2.2258 : 07/09/11 : Break

How ling will it take to break
this cycle?
How long does it really go back?
Is there any end any
going round the bend
what is my method of attack
Yesterday I got one thing right
I didn't even stay up all night
but the morning's performance did not impress
Will it turn into a month or year?
oh God when will the teacher appear?
when will all of it stop feeling like duress?
I've got to put an end to this at least
legend or no of famine or feast
this wretched litany of wavering intent
there's got to got to be a better way
I yell and cajole and beg and pray
until I'm up to own it I guess I better rent

what

2.2257 : 07/08/11 : Clocks

I'm cleaning clocks so much
they call me a horologist
if you don't understand
just piss me off you'll get the gist
when every one is clean
I'll count them one by one
hoping to read the face
that tells me that I'm done
they're all right twice a day
but not one reads the same
not one can tell me my time
none can tell my name
collecting clocks trying
to hold the tempus back
Someday they'll line every wall
of my little shack

what

2.2256 : 07/07/11 : Small

Some time a while ago
the box got very small
I thought it was before
that's how we mostly fall
and what I contemplate
is mostly decorations
protests to mailbox drops
and empty declarations
resist resist
a dumb numb day closes
it just must not be time
or so a man supposes
please stop, desist
well maybe this time round
all the stars will align
I'll run that beast to ground

what

2.2255 : 07/06/11 : A Few Words

I guess I'm supposed to
say a few words
well I'm wishing I was weaker
because this is for the birds
honestly don't know
if I am coming or going
honestly can't tell
if I'm remembering or knowing
oh I know (or I remember)
I can have it my way
Whatever that means and
Whatever I say
but no matter how I slice it
It's a long way back
and at this point
I've not even found the track

what

2.2254 : 07/05/11 : Backward

Felt like time going backward
and whom could blame me
how could so much happen
and wind up the same me
on the spur of the moment
I concocted a plan
to ignore it all
and wake up a brand new man

what

2.2253 : 07/04/11 : No Referent

Half past the eleventh hour
yeah it comes around
Pretend you got your oldest
fears all run firmly to ground
nothing might ever change
from now on in this day
But as long as the beat goes on
and I've got a song I'll play
nothing stops the ticking
What was written now is past
and when I try to take things back
I end up all aghast
that time has got no referent
who manages the market?
well if that sounds a battle cry
You maybe wanna hark it

what

2.2251 : 07/03/11 : Dreamside

What am I supposed to make of this
the filmography of a guy who does not exist
a portal to a room that could not be
and the way it's far too small for me
the pages of the comic that is unwritten
and that's a damn shame I was smitten
and the camera that exists, but I'd never sell
nothing about it adds up so well
we've got an explanation it's all random noise
brain gunk playing with memetic toys
not very exciting not very fun
not making me feel like a special one
but then again I had another with eyes wide
and now it twists disappointingly inside
but these crazy dreamside fragments
are all I ever had

what

2.2251 : 07/02/11 : Hey

Here I go again
hey it's you again
did I say that again
put your money down down
hey that's a cheap line
well hey I know that friend

what

2.2250 : 07/01/11 : Super

Lightning flying from my hands
and a suitcase full of cash
and a wicked aeroplane
pretty sure I'll be a smash
not a little hint of doubt
not a tremor of remorse
for the good of all mankind
sure you ladies too of course
I can fly and lift the heaviest shit
I can see through walls and around corners
I'm beating terrorists and robots up
stopping wicked scientists and scheming foreigners
oh I'm so super, got no problems
and everything I do is so exciting
yes, I'm effective also very handsome
you'll find you can't help but cheer for all my smiting

what

2.2249 : 06/30/11 : Oh What

I can't seem to think
through anything right now
and I'm so tired of feeling sad
and wondering
what should I do now
Oh what should I do now?

