2.2968 : 06/18/13 : The Bones

Riches aren't destined
why can't I give it up
I am doomed to be a gambler
rattling the bones in a cup
All are doomed gamblers
the outcome guaranteed
we gamble our whole world
and there's none we'll heed
Not wise ones not scientists
Not our elders sure hell not lyricists
Hand the dumb game to politicians
the business suits
theres no puppet master
but the few
spoil the fruits
And I am chasing
twelve the hard way
And thirteen for luck
on this grim bard way

101 Curious Professions 13: A Gambler

what

2.2967 : 06/17/13 : Watching

All deadlines
I won't be making
wasn't quite a plan
and the daydreams I'm shaking
I need to get off
the night watch
and change things up
despite my pronouncement
there remains the cup
this last watching
Same as it ever was
and watch as a watcher does

101 Curious Professions 12: Night Watchman

what

2.2966 : 06/16/13 : Preacher to Worms

Seek my congregation
in the lowly reaches
to testify to what
worm gospel teaches
Preacher to worms
Recognize no higher order
People don't deserve to hear
from my divine recorder
Carry my box out
after the hard rain falls
raise up my arms there on
the sidewalks of the malls
speak of the good kingdom
that lies within
and the heaven that awaits
inside my compost bin

101 Curious Professions 11: Preacher (to Worms)

what

2.2965 : 06/15/13 : Deserve Fine Ends

Deal me a royal flush
out of the devil's picture book
I confess: I wish to be
one of the idle rich
I never could contrive
to be one of those who just took
so it'll have to be raw chance
So cook the spell up Mr. Witch
So sure I will be charitable
remember all my friends
And every Sunday
I'll load up the plate
I'm certain I deserve
my fine means deserve fine ends
I'm certain that
You'll choose this as my fate

101 Curious Professions 10: An Idle Rich

what

2.2964 : 06/14/13 : Archivist

Wanted to be a mover a shaker
it seems maybe I'm not that kind
destined to be the archivist
Sorting out all that is left behind
The papers the photos the records the bills
remember when it was all stuff
these days the ephemeral lives up to its name
but in the mindshare zone it's real enough
nobody's paying, guess it's a vocation
guess it's likely all it will ever aspire too
but I keep it up for one alone out there somewhere
I know you'll find it it one day and it will inspire you

101 Curious Professions 9: Archivist

what

2.2963 : 06/13/13 : Pocket

Pocket cottage cabinetmaker
that's when I knew I was
a mover and a shaker
I've been a beller
and a royal biscuit baker
now I'm cabineting
the cottage in your pocket
with my moneymaker
corner castle keyhole greaser
make sure that everything is
quiet when you do release her
I worked my way up
with sheer skill and charm
well and with a greasy little tool
about as long as your arm
Pocket cottage cabinetmaker
I'll never forget my root
as long as it may slake her
in the back of the cottage
underneath the castle stairs
way up in every parapet
I'll bang them out in pairs

101 Curious Professions 8: Cabinetmaker

what

2.2962 : 06/12/13 : Each Earthly Object is a Pasteboard Mask

My private playthings
this handful of jacks
each earthly object is a
Pasteboard mask
You say it's merely chance and fault
that's brought me to this place
Aw have you never seen the devil
Show his face
I'll be the captain
I'll be the law
this vessel ain't no boat
but let's not hem and haw
I'll put one last dollar down
on making an escape
If it doesn't fly this time
I swear I'm turning in my cape

101 Curious Professions 7: Captain

what

2.2961 : 06/11/13 : Each One Serves

Maybe I'll just be
the dishwasher in that Buddhist hall
someone's got to do it
God knows I got the skills and all
only long forks and platters
each one serves their neighbor
even perfect harmony
requires a little unskilled labor

101 Curious Professions 6: Dishwasher

what

2.2960 : 06/10/13 : Diver

Minneapolis sewage diver
yeah I could be
some kind of poop McGuyver
They say
he wrangles a turd
like nobody's business
So glad we got him
'cause there's no end to this mess
Make it a metaphor
now that's an insult
I only want to start a little cult
of the five or so admirers
of this holy wreck
then again I might be better off
in some dim tank of dreck

