Thursday, September 07, 2023

2.4145 : 9/7/16 : Drift

Stop the drift
the shoal
of images
peeled quite
easily
kicked off
and tossed
oh you could
stick around
hope a good
card turns
getting monotonous
but drift round to
all the way round
till the old why
is lost

what

Wednesday, September 06, 2023

2.4144 : 9/6/16 : WANNA

Every day lately
never really wanna
ain't no conspiracy
me I'm no gunner
taking nothing for granted
I'm bowing out, fast
bring on the big ideas
run up the mast

what

Tuesday, September 05, 2023

2.4143 : 9/5/16 : Labor Day

No end of labor
whether or no paid
stop acting like
it's anything but choices made
the doctrine of whatever
Comes to this hand
or the other
whether or no planned
giving thanks
for any chance to point it right
giving thanks for labor
day and into night

what

Monday, September 04, 2023

2.4142 : 9/4/16 : In Peace

Go in peace for real
for once
just go
no stress
no dunce
not blind
still facing
facts
allowed for once
to stop
relax

what

2.4141 : 9/3/16 : What Comes Around Goes Around

Take comfort in the fact
that what comes around
also goes around again
the wheel metaphor is
awfully worn
and rusty oh but then
it gets you there
anyway doesn't care
everybody used it to death
the wind the river
the bridge the clock
cup and ring and arc and breath

what

Saturday, September 02, 2023

2.4140 : 9/2/16 : Opportunity Comes Small

Opportunity comes
small these days
doesn't really knock
but sometimes stays
for a week or two
gets in the way
follows through often enough
but will rarely pay
Far from too proud
to take whatever I get
feeling on the wrong side
of game and set
but not quite ready
to concede the match
or stop dreaming of one
golden opportunity I'll snatch

what

Friday, September 01, 2023

2.4139 : 9/1/16 : Sonnet

Should really copy a sonnet
out of a book
no real structure her:
So don't look
just keep zigging
because I got no zag
nothing to see here
but trudge and lag
but I won't do this
and I won't do that
so pull another weekend
out of the hat
do what I can
to make it pay
not my line
but then I've come a long way

what

Thursday, August 31, 2023

2.4138 : 8/31/16 : Get Here

Fuller of wishes
than I'd want to be
too many crutches
running fast not free
maybe after this round
I'll turn the trick
find that perfect leaf
and make it stick
a lot to let go of
a lot yet to learn
no idea how much time
not a moment to burn
but still having to
say no and no and
no to fear
still wondering
how will it get here

what

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

2.4137 : 8/30/16 : Business

All the business
crowds out art
try hard to supplement
the losses with more heart
wringing on this stone
with a wretched abandon
scarcely thinking 
anymore
what I'm trying to lay a
hand on

what

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

2.4136 : 8/29/16 : Papa Benjamin

Ate to dullness
drank not quite
to exultation
ol Papa Benjamin
sure teach you
your station
was cooking something fancy
but it cooled in the stove
a little too apropos
but forget that by Jove

what

Monday, August 28, 2023

2.4135 : 8/28/16 : Queen of Night

Me missing the high notes
by two full steps
too many words
too low concepts
sling a fast prayer
to the queen of night
but I'm coming in low
and I'm keeping it bright

what

Sunday, August 27, 2023

2.4134 : 8/27/16 : Going Going

Another that was
going going
gone
tiny bit of history
didn't get along
not about me
not important
So let me step aside
this instant
Most won't remember
and I won't remind
this mystery fruit
has such a bitter rind
and it's surpassing strange
in a past I didn't notice
the sea change

what

Saturday, August 26, 2023

2.4133 : 8/26/16 : Tapped

Guess I figure I tapped out
a couple hundred times
with this old-fangled phone
I just kept feeding dimes
hoping the flow carries me
around a deeper bend
hoping one button out of twelve
is marked send
what I wouldn't give
to connect and inspire
best I manage most days
is to correct and respire
hoping the flow carries me
around a deeper bend
hoping one button out of twelve
is marked send
hoping the flow carries me
around a deeper bend
hoping one button out of twelve
is marked send
keep a bead on the pulse
keep my hands occupied
whatever they'll say
they won't deny I've tried

what

Friday, August 25, 2023

2.4132 : 8/25/16 : Refuse

Say refuse
so say not this
say refuse
and say not that
but can't evade
the cul-de-sac
as back and shoulders
strike the mat
and cannot name
the earthly foe
and cannot seem
to catch the flow

