2.3483 : 11/15/14 : Institution (Endless Axis 216/500)

I strike a blow at the heart

of all fear and discord

I'd say it was a good week

and deserving of a good word

Show me the rhythm of

the next great revolution

show me the foundation of

a persistent institution

Give me a sign anyway

that the time's right to raise the shout

I just want to start a quiet movement

to form a mob and throw all the bums out

Found this institution for

a modest goal, say 500 years

hope this sick society is ready

When the fog lifts, and the teacher appears

what

2.3482 : 11/14/14 : Crowns (Endless Axis 215/500)

Sure I'm mistaking

moons for fingers

Kings for crowns

and songs for singers

would you believe

I'm all about the bright side

have to call it a good week

well despite the slight slide

will there always be despite

will it never shine clear

resign myself to fate

maybe somewhere, not here

still throw over

all second guessing

get out of all mad quick

and trust somewhere's a blessing

what

2.3481 : 11/13/14 : Falter (Endless Axis 214/500)

The falter and the false step

by now must have a bad rep

but the recovery is all

Don't call it a fall

The bastard and the bad breaks

I'm kicking I've got the shakes

they called it a bad habit

raze it to dirt and half slab it

to make it really rain witches

don't guess my rhyme save nine pitches

please when the pivot comes don't let me falter

despite it all there's not one thing I'd alter

despite myself I'm filled with hope

mouth full of soap, upslope with enough rope

what

2.3480 : 11/12/14 : Phase 10 (Endless Axis 213/500)

Back to square two

pray I'm not stuck again

'Most 15 years

dreaming about Phase 10

feel stupid, bespoke iconography

believe me

this ain't hagiography

I wish I had a little more time

to sit and think about phase 10

work is better but it's not so shiny

and there's sure a couple

things I wish I could do over again

If I could get back inside

sure it would destroy the mystery

maybe just a fool constrained on all sides

jumping up and down

to insist he's free

But hey we're on square two

Can't deny it's progress

work more relax

chin up complain less

hey that kid, 28

don't cut him up so hard

he got us here in his way

he played his card

what

2.3479 : 11/11/14 : Replicate (Endless Axis 212/500)

Must replicate

screw it

it's a date

put my money money where

I've been blowing

hot air

Reproduce

the result

add enigma

to insult

I'm not backing off

no sir

So to the pot

I go to stir

what

2.3478 : 11/10/14 : Understand (Endless Axis 211/500)

I understand now

and tomorrow will be different

I'm haunting a past of mine

like a back channel revenant

A lot of things won't change

Won't or can't who knows

come hell or heavy weather

I'm knocking down the rest like dominoes

The answers sure aren't in

these old picture trips

but it'll do to burn the last hour

or so before I raise this sunk ship

what

2.3477 : 11/9/14 : Harmed (Endless Axis 210/500)

Harmed early in

is there any chance at recovery

oh please be this time

find I'm still on

the voyage of discovery

oh be the end

of denial and regret

and every thing

I couldn't get

what

2.3476 : 11/8/14 : More Art (Endless Axis 209/500)

Many things can happen

the horror and the hope

Pray for more art

and a wider scope

Maybe just need to

relax and dig in

And vow to push hard enough

to fit this peg in

If I made a real vow

What on earth would I unseal

What's highest and holy

or unquestionably real

Open my eyes wide

and ride it without fear

believe believe believe

that way at last will be made clear

what

2.3475 : 11/7/14 : The Great Wheel (Endless Axis 208/500)

Something is beginning, again

This angry doubt a devil's hand

trying to steal my pen

Oh how have I forgotten so much

how to move with you

turned within and out of touch

now that I reject

the deck the arcana

no choice but faith

but without the mana

Was it before or after

the party, the line changed

to if you don't work you don't eat?

If I could only find

the light, the easy yoke

if I could be resigned

just another spoke

the great wheel

used to believe in its sweep

but then I thought in the end I'd get a good seat

It isn't this it started a while ago

not exactly asleep

and for sure I didn't know

If you forgot you just have to relearn

at least the lesson isn't

complicated: turn turn turn

what

2.3474 : 11/6/14 : Live By My Wits (Endless Axis 207/500)

I need out quick

so what then

trying to live

by my wits and pen

or am I trying really

don't get me started

a hard spell

worn out, downhearted

I've been letting

the axis down

feeling left behind

in a mean town

one light I'm 

giving up the dumb dreams

I'll help you in a minute

but my eyes are full of beams

what

2.3473 : 11/5/14 : AM HERE (Endless Axis 206/500)