101 Curious Professions 5: Minneapolis Sewage Diver

what

2.2959 : 06/09/13 : Paperback Writer

How'm I ever gonna
find the time to write the book
Dear lord I need a chorus
and a real sexy hook
I am a faker a cheater
and a biter
Stupid as it sounds
I'd still like to be a paperback writer
they made me feel so happy
when I was a boy
the little rocket sticker
on the spine they would deploy
back when I thought for me
things could only get brighter
but I need to accept
looks like I'll never be a paperback
writer

101 Curious Professions 4: Paperback Writer

what

2.2958 : 06/08/13 : Pitch

In only ten days now
my pitch will drop
no backing up this time
we never stop
When I become the pitchman
listen then:
For I shall never make or do
again
Come all and listen
Come when I propose
Speak of all the things
Someone should do those
Someone to learn the craft
and plot out every stitch
get on you toilers
I'm onto the next pitch

101 Curious Professions 3: Pitchman

what

2.2957 : 06/07/13 : 100 Days

First calendar
ten by ten
keeper of metric time
how's your when?
I set day one
when you realized
I'm fly
one hundred
by one hundred days
just a standup guy
one shouldn't get
caught up in the numbers
I should relax
and not sweat
getting counted with the bumblers
easy enough
to multiply the remains
seven thousand forty three
enlightened refrains

101 Curious Professions 2: Keeper of Metric Time

what

2.2956 : 06/06/13 : Smoke

behold my library of
fresh cut wood
I've got the lore to burn it
just so, good
condense the smoke in
my collecting bell
it isn't good for you
but what the hell
all art is just
collecting smoke and fog
my wood museum
is a travelogue
here take this vial
agarwood
one hundred years
put that on your barbeque
it brings strong men to tears

101 Curious Professions 1: Smoke Collector

what

2.2955 : 06/05/13 : Alternate

Alternate endings
and histories
gratuitously multiplying
mysteries
the old what if
written extra large
too dismal to contemplate
So sad no one's in charge
take what weird comforts
there in things could be worse
only one road apparent
it's everyone's curse

what

2.2954 : 06/04/13 : Quotidian

this the quotidian
anything new?
no by definition
anything to say?
Not yes not no
as before, to come
as above, below

what

2.2953 : 06/03/13 : Our Ways

Say things are falling all apart
say that things are fine
You've got a right to your opinion
just like I've got mine
but the truth doesn't care
what anyone might think
and when I think about our ways
my heart does tend to sink
I've been thinking too much of bad luck
of sickness and death
forget the living in the moment
and taking in my own breath
the easy fixes
just dim lights on a crooked path
trying to prop up the continuity
and dodge chaotic wrath

what

2.2952 : 06/02/13 : The Principles

Would I do better in
and hour than a minute
is it all first stroke
all in how you
begin it
Could someone please
delineate
the order of the
principles
was it the elements
the revenants
then the invincibles
I used to think
I was pretty damn smart
and I would know
how and where and when
to start
When the game gets
deadly
to whom should I go
well there's a saying
about that I know

what

2.2951 : 06/01/13 : Prediction

So that one prediction
failed again my
predilection
for the pen did not
a getting there
achieve
And snakes are all
eating their tails
I'm all about
beating
dead trails
what recourse
when there's nowhere else to leave

what

2.2950 : 05/31/13 : Lightning

Short of putting lightning in a bottle
we devised a vehicle
without a throttle
everything must roar
wide open
How you doing man?
You know I'm coping
funnel effort from the many
are there still moves for us?
no not any
so it seems when
I am pessimistic
most days
these days
probably solipsistic
probably all
focused on my own thing
desperate
clueless
trying to capture lightning

what

2.2949 : 05/30/13 : Three Topics

My brain is filled with three topics
oh and I'm sick of everyone
And I won't speak of any of them
Not interesting also not fun
the spirit is willing
the flesh is also willing
So what's the damn hang up?
Forget every perfect reason why not
and just get that thing up
I'll raise one more little flag of defiance
then go quietly to whatever doom
gets set out for me
it's not fate but it feels fatal
but it's better than staying
another minute in this room

what

2.2948 : 05/29/13 : Not Fate

Don't know what I'm tempting
but it's not fate
don't know what I'm chasing
but it's not bait
I need to lay my
poor head down so
that looks an exit
and I think I'll go

what

2.2947 : 05/28/13 : Cake

Three bugs
and a great big cake
they put pontoons on it
and sailed it on a lake
they rowed it to an island
with coffee spoons
and all the way they played
picnic tunes
the littlest bug whistled
doodley doo
the biggest bug hummed
tweedley dee
and the third bug sang
a special song
and the song she sang
was happy birthday to me

