2.3294 : 5/10/14 : Resolution (Endless Axis 27/500)

The resolution

the superabundant

So right here

So now

not one hair redundant

with no special effort

without

further ado

plenty and to spare

enough for you too

the realization

it's all one

full stop

we all stop waiting

for the needle

to drop

and get on making

our own new sound

and that first note

will astound

what

2.3293 : 5/9/14 : Axis (Endless Axis 26/500)

How can I complain

What should I fear

as long as I'm on the axis

there's always a here, here

can I get a hear, hear?

thank you sir

thank you madam

why you're all so dear

nobody makes it out

So if that's okay

the axis of full meaning

pierces every day

and if I never saw it

but for a minute or six

well it's enough I showed up

and its the Axis that picks

what

2.3292 : 5/8/14 : Early (Endless Axis 25/500)

Go down early

what else

in this book

the dull and

mundane sells

nothing wrong

with an early

night

might even make

a thing or two

go right

what

2.3291 : 5/7/14 : Negative Space (Endless Axis 24/500)

Yay upbeat prose

Yay outline I'm drawing

negative space around

this plank I'm sawing

not quite a snapshot

of the inner state

but that's kind of the point

and it's sincerely great

yay for the shattering

of superstition

yay for refinement

of this moral mission

I put this to you

if the pith's unspoken

am I lying?

Is the contract broken?

what

2.3290 : 5/6/14 : Chased the Ghost (Endless Axis 23/500)

5 years you chased the ghost

did you ever believe

did you ever really ask

did you wait to receive

You hold five in your hand

change unimaginable

And ghosts must pass uncaught

You must slash down the flash and babble

but it's all right to say

everything's going to be okay

and if you chased a ghost

strange to say you did more than most

what

2.3289 : 5/5/14 : Cinco (Endless Axis 22/500)

Hey you hey Cinco

hey what you thinko

don't know the history

me too a wistful tea

but I can party

true like a smarty

true clean and moral

but I won't bore y'all

But hey let's cinco

enjoy your drinko

worth celebrating

I'm recreating

the plan the big one

number cinco son

what

2.3288 : 5/4/14 : Whatever (Endless Axis 21/500)

Whatever comes

to my hand

neither bold

nor bland

that is

enlightenment

perfectly ordinary

sometimes

sheer ecstasy

sometimes just

bored and scary

I've got to work it

One way or whatever

I'll never

solve it all

oh no not ever

it started long ago

it won't end tomorrow

and that's about all the

transcendence

I can borrow

what

2.3287 : 5/3/14 : Plan (Endless Axis 20/500)

I have a plan

it's going into effect

a long shot any high

roller would respect

I have a dream

far off still

but coming clear

come Monday

we'll see some

changes round here

what

2.3286 : 5/2/14 : Cliff (Endless Axis 19/500)

So wonderful to see this cliff

this canyon this precipice

I needed a project a challenge

you know the drill it goes like this:

you just need to climb

friend

You'll come to a sublime

end

and one day at the

right end

of a monstrous legal spliff

I'll reminisce

that it all started out

at the cliff

what

2.3285 : 5/1/14 : Anthracite (Endless Axis 18/500)

The choicest black

still dirty as hell

I tell you I'm a mix it

I'm a ring a bell

And pull the whole thing

down to a pool of light

behold the real

this is the anthracite

There are some stones

you just can't make come clean

Thankfully

we port our glee

onto a virtual machine

Where we write the rule

to suit the fugue most golden

we only pay to play

and are to none beholden

what

2.3284 : 4/30/14 : With the Heat (Endless Axis 17/500)

You can pack a whole day

into just three minutes

live your life

hold sway

so glad I could

begin it

Attitude turned out

to be

precisely nothing:

an artifact

and I stuffed

three minutes taut

with the heat I packed

what

2.3283 : 4/29/14 : Tremble (Endless Axis 16/500)

This joint's so sweet

it makes me tremble

tremble

try to act cool

try to dissemble

but I can't

I saw a rock

become a fountain

who's counting

my tremblings stopped

my fire is mounting

so listen to this rant

I'm going to get sweet:

Sweeter

make you tremble

to the beat

repeater

Not ever going to stop

Until you're all

rocked out

then I'll tremble

reassemble

and spout

what

2.3282 : 4/28/14 : Thrill (Endless Axis 15/500)

The thrill's still strong

and here's the moment

of the spark

Sure it's brief

but what a flash

and the thrill:

hey what an arc

what

2.3281 : 4/27/14 : Good News (Endless Axis 14/500)