The back burner wasn't on

and that pot's stone cold

and I've got a real clear

picture about getting old

still the week is almost young

and the list is long

you think you know what's coming next

I won't tell you that you're wrong

but you are not right and

your scheme didn't work

lottery day's done

and so much for team berserk

I've been a long time coming

and the cost's been dear

but you better make room

because I'm here

I got fire on every station

strange I still got friends

and the strange situation

Is that nothing really ever ends

that was the lesson

of the first big goodbye

and it's true there's little chance

less than half of everything's a lie

what

2.3472 : 11/4/14 : Electrosurf (Endless Axis 205/500)

I need this

hiss

shuffle

swell swell

spill over

roar

white noise

crush poise

And I start

to chill in the electrosurf

I need to find

my gratitude again

to be here

Somewhere clear

of the shilling

and the astroturf

Where was I

Oh yes

crash roar recede

low thrum

deep hum

then

sifting sharp

and fine indeed

what

2.3471 : 11/3/14 : No Heart (Endless Axis 204/500)

No heart

no faith

no stomach

for this round

Oh boy

for sure

I'm going

to get pound

down

to the meat

laid flat

count ten

Heaven help

me and

I get back

up again

what

2.3470 : 11/2/14 : Proper Start (Endless Axis 203/500)

Do everything right

for a change

but a proper start and me

still seem to be estranged

and the answer's not here

and there's no there there

and I try to play it cool

but I really really care

look high and low

to science philosophy and art

trying like hell to track down

one proper start

what

2.3469 : 11/1/14 : Thankful (Endless Axis 202/500)

Give unto me

to live as I dream

be a superhero

Solo no team

I don't need to be

or do everything

just need my personal

flying wing

eighth treasure

of the ancient

and the lost

Someday will reclaim the art

but oh at what cost

better to keep it special

Saved for one special guy

excuse me while

I kiss off and fly

skip the middlemen

money invention power

make the simple

peasants' hearts soar

See the wicked cower

Standing on my wing

no lines, red tape

Skip the middlemen

Skip straight to the escape

what

2.3468 : 10/31/14 : Thankful (Endless Axis 201/500)

Be thankful for this

be thankful for that

but for the below belt

hit you slipped

into a tipped and cocked hat

but I don't say anything

I'm all bows and smiles

thank you for all unknowing

and a thousand dark miles

what

2.3467 : 10/30/14 : Inevitable Ring (Endless Axis 200/500)

Numbered seven

for sure treasured thing

blush at the cliché

the inevitable ring

strangely it seems

inactive, inert

curiously behaves

as if its dull as dirt

well except at times

it swirls as if reflecting clouds

and a cloth drawn through it

spun silk from shrouds

and the people who all owned it

ended dead or mad

and yet everyone who sees it

tends to want it bad

and no one knows what it's made of

and it changes size

and when I slipped it on

I swear I felt a thousand eyes

what

2.3466 : 10/29/14 : Conic (Endless Axis 199/500)

Scaling an ascent

up a pentatonic

treasure six

is brass and conic

large bore small bore

meet in the middle

the interface is

a transcendence fiddle

polished flat

rubberized tip

Devilish invention

for the trip city trip

we suspect it's

truly one of a kind

referenced as a siphon

or snorkel for the mind

what

2.3465 : 10/28/14 : A Lost Date (Endless Axis 198/500)

Realized I really

had a lost date

in my mind

nothing remarkable

just a side

turning quickly left behind

think of it

a moment

it's dim,

doesn't shine a bit

better to

bear in mind

I'm so much better

shut of it

what

2.3464 : 10/27/14 : The Break (Endless Axis 197/500)

I'm going to

boil it to the break

but I don't let it

boil over

Spot the moment

and I get it

this break

could have made

a god almighty mess

but I'm just

so adept

got a fine touch I guess

and now it

it's all going to

flow like buttered silk

and go down

so easy

like a cold glass of milk

When I set the thing

and pitch it

to ferment

I bet I'm bound

to forget where

all the hard time went

what

2.3463 : 10/26/14 : Horse (Endless Axis 196/500)

Bring to my hand

this day's doing

for the sake of

this king's horse

I'm shoeing

this bloodless battle

for the soul of a nation

or a nation of soul

or a permanent vacation

As to why the ones who

Could stop working don't

As to why those who could

will my comeback won't

I don't need none of that

just a horse to ride

the work to my hand

and this day most glorified

what

2.3462 : 10/25/14 : When All Else Fails (Endless Axis 195/500)

Deep doubting change

well what then

the more things change

sure the old saying

If belief is not

enough and I'm sure it's not

If the attitude and

work is really all we've got

and if it all might

as well be on rails

remind me what I do

when all else fails

change is constant

but is anyone driving

is there more than

tropism in all our striving

set doubt aside

we all got our patch

and time eventually

gets game set and match

but I'm taking

this one home tonight

It won't last

nothing does

and I guess that's all right

what

2.3461 : 10/24/14 : Awful Glad (Endless Axis 194/500)