what

2.2248 : 06/29/11 : Install & Restart

Install and restart
if only it were so easy
feel it's more like I'm
starting over every day
and nothing means nothing
around here
but to find the cheaper way
a little better and a little better
but not near good enough
and that was all that got written
for the restart, off the cuff

what

2.2247 : 06/28/11 : Nothing and Nothing

I said nothing changes nothing
and well nobody protested
and it made me want to tear things up
but I just gave up instead, rested
here we all go again
and here we go again
nothing and nothing
hurl another to the bin
has it been three days now
maybe just two
how will I know when
that question comes from you
I want to get off the topic
be interesting instead
get away from all the nothing
where that last gasp fell and bled

what

2.2246 : 06/27/11 : Wall

Maybe there's a story
in this thing after all
if I can just ignore the horror
and the unscalable wall
If I can just stop looking
at you hideous monstrosities
sorry for the derail
too many nightmares made of these
feel I must look away
but who is forced to look then
pray for a better world someday
but I wouldn't bet when
the wrong direction
I was shooting for optimistic
maybe tomorrow
I'll try again, make it stick

what

2.2245 : 06/26/11 : Topics

The topics that occur
are so dumb and dull
and god how oblivion
exerts its pull
not the big sleep baby
no not the great divide
just the crossing of the river
and the rest I shall elide

what

2.2244 : 06/25/11 : Fed Up

Being fed up
and for long days now
battered on the sirens' rocks
lashed to the prow
invoke again again
my right to call it a day
be sung, straining against the ropes
to sleep while sweet songs play

what

2.2243 : 06/24/11 : Surreptitious

More surreptitious wandering
in the dark night
more circular delusion
more false delight
whatever it might be
I haven't got it
however rusted the bolt
Still I shot it
no way at all out
except for through
trying to hold my dull brain
steady on the true
no plan to mend
no ally to assist
no idea at all
really how to resist

what

2.2242 : 06/23/11 : Song I Dreamed

The song I dreamed I wrote
but did not
these dreams lately have turned my head
I kid you not
but wake to the same day
the same hill to fail
came tumbling back without
water or even pail
it's not a nursery rhyme
and I am no good mother
I'd look on these spent days
with scorn for any other
and no exceptions here
I've got no plea to cop
but to stay awake or dreaming
yet I still don't stop

what

2.2241 : 06/22/11 : Forever

So this one lasts
forever?
better not to think
about it
better to blow it off
let drift
throw it all over for a day

what

2.2240 : 06/21/11 : Solstice

No more hours of sunlight in any day
I should have got more done that much I can say
what can I hope for an hour more
wrap this up and hope there's more in store
dreaming of distant rain and thunder
the thousand thousand things that make me wonder
hope I forget it soon and get well lost
in a dream that carries me
all the way back to the frost

what

2.2239 : 06/20/11 : Carte

That whistle far off
means soon departing
you can bring whatever
you can fit on this carte-thing
the false scarcity
of ideas
versus the silly notion
that the truth will free us
I've got no reason
to be confident
I'd be hard put
to say that I was sent
I must demure
if asked was there a call
they handed me this blank card
that was all
and not too many
days have past I have not scribbled
some days they roared in torrents
some days they dribbled
and sure plenty
seems so dumb I cringed
but the card seems to keep me
this side of unhinged
and however much I put down
on this crazy ride
believe it or not
there's another side

what

2.2238 : 06/19/11 : Review

There's no escaping the review
five years between me and that
particularly you
a daily dose
a lot of failure and doubt
sometimes a tough little shout
God willing I will see
this all again
hoping like crazy
I'll have nailed some of it
down by then
and maybe just maybe
stirred up a little tastier stew
on the boil years long
awaiting my review

what

2.2237 : 06/18/11 : A Fire

So how would I light a fire
if I would, if I could
So how would I inspire
I guess I really
know that I should
would it be so hard
to choose the simple and the sweet
I'm not so big I'm not so deep
I don't know how to complete
I guess I'd like to try
to light a fire to light a fire
to grind it low no longer
to electrify the wire

what

2.2236 : 06/17/11 : Clean

Slate probably won't come clean
overwritten too much
this probably won't be the end of it
because it seems I lost my touch
Imagine a clean start
for everyone all sins erased
we'd probably screw it up in three days
because we cannot shake the taste
I can't work out the sum
it's lost in all the ghost marks
why am I even trying to
nothing I do strikes sparks
and yet I'll try again
find some ground to gain between
the saying and another dark night
try so hard to keep my hands clean

what

2.2235 : 06/16/11 : Complain

All I want to do is
smoke and complain
How many damn years?
what a fucked up brain
how much more time
on the couch to fix it
waiting for the stroke,
the attack to mix it
I know I know I know
it's so tedious
such a such a whiner
so so needious
not like some murdered kid
in Syria
how dare I complain
in my numb deleria
Sorry sorry sorry
I'll get better soon
If I can't sing something nice
I'll whisper to the moon
You couldn't bring it to me
but I caught it in the water
and threw it 'cross the wooden floor
and dropped it dosed on blotter