A spell the driest

Hell just made the pie

the highest

and I'm really

looking forward to the good news

I'll act surprised

but it's just sweet how I surmised

that I was ready to start drawing down

Because I have paid all my dues

what

2.3280 : 4/26/14 : The Light (Endless Axis 13/500)

I'm so glad the light's

so very far away

I've got years and years

of it getting closer every day

I'm so glad I took

that awful awful cup

And let you tip it up

I know it's going to turn up

though I lost all faith

that's a gracious paradox

ho hey, yeah thus sayeth

You've heard enough I'm sure

And I say free from fear and spite

leave me to my pining

staring patient at the distant light

what

2.3279 : 4/25/14 : Cheese (Endless Axis 12/500)

Maybe it only 

seems it's going rotten

maybe it's

turning into cheese

maybe it needed to

sit a long time on the shelf

maybe unwrapped

it will be fit to please

I wrote a tall order

a very tall tall order

an almighty

delivery of cheese

hey don't you know

fulfillment is my business

this aroma's

going to bring you

to your knees

what

2.3278 : 4/24/14 : Exact Directions (Endless Axis 11/500)

Discovery is nice okay

the revealed country

the new day

but for those velvet

insurrections

It's nice we've got

exact directions

for the origin of word

the disposition of light

for the precise manner

which I'm a rock you all night

it felt so fine to be sure

So powerful to know

I was backed by such an army

all just waiting for my go

what

2.3277 : 4/23/14 : The Report (Endless Axis 10/500)

We're all going to

get together

so said the report

I'm working on my

attitude

So I bite off

a blithe retort

Show me where

to sign up

show me where

to stand

as long as there's

still a promise

as long as there's

still a land

what

2.3276 : 4/22/14 : True Brilliance (Endless Axis 9/500)

I began

I was so amped

I didn't notice it

you know

this is the prime

this is the bespoke shit

Behold I am

the thing that God

kept for himself

You motherfuckers

screwed it so

He took me off the shelf

I'm here to fix your bust up wagon

here to clean your clock

If you never saw

true brilliance

you're in for a shock

the real joke is that

I'll pass you all unseen

but when the dust

is settled oh

you'll sure see

where I've been

what

2.3275 : 4/21/14 : Sun (Endless Axis 8/500)

Plenty of sun

and none

of promised storms

and twined through all

the patterns, forms

promises of better days

not knowing how

not ends or ways

but in the sun

I thought of one

up the raised sash

and treasure from trash

and spinning every

straw man to gold

and the end of cold

what

2.3274 : 4/20/14 : No Fooling (Endless Axis 7/500)

No fooling

life's been kind

and so much I deem dark

was only ever

in my mind

if the road seems steep

the destination uncertain

well we're still rolling now

and still

no sign of final

curtain

what

2.3273 : 4/19/14 : Imminent (Endless Axis 6/500)

Feeling amazing about

imminent collapse

this whipping party

we'll all sing to the straps

I love an edge

I love a narrow strip

defeat on either side

and the losing of grip

the rhythm bangs

like a two-stroke engine

and the back of my

skull unhinging

chalk this one up

to dancing on lines

cross my fingers as I

tiptoe amongst the mines

what

2.3272 : 4/18/14 : Get Into Now (Endless Axis 5/500)

All this projection

all this futurist suggestion

I can stop dodging the how

I can get into now

nowhere anywhere

but here

nothing at all to fear

but fear

it's all turning out

beautiful

all children bright

and dutiful

all wives of stainless

purity

all comfort, love

security

and this pen

looks like a prow

and I'm right here

into now

what

2.3271 : 4/17/14 : Of Seven (Endless Axis 4/500)

One of seven

of one of two

in a minute I will know

in a minute I will know

exactly what to do

sure at last

confident

surging past

all ghosts of the past

nothing mystic

just firm intent

by main force

the column finally unbent

save the world

or get rich trying

hit it so right

I'll leave you crying

what

2.3270 : 4/16/14 : Than Done (Endless Axis 3/500)

So much easier

said than done

that's all right

because saying is such fun

no harm in saying

it's at least a start

and so I say

come what may

I'll play a part

what

2.3269 : 4/15/14 : Eclipse (1) (Endless Axis 2/500)

Said things would clear and they did

are you starting to believe yet kid

not magical not serendipity

to have missed it would have been a pity

Saw the eclipse one night and late

the mists that occlude heaven's gate

I said I know it all will clear

and so it went and so now we're here

saw the shadow start and creep

worthwhile to keep me from my sleep

saw it redly full occlude

and then I was one happy frood

And cast off all the previous scripts

now happiness will all eclipse

what

2.3268 : 4/14/14 : Unreconstructed (Endless Axis 1/500)

What's that sound you hear?