what

2.2946 : 05/27/13 : Killing Dreams

Teach me a secret method
for killing dreams
it better be effective
I've reams and reams
I'm tired of feeling hopeful
getting worked up
we're all getting exploited
getting jerked up
every year more losers
welcome to the club
they threw the baby out
banged a hole in the tub
no it's no place for dreaming
only time to work and shop
Swear one day I'll go out screaming
one day I'll blow my top

what

2.2945 : 05/26/13 : Tangier

Never been to Tangier
never been anywhere
and the road that
starts me down
don't want to see what that lays bare
tired of
no don't go there
don't dwell on it
don't go anywhere

what

2.2944 : 05/25/13 : What

This pain
familiar
what's to be said
and I don't want
to document
what goes by in my head
any longer
no closer
no stronger
and as sick
gut
and it's all
what

what

2.2943 : 05/24/13 : Frown

One cup of coffee
one piece of pie
but I have no pie
and so I will cry
why not stay silly
why not be a clown
what use to be anxious
what use to frown
what use to worry
what use to fret
how do I profit
what do I get
So I will be jolly
smile like a fool
something must turn up
because I am so cool

what

2.2942 : 05/23/13 : Extend

Allow me to extend
a raucous middle finger
to my every aspiration
and persistence
I'm stomping down
in my overflowing mental trash can
the last shreds
of optimism
in existence
beyond the servile
beyond the mundane
beyond interment in the box
I was never free
always a slave in my mind
Call it all my fault
and make with the rocks

what

2.2941 : 05/22/13 : Comparing

Comparing yourself to anyone
won't get you anywhere
I don't know when
but I'll see you when I get there
a thousand mistakes
to not make again
but I've still got momentum
and I've still got spin
don't like the way I tell that story
going to throw it out
don't like the things it
turned out to be about
give me five days
I'll tell it twice
the first will make you cry
but it will all end nice

what

2.2940 : 05/21/13 : B.C.L.

We're all born into this world
with a fucking deficit
And the past's a cancelled check
So let's get on with it
I've an ironclad excuse
for every era that I wasted
Let us cut through the slack
and jack the alibi I pasted
I was bullied I was lovesick
I was heartbroken and stoned
then I had too much responsibility
and on that rock I honed
a claim that seemed ridiculous
and all the more surprise
I will transform into a black-
chromed lotus right before your eyes

what

2.2939 : 05/20/13 : Fear the New Attitude

Smile so sweet that
it puts you to sleep
So you needn't see the faith
it takes me to leap
to say I'm okay
with caveats I don't include
so you don't see you might well
fear the new attitude
if you refuse to be afraid
if you refuse to lie
if you really lived
like you were assured to die
I can't imagine what you'd look like
you're a superhero
It's of no account I'm late
and now I must start from zero

what

2.2938 : 05/19/13 : New Attitude

I saw leaves shifted in thousands
by a wind that had no name
half a dozen years gone
and I wondered how it all came out the same
and like a lightning flash
I like saw the answer dude
And summed it neatly up
It just required a new attitude
I'm sick of getting wroth
I'm sick of finding fault
I'm sick of seeking wounds
and rubbing in the salt
And while so many things
are easier said than done
I enlist the advocate
of man the holy one
inspire an attitude that
makes everyone smile
another spook in the long
running joke of the pentagon files

what

2.2937 : 05/18/13 : Tiny Castle

Tiny castle
tiny moat
tiny people cross it
in a tiny boat
A tiny story waits
behind the tiny tiny gates
tiny princess
tiny king
tiny dragon guards
the tiny magic ring
give it up for these
tiny adventures
and pray for the end of
my hated indentures

what

2.2936 : 05/17/13 : Ding-A-Ling

The Dude gave me a ding-a-ling
he said you've got to
ring that thing
said I don't like the looks of bells
reminder of poetic hells
must get expansive
must ornate
must rococo
and diverticulate
If I jumped up and shouted
spat this taste out
rooted routed
would the ringing reach your ears
Is it as bad as
it appears?
I ring the ding
trilling entranced
and all the while
the cliff advanced

what

2.2935 : 05/16/13 : Again

This again
and that again
and boiling in
my hat again
I will not stand
a minute longer
only hope
I'll soon be stronger