what

Thursday, August 24, 2023

2.4131 : 8/24/16 : The Lily

Wrestling foolish
against
considering the lily
don't know why
I'm so
stubborn and silly
all these
riches heaped
around my feet
Still there's
a lot of red ink
and dear Lord
this heat

what

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

2.4130 : 8/23/16 : However Many Look

Might be a little crazy
with no tale to tell
why take up the quill
rarely goes all that well
however many look
Few see a reason to remain
as I peel another layer
off the old onion brain

what

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

2.4129 : 8/22/16 : Status Update

Everybody's asking
for status update
Kidding nobody is
asking for that
cooked up a million
got about 7
2 or three are me
wearing a hat
I'm going to
gee I don't know
I didn't forget
just nothing there
at least I'm at large
at least I got pages
at least there's a number
at least there's still air

what

Monday, August 21, 2023

2.4128 : 8/21/16 : Ties

Ties come to surface
tangle up my narrative
old influences
no delusion and no snare to give
makes me want to
give my speech
oh I oh I could a been
a could a been
a contender
for those whose grasp
wasn't backed up by their reach
still I'd rather be
truthful than a pretender
guess I'll try to find
a way to tell the tale
a little less bitter
a little less stale
for the sake of the ties
the old millennium
and I suppose anyway
he's seen plenty of 'em

what

Sunday, August 20, 2023

2.4127 : 8/20/16 : Can't Wait Forever

Can't wait forever
Someone to ring a bell
Dinner time or what fresh hell
shore up the memory leak
not one day was lost
and all will be released
with the melting of the permafrost
Whatever can I do but
upload, stream
the ways of this
acquisitive world
makes me scream
and I just have to
build my own
new reason why
I can't wait forever
while forever tumbles by

what

Saturday, August 19, 2023

2.4126 : 8/19/16 : Cardinality

jump
speed
Cardinality
Could I ever
make my dumb dreams
a reality?
Slide
dodge
capture the flag
Wallrun
free climb
call it Super Tag

what

Friday, August 18, 2023

2.4125 : 8/18/16 : Hardly Worth

No name for this
mood
no interest
in a
better attitude
tonight
getting me
nowhere
hardly worth
saying
hardly worth
any of this
squealing
and braying

what

Thursday, August 17, 2023

2.4124 : 8/17/16 : Decks

Clear decks
for wicked diversions
every dark night
every midnight excursion
shuffle
and repeat
tied up
not dried up
not neat

what

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

2.4123 : 8/16/16 : The Sellout

The sellout wasn't nearly
the struggle expected
the better not to ponder
what facts that truth reflected
wish the price was dearer
but I picked my door
leave alone the question
what the wind up was all for
Since I couldn't hack it
and make Art pay
I'm stuck wrangling the money
learning how it got that way
and though I can't say
the spark's out and done
I'd rather keep the filthy secret
from just everyone

what

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

2.4122 : 8/15/16 : Mundane

Guess I got domesticated
mundane
can't get attached
to the old crazy train
radical trips
or Foxfire dreams
thinking maybe it's all
pretty much what it seems
what can anybody do
but stand upright
remembering times long gone
and what's left of old insight

what

Monday, August 14, 2023

2.4121 : 8/14/16 : Ache

Disinclined to fight through
to write through the ache
factor of aging
bad choices, rack
countless other maybes
add up to quite a stack
and I pulled hella duty
so I won't apologize
and I have to move it on
leave the ache where it lies

what

Sunday, August 13, 2023

2.4120 : 8/13/16 : Old Tapes

More on the ball
than I thought guess it's something
so spin a little more up
Out of nothing
strange dreaming
listening to old tapes
the hole in history
that yawns and gapes
dreaming about coming
across the real gold stuff
that felt like happened
time to time
but in the real it's always so rough
and so the past
resembles the present
and we find the former's
not so nearly senescent

what

Saturday, August 12, 2023

2.4119 : 8/12/16 : Grouch

Guess I better
quell this grouch
kick the lump man
off the couch
spit on vice
and clean house
grasp up my witch-stick
and dowse

what

Friday, August 11, 2023

2.4118 : 8/11/16 : Buy a Little Time

Bigger lists
bigger columns of figures
oh how that footman
shuffles and sniggers
been trying to get
organized
since I was 19
still halfway there
if you know what I mean
If You reached Your
internal pocket
pulled out the lint
You could dust shower me
and no linger skint
indebted, indentured
I might buy
a little time
but You're elsewhere
and I'm still on Caesar's dime

what

2.4117 : 8/10/16 : Can't Wait

Can't wait
for a novel brain wave
you think its great
but who do you
have to save?
plenty, probably
but here's the wrap
glove it up
with a hard slap