Rubber hitting road

I am the teacher I appear

Boom! Your head explode

before this unreconstructed

warrior of light

I slapped a meter on

I've just 500 endless nights

I'm ready now

Oh I'll make each one count

haypenny, sou

now there is no amount

too small to matter

too small to help

this life's rich platter

this stark owl's fierce whelp

Endless Axis: 500 Days of Light

brought to you by the Parliament of O.W.L.s

what

2.3267 : 4/13/14 : Miss America

Am I going to Miss America

Honey was it ever there

truly I'm not going nowhere

But maybe it's going to get

pulled right out from underneath me

Dear miss the bliss you bequeath me

What's next it's a cloudy mirror

Future might even surprise me

America you might arise free

what

2.3266 : 4/12/14 : What It Is

thinking my way through

what it is

the parable

the mountaintop

the hers and his

never bought a ticket

but this ride I'm on it

and despite it all

I still do really

care doggone it

what

2.3265 : 4/11/14 : Magical Thinking

Magical thinking

doesn't help a bit

the need's extreme

this age is plain unfit

I am become catastrophe

blind and random

whoever's got the keys

should be forced to unhand them

oh but by whom

and into whose hand?

No glory be here

and no promised land

I promised I'd look up

that I would dream brighter

it's a hard row though

I am yet still a fighter

what

2.3264 : 4/10/14 : Long

Art is long

and I waited half my life to start

maybe it's only two fifths

that might be the scary part

the primary role model

was an abandoning fuck

and there's no much point to a row

when you've only got one duck

oh at least at least

it's not saying this again

better remember small favors

every time I need to count to ten

and another and another

is running long

you might think I'd go obvious

to you I say blong!

what

2.3263 : 4/9/14 : Heavy

Metal raining down

rocks and logs too

forsake history

before it flogs you

bounded by atmosphere

and gravity

What else heavy

can we throw in the cavity?

glass chunks raining down

Steel as well

we've every capability

to make this world a living hell

Why do we go heavy

so easily?