Draw up the light again

If none mind me

but the mad

Another beautiful day

happened anyway

and I felt

awful glad

I heard out all the

doomsday claptrap

the pressure cooker

the bleeding flu

I'm not giving up

no I'm not going anywhere

I'm sticking to

you girl like glue

what

2.3460 : 10/23/14 : Roll (Endless Axis 193/500)

Seems to roll

to never stop

grows on its own

I reap each crop

waiting for

the feedback build

Surely this time

my crew

my guild

Wrong partisan

the one unwanted

This seems to roll

but ever stunted

what

2.3459 : 10/22/14 : (If 4,460 Trees Fall in the) Forest (Endless Axis 192/500)

The toil of eleven years

far into the twelfth

the forest appears

Sometimes seeming

as a treasure isle

sometimes a brooding

and festering pile

I'm so far in the trees

I can't even see it

However much I said

I would bring it, and be it

And things I put off

till the hammer was whirring

the thick and long-

neglected pot I keep stirring

Is it pleasing? are you

not entertained

Will you curse and shake

your fist for being detained

dare I dream

one day you might stand up

maybe a million

and raising a hand up

what

2.3458 : 10/21/14 : Utter Silence (Endless Axis 191/500)

However will you

write a tune for

this one

At some point

did you utter silence

missed one

got out

and got in your ear

You can't resist

Pretty soon

everybody's

got to hear

I make 'em way too short

Oh William Martin

But I get to

dream for free

no matter what

there's more thing

that'll never happen to me

all the more

to get on

with what I'm starting

what

2.3457 : 10/20/14 : Feedback (Endless Axis 190/500)

Noise drowning

the positivity

resolution

many

possibilities

no sense of

imminent solution

gotta

get up anyway

gotta hit it

hammer and tongs

fast and easy like

a thousand days

easy

like another thousand songs

what

2.3456 : 10/19/14 : Bad Skeptic (Endless Axis 189/500)

Had be been a

bad skeptic

listened to emotion

heard the spirit

as it hovered

over the chaos ocean

His story

an inkblot

everybody

bring their baggage

ignoring how

it's all talk talk

ignoring

it's all cabbage

what

2.3455 : 10/18/14 : Bellows (Endless Axis 188/500)

Reminiscent of a bellows

none can say why

plain silver tube

one notch there by

the tapered end

no other feature or mark

the great fifth treasure

the whistle

of boatswain Clark

great ships it called up

pipe drone agents around

but these days

blow or pull

it emits not a sound

but it's said at the right spot

in just the right hour

When the frequency calls

the lost note

will speak power

what

2.3454 : 10/17/14 : Pouring (Endless Axis 187/500)

Forgive my

buzz phrases

but oh this new normal

every specter

it raises

can only step back

can only breathe deep

can only count my blessings

and try

to get some sleep

what

2.3453 : 10/16/14 : Pouring (Endless Axis 186/500)

Raining

so it's pouring

pretending

my spirit's soaring

pretending

I'm really wroth

really I'd like

to end you all

like Yog-Sothoth

No strength

to spin that

yet the axis holds

I guess I'm in this

till the whole plane

folds

never doubted

guess that's

my silver strand

now give me

a fucking break

now dial me up

a band

what

2.3452 : 10/15/14 : Easy (Endless Axis 185/500)

Be so easy on yourself

is your magic fortune

for today

I heard you

got hit hard a little

I transmitted

a lot of easy

without delay

Some will laugh

laugh with them

Some will push

you don't have to

resist them

we fade so easy

always reappear

I'll be back baby

I'll always be here

what

2.3451 : 10/14/14 : Word Salad (Endless Axis 184/500)

Probably not a poem

certainly

not a ballad

not epic

not sacred

just a plate

of word salad

praying for

relief

release

and one sweet

flare to drop

pray for hooks

like sickly sweet

bottled French

screwtop

what

2.3450 : 10/13/14 : Lethe Sphere (Endless Axis 183/500)

Black mirror

sphere

before my eyes

and letting

me reject

augury

laugh off this

fog you see

and smile to forgetting

Fourth treasure

oh sphere so kind

press it to my temple

and read/write

this mind

what

2.3449 : 10/12/14 : Purgat Pond (Endless Axis 182/500)

In for another

correction

in he purgat pond

Guess you like to

bring me closer

Really guild that bond

I guess it could

be worse

it really really could

Guess though too

I would't say

that I would call this good

what

2.3448 : 10/11/14 : Moratorium (Endless Axis 181/500)

Declare Moratorium

three day cease fire

to prepare

to go under

to recover you inquire

do I think something will

come different

the other side

nobody knows

my guess would be

it'll be the start

of a long ride

what

2.3447 : 10/10/14 : Wait and See (Endless Axis 180/500)

Reduce

subtract

to the

Smallest light

the minimal

joy

one second

delight

What can we

make of a

moment

Wait and see

next one's

for you oh

aristocracy

what

2.3446 : 10/09/14 : Hand of Faith (Endless Axis 179/500)