what

2.2934 : 05/15/13 : Faking

Today I get angry and stop taking it
No more making nice no no more faking it
So sorry always going on on what's inside
but it's not by my fault alone I take this ride
where the hell's my teacher I've been ready long
where is the big bell here's your big ding dong
I'm angry I am going to stay this way
It's already burning so we might as well play

what

2.2933 : 05/14/13 : Fatal

I see every fatal flaw
but there's no backup plan
Guess we all have to roll with
getting punched however we can
Some blows they land so hard
to knock us out of reason
and if I'm restless if I'm wroth
just blame it on the season

what

2.2932 : 05/13/13 : Defeat

You know what would be great
to admit defeat
negotiate the terms of surrender
Maybe retire from the public life
maybe go on a royal bender
I guess just saying shows I don't accept
despite a sameness a dragging grind
I had a better thought and maybe it'll come back
If I could just empty my mind

what

2.2931 : 05/12/13 : Graveyard

Now the old graveyard
I used to roam alone at night
has my dad as a tenant
it all fits a little too tight
In a place I swear I'd never live again
but I wish I could be there now
Swinging a graveyard shift
just for one night somehow
that home is good and gone
the walks the stars the times
the loves the hates the losses
the silly kidstuff crimes
manage a visit sometime
but it won't be the same
and he won't be there
nowhere on earth but in my name

what

2.2930 : 05/11/13 : Yell

Maybe I should
do it every night
get up on the hill
and yell
one of these times
I'll turn out right
and all will be well
and all will
be well
I'm gonna start
tomorrow
for real for real
and true
Say shh
I'm never telling
anyone
but you

what

2.2929 : 05/10/13 : Fright

The future holds a fright
it's got a grip on me
and all my old allies
are gonna flip on me
can't keep my eyes open
I'm asleep on my feet
And the real fright to me
is that you'll hit repeat

what

2.2928 : 05/09/13 : Lag

My enlightenment's complete
but my entitlement will lag
I swear the vinegar is sweet
but in my heart I feel the drag
what sort of tale could be told
a thousand times and still be fresh
we'll share a laugh at that
as we take to the floor to thresh

what

2.2927 : 05/08/13 : Home

My sacred task
was to make the home
can't guess my next calling
no clues in any tome
need so bad to get positive
need so bad to believe
as I keel over the edge
as I howl and heave

what

2.2926 : 05/07/13 : Life of Adventure

low on excitement
high on stress
expecting the worst
I've been worse I guess

don't know what to say
but the same retort
so I'll turn in my
minority report

life of adventure
is there any hope
I guess I better
limber up my periscope

what

2.2925 : 05/06/13 : Too Soon

Far too soon to
think about
life going on
but it does whether you
want it to or not
well? Do you
want it to or not
when did what I want
start to have a
damn thing to do with it
not giving up
So I guess I'm here
until I'm through with it
And I'm sorry so sorry
because everything should stop
and I wish it would stop
and wishing doesn't help
nothing helps with this deep drop

what

2.2924 : 05/05/13 : Valve

Too hard to think about
the waking dread
too bad there's no escape valve
in my head
what a circus
what a nightmare
what a trial
I hope it gets better
somewhere out past
the miracle mile

what

2.2923 : 05/04/13 : Goodness' Sake

Why do we persist?
for goodness' sake
although we're sorely tested
harrowed with a cruel rake
when there are no words
but only grieving
for goodness' sake even then
we put off leaving

what

2.2922 : 05/03/13 : Presence in the Cloud

What are we to make
of clouds by day
and fire by night
call that leadership
oh pillar so bright
turned to a pillar of salt
a fate for any who look back
guess where I could find fault
The presence in the cloud so black
twenty in and twenty out
we all search for our promised land
inside the cloud wandering about
in doubt we are in any hand

what

2.2921 : 05/02/13 : What's Good

What's good
sometimes I know when I see it
sometimes I get so jealous
I know I want to be it
Guess it needn't be
long or heavy
and make enough of it
to smash right through
the levee

what

2.2920 : 05/01/13 : Improvise

What's the word
When it's really not there
and you stop expecting change
I never
thought I was best
but I thought I had a little more range
I guess I know
it was predictable
did I think I would improvise
another corner
expecting a door
instead I meet my own eyes
for so long
it's all been improvised
so maybe I just ran out of tricks
but I'm still alive
and look to stay that way
so today I'll kick again against the pricks

what

2.2919 : 04/30/13 : Story (II)

