count your blessings

and there’s me with still

bushels of hell to pay

but eager to pass through

to dawn’s caressing

what

2.1221 : 9/5/08 : Pick Your Moment

Pick your moment

time to shine

Afraid they’re only

going to hear me whine

I have opinions

I can stop

wait and listen for

the pin to drop

what

2.1220 : 9/4/08 : Protest

I guess I’m no good for the protest gig

I guess I got a little too much

of the pig in me

Now I see it clear

It’s no time to stand talking

While you’re hemming and hawing

I’m already walking

Away from the protest

Away from the brink

Get us a little room to breath

Get us a little time to think

But come across

close another quest

stand in a high tower

and watch the protest

what

2.1219: 9/3/08 : Streak

Let’s not fuck up this

streak, okay?

Is that what it’s about

anyway?

After so many struggles

it came to that

concerned with wearing

Buddha’s hat

I swear it turns out better

than it deserves

It’s a hell of a thing, but

the damn thing swerves

drop your bat and watch it

streak across the strike zone

if you’re gobsmacked

check it how you’re not alone

what

2.1218 : 9/2/08 : Swing

We’ve got to turn this thing

turn it over again

turn it over again

we’re swinging up to the wall

we got to kick off

keep that pendulum swinging

we’re all dreaming about

a permanent majority

What we’re getting though

is just more jackboot authority

And I’m hoping that pendulum

is swinging back down

So while you fat cats

all party it up in my town

I’ll slip in a little prayer

for my thing

I’ll slip in a little prayer

for all that swing

what

2.1217 : 9/1/08 : Labor

3,407 : 52 ?

The thing is going to have

the measure of its labor in it

and I’ll show you

how I spend it

if you give me just a minute

If I could take this

moment of creative

drive

into every moment

from now on

I’m alive

dedicated to

all the labor

watch and see

how it’s done

new neighbor

what