My own hand of faith

buried below

I still remember the

first time I saw snow

Where is my

treasure laid up

at this point?

and will I

wreck it at the joint

there were other words

they were forgotten

the ears of faith

stuffed with wax and cotton

but on the bright side

this skeptic hand still scribes

And I'm still one step out

in front of

the running tribes

what

2.3445 : 10/08/14 : Weight (Endless Axis 178/500)

Have at the weight again

rather rail against

the ordinary span

or one's position

on the line

better than years

chasing the anodyne

or lucky tokens

or augury

Well one is not

such an old dog you see

Has got more tricks left

than Fillmore Slim

and the weight

has yet to press the life

from him

what

2.3444 : 10/07/14 : Pierce (Endless Axis 177/500)

Pierce this vile

reservoir

the final time

I put a thousand

words

on that dime

Where acquiescence

stops

the unshakable cops

and if you'll

be my partner

maybe we can

beat the odds

defy fate

defeat hate

and mix it with

these lesser gods

what

2.3443 : 10/06/14 : Returns (Endless Axis 176/500)

The moment

that returns

the interest

it earns

I put my head

to rest

no impulse

no test

what

2.3442 : 10/05/14 : Left Alone (Endless Axis 175/500)

To not have been

left alone

despite everything

for which I must atone

To have been sent

such a grace

will explain well enough

the smile upon my face

what

2.3442 : 10/04/14 : Trilemma (3) (Endless Axis 174/500)

What would not break

What could not bend

watch this trick

that plain: transcend

I wouldn't call

myself a God

but upon Mt. Olympus

well I get a nod

You'll end up thinking

that you made me up

You just kept drinking

but I drained the cup

What did you expect

a pillar of fire

hold up a minute

and I'll lay it all out

for you to admire

what

2.3440 : 10/03/14 : Trilemma (2) (Endless Axis 173/500)

To call it that

would be insulting

to crazy people

here's the church

baby yeah

here's the steeple

here's the narthex

and here's the nave

back up

I'm going to try to behave

I like a triptych

heaven and hell

and here I'm in the middle

mad ringing this bell

if it sounds

a little bent

blame this column I'm leaning

blame the usual book

and this

damn quest for meaning

what

2.3439 : 10/02/14 : Trilemma (1) (Endless Axis 172/500)

I've been a liar

up to now

up to now

I've cut some

corners

I'll allow

but if you

think that's all

there is to me

I'm going to

laugh at your face

When you see

the moment that

came seven

years ago today

You can believe me

when I say

what

2.3438 : 10/01/14 : Glass (Endless Axis 171/500)

Heaven knows

what I was thinking

hell if I know myself

And not much

inspiration here

have to pull

another bottle from the shelf

And you could go

around around

Sing that cycle

live dull

but just

I heard about this

fountain and

my glass is but

half full

what

2.3437 : 9/30/14 : Blast (Endless Axis 170/500)

Damn and blast

I didn't cast

the curse off

You know I think

last time

I had a worse cough

meant something big

brilliant and flawless

look at me

running unprepared

and lawless

what

2.3436 : 9/29/14 : Joyful Noise (Endless Axis 169/500)

Grace of joyful noise

geese, then trains

Such seasons

Such old salt in the veins

of sounds

the fire to be their magician

to be an artisan

to become a musician

In all the world

On every stoop

my betters make a joyful noise

escapes the better coop

the oppression of

the clanging gong

lift up their vigils

and may their nights be long

what

2.3435 : 9/28/14 : Choice (Endless Axis 168/500)

The gift of choice

oh raucous voice

the force descends

What comes? Depends

Better angels

moment's fire

a brief escape

belies the wire

the harsh that seems

to go both ways

and sure to haunt me

all my days

what

2.3434 : 9/27/14 : Brevity (Endless Axis 167/500)

Thankful for

brevity

and respite

hopeful for

Something new

the best fit

none will be hit up

no will hear

and I'll never tell you

who really did appear

what

2.3433 : 9/26/14 : The Bitter (Endless Axis 166/500)

For this strange spirit

that lights my limbs

From unremembered

till the last light dims

confused by all misery

but still fighting

still the spirit flows

Still lighting

the lesson in father-loss

Each day a gift

each day a toss

time's truly come

to discard the bitter

don't get so hung up on gold

you ignore the beauty of the glitter

what

2.3432 : 9/25/14 : Choice to Thank (Endless Axis 165/500)

It went like this

Sleeping late morning

Dreamt of a fight

Dreamt of Rick

The fight was lost

Rick was drunk and laughing

I wasn't well

but I didn't know how sick

So I made a choice

to Thank you

for all my lucky stars

And it flowed over me

Water on Mars

Expansion's not

next century's kick

The colonial urge

it's every dirty trick

We've got to be

about reclamation

and packing

Oh how I'll give thanks

when I feel my million

Stacking

what

2.3431 : 9/24/14 : The Slip (Endless Axis 164/500)

Short odds

biased selection

Pining for Big Dice

To bless a

new direction

Hold on

wasn't I

already on this trip?