Why don't we have a better plan

than what will be will be

what

2.3262 : 4/8/14 : Gimmick

Every gimmick

every slogan falls down

there's no deus ex

no way out of town

So I guess we just see

and roll with whatever

pray for a pivot

and a place to ply my lever

what

2.3261 : 4/7/14 : Change Everything

The only way

to change everything

is how you look at it

and is that anything

many mystics

gurus and sages

kneeled at many hours

turned many pages

What I hold in my hand

I'll open, release

you can't change a lot of things

but every day you can seek peace

what

2.3260 : 4/6/14 : While the Tea Steeps

While the tea steeps

before the mission creeps any more

I'm going to place a bet

on you and me

If it gets a little old

If I may be so bold

I'll wager another

one day we'll get out

and go free

I'll dodge that hammer

if I end up in the slammer

just a figure of speech

it won't come to that

What I've got a fingertip on

like a mask I'm going to slip on

that which I can both do and teach

is tucked right under my hat

what

2.3259 : 4/5/14 : Quieter

Get quieter

get meeker

get humbler

be only a seeker

always loving

always kind

rise above this

struggling mind

always comes back

snapping striving

too many years of

just surviving

If I could be that kind

would I see clear

ask me next week

I'll still be here

what

2.3258 : 4/4/14 : Crowned

Under the circumstances

I should be crowned

I should be knighted

and well renowned

this is no coddle

for the creative heart

and yet I persist

and each day new start

Oh I know no guarantee

Oh I know its own reward

is it my comeuppance for some future life

hanging hoisted on my own petard

give me faith to believe

just for a single week

give me to hold on one more year

draw the veil and grant me just a peek

and I will go

wherever you might say

swear to me just swear to me

I'll get there by this May

what

2.3257 : 4/3/14 : Of Songs

Of songs I'll say

no more beyond

I only wished to shine

and forge a bond

we're all alone

spinning in the dark

and as noted this

is no walk in the park

And lately all I hear

is the market floor gongs

it sounds like hell

it sounds like a killing floor

of songs

what

2.3256 : 4/2/14 : Threats

Stressing threats

stressing losing bets

Dwelling in every

hasn't happened yet

Dwelling on disaster

the dark age

I'll say no more of threat

I'll turn a page

what

2.3255 : 4/1/14 : Transfer

Noon to midnight

the transfer fails

I better turn it in early

despite lost trails

the first station

is lost in the mist

and the past

is a velvet fist

I am beseeching

no idea to whom

with no hope to avoid

the decline

nor the tomb

but if it's not now

I better make this next transfer stick

and I'm not yet clear

so you better stand back when I kick

what

2.3254 : 3/31/14 : Mid Day Shift

Read about it

never found it again

two magic hours

every day renew and then

life intervened

for maybe 19 years

had some laughs

sure had some tears

but today I recall

and mean to reach and grab it

deep down I still believe

it's just a matter of habit

what

2.3253 : 3/30/14 : Higher Purpose

I'm kill this poison

with stronger poison

how'd I get

so smart

there's no such thing as

a higher purpose

there's no such thing

as art

there's such a thing as

getting my end in

you better all

watch out

I gave up looking

for my higher purpose

I'm on a tear

a rout

I'm kill the stronger poison

with lord high

ultrapoison

I'll seed it in

the clouds

oh how I'll laugh all

immune and furious

watch it rain on

the crowds

what

2.3252 : 3/29/14 : All Exits

What about this hell?

All exits

no destination

Say nothing matters

what on earth

is re-creation?

We shout our questions

into a deep hole

No echo:

And every exit with a stiff toll

what

2.3251 : 3/28/14 : Poleaxe

Unship the poleaxe

lay me flat

I want to check out from it all

just like that

no indecision

no dissertation on facts

just promised peace

carried on

the whistling of the poleax

what

2.3250 : 3/27/14 : The Decision to Fast

The decision to fast

and all it entails

try to transcend this plateau

of freaks and fails

hunger is a medicine

and anodyne a sauce

contrast for those getting soft

and and antidote for loss

what

2.3249 : 3/26/14 : Sit In Silence

What's wrong with the question

is that the question

is there something wrong

with that question

Shut up and work for a while

only a suggestion

shut up and sit in silence

and when you come on back

a while hence

I'll ask you

what was wrong with the question

is it that the only answer

is not this?

between the mu and the wu wei

and lacking a receptacle for pot piss

anyone could be forgiven

for being confused

Still the easy answer offered

was refused

what

2.3248 : 3/25/14 : Recover

I need a day to recover

form the shock and disappointment

only kidding

the affliction

just required

some tea and ointment

only kidding

we were slightly ill

and plus the same old same old

and I ought to chase

that bitter pill

before its trail gets

too cold

what

2.3247 : 3/24/14 : Money Tree

It comes around again

a bad card

I got a bad card tree

yeah it's hard

I got an it's hard tree

It's metaphysical

the way we make things hard

sure makes me quizzical

tonight I'll have a feeling

that I've had before

I'll shake the money tree

and hear a slamming door

there was no doorway there

just in my mind

Still looking for a way that way

I must be truly blind

what

2.3246 : 3/23/14 : Chances

I lowball bids for cheap chances

as the mind descends to dances

with the grim mechanics of

inevitable removal

from the mortal plane that we all face

if I knew the time I'd pick up the pace

and get over my standing

and the seeking of approval

my fate's for sure the pure and mundane

I can't seem to corral my brain

though golly how it

still wants to believe

and if I'm playing crazy chance's game

I best transcend the same old same

and get behind

the very best I can conceive

what

2.3245 : 3/22/14 : Lobby

Who do I hire to lobby

what's the coin

is there a society

I need to join

these barracudas

these greedy sharks

circling to take a

bite out of us marks

who do I hire to lobby

on my behalf

where to apply the influence

where to spread out the graft

do I pay up with silver

will 30 pieces do

or could I skip the lobby

take this one straight to you

what

2.3244 : 3/21/14 : Paint a Picture

Paint a picture

with light with words

with a certain

13 tones I heard

I put this to you

we're all bound for dust

and maybe sooner than we think

so while we can paint we must

I went looking for wisdom

and I found a lot

I went looking for an answer

and got put on the spot

paint me a picture

said the Lord most high

I said you'll see how I do

for I am such

a stand-up guy

what

2.3243 : 3/20/14 : As Long as You Believe (TWoB 11/11)