what

2.2234 : 06/15/11 : Little Bow

I wished I had a banjo
and a banjo player
I wished I had a guitar
I could shred like Slayer
my guitar is in pieces
and my banjo's gone
and I've got no player
but myself to rely upon
yeah like it matters
I'm not playing nothing
I'm just a fantasist
daydreaming on the wing
I wished a lot of things
but what came true
another day another
little bow to you

what

2.2233 : 06/14/11 : Fun While It Lasted

Was it fun while it lasted
did we all get blasted
was it a vacation
Or just one incarnation
of the labor I took up
when my plans got shook up
and scattered 'cross the table
Or was it all a fable
I won't write the same one
the one where I name one
with grand talk and bluster
doomed to be a Custer
I'll say it was fun, sure
and own that I'm unsure
at what parts will last
at what's almost past

what

2.2232 : 06/13/11 : Alternative Universe

Alternative universe
only works in the abstract
the minute it phased into focus
I wold be taking it back
Sometimes it feels like
I've always known it all
Sometimes I feel like
I'm waiting for the alternative universe to call

what

2.2231 : 06/12/11 : Confirmation Bias

Based on the yardstick
of experience's test
If I don't call this one
I think it might be best
If confirmation bias
is behind my reticence
I guess I am still hoping
to beat the odds of experience
I've made a lot
of dumb mistakes on the way
blame no one but myself
at the end of every day
please touch a finger in
and prove my bias wrong
forgotten unremembered
lost in some old cryptic song

what

2.2230 : 06/11/11 : DMZ

Advice that was got for free
never want to live
in the DMZ
How so many could
get stuck in that
makes me scratch my head
and tip my hat

what

2.2229 : 06/10/11 : What, Who

What, who where
to listen to
I don't exactly want
to be like you
but there's a shine
on you
I wish was mine
it's true
what's to be done
and who's the real one
Don't care what
the story is exactly
maybe that's
the huntsman
that has tracked me
and the final arrow
in my heart
the only clue I missed
was not to start
but what could
you call all this
and who do
you think you are
to greet me with a kiss
I know I'm
no one to be dragged away
who would bother
what would be
the point anyway

what

2.2228 : 06/09/11 : Control

How things roll
not slightly in control
and envying another's
set of circumstances
well that's just the way
to miss your own chances
however bad or good
always try to optimize
always hoping for a nice surprise
whether I write it down
or let it pass me by
or just think inside my head
tomorrow once again I'll try
to do what I should

what

2.2227 : 06/08/11 : Pauses

These pauses I can
no longer afford
pretend I'm only
searching for a word
I know them all
but I can't seem to get them to work
Perhaps a dilettante
but I'm no young turk
Even in this weakness
there's no real reprieve
Oh I've got it real good
depending on who you believe
I'm afraid my pauses
aren't covering
the listing buckling structure
that's been hovering
on the brink of total
unseemly collapse
sometimes I think I prop it all
up with my one good synapse

what

2.2226 : 06/07/11 : Delicious

Try to see a word delicious
see past all the selfish, vicious
try to be an optimist
while dodging the cast iron fist
since death is always all around
how many billions in the ground
and in the sea or on the air
why suffer, they no longer care
why suffer why not shut my eyes
pretend it's all benign surprise
that drifts in on all kindly wings
suffused with all delicious things

what

2.2225 : 06/06/11 : New Worm

What's this new worm that
has turned on me
like I don't have enough
to deal with already
life comes too well-supplied
with random pain
and nothing to learn from it
nothing to gain
I want to lie down
and admit defeat
let the tanks roll over me
you know we all get beat
these days I can't even
take comfort in the thought of giving up
too much on my shoulders
so sorry: I refuse this cup

what

2.2224 : 06/05/11 : Succeeded

Have I succeeded then
one more night
the letter of the law
no dreams of flight
no revelation
no brand new day
just what have I succeeded
at anyway

what

2.2223 : 06/04/11 : Voyage

Never been
on a boat with sails
really every other
disappointment pales
dream of the voyage
dream of tales
the scientists, the island
the whales

what

2.2222 : 06/03/11 : Complain

I see the same old thing
I see myself
about to complain
not bent enough
to be a real artist
resist the urge
to give my soul a hard twist
because I don't deserve
to really complain
even if the outcome
is real pain

what

2.2221 : 06/02/11 : Noir

Nothing that worked
works any more
the mind that forgot
the soft strains of noir
the stroke of the hour
both hands straight up
to imagine your invisible
hand tip the cup
maybe a new thing
I've not named yet
that I know no name for
or indeed how to get