Saying

tell me what to do

to the Slip

No answers in the

Old Tomes

Books of

my days

And even a

Double nickle back

Hits some haze

And still the Slip

burns bright

shines behind my eyes

Whispering

all the other

Slips

were lies

what

2.3430 : 9/23/14 : Insight (Endless Axis 163/500)

Once I thought the happy

Saprophytes would

shine a light

Vegetable allies

and the search for

insight

Now I've just got

inward gaze

thought and silence

passage and days

I don't

miss

the trial by ordeal

and I'm thinking

very soon

I'm going to feel

a rising

illumination

in relation to the insight

What once was far

a little closer

revealing itself

remaining bright

what

2.3429 : 9/22/14 : Gratitude (Endless Axis 162/500)

Try not to get overwhelmed

by gratitude

I found the key

to rewriting

my attitude

Such a long list

of blessings

I've only got

So much time

I can spare

a minute more though

get real quiet

Until the chime

what

2.3428 : 9/21/14 : Nothing (Endless Axis 161/500)

Nothing left but

the divine supply

Never said I was

a standup guy

but all things

considered we made out

a day will tell

what the next one's about

but me I'm all about

this stellar tone

will lift up

every heart

and all old failing

will atone

what

2.3427 : 9/20/14 : Everything (Endless Axis 160/500)

Everything will

always go right

I knew it all day

and all night

the seeming and

the feeling weren't real

So everything

was great

but I didn't know how

to feel

what

2.3426 : 9/19/14 : Remember (Endless Axis 159/500)

Something I decided

to not remember

and of course

forgot why

Not about the time

I felt so sure

If I held a certain thought

I'd surely die

Something I neglected

that felt too strong

that seemed too much

a dream

Now have no choice but

to resurrect 

transect

dissect the stream

what

2.3425 : 9/18/14 : Plenary (Endless Axis 158/500)

Called out endless

not knowing half of it

we love our superlatives

least I can get a laugh off it

we love infinity

forever and boundless

do we dream of a world

plenary and groundless

And that's inside me

despite the frail flesh

And that's a small flower

yet can keep a day fresh

Still holding on the axis

though it's been a hard rail

that I'm bound to

that I'm bound on

but it might make a fine tale

what

2.3424 : 9/17/14 : A Master Class (Endless Axis 157/500)

Said dear teacher do appear

I haven't learned a thing from fear

Inside I'm not just an old dog

Inside I'm not a cog

I don't want to go back to school

be measured by that rusty rule

It seems I'll never find that tool

but don't give up

I'll find my way, I'll find my way

I'll find my way, I'll learn today

Opportunity is knocking now

It's not a brass ring it's a plow

be careful what you wish for you know

and don't give up

So no one really got a pass

the real ceiling's lead not glass

And anyone who wants to can take

the master class

I'll find my way, I'll find my way

I'll find my way, I'll learn today

Endless notebooks endless books

Stealing endless dirty looks

at soft flesh in the next seat

then thousand miles behind those feet

And if I'd had more courage, spark

If I'd laughed or blessed the dark

I'd trade this life and never know

There's just no tracing how things go

And none of it's even a blip

You're only ever on one trip

And someday every veil will rip

So don't give up

Despite the pain that kept me up

Despite the hole in my full cup

I'd rather create than disrupt

And won't give up

I'll find my way, I'll find my way

I'll find my way, I'll learn today

Still think it's a worthy trade

a little love I made that grade

If it's a game we still all played

And don't give up

First day of the Master Class

Spin and drop in early fall's grass

Find the ring that's gold not brass

If I don't give up

I'll find my way, I'll find my way

I'll find my way, I'll learn today

We'll find our way, We'll find our way

We'll find our way, we'll learn today

what

2.3423 : 9/16/14 : A Decision (Endless Axis 156/500)

A decision

while weak and suffering

a little hedging

little bleak and blustering

will come

the joyful surprise

from it

a miracle tree shall rise

what

2.3422 : 9/15/14 : A Deal (Endless Axis 155/500)

Break it like a deal

hey can you

feel me

If money talks

they dropped

a shockwave

They're spilling ink

just let me

think I

guess I can't relate

I guess it's

great, so

Cross the

dotted line

It's a fine

thing by me

everything gets owned

we all

condoned it

what

2.3421 : 9/14/14 : Interstices (Endless Axis 154/500)