That story is old so I'm killing it
still the page is blank so I'm filling it
When I find the new story I'll be telling it
When I'm not building I'm selling it
I have to share it because it's so fine
I have to claim it because it is mine
I never said it would be accessible
You'll hear it brother if you can spare me a decibel
and when the beat gets hot I'll be pumping it
I'll build my rolling stock while you're dumping it
and at the option call I'll be slaying you
you'll only have ears for what I'm playing you

what

2.2918 : 04/29/13 : Story

It didn't happen
again: why?
did the day
just have no story
and where shall we pack
away all these dull days
how will I go back
to the quarry
and what's the use
of all these blocks I mined
what is it stacking up to?
three days more I say
three days
you'll turn to see
who it was
you're blindly backing up to

what

2.2917 : 04/28/13 : Trash

This trash hand
and me no bluffer
somedays it seems
we're just made to suffer
So take the escape
that comes to light
I haven't given up
but badly need a rest from the fight

what

2.2916 : 04/27/13 : A Pair

Here's a pair
that isn't charming
adversity on how it's harming
my what do you call it
my joie de vivre
And I'd hate to talk about it
So instead I'll leave

what

2.2915 : 04/26/13 : Spider

The cards are different every time
but the hand plays out the same
so should I give up
would that be a defeat to claim
crawls like a spider
rank and file
and there's so much sleep
before I make another mile
Losing's not unthinkable
we're nowhere near the worst case
Failure is always an option
Hello floor remember my face?
crawls like a spider
rank and file
and there's so much sleep
before I make another mile
crawls like a spider
rank and file
and there's so much sleep
before I make another mile
I can pull out of it
and fall back in as well
it's not much of a picture
today it's what I had to tell
crawls like a spider
rank and file
and there's so much sleep
before I make another mile

what

2.2914 : 04/25/13 : The Crowd

I call upon the crowd
to save me from the
shape I'm in
the long tail promises
but our end of
the wedge is thin
I dreamed of bootstraps
yes a
gospel of a better way
It ignores me
like anything
but I'll call on it
every day

what

2.2913 : 04/24/13 : Buried

Has it been buried
in the ground all this time
will I face judgement
stand in the dock for thought crime
I don't know just how
to put a finger on that pulse
and I'm trying to match it up
everyday but it's so easy to ring false

what

2.2912 : 04/23/13 : Hits

What I wouldn't give
to bang out hits
is it just wanting a million
built of different bits
no I'd like to know the feel
at the tip of my pen
to know I struck the lode
that tight hook again
no good with choruses
far too mental
hard to argue
tune and beat are incidental
but I'm no poet
no starmaking machine
and hit or miss I'll do it
and I'll do it clean

what

2.2911 : 04/22/13 : Day On Earth

Just another day on earth
dark and light
death and birth
say mea culpa
but we don't change anything
another day
and what does it bring
hard to believe
but it's all getting hotter
who'll do the time
for the crime on the blotter
I lose sleep over it
for what it's worth
our carelessness and waste of
each day on earth

what

2.2910 : 04/21/13 : Companion

New companion
too interesting to ignore
soon the same will crash the party
being such a bore
but long as the novelty is sound
why not just enjoy it
world has precious little
equal to such
love when you deploy it

what

2.2909 : 04/20/13 : The Hard Way

I enjoyed the fantasy
for a couple of days
Ignoring how it fell apart
In all the same old ways
It's funny how I never
tell the story right
It was dumb but sometimes
it kept me up all night
but I'm sure my numbers
won't come up
I'll wake up to what's left
of the same old cup
From the festival of fools
to the first of May
looks like I'm going to have
to do it the hard way
Oh sure I'll check my math
get all disappointed
feel dumb about the whole thing
get my nose all disjointed
truth be told it's a
pretty sorry plight
and I see I'm going to
get run through it this very night

what

2.2908 : 04/19/13 : Produce

No motivation to produce
denied inspiration, juice
put upon and so repetitive
In this cutthroat world
the product's not competitive
wish to breach the miasma like a whale
oh it would be a heavenly tale
but lacking lacking the true quill
you may not get it now
but someday you will

what

2.2907 : 04/18/13 : Speak to the King

Because of the injustice
that drags on endless
because we can't solve anything
our team will cross
the mountains of madness
this year
we will speak to the King
last year we said
we'd go as soon as the ice broke
we swore we'd get there
by next May
how many times
will we regret we spoke
still we will
speak to the King today

what

2.2906 : 04/17/13 : Unreal

Advice to the young man
who felt all unreal
sometimes it's all in what you know
and none in what you feel
I felt the suffering of not
heeding my own advice
but heard big change was on the way
and you didn't have to tell me twice

what

2.2905 : 04/16/13 : F.A.B.