what

Wednesday, August 09, 2023

2.4116 : 8/9/16 : Pusher

Sang many an ode to pushing
didn't really like to talk
about the pusher
the ratatat
the alley cat
well he had a clean pitch
that's one thing for sure
when the ill gets nasty
from tip to top
when you're always thinking
how you've got to stop
pusher is waiting
at the needle drop
triple digit gram vinyl
gloss as black ice
unrelenting:
guess you gotta choose your vice

what

Tuesday, August 08, 2023

2.4115 : 8/8/16 : Nodding

Can't keep the thread
in motion
tired of beach
and ocean
Losing track
and always
on the nod
nodding
not agreeing
Could be terror
could wind up
freeing
nod along
and keep alert
last century's country
lost our shirts
but turned it over by main course
foiled the robbery of course

what

Monday, August 07, 2023

2.4114 : 8/7/16 : Bad & Ugly

Made it maybe halfway
didn't make it to the cannon
the train, the prison chorus
led by false lights
led by mammon
the destruction of the bridge
ecstasy among the tombstones
guess I've learned it well enough
guess I got it in my bones
the defeat of bad and ugly
who doesn't want that joint
though I saw half just in memory
that was well beside the point

what

2.4113 : 8/6/16 : Cool It

Better cool it
better wind down
I know this corner
I've been this clown
and I don't wait
to pay the full price
because it's never worth it
and it's never nice

what

Saturday, August 05, 2023

2.4112 : 8/5/16 : Saw Darkness

Saw darkness
usual sorts
I know my way around
jack of all ports
tale of the
bust up and fall down
hard knock gospel
Cap and gown
You say the story
didn't hang together
died like so many
things of its internal weather

what

Friday, August 04, 2023

Chasing the True Quill

Hmm, well I haven't gone Meta in here in a good while. After finishing the 6,667th song in the planned 10,000 cycle of the second Songs of Day project it seemed like time for a check-in. Two thirds in, 9ish years to go... it no longer feels inevitable that I'll make it all the way. I don't expect to stop writing, more that I could, you know, unintentionally cease to exist. On this mortal plain anyway.

Ah but that was always the deal and I won't dwell on it.  I put song number 2.6667, The Art Century, in observance of David Bowie's album Low (all tied up in the 1001 song project-within-a-project I'm closing in on now at number 935), in the can tonight. And we now resume our briefly interrupted...

what

2.4111 : 8/4/16 : IDEAS

Out of ideas
like that little
bump could
slow me down
I can draw it down
to an instant
and go to town

what

Thursday, August 03, 2023

2.4110 : 8/3/16 : Slipping

Got to try
to recall
things are always
Slipping
handful
of half
memories:
hardly gripping

what

Wednesday, August 02, 2023

2.4109 : 8/2/16 : Swing Late

Swing a late shift and
have to call old rules
counting days
maybe looking for some strength
from old rules
of some other days
saw the preacher at a
greater distance
perspective rules
of growing fame
trying not to grudge
better memories
and glad enough
he's winning at his game

what

Tuesday, August 01, 2023

2.4108 : 8/1/16 : Glum

Swing a little glum
nothing novel
bad tum
iffy choices vice
always rely
on paying the price
put a little skin in
the game
say your piece
sign your name
Leave the rest to
oh I don't know
hope the name's
not a no-show

what

Monday, July 31, 2023

2.4107 : 7/31/16 : Monster

I'm a monster
but I won't back down
I've every statement
and go to ground
Yell a yawp
I'm crazy happening
and every every cry
I'm grappling

what

Sunday, July 30, 2023

2.4106 : 7/30/16 : Decks

Clear decks check boxes
as another time approaches
try to hold steady
as doubt, fear encroaches
the matter of use of meaning
what lesson am I missing or gleaning
pick a night to transcribe and turn in
am I just picking which
time to burn in
Say it ain't so
maybe whistling in the dark
maybe in a year or five
I'll find out if I hit a mark

what

Saturday, July 29, 2023

2.4105 : 7/29/16 : What Ghost?