what

2.2220 : 06/01/11 : How Many More

One step two steps
how many more
how many steps will it take
until I see a door
and if no door is coming
do I just keep stepping
and must I still hold up
this crazy stack I'm schlepping
I find it hard
to bring myself to believe
in anything much past what is
and I'm loathe to wear my heart on my sleeve
but as time keeps on
grinding on like a machine
I'll file away one more today
if you see what I mean

what

2.2219 : 05/31/11 : Dumb

So damn dumb
and still I've got some
more to go
one more row to hoe
but I'll hang my long face
at the sticking place
ratchet up my chin
and walk right in

what

2.2218 : 05/30/11 : In Memory

In memory of
well heaven's sake
for a fresh start
for a fair shake
asked a lot
don't know what I got
It was something
didn't seem like a lot
in memory of
I'd rather forget
a promise to tell
a dodgy bet
but days still come
and days still go
and will I remember
so long ago

what

2.2217 : 05/29/11 : The Endless Axis of Song

This endless axis
of song triumphant
and how I always had to
try where you said I can't
In the end
it all worked out really fine
and I had to say
a little bit of that was mine
Let's all agree
to call the night a success
You ask me what I say
dear reader I say yes
let's to the trenches
let's to the battlements
See me in my true form
in my radiant vestments

what

2.2216 : 05/28/11 : First Song (Second)

I'll write you the first song
oh guess I already did that
my mistake
confess I am addicted to starting
All so dramatic
give me one more take
that's a pretty cheap rhyme
but I'm having a good time
why harsh it with creative restriction
whatever ink I spill
I guarantee I will
make it sound a little smarter
with a perfect diction
I'll write you the last song
oh won't fall for that
this round
I'm here
I'm going to step across
with two feet firm on solid ground

what

2.2215 : 05/27/11 : For Reals

I'm declaring a suspension
for reals
no more work
no shady deals
I need a break so hard
shelve the lot of it
now turn the card

what

2.2214 : 05/26/11 : No Answers

No answers regardless
might as well be smarter then
I must dismantle these riddles
one by one
without so much as a portal gun
heaven help every
display of bravado
and how we still succumb
to the lure of El Dorado
but I know a fearsome spell
to paralyze no answer's dread
lay my head down
after all I made this bed

what

2.2213 : 05/25/11 : The Endless Axis of Song

So many a day passed
and many a day was gone
when I turned another spoke
on the endless axis of song
some were pillars
some slender as straws
but the axis kept turning
in spite of all my flaws
I saw another way
a new presentation
A new turn of a shiny new screw
this was my realization
that I would set it here
leave it for another year
and I hoped that I would be
uplifted by the news I'd hear

what

2.2212 : 05/24/11 : A Touch

with only time
for the lightest touch
on a day that again felt to be too much
I'll make no excuses
promise no resolution
no great new day
no revolution

what

2.2211 : 05/23/11 : In Isolation

In isolation
it might be imagined
could be completely free
assume a watcher
assume dominion
Still I might be me
this fog of the membrane
I must fight it
a long journey
but I remember
and I must fight it
and be fit for the tourney

what

2.2210 : 05/22/11 : Technicality

Lest you catch me on a technicality
I'll cross every dot and slash every 2
And that last messed up story I've got about it
I will refrain from telling you
nothing much has changed you better believe it
change is technical, change is hard
but then again one day is good as any other
so watch as I turn one last card

what

2.2209 : 05/21/11 : Exceptions

What sort of exception am I looking for
Another chance to break my own rules
Another chance to say just one more time
My set is full enough of those tools
I should be studying, trying to figure out
the ins and outs of systems, classifications
Maybe I would know what the exception was about
and where it stood among all my creations
and I suppose there is no limit to the class
though if they start to outnumber the standard case
I should perhaps at least have the courtesy to feel dumb
I just keep ending up back in this place

what

2.2208 : 05/20/11 : Bridge

I said not another
but bridges kept coming
I said I'm not so smart
but that must mean something
and if I come to a point
but refuse to cross
will the whole tale
be accounted loss?
I try to listen
for the distant thunder
I try to take time
to sit and wonder
what's over the bend
beyond the ridge
and always whether
I can sight the last bridge