I can jam

the whole transformation

through

the interstices

May think that sounds

too good to be

true

Yeah well sure it is

keep it

Spontaneous

limber and brief

I take your

status quo

vanish it just like a thief

what

2.3420 : 9/13/14 : Tribute (Endless Axis 153/500)

Tribute written in

water with a finger

On a black counter

some dusky bar

Imagine you saw him

young man the singer

impossible farther

away man far

the letters fading

like every dream dries

Searching for traces

suddenly afraid to lose

missing the point there

the fear always lies

and still there's a moment

Still you have to choose

hey old man I wrote a tribute to you

I dreamed about you singing in a mall

If I could remember

that's probably not true

but you looked good up there

suit sunglasses and all

what

2.3419 : 9/12/14 : Proof (Endless Axis 152/500)

I gave you the evidence

every subtle proof

that I truly care a lot

I'm not aloof

What are you asking for

flesh or blood

Or time or obsession

or my face down in the mud

The still small voice

that says I got it all wrong

the silence within silence

says I only want your song

I only want your song

I only want your song

despite how everything appears

want you to sing it all night long

The way that it's all set up

proof just never exists

A fact that each one fights with

that everyone resists

There's no end of knowing

of wonder of belief

The day I ceased my fighting

good heavens the relief

what

2.3418 : 9/11/14 : Forgetting (Endless Axis 151/500)

Forgetting is our greatest gift

our saving grace

our daily lift

the arrogance of every age

thinks that it writes

the real first page

I dreamed a bridge

point a, point b

it can't enter reality

Every what was

becomes what's not

I had a point

but I forgot

what

2.3417 : 9/10/14 : The Party (Endless Axis 150/500)

Two oxen a handsome goat

I could recite every delicacy

of the party by rote

Voices rising throughout every crowded room

It's bright here inside

Shut out the gathering gloom

for my life I can't recall or maybe

never knew the theme

I know I never wrote this guest list

how many eyes

oh how they gleam

It's not really my party

I'm here just the same

and voices unfamiliar

and how they call my name

I'll end up in the corner

dreaming of when I'm free

Turn it into art I fear

no one will ever care about or see

When that tray goes by again

I'll snag myself a drink

never felt like I belonged here

but who cares what I think

what

2.3416 : 9/9/14 : Swift (Endless Axis 149/500)

We all pray

that the healing

will come swift

We all pray

that the man

won't spot the grift

If anything

makes sense at all

it's a high wall

have I gotten

any better

in the meantime

Should I dig a

hole for it

dust it with quicklime?

are solutions

Coming swift

until then

I may just drift

what

2.3415 : 9/8/14 : Strike (Endless Axis 148/500)

Where the strike shall land

Where the strike shall land

Where the strike shall land

Where the strike shall land

strike hour

Called the magnificent one

Struck for things so brief

Yet still so

recently begun

Extent is not a measurement

of meaning or worth

Still I'm going to need

a little extra time

because I'm about

to rock the whole earth

how many points

does a sphere hold

what if we went in

meek not bold

Dazzled every keeper

with the shine of gold

In the other hand

the spike

the movement

the moment

the strike

what

2.3414 : 9/7/14 : To Break This (Endless Axis 147/500)

To break this

a shift in perspective

or attitude

or maybe a detective

or beatitude

or maybe both at once

a sort of

noir Jesus

to roust a clue

for this poor dunce

poor sinner

of faith: little

poor little here

poor little there

poor jot and tittle

to break this

Swept all

to the floor

throw this mind

wide open

shouting

more still more

what

2.3413 : 9/6/14 : Posse (Endless Axis 146/500)

I got a posse

silent

hidden

but I just know they'll

come when

bidden

I bide my time

cause I got

indecision

next time I

call though

I'll have

x-ray vision

what

2.3412 : 9/5/14 : Had It (Endless Axis 145/500)

Had it for a minute

well it slipped the hook

hey so I know it's out there

One day I'll make book

Drop another line

no waiting to begin

One day very soon

You know I'll reel it in

what

2.3411 : 9/4/14 : Feed (Endless Axis 144/500)

Say fed up

like a bad thing

well it's strong food

hey I can cop

a cheery aspect

even

in a bad mood

The feed was on a drip

All day it's

sip sip sip

And now the

tank's full

and oh hell yes

I'm thankful

what

2.3410 : 9/3/14 : Pass (Endless Axis 143/500)

What will pass next

has it all been

in my head

Am I keeping up

the axis

did I miss it

in a book I read

or did I miss

the book

watch the wrong

show

I'm off the axis

but this will pass

as well I know

what

2.3409 : 9/2/14 : Automatic (Endless Axis 142/500)

Proceed the automatic

that won't

launch the revolution

I'd have to be

crazy

to think

I could write up

the solution

Prepare to get crazy

turns out

you're the chosen one

better rock it up

because

your day's begun

what

2.3408 : 9/1/14 : A Hundred (Endless Axis 141/500)