They'll howl to hear me say

it's the secret to doing

anything yes anything at all

one word: believing

As long as you believe

you can do anything

drive a race care paint a picture

get on stage and sing

Anything you believe you can do

When you believe strong enough

if I shout it out on the corner

if I sing it long enough

and they'll try to shout me down

let's see you fly they'll say jeering

I had to laugh as they faded out

and I saw my teacher was appearing

As long as you believe

you can do anything

drive a race car paint a picture

get on stage and sing

Anything you believe you can do

When you believe strong enough

if I should it out on the corner

if I sing it long enough

what

2.3242 : 3/19/14 : There Are No Mistakes (Only Happy Accidents) (TWoB 10/11)

Hard to believe

what with terrible things

but then again if

you're to believe anything

not exactly planned

certainly not all good

not a bit of easy but

the thing we understood

is that there are no mistakes

only happy accidents

and so we paint the sky

and so we make the firmaments

so we make this majestic roof

fretted with golden fire

so make our magic non-mistakes

and so each day inspire

what

2.3241 : 3/18/14 : If You Want the Bad Stuff Watch the News (TWoB 9/11)

Let me summarize my views

as one who's paid his share of dues

As species as a race

We've got the ability to fix this place

We've got the talent and the good heart

We've got the knowledge we've got the art

and that's me that's just my own views

So if you want the bad stuff watch the news

if you want the murder and catastrophe

if you want the war and misery

I'll be down here sawing this old harp

Maybe Pollyanna but the brain's still sharp

billions of hearts are ruled by love

Whether there's anything below, above

We've got all that we need here and now

Follow our heart and you will find out how

Get on my level leave the bad behind

get on my level get into my mind

You won't get this skill in the daily link

You'll get so blissed you won't know what to think

what

2.3240 : 3/17/14 : Beauty is Everywhere (TWoB 8/11)

Beauty is everywhere

So I went forth without a care

You've got to take time to sit and stare

because you know beauty is everywhere

You know that beauty is in the sky

Eyes up and beauty won't pass you by

You know that beauty is in the trees

Oh won't you stay with me beauty please

the mountains and the twining springs

all of the flying and creeping things

the sea especially in the clouds

So get away from the smoke and crowds

Beauty is everywhere

So I went forth without a care

You've got to take time to sit and stare

because you know beauty is everywhere

what

2.3239 : 3/16/14 : Clouds are Very Free (TWoB 7/11)

Clouds are very free

and oh how

I wish it were me

float above it all

leave life behind

eternal free fall

Sometimes fall in rain

no worries in it

no failure or pain

always rise again

reform

free in wind

in sun in storm

what

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

This is your world

do you believe it

To make of what you will

the clue did you receive it

There's a lot of us

ho hell a lot of us

can we share all this

possessing

are we marching

or regressing

still it's your world

not there or then

but here and now

it's either sword or pen

I chose my weapon

long ago so now I see

I was waiting on a signal

and you gave it me

This is your world

do you believe it

to make of what you will

the clue did you receive it

what

2.3237 : 3/14/14 : Let Nature Make You Happy (TWoB 5/11)

We better damn well

try to keep some

We better start now

boy we're gonna reap some

industrial whirlwind

rain on the cement

Better keep your green space

Better pursue that talent

there's compensation

it's not all hair shirt

there's peace in tall trees

there's join in clean dirt

let nature make you

happy and show it

We better damn well

keep some and grow it

what

2.3236 : 3/13/14 : Talent is a Pursued Interest (TWoB 4/11)

No such thing as talent

I heard that one somewhere else once

From someone else altogether

enough said from this here dance

Only the desire it's suggested

and the pursuing it

talent is a pursued interest

yeah no fate no born to this kinda shit

What's your interest then hey

What's got you on the hooks

see it like a deep wondrous dream

and make that chase one for the books

what

2.3235 : 3/12/14 : You Need Dark to Show Light (TWoB 3/11)

Said you need dark

to show light

You know that one

kept me up all night

Sounds like an excuse

like a riddle for a fool

Sounds like a copout

Yet it still sounds true

evil isn't good

black isn't white

Even so you need dark

to show light

Someday to understand

how it all works through and through

given the circumstances

I suppose you really do

what

2.3234 : 3/11/14 : Everyday is a Good Day (TWoB 2/11)

Try missing a few

so to speak

and so you knew

that somehow no matter how dark it could play

Every day is a good day

Either we're in this

or we're not

can't always pick the time

or choose the spot

but we can always try

we can always play

I dread being put to the test

but insist

every day is a good day

what

2.3233 : 3/10/14 : The Wisdom of Bob (TWoB 1/11)