What ghost is it
well I know not yours
Because you left this world clean
and you're not haunting it
So it must be me
some I-once-was kid
had something tossed away
and now I'm wanting it
or maybe that crumb of cheese
or a bowl of ice cream
oh I say I know better
but just look at me
And that mean patrol boy
ain't a haunting sure
but he's looking real prone
to throw the book at me

what

2.4104 : 7/28/16 : INDECISION

Far too late for indecision
but it sure looks like that's
who's hanging on
Still squalling peeking out
the blinds
getting weaker when
I need to get strong
What's the next play
does it matter
maybe the obstacle's
a hundred times the
size of me
and there was never a fight
this or any night
and the
outcome always fait accompli

what

Thursday, July 27, 2023

2.4103 : 7/27/16 : Spike

Spike ripped through
to the next day
no muse coming
out to play
so I'm hung up
dangling stuck
you'd almost think
I didn't give a toss for luck

what

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

2.4102 : 7/26/16 : Break: Amen

Every living day
up at the same break:
amen brother
but maybe it's just
a mistake
seems a stretch
but I'm snatching as straws
trying to weave a little
Gold
attract all you Jackdaws

what

2.4101 : 7/25/16 : Don't Turn

Turn cards
on the table
don't turn a one
no prophecy
nothing new
under the sun
these old
blood yarns
always turn out alike
and new's no
different
new day same spike

what

Monday, July 24, 2023

2.4100 : 7/24/16 : Cracking

All on me
ain't cracking
every day
just get stacking
and when I'm high, high
I'll look around
and hear oh!
what a sound

what

Sunday, July 23, 2023

2.4099 : 7/23/16 : JOKE

This joke
my scrawly love notes
backgrounded
by a daydream
of a real master
these days
I guess
they're seldom a disaster
and I
try
try
try
isn't this what really
matters?
and if the joke's on me
I'll put it to a melody

what

Saturday, July 22, 2023

2.4098 : 7/22/16 : ID4

I die 4 times
Once drowned in rhymes
Once seething brave
and who could save?
Once by drink and dance
felled like a lance
One real, big black
no wake no coming back

what

2.4097 : 7/21/16 : The Slog

talk about the slog?
talk about the log
left light years back
haunt the aging rack
stuck fork it's done
why another one?
Yet I'll resurrect
whatever it may reflect

what

Thursday, July 20, 2023

2.4096 : 7/20/16 : Clouds of Witness

Clouds or witness
or is it witness
of the cloudy
See or obscure
if obvious
choices aren't too loud
deter defer
feel I've earned it if it matters
in the face of most
reasoned thinking
such dissembling shatters

what

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

2.4094 : 7/18/16 : Loophole

I barely recall
the magic loophole gizmo
It's a half forgot fantasy
no shred of reality
I'm not remembering
search back there just is no
real impression left
and I am not a bit bereft

what

Monday, July 17, 2023

2.4093 : 7/17/16 : Sit Think and Listen

Try to listen
sit and think
though I feel a
little rinky-dink
trying hard to sit
think and listen
see what sparkles
what will glisten
any day think
listen and sit
the better part
my tiny chip of it

what

Sunday, July 16, 2023

2.4092 : 7/16/16 : Dumb

Make dumb magic
like any other false start
dumb mule persistence
I dare call art
So sweep the floor
and blow the fog out
best step back
before I let this dog out
let the list grow
thousand one and scarce a start
ain't good enough to matter
but oh boy I do got heart
but this pain
is southwards deep gut
it's a dumb thing
my friend
this mute surly mutt

what

Saturday, July 15, 2023

2.4091 : 7/15/16 : Period or Question Mark

Period? Or question mark?
just like me to court a spark
and blow it on a little trim
I'm a philosopher not a doctor Jim
and finding a bit too deep
below the surface
is it better or worse
to think we're here on purpose
and I'll put a period on that
take it to the bank
a little too ready
for all the file and rank

what

Friday, July 14, 2023

2.4090 : 7/14/16 : Rambling

Leave my river crossing rambling
in the little book
rain or shine you know me
I can always cook
So take a peek in as
I stir up this pot
Because you know I got a lot
and I serve it hot
Surprise some thought
my rambling days had dried up
some days thought myself
these circuits were fried up
With this and that
up my sleeve
a little half smile
take my leave
and ramble on and up
turn tramp baton and cup

what

Thursday, July 13, 2023

2.4089 : 7/13/16 : Fighting

Fighting ain't working
So now what?
Maybe make like a chicken
cluck and strut
Say later later
Only got now
hope this affliction
takes a breather
because holy cow

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

2.4088 : 7/12/16 : Sullen Hook

like a last
sullen hook
cast
rather read my book
but I caught
a wave
another hour
two
I could not save

what

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

2.4087 : 7/11/16 : Punctuate

So let me punctuate
some willful
swerving
with a twist of fate
glad to see
the end of it
now gentle ask
the old friend
to sit

what

Monday, July 10, 