A hundred callings

mostly dumb as dirt

Most likely one says

I'm a lose my shirt

Trying not to take

anyone else down

Somehow I never knew

this is a mean town

the friend that called me

for a bad loan

my axe my amp

Yeah ought to atone

my dad's banjo oh surely

long gone

heads up old pal

this is your last song

Wait for the call

I wrote my own self

a rolodex

left on the top shelf

a number I never

Knew I had

when it picks up

I sure will be glad

what

2.3407 : 8/31/14 : Lift Up (Endless Axis 140/500)

Could just call

on the lift up

just could call

the thing the full cup

a thousand refrains

that sound the same

but somehow in the pitch

find I'm still in the game

getting banged around

in the America

beset by pods

and their generica

a thousand refrains

that sound the same

but somehow in the pitch

find I'm still in the game

what

2.3406 : 8/30/14 : Chunk (Endless Axis 139/500)

It was you

that told me of the bleeding chunk

It was you

that showed me of the muse called monk

And you're still in this thing

not thrilled

but such is life

the routine unfinished

business

Such as with which

this bloody joint is rife

tried to do it every day

I do it none

Getting by with nobody

my myself

one

Another bloody chunk

pass just one test

I put the period on it

toss it up on

with the rest

what

2.3405 : 8/29/14 : Halt (Endless Axis 138/500)

So hey still tripping

traipsing along the track

still wishing still hoping

Still planning

Still adding to the stack

Still careful what I'm

wishing for

maybe too much

to a fault

You got to keep it in perspective

Someday

all things come to their halt

And that's not bad news

no I'm not scared sir

nothing's perfect

there's no guarantees

but then I never asked

to be spared sir

You asked after an update

I've been better and worse

seems I'm always dreaming

a stage with no time to rehearse

but I won't be complaining

I won't raise a fist

As long as the halt's not been called

and I've got a very long list

what

2.3404 : 8/28/14 : Uncouth (Endless Axis 137/500)

Wait in the silence

listen very hard

for a sound of soft calling

or a turning of a card

believe the pain has purpose

the package is complete

a little more rest

then an hour of planning

then I'm back on my feet

I cast the die

like Caesar in the breach

cast off the fear that

maybe I can neither do nor teach

there in the silence

I'll ask only what truth is

turn my own card once more

get on with this uncouth biz

what

2.3403 : 8/27/14 : A Holograph (Endless Axis 136/500)

Another day

no small promise

no guarantee

no, no day

comes from us

they just appear

some saying

it's all a holograph

what that could mean's

not clear

to me so I

guess I'll close

the paragraph

what

2.3402 : 8/26/14 : Half Day (Endless Axis 135/500)

Make this half day

where this path diverges

where such ungodly

harrowed splitting merges

seeing in the fever dream

three decades maybe more

let this escape plan be in store

seek the vibration

that will activate

the passageway the lights

it's not too late

count out minutes

to make an about face

this wealth superabundant's

cluttered up this space

I find the third treasure

its case lined with cork

this thing that holds the aspect

of a tuning fork

mark here my branching

here to drive the spike

grasp the thing lightly

then a firm clean strike

what

2.3401 : 8/25/14 : Trio (Endless Axis 134/500)

The trio

of a decade

had been released

spared a platitude

of an era

deceased

found a deck

of images

few and brief

Proof

time's always flowing

whatever your belief

what

2.3400 : 8/24/14 : Soft Hammer (Endless Axis 133/500)

I extend the

halt because

the soft hammer

is coming down

hey maybe next time

maybe I'm due

for some luck

in this town

what

2.3399 : 8/23/14 : Write Off (Endless Axis 132/500)

Thankfully

a write-off

is due

another day

I'll bite off

and chew

Another day

no lie

it's a feat

the write-off I

should imply

is no defeat

what

2.3398 : 8/22/14 : Hold It (Endless Axis 131/500)

Hold it inside

like a treasure

surely flower

beyond measure

bite it off

like the sweetest treat

Surely the work

of transformation

will be

complete

what

2.3397 : 8/21/14 : Delay (Endless Axis 130/500)

Delay the master class

to accelerate the learning

that all things pass

even this humantide

this run-up age

something post-primate

will turn the page

Still sadly hung up

on dominance

still bad at dealing

with governance

but I confidently foresee

and it makes me feel great

We either gotta rise above it

or else deep time

will wipe our slate

what

2.3396 : 8/20/14 : Hits (Endless Axis 129/500)

The clockwork got buried

in a ten thousand year hole

It's time I lost all track of it

inside the surge to goal

and revelation comes not whole

but in bright shards and bits

but I hoard up all these pieces

and you'll know when my version hits

what

2.3395 : 8/19/14 : I Can Work With This (Endless Axis 128/500)