what

2.2207 : 05/19/11 : Roots

Year to year these roots I
try to extirpate
as if I didn't have enough
on my plate
I used to see those leaves poke out
you have to admire
how all I want to see
is fire fire fire
I'm being petty
I know I'm being small
and in a hundred years
will any of it matter at all
but the roots vex me
they make me wroth
they make me want to
start all over from whole cloth

what

2.2206 : 05/18/11 : Crank

A spiral coil
that seems to ever ascend
wherever does it go
whenever does it end
as long as somebody
turns that crank
it will twist up forever
no need for thanks
for real it is not
a metaphor
just a little observation
nothing more
it reveals nothing
on closer regard
merely to turn the crank
just isn't that hard

what

2.2205 : 05/17/11 : Inflamed

How did every vital viscera
become inflamed
every poison irritant and vice I blamed
the dark disease that forestalled progress
oh viscera
here's another fine mess
tired of tracking
paying heed
why can't I just order
whatever I need
these inflamed passions
will they not subside
settle to earth
right where the last dream died

what

2.2204 : 05/16/11 : Reset

Getting too twitchy on the reset
wanting to fix it all
to start from perfect perfect
I won't mention the fall
or any common mythos
it isn't about that
I just want to hit the reset
turn back decades, stones of fat
one day doesn't mean much
two days hardly more
three days starts to matter
but it takes so many more
but I like to forget
there's one day that you have to get
before an order can be restored
the one we call a reset

what

2.2203 : 05/15/11 : Feelings

Let's write a song about our feelings
let's let it all hang way out
I gotta bunch I come up with 'em all the time
It's all I ever write about
If I take the high road baby
if you take the low
I'll get there a little faster
you'll get there a little slow
and it's sad that though I'll meet you there
we'll never see this town again
tell me about your feelings baby
something to remember when
I'm said if you must know
and the reason is too dumb to tell
So I'll clam up and watch the clock
and hope I get saved by the bell

what

2.2202 : 05/14/11 : Rock and Roll

Oh rock and roll
I'm still after you
there's a pack ahead of me
I'm running toll my face is blue
We've been together so long
Me and a transistor radio
mono in one ear
top forty played in eight-oh
and if you stayed elusive
if the years take their toll
I'm not halfway yet perhaps
and I'm still after rock and roll

what

2.2201 : 05/13/11 : A Memory

Just a memory
blowing smoke into salty air
pretending I was all together
and didn't have a care
no date on it
no mark to know the time
assembled neatly in order
wrapped in well used rhyme

what

2.2200 : 05/12/11 : A Person

I'm just a person
I didn't sign up for this
except I did
but I didn't know what I was doing
and before you
spill red ink on what
you are reviewing
I will just bow out
nobody to find here
this will be the breakaway night
raise a ragged, blind cheer

what

2.2199 : 05/11/11 : A Smile

Slavering to transgress
but I find I'm not believing
I'll enjoy the thing
even for a little while
seems all and sundry
are getting by and getting by
And so I try to
wrangle up a smile
no matter how I slice it
there has been a lot of hack
and corner cutting and so
hey here we are
and it seems I have the inkling
the capacity to stumble
no matter how low
I set that damn bar

what

2.2198 : 05/10/11 : Man of Parts

Before the flashing and the fighting starts
I've seen it all I am a man of parts
I've seen this line and I can tell you Bub
It all comes out the same and there's the rub
where is the outrage so the man inquired
When he was far too well ensconced to be fired
the rest of us believe me we kept mum
believe believe me because I'm not dumb
If what I want just doesn't signify
if every single thing that lives must die
So many parts I still don't seem to fit
and it's so dull I hate to speak of it
but while I sit and spin out art for free
whenever will you find a part for me

what

2.2197 : 05/09/11 : Wretch

I could pity the wretch
but I'd rather not take
the time to repeat
that sorry mistake
so easy to fake it
to throw on some paint
if there's nothing else for it
well Shakespeare it ain't

what

2.2196 : 05/08/11 : Vegan Tattoo

Your charred bone blacks
your tallow glycerin
sorry to inform you
of the fix your ink is in
there's always somebody
holier than thou
repent your vegan tattoo
upon your shameful brow

what

2.2195 : 05/07/11 : Tactics

I've got tactics but
I'm not winning the war
and I forgot to ask him
what the world I am for
my tactic today
is to be short and sweet
and forgive me if it seems
not quite complete