I love your voice

and I love the way you paint

if the results were not always my cup of tea

it's not a bit of a taint

to the joy to hear the telling

and the wisdom of Bob

and how you laid it all down

each day you did your job

what

2.3232 : 3/9/14 : Sick Again

Tricked again

so likely getting

sick again

oh which thoughts

to pay heed to

the quiet said

are there any that

you really need to

what

2.3231 : 3/8/14 : Scrape

Scrape something up

call it the daily portion

keep your trap shut

it feels like pure extortion

You may be right art boy

not a soul cares

prepare for the hater's smack talk

and cold stares

scrape a little paint away

it's a nice effect

Scratch a little highlight up

and do you expect

there's some meaning lurking up

in the metaphor

here's a mirror here's a plate

here's a barrel here's the door

what

2.3230 : 3/7/14 : No Wolf

Not rough not mean

not full of myself

keep most of my masterpieces

on the shelf

big talk and flash

not a game I can play

No wolf

but I get up and grind

anyway

one day maybe found

make a documentary

condescending of course

if a bit complementary

but the treasure I took

from the suit with the hooves

beat a thousand day reign

as the king of the wolves

what

2.3229 : 3/6/14 : Midnight on the Slabs

Midnight on the slabs

cracking jokes

making rough grabs

eased a little

but it's still all bad

and I can't bear to think

about the notion I had

what

2.3228 : 3/5/14 : Post-Cliff

I am post cliff

on the treble clef

I am amused, bespoke

bereft

I ran out of letters

So it's plan whatever

I can't take ten more years

I better get it together

walk with me baby

and talk me down

I got a mean desire

to blow up this town

with wild talk

and cliff shenanigans

I thought we were past

all that you hooligans

give it to me straight doc

will I ever reach the def triff

Will there be a warning

as comes the next cliff

and post cliff

anything but a splat

leaving me to fit

nicely in my own hat

what

2.3227 : 3/4/14 : The Cliff (2)

I guess running

into the bottom of the cliff

is better than

flying off the top

Reminds me of a book

a long time ago

a magic lion

that long slow drop

Once upon a time

I knew how to tell a story

What happened to me

anyway?

it went over the cliff

When I was thinking about

tomorrow

yesterday

what

2.3226 : 3/3/14 : The Cliff (1)

Good god

and you slide off the cliff

oh for a good book

and a little spliff

Whatever tomorrow meant

yesterday

You get it?