As if it isn't bad enough
like everybody isn't going to die
As if it isn't hard enough
Like there aren't enough reasons to ask why
If we can't all agree on this
We might all be too dumb to breathe
I can't stand how it all goes on
and I don't know how to fix it either
but I won't back off it one inch
when I say Fuck All Bombs, Fuck All Bombs
the basic answer is a cinch
it's to Fuck All Bombs, Fuck All Bombs
I wouldn't call it my idea
to Fuck All Bombs, Fuck All Bombs
but here's the truth and it may free ya
Fuck All Bombs
we've got to Fuck All Bombs

what

2.2904 : 04/15/13 : How Can I Forget

How can I forget
about Caesar, lucre
How can I forget
about the grind
not the nice grind
the slow malign grind
It's not all in my mind
Why do we insist
On such a hard world
Why do we prop it up all day
Every work day
You may not play day
Why do we believe so much
We have to pay

what

2.2903 : 04/14/13 : This Wet World

This world of constant
falling
the way we can't
get down with love is galling
this wet world
the rain is continuous
I like to see you there
shining prone and sinuous
It would be better
if we all got down
asked for everything we wanted
went to town
it never happens
and the reason's fear
and your head's down
but it's getting
wet and hot in here

what

2.2902 : 04/13/13 : Mere Competence

How in the world
did I turn out to be so bad at this
you know I think
the worst idea I ever had was this
if I just knew how to quit
I deem that'd be the end of it
I read about how
ten thousand hours
makes the difference
and wonder if that
stood between me
and mere competence
won't answer
that tonight
and though you tempt
I will not bite

what

2.2901 : 04/12/13 : Failed

I need a bell bad
because words failed me
or maybe the scenarios
that derailed me
can't go on like this
won't make the nut
I've got no word
for what is turning in my gut
and I've been here before
No doubt of that
felt this rude jealousy
and smelled this rat
what next though
need a real new
all that's failed me
need the real true

what

2.2900 : 04/11/13 : Order

I go about things
in the wrong order
just to prove a point
That ends up leading
down too familiar highways
the devil fails to appear
For a deal at the familiar joint
Where present gets ground into past
Where random meets intent
within this slow unyielding season
with every changing of the parament
and I'm latched onto confusion
like a hoarder
cowering in the shadow
of order

what

2.2899 : 04/10/13 : Inefficient

Been inefficient lately
shirking and whiney
still really fortunate
most of my worries tiny
know there's no use talking
about turning things around
I just gotta bust
and grind for the big sound
still believe in it
though it seems so far off
the other side of many days of toil
this weary debt trough
but I must believe
I will rectify my deficiency
in the cradle of work
and the pursuit of efficiency

what

2.2898 : 04/09/13 : Bleats

The same repeats
how many bleats
will I emit
While I wait
for my remit
not one promise
not one plan
and now I must off to see
a horse about a man

what

2.2897 : 04/08/13 : Rules

The rules constrain
or I would prowl
So I give it up
with a nasty growl
but I keep it locked
this side of the skull
and the hate of rules
eats into my hull

what

2.2896 : 04/07/13 : Struggle

The struggle again
this place, the pen
the hope that just will not fade
dreaming in the sunlight
dozing in the shade
I should be glad for the work
incessant
I should be thankful
about just being present
I should stop struggling
and find my stroke
there is no fate
but my own bespoke

what

2.2895 : 04/06/13 : Demons

Demons and ugly
things they whisper
a witch with a hump
that hissed with a lisp, her
yellow eyes sparking
the hate and the spittle
Believe me you don't want
a tour of my little
beehive wobbling
on my shoulders
bound with iron
full of boulders
Got so sick of the demons
I dreamed of the bomb
a spectacle that
didn't shut them up long

what

2.2894 : 04/05/13 : The Thing

The thing's
no matter what you say
the next day comes
or if not
Well that's an Ess Ee Pee
Sure ask Dee En Ae
whoa you can't: right: see?
Another hero of mine
Cut down just yesterday
torn between raw angry loss
and gratitude
for the shown way
and still pray
Someday
to see and feel, know
that's the thing
my thing, my this not next
my realm where I'll be king