I can work with this

because I'm so gosh darn resourceful

always positive

never ashamed or remorseful

surrounded by bright sides

and surprise rainbows

bursting with joy

and my ecstatic brain glows

my what a pile

sure a shower of bliss

why don't apologize

I can surely work with this

what

2.3394 : 8/18/14 : Consequence (Endless Axis 127/500)

This fear

anticipation of consequence

of one sure outcome

in a world that seems

to make so little sense

but hey

big question mark

you're not here

and there's a day to occupy

so it would appear

I hanker for a miracle

not afraid to admit

I wouldn't call it

expectation

wishful thinking

is the least of it

but this overwhelming

sense of a work undone

and still the feeling

that round a corner

a new thing will be begun

what

2.3393 : 8/17/14 : Dry Spell (Endless Axis 126/500)

When you see

what I've stacked

in the vault

You won't fault

me anymore

for the dry spell

If you knew

How I came

through everyday

you would say

nobody could do more

I'm going to

get a little  loose

get my flow

maybe throw

down and

raise a little hell

the vault fills

I make a point

of never feeling

anything's enough

It's not a bluff

I've got the deep stuff

what

2.3392 : 8/16/14 : Make Luck (Endless Axis 125/500)

I'm making the pessimistic list

I'm going to make luck

I'm leaving no stone unturned

I'll give that stone's throw a quick duck

May not know how just yet

Still in free fall a while

but when I see my move

believe I'll bust it out with style

Many are called

but few even dare pick up

You will be mystified

when I work my next trick up

the luck I make this time

will be built for three decades

And you will see its banner long

after this day's fame fades

what

2.3391 : 8/15/14 : Down (Endless Axis 124/500)

Down and out

but not for the count

quite yet

We're all in line

can't sit out

have to bet

not much left

to throw down

and then what

you'll see I'm

still in the game

I'll get my cut

what

2.3390 : 8/14/14 : Econo (Endless Axis 123/500)

No excuse I know

not to wind up

not to throw

No idea of a target

the ghost says so?

you can go real slow

and you can jam Econo

what

2.3389 : 8/13/14 : Serene (Endless Axis 122/500)

Become serene again

this setback

does not mean an end

And for the ones

I couldn't assist

What is refused

I can't insist

not everything

works out okay?

Even if you write

a smile for every day

though each tomorrow's

sight unseen

must meet the night

emptied, serene

what

2.3388 : 8/12/14 : Planet Gumption Theme Song (Endless Axis 121/500)

Have you heard about my world? Well you're gonna

Well hey I could try to dial it down but I'm afraid I'm still bound to stun ya

Your world's got swagger your world's got dope

Your world's got you mostly on the slippery slope

And a mean inclination to keep paying out rope

Planet Gumption take me on a trip to trip city

Everything's cool and fly everything's pretty

Nothing like your home crew tower to the dome crew

Riding rails raising sails sipping on a home brew

To defy their every assumption

I ain't rich babe I got gumption

See see your sunrise fly through the raster rays

get with the good guys we've got bling and XP for days

There's lots of room and there's lots to see

Since I got gumption there's just nowhere else I got to be

Planet Gumption take me on a trip to trip city

Everything's cool and fly everything's pretty

Nothing like your home crew tower to the dome crew

Riding rails raising sails sipping on a home brew

To defy their every assumption

I ain't rich babe I got gumption

what

2.3387 : 8/11/14 : Thorn (Endless Axis 120/500)

Trust in this thorn

this affliction

and its virtue

though to be sure

what doesn't kill you

can sure as hell

still hurt you

But you might figure out

whether you love

the hill or the stone

It's not my sunniest thought

but Jesus thrown me a bone

The mysteries

of what works

and what fails

Still out in the forest

hard at work

with my sap pails

how the hell do you get

worse

having gotten what you want

But I know I'll never

pull this thorn

except that I come in

hard and blunt

what

2.3386 : 8/10/14 : Clouds With Sun (Endless Axis 119/500)

Seems there's always

clouds with sun

a little rain

Shouldn't bother anyone

Hello blue sky

hello new day

its's a trick to believe it will be

different but I will anyway

Oh it must all come

to some conclusion

but I'll just enjoy the clouds

I'll just enjoy the sun

what

2.3385 : 8/9/14 : Fast (Endless Axis 118/500)

I really want

to break this fast

I really hope

the effect

will last

try to believe

like the ship's

already here

try to believe

like it's all

already clear

what

2.3384 : 8/8/14 : Passage (Endless Axis 117/500)

I've paid for this passage

in five kinds of coin

In the interest of the club

I couldn't be paid to join

will it take 3 days

maybe five

I suspect I'll come through anyway

make it out alive

grant me passage

and after an audience

I tried to tell you so many times

I just could not make sense

but with this passing

I know I'll find myself anew

will you be along

will I then see you?

what