It doesn't matter

anyway

what

2.3225 : 3/2/14 : Circles

Drawn circles around

five hundred things

Show me the measure

of he who sings

when the chips are down

and the hammerfall whistling

Does it matter

can I be him

with the grasping

and the thistling

I can't commit

to the tale I want to tell

I can't get the singing right

So I just yell

another dumb bad venture

round the bend

Sing a circle round it

and full charge the dead end

what

2.3224 : 3/1/14 : Five Flavors

Five flavors

on your emotional tongue

I'm sure you're familiar

with this or that one

Fear anger

joy and disgust

you maybe heard there was no other

but believe you must

can you name my

favorite number five

it'll haunt you

every day you're alive

I know it will

but will not whisper a word

but give me a wink

So I'll know you heard

what

2.3223 : 2/28/14 : Twist & Turn

No matter how

no matter how

no matter how we twist and turn

the future comes

the future comes

and how it comes none can discern

And but a few

oh but a few

come to it as their own true home

and many here

many now here

will meet it nourishing the loam

if it's my day

it will be someday

I will not fret I will not fight

I will not twist

I will not turn

I'll raise my head embrace the light

what

2.3222 : 2/27/14 : Dice

throw dice

or flip coins

thoughts no guides

the throng it joins

scatter stalks

a turtle shell

been here before

oh hey oh well

better than

the oh the woe

the feelings come

the feelings go

the thought I had

didn't last a day

and what he thought

he'd never say

what

2.3221 : 2/26/14 : Inner Biome

I'm not the ruler of

the world inside me

I can't regulate

my inner biome

there's no answer on

the vast electric reaches

there's no answer in

any ancient tome

we'll probably hand

the worst of us immortality

we never could

make commerce work

with common morality

as so above

as so below

inner reflects outer

and both are laid very low

what

2.3220 : 2/25/14 : Covet

Everyone else's

how'd I dream of starting

too busy to covet

too busy regarding

I have to start

believing my own thing

rejecting all my own fear

that it's a bird has flown thing

what

2.3219 : 2/24/14 : Pins and Needles

Pins and needles

hammers and tongs

my q's are spitting p's

and I've got poems and songs

And once again

I'm calling this shit day one

fill it full of pins and needles

and sell it by the half ton

what

2.3218 : 2/23/14 : Plain Dealing

Put on my stone

no once can say he didn't try

I'm not alone

I'm hardly trying to claim I'm some special guy

I just can't decide

if I'll very be okay with if it's all for naught

I just can't decide

what I might do if I knew I wouldn't get caught

the spirit is willing

but the flesh will never be immortal

the piper's billing

and there's only one escape portal

and I've a feeling

I'll have to settle for a lot of could have's passing me by

but it's plain dealing

and nobody can say I didn't try

what

2.3217 : 2/22/14 : Rectify

Greed

lust

envy

and spite

so unenlightened

so little right

Every turn

another flaw

to rectify

at lest there's

plenty to stay busy

as the days fly by

what

2.3216 : 2/21/14 : Misdirection

I'm hip to my

vandal side's trick

the misdirection

it's a vile schtick

that works too well

my weaknesses

I fear I'll never

reach my peak princess

maybe the distraction

serves a higher goal

soon to reveal the magic trick

the flowering of my soul

what

2.3215 : 2/20/14 : Work Like Hell

I like to eat

I like to ring a bell

I like teevee

I like to work like hell

bred in the gristle

scratched in the bone

I can never finish nor leave it alone

Your recent deprivation

has been awfully cruel

this modern life dishes up

some damn thin gruel

bred in the gristle

scratched in the bone

step back girl when I hit it

you will glimpse the throne

not a glance backward

not a minute more

it's on it's on

get naked on the floor

rip back the flaps

show me your beating heart

better shade your eyes

baby here comes the art

what

2.3214 : 2/19/14 : Pin

I can't put a pin in

what I'm feeling

So step away

half awake

am I dreaming

it's so easy to say

no I'm certain so certain

but in another day

I may face the music

and I just can't stay

what

2.3213 : 2/18/14 : Discovery of Coal

We picked and mined deep

for the black rock

the hottest heat and how

we took stock

all we could do

and to fire our goal

we wrote the book

on the discovery of coal

fire in the boiler

build a head of steam

Watch as the flywheel kicks

and starts to scream

the powers that we have

as yet to tap

this crazy castle's wings

that start to flap

what

2.3212 : 2/17/14 : Pricks

Pricks assail from every which way

I keep kicking but they're not going away

I'd symbolize nine tenths of them with one sign

Something like an S with a double line

Yet still I contemplate no great escape

too bad my ship's made from boxboard and tape

confess sometimes I fear the pricks will fade away

do too good bluffing this weak hand I play

what will I kick at then what will I fight

get left alone with just myself all day and night

night and day after day I ask just the same

can I even give this dilemma a name

is it really indecision is it dimmer tricks

or am I just rolling to escape the pricks

what

2.3211 : 2/16/14 : In Defiance

Am I still in defiance

has it sunk below the surface

One the path of self-reliance

what's my present sense of purpose

If I knew that my story

Would everything just fall in place

God not another word from me

not one expression on my face

let's change directions

in fact let's jump right off the tracks

smash up this hallway of reflections

get so small to slip through the cracks

unnoticed unregarded

hell I only need a little scratch

defiance goes not unrewarded

pass it by I'll hoe my own patch