what

2.2893 : 04/04/13 : Duty Sheet

About the only time I
know what I'm doing
when I'm not chasing scratch
or down-and-out boo-hooing
though I might wear
a preacher's clothes
don't want my profession
to be like those
fed up turning turning
In this extreme proscription
tired of the false build-up
please cancel my subscription
I will pine no more
for the big show
I'll humbly line up for my
duty sheet
and quietly go

what

2.2892 : 04/03/13 : Doomsday News

They got a new flu
a missile threat
I'll have to move into a hole
if I don't want to get
the doomsday news
It never happens
except they say it always does
what will be will be
but will it become what was
the doomsday news
they say everything's getting better
or possibly much worse
I guess watching all these signs
is some kind of human curse
the doomsday news

what

2.2891 : 04/02/13 : Spent

I contemplate an hour
not well spent
the mountain looms
I didn't make a dent
and I'm still sliding down
the same old slope
protesting whining
I am such a dope
I can't pronounce
can't even look at it
loaded the oscilloscope
and took a hit
and thought not once
about the coin I spent
can't bear the prospect
and so off I went

what

2.2890 : 04/01/13 : The Lark

May I rise
shall I rise
the hell
do I want to rise
as the lark
a little tired
of the spark
just to confess
seeking something
to express
oh could you not
style me as the lark
it knows its song
it needs no mark
to stand and sing
to be that
I'd give anything

what

2.2889 : 03/31/13 : Wicked Cruel

Apparently I hunger
apparently I thirst
it seems that I am selfish
and always think the worst
of men and situations
and women don't get me started
Apparently I'm wicked cruel
but I protest
I'm tender hearted
It all just came from dreams
and who can account for those
they don't tell me who I am
they can't tell me what I chose
and if the prose of it
doesn't really make my case
still take another look
how can you mistrust this face?

what

2.2888 : 03/30/13 : Blocks

Sure like to push around
these made-up blocks
We want fun in this world
but money talks
Soon we'll all pay in coin
that isn't there at all
and heaven knows
what goes before that fall

what

2.2887 : 03/29/13 : Game

I can get caught up thinking
how heaven could beat the heat death
but before I start that spiral
think I better take a deep breath
and try to focus on
not letting all drift on the same
As clearly it is time to up my game
It means going slower
and taming all distraction
hearing out the critics
working harder getting traction
most of all ignoring fantasies
of easy victory
the game is up oh mind
and no more will you inflict on me

what

2.2886 : 03/28/13 : Solipsism

Maybe everybody
will have left by when
and if it's even still around
who knows what
will happen then
the perils of solipsism
thought I was
a stand up guy
well some days all we get
is getting by

what

2.2885 : 03/27/13 : The Chamber

This is probably not the way
I don't know the way
I know it gets redundant
I don't know what else to say
Sometimes I just want
to slack it all
from end to end
stuff the shell in the chamber
and hit send

what

2.2884 : 03/26/13 : The Excuse

What's the excuse?
just want to feel
hot, nice
time of my own
so small
everyday life
so little spice
do I need an excuse?
Heaven knows I sacrifice
but still there's consequence
but still
there's a price

what

2.2883 : 03/25/13 : Spring Thaw

I turned over so many leaves
You thought I was an autumn day
but in the spring thaw oh baby
You'll learn about my hidden way
While this djinn that dogged me all
my life was napping in the gloom
I unearthed the all the secret works
I'd wrought out in the upper room
for this meal that you waited on
my cup raised in remembrance
for those I couldn't say goodbye to
I hope someday I'll have the chance
to say hello in other realms
though my wish is absurd to some
I hold it as a wisdom tale
from my spring thaw to kingdom come

what

2.2882 : 03/24/13 : The Virtual

Up too late exploring
the virtual
the master said
seek and you'll find
so search you will
another day
if there's a dollar
hey surprise
but it felt like an
adventure
so I'll cope
and not despise

what

2.2881 : 03/23/13 : By Numbers

By numbers it's disgusting
and it tells no lies
should be we could beat it
but it's beat me damn my eyes
I see where it's leading
feel helpless as a leaf
drifting in the aimless torrent
so much lost of what's so brief
try try try not to think on it
and all my friends in even deeper
this is the harrowing that's driving us crazy
the merciless numbers goad awake the sleeper