what

2.2194 : 05/06/11 : Menace

The menace of the moment
the decisions that unravel
dreams that do not signify
when the judge lays down the gavel
never to be famous
never ever to be known
careful if you talk to me so long though
lest your lid get blown
not to be a menace
to be calm as Mr. Rogers
do it all so thoughtfully
end up with the other codgers
Speak to me oh from beyond
love me oh a little more
and I will turn my back on menace
and that word you did abhor

what

2.2193 : 05/05/11 : Calm

Try to measure this shake down up
try to bring the calm
You know I stood up
to the worst of it without a qualm
I knew I'd never get out
of this thing so might as well
calmly pull my pen out
and give all you fuckers hell
All you young experts
at looking fabulous
You're going to make me drop this cool
facade you're going to make me cuss
but no hot wasn't working
So it's calm for me from now
dreamily walk up to you
with a smile, then, kapow

what

2.2192 : 05/04/11 : Let's Get Wierd

Let's get weird
turn inside out
whisper hoarsely
when we mean to shout
Keep the secret
one more just one
under compulsion
under the gun
let's get weird
and really surprise them
when you see them next
you won't recognize them
When the student gave up
the teacher appeared
in a puff of chance
and then things got weird

what

2.2191 : 05/03/11 : Freed Radical

When they'd
freed the radical
When he
explained the anarchy
Who could argue?
the rightness of it
was plain to see
and they just lied
and said it did not exist
but they could not
quench the radical
When we elected to resist

what

2.2190 : 05/02/11 : None Will Say

None will say
we didn't press through failure
none saw such failure
defile meat and war
we can't obey our own laws
follow our religions
and yet still lowering the bar
and no one wants to hear
and no one wants to see
and no one wants to speak a word
and still I speak
and still I look
and tell the tale to a little bird

what

2.2189 : 05/01/11 : Future

For any May-day
from the future
should we change
meet the challenge
maybe it is in the stars
maybe it is built in Stonehenge
will the thief in the night
get away with one last heist
blame it on the wind
blame it on the Zeitgeist

what

2.2188 : 04/30/11 : Past is Past

Past is past
and I'll put all thought
of it from mind
the turning point will be
hidden, none will find
some fragrance will be left
in a simple code
but I will turn my back
on what it might forbode

what

2.2187 : 04/29/11 : Affliction

Since I won't speak of my affliction
there's nothing to speak of
this isn't a mountain
that I'll hit the peak of
I'll suffer in silence
just give me a minute
the night its course, my
affliction within it

what

2.2186 : 04/28/11 : Engine

We've heard you boast about your engine
and the battery
we may have egged you on a little
with our flattery
but with one thing and another
we are past the point of demonstration
if you want to keep your funding
follow through your strange creation
you must hook your engine up
to something that can do some work
an oar to row the ship ahead
a fan to blow away this murk
a cleaver to slice up the meat
a dash to churn the butter
hardly matters what the task is
though I clearly hear you mutter
fire the engine charge the battery
and heave a mass some distance
I know it's not your dream job
that dear sir will take persistance

what

2.2185 : 04/27/11 : An Answer

There might not be an answer
not to anything
nobody talks about it
it's got a nasty ring
slaves to entropy
and nothing lasts forever
we pretend that we can
escape these rules by being clever
if there isn't an answer
no perfect way
I guess I have to do my best
and be kind every day
I know it's not impressive
you don't want it on a shirt
but it doesn't seem unlikely
even though it's plain as dirt

what

2.2184 : 04/26/11 : Salad Days

My salad days may be
yet before me
maybe there's always more
to reach out to for free
sure I'm pretending
expect more of the same
I just want to come up
with a better game
Bring me my salad days
my green and hot ferment
give me the call I swear
I will go where I'm sent

what

2.2183 : 04/25/11 : Prong

I only come back
because I fear the prong
despite my nasty habits
I still might end up living long
I've got more important
things to do to be sure
So I deftly dodge the prong
with the dippy verse de jour

what

2.2182 : 04/24/11 : Wrong Question

Must have been asking the wrong question
feel so stupid I just got it
Should have paid attention while
everyone else was shouting "not it"
I can tell you think it's my fault
I can tell you think I blew it
how I turned every stone over
I had nothing and you knew it
Oh the trials and contortions
trying not to heedless ask
the wrong question over again
just to get handed my task

what

2.2181 : 04/23/11 : Daydreams Nightmares

Days I dream about
getting messages from utopia
nights I merely sweat
the worst parts of my day to day
Daydreams, nightmares
So you think you can cope, do ya?
'Cause it's already burning
So we might as well play
I try to dream out
Some way we could get to fixing
Set aside this nightmare
endless debate
but the sides will never resolve
in spite of furious mixing
So it seems utopian dreams
still must wait

what

2.2180 : 04/22/11 : When In Rome

When in Rome I guess
burn it up
every drop and breath and nugget
churn it up
in this cauldron of techno
of logical brutality
no above or below
no moral duality
God the nonsense
Sorry for losing it
should have been paying mind
seen my error and been refusing it
When in Rome as I say
Guess it won't fall apart in a day
is anybody really paying attention
it would be just the thing for a play

what

2.2179 : 04/21/11 : The Thing

The play's the thing
it might be our weakness
it might be nice
if I could just a little, freak less
and just get on
delivering my soliloquys
you'll find me afterward
in the corner head between my knees
and I will tell you
when I find the play's the thing
you're going to understand
lord when you hear me sing


what

2.2178 : 04/20/11 : Ink Spilled

Of all the ink spilled
what has commanded
the king's portion
surely war or romance
or maybe the books
oh these days surely
nothing measures even close
nothing else has a chance
what have I spilled my
measure of ink on
lately it seems just
if only if only
I could get better
I could get it better
if I figure it out
on some night so lonely

what

2.2177 : 04/19/11 : Enough

Like as if I couldn't
get enough
all I could think of
was what else
couldn't hear
the warning sounds
couldn't hear the
whistles and bells
and yet somehow
I got along
though there was too much
of this and the other
It was a rough start
but it was a start
let me tell you brother

what

2.2176 : 04/18/11 : Plus One

Where would I be
right now,
less one more
my mind can't
wrap itself
around that
try not to think about it
close that
black door
May I forever
wear this
plus one hat
I got a good reason
a real good reason
to say it's all looking up
Well I thought you gave me
just one more
but when I looked
you were still
filling my cup

what

2.2175 : 04/17/11 : Creature Feature

It's got 3D surround and
limbic support
used to blast stuff right at the brain
but that got ate up in a tort
the creature feature yeah these days
it gets right inside your skin
settle back relax
and let the creature in
I want to say a million things
but everyone I know I said them
and the creature wants its night
so I must lead you to your bedlam
the creature will be vanquished
at the stroke of dawn
and if I don't want to get caught
in the same net I best move on

what

2.2174 : 04/16/11 : The Newsreel

You're here to escape
but we must punish you before
take a look at the awfulness
outside those swinging doors
still wars of course
and grave disaster
and don't it seem
it all keeps getting faster
but look here's
some strange thing never before seen
might make you think we'll make it yet
so focus on that scene
Quickly now
we'll make reality recede
forget about the newsreel
here's the real feed

what

2.2173 : 04/15/11 : Loop

We'll loop the end about
pull it through tight
it won't ever seem done
this knot I tie tonight
without our loops what would
we be, our telltales and habits
and this world has so many shares
and we fear them like fear them like rabbits
loop back to me comet
old friend, I'll never see you again
what will you look down on
when I've been down twenty and ten
will time ever loop back
or does it change always
I thought to myself that once
as I chased whispers down hallways

what

2.2172 : 04/14/11 : Roll

Maybe rolling with the punches
isn't so bright
When no end to the punches
is anywhere in sight
and the hill is steep
and goes down very far
no place to roll like a donut
to roll like a car
I roll with the punches
'cause shit there they go
and I hate to have to tell you
but I told you so
bright or stupid
I still have to roll
but I tell you the punches
are still taking a toll

what

2.2171 : 04/13/11 : Rock

I rock from anger to crazy optimism
looking to the junction of the prior schism
as I try and try and try and try
when it seems like only one thing could satisfy
get all steely, smash a fist down
I'll die if I can't be king of this town
ha ha ha just a tiny jest
ain't no gold to speak of in my warchest
terrific terrific and where's it leave me
unsatisfied but doesn't quite bereave me
get back to biding and counting the clock
waiting for the next big swing to rock

what

2.2170 : 04/12/11 : Desperate for Lucre

Desperate for lucre
sickening sight
I scorn gold in principle
but can't escape it's bite
the universal solvent
try to claim it's untrue
cold comfort when I want to
shower gems and such on you
I want to take a damn trip
pay someone to do the scut
I want the answer to stop
being but but but
its sick because by so
many standards all around
I am wallowing in riches
opportunity thick on the ground
I've asked to be released of it
perhaps not sincerely
I've asked to be led to
the way of the bird that's early
I've asked for specific figures
or a suitcase full of cash
such a desperate ugly spectacle
buckling at lucre's lash

what

2.2169 : 04/11/11 : Not Poetry

It's not poetry
and you will learn nothing
except my rotten attitude
no significance
oh God and here it goes again
just push on to the next one dude
We're sorry oh so sorry
for the inconvenience
some little upset in the state of mind
I keep trying
some days it feels unfixable
but making a big fuss about would be unkind
to the ones who rely
on my pushing through
and wearing a smile
through the mile thick blue
so excuse all the
unpoetical glop
we'll try again tomorrow
if that's not
too much of a sop

what

2.2168 : 04/10/11 : Essence

If they wiped you clean
put you right in the same place
would you do it all again
all the same looks on my face
maybe there's a random switch
mix things up for old round two
maybe all we are is arbitrary
essence couldn't be less true
all the boring same labyrinths
free will thought identity
metaphysics minds and souls
zero and infinity
couldn't say a thing about it
nothing new it just grinds on
extract my essence from the powder
there's a thought to keep our minds on

what

2.2167 : 04/09/11 : Dry Spell

will the dry spell last
a year or more
as I dream of gold
of a distant shore
as I tunnel down
every layer the same
will the dry spell last
till I lose my name
I just do not care
oh I care a lot
just not about this
and that's what I've got
so I apologize
hope to just snap out
hope that now at last
I've got this crap out

what

2.2166 : 04/08/11 : Better Than 9

I can write songs better
than 9 so far
so why ain't I rich
no trip to Rome
no little car
it ain't because I won't sell out
I'd do it in a blink
maybe I've got no vision
don't know what else to think
hell yeah I have got no vision
all ways scattershot
and still I come back every day
and give you what I got
so what if I can string words
along better than 9
better than the flavor of the month
whoever's steaming up the incline
better doesn't mean a thing
smarter's worse than worse
haul another stillbirth
off away in song's grim hearse

what

2.2165 : 04/07/11 : Wind I've Sewn

When did time get to be oh so
quick like silver
when did I get caught up in
dreams of gold
when did I stop trusting in
my ever after
whenever did I start to feel
oh so old
So this house of flesh
seems to be falling slowly apart
So is every other
damn thing I own
seems that I am responsible
for it all somehow
some mean twist that spun out
of the wind I've sewn
and what would it take
for me to feel free again
truth I can't recall
if I ever really did
maybe the wrong question
they all feel like stupid questions
just another flaw that rattles
underneath my lid

what

2.2164 : 04/06/11 : Evening Prayer

Pull the book down
at the appointed hour
say the evening prayer
hey why do you look so dour
another day
it's like the ultimate cliché
if all you've got to do is pray
well you won't change much that way
close the book at least
you won't see it for years
this student thinks he's ready
and yet nobody appears
and hell the rub
it seems like everyone's a stub
and bobbing around an empty hub
hope something hits me like a club

what

2.2163 : 04/05/11 : Third Attempt

The third attempt:
interrupted
seems the sector
was corrupted
knew in time
it'd come to shame me
left my mark there
so they could name me

what

2.2162 : 04/04/11 : Chances

So many chances
they lose all value
even winning
feels like no great issue
what is the success state
what defines victory
is there even any sense
to such terms in this story?

what

2.2161 : 04/03/11 : Called

Called at last
away by sleep
and hoping to be
long and deep
no time was left
to say anymore
no hint no guess
none to set store

what

2.2160 : 04/02/11 : Age of Alchemy

End it tonight like the age of alchemy
abandon for all time the quest for
the philosophic mercury
no essence, that age is done and through
time to get into the present
on the tide of non-ado
no way in heaven
to assert a final word
but times have been I overcame
I think you may have heard
set aside the midnight magic
toiling over grim retorts
it is healthier by far that way
or so I hear by all reports

what

2.2159 : 04/01/11 : Nothing to Say

Truly nothing to say about this one
I suppose that I hope
that will make it all different
oh but I've been speechless so many times before
I suppose I'll have to face
getting called on the floor
Silence is not forever an option
Someone must speak for the past
Someone for the new way's adoption
Sorry only gets you a little way
You're going to have to
come up with something to say
You'd think with the words
that circle round and round
there'd be no end of them
to wrap around the sound
refusing excuses, refusing half baked proverbs
refusing canned responses
and back jacket blurbs
I dance around it likely I'll forget it all
praying my unwanted silence
leaves a space to hear
a brighter call

what