what

2.3210 : 2/15/14 : Fear

Overcome indecision

overcome fear

can't get more ready

will you just appear

The easy explanation

there's just nothing there

the fear talking sure

but I got nothing to compare

except all things outside

and the measures don't book

and that's probably the end

I'm probably caught on that hook

what

2.3209 : 2/14/14 : Not Perfect

Not perfect

but we try and push on

since you seem disinclined

to get a burning bush on

I'll have to be my own

prophecy

give me a minute

I'm sure something

will come to me

what

2.3208 : 2/13/14 : Circular

It's all feeling a little circular

maybe I'm feeling

like the biggest jerkular

Maybe for once I

can decide not to force or rush

sooner or later some

source I tap has got to gush

what

2.3207 : 2/12/14 : Upgrade

Time to upgrade the operating system

man that sounds great let's do it everywhere

To just sweep away the clutter and conformity

Listen to the roaring crowds the trumpet's blare

Wow can the great be reflected in the small

You know I sure could stand to be optimized

Probably both sides would still get trashed in every forum

Probably I wouldn't really be surprised

Who do I think I am some damn messiah

might as well ask for a million bucks

but while I try to cultivate the aloof attitude

can't help but give a thousand fucks

at every turn this world resists the mighty upgrade

every woman yes and every man

Gosh I just think it sounds so great in every way

I just don't think I'll ever understand

what

2.3206 : 2/11/14 : Janus

Two faced idol

I just can't decide who to trust

maybe can't neither

maybe it's all

an automatic bust

but it's no secret

I got a pile of work waiting

and hell or high water

there's no more time

for hesitating

what

2.3205 : 2/10/14 : Clutter

Will I ever get a leg up

on the clutter

the muttering the

stutter of the

not quite start

am I set up to

accept those joyful terms

across the plains

have I got time

for chasing art

for all the time

spent in quiet

it's been a steady diet

of chattering

a little like a monkey

little cluttered

little junky

Still I dream of

someday shattering

what

2.3204 : 2/9/14 : Hammer

How crazy must I be

to think I'm going to

dodge the hammer

Imagine standing

speaking clearly

but I stammer

the shadow's fallen

over me

the whistle of descent

And I still think

I'll pull a slipaway

I truly must be bent

what

2.3203 : 2/8/14 : Taste

Sweet or bitter

I'm no heavy hitter

but if I say so

I've got a little case

Sure there's no accounting

how little I'm amounting

no and can you

read the toll on my face

what I imagine constructing

or so I'm instructing

oh the beams and berms

it's been scratching in my mind

always a little behind

Since I heard about

a life on such joyful terms

what

2.3202 : 2/7/14 : What Lies Buried

Getting furious

while I meditate

is this a joke

maybe I'm doing great

work it all out

get some air to it

Some days I don't know

whether to stare or shit

Want to vomit up

every poison thought

boy what lies buried

is a juggernaut

ready to erupt

at the drop of a hat

another effort to empty

goes splat

and what lies buried

is a life's work

and sometimes hell

I just feel like a jerk

what

2.3201 : 2/6/14 : Jack of All Ports

No signs, no visions

no relief in any superstitions

Yet it seems that you

refuse to sell me out

impossible, invisible

every day fearing the rout

craving routine

and so out of sorts

fed up with the charge

to be jack of all ports

is this an adventure

or aquatic train wreck

is this terribly clever

or a shambles in dreck?

what

2.3200 : 2/5/14 : Real Magic

What if I can't stop wanting

real magic what then

get used to disappointment

oh well oh well again

there's always a million

things and only time for ten

and never any real magic to help

oh well oh well again

we get by despite

at least until we don't

we can believe despite it all

like a child at least until we won't

close your eyes and wish

and look at once nothing will happen

except the same old same old

oh well, oh well, oh well again

what

2.3199 : 2/4/14 : Extent

Extent isn't

everything

a comfort when there's

such a long line

of bells to ring

there but for the grace

uh oh

here we go again

still a long time

coming, let me

show you history's recycling bin

what

2.3198 : 2/3/14 : Trouble

Challenges

a nice word for trouble

careful what you run from

when we're sifting through the rubble

oh how we'll wish

to be back right here

Small chance of that

So sell your present

troubles dear

what

2.3197 : 2/2/14 : Event Horizon

Just like that you killed the

event horizon

So many lovely things

I had my eyes on

Was that the moment

Where the dark spot was born

and now I know it

Where am I going to blow my horn

You mean to say you've never read

or even saw my great Obscuro

I meant it to go viral man

You know I was so sure, oh

I guess at last I'm going to

have to go and roll my sleeves up

It's a dirty job but

Someone's got to sweep all these leaves up

what

2.3196 : 2/1/14 : Shatter

Don't take on problems not mine

got enough pins to scatter

don't take on someone's smoke

don't dream about shatter

Never let me practice my art

So I must pick up another

trust it will blow in on the wind

trust the spirit the mind's mother

what

2.3195 : 1/31/14 : Honky Tonk

A little of that solo

honky tonk guitar

while you pretend at

better progress

but know really where you are

and when they bring in

that high wistful

violin

you get knocked

back again

The past looks like

a lot of open spaces

but that's a trick

not true

but I've got to

learn something from it

Catch a different view

of tomorrow

of its space

the dark suspicion

it's in front of my face

or twining in my ears

a honky tonk refrain

Oh there I go again

what