what

2.2880 : 03/22/13 : Dun Dun Dun

I am ready to
dun dun dun
oh
You know I know you know
When I'm going to feel it
and that's when I say
I am ready to
dun dun dun
kookoo kachoo
and a little bit of
sweet
I could stop
anytime that I wanted
I am ready to
dun dun dun
dun dun dun

what

2.2879 : 03/21/13 : Whirlwind

Couldn't have been just
a dust devil no
I know a whirlwind
I know it just so
When physics makes God's stylus
descending from the wall cloud
You never did nothing
That You didn't do it loud
that answer kind of looks like
Can you shout above this?
That answer kind of sounds
like "hey you really kind of
take the piss"
little man what
you got to say for yourself now
He stood his ground
so it's to him I bow

what

2.2878 : 03/20/13 : Job

You'll see how I mean to rhyme it
if you push and probe
it's just a notion that's
been rattling 'round my frontal lobe
everyday I'm dodging
every dart you lob
Dear what the hell is
supposed to be my real job
why don't we all get born
with a golden ticket
an instruction manual
to lead us through this thicket
Oh I know about the book
but let me whisper in your ear
nobody can agree on it
down here it's just not clear
to put it cleanly down
I'm plain perplexed
I even dare to wonder
if the answer's to be found in text
and if your plan for me
insists I truly rise above the mob
I'm going to need a sign
that points to something more than just a job

what

2.2877 : 03/19/13 : What's My Name

What's my name?
foundering, dissolving
don't I wish
no this thing that's revolving
So weary trying to deem
if my fate is my fault
if I could reverse fortune
with one frontal assault
hating having this feeling back
what's my name?
the one who wasted waiting
daydreaming
of the ship that never came

what

2.2876 : 03/18/13 : Ever the Same

If I'm never the same
is the river still a river
if you gave to that one
are you a take back giver
if you take it from me
like candy from a baby
is just everything change
nothing ever the same maybe
and is that your game
can there be a point in that case
all random flux
and no winning that race
am I off the hook
I'll be gone in one minute
talk to who's next in line
tell that sap to begin it

what

2.2875 : 03/17/13 : The Test

Is this passing
or failing the test
should I have waited
until I could do my best
or is that what this is
well look at me
So deep and wise
way into the moment
and look you can
believe your eyes
everything will change
my structures will
get screwed up royal
I hope to hell when
it's all done I can
say I was loyal
and just forget about
the rest
never knowing if
I passed or failed the test

what

2.2874 : 03/16/13 : Math

Name the price on
what they claim to be a
magic bullet
I can't afford it so
I guess stuff more crow
down my gullet
And if it's not my answer
guess I'd have
to eat the cost
Meanwhile it doesn't take a cent
to moan and wail
the cause is lost
and I am just attacking
how I scorn
a mundane path
one way or another
help or no
I've got to do the math

what

2.2873 : 03/15/13 : The Glimpse

The Glimpse into the past
reveals too much
the principle of cycles
my clumsy touch
100 just reasons
to throw in the towel
the plow, the sword,
the telephone and the trowel

what

2.2872 : 03/14/13 : Easier

Insist you try another yoke
easier, lighter
You don't have to prove to me
I know you're a fighter
hate to be insistent
but you're hard to slow down
this can be collaboration
If you don't make it a throw down
take it easier
the world won't founder
you will heal faster
if you be still and don't flounder
I know it's hard for you
I know it in my wrists and feet
but even as you rest
this work in you is being made complete

what

2.2871 : 03/13/13 : Unlimited

Try to believe I am unlimited
try to believe in my wealth
Superabundant
am I making it
hell I'm not even faking it
try to believe
that I'm not simply redundant
You'd be hard pressed
to convince me there's a reason
these days I'm doubting
there's even an explanation
just a bunch of stuff that reacts
all breaks down to lifeless facts
this ball of wax
you couldn't call it a creation
Say there's strength in weakness
say the unlimited
lurks in the small
I'd love to believe
but I'm begging for reprieve
because I can't find the end
of my limitations at all

what

2.2870 : 03/12/13 : Feelings

When you can't stand
the feelings no more
or bear to think
about what's all in store
What else to do
but relent, retire
pray heaven deliver
me from the wire

what

2.2869 : 03/11/13 : Breaking

Ready or not
there is a breaking point
a real thing
not some abstract joint
Can't seem to put my finger
on my values
what I really believe
do I have any
vision of life
is purpose a thing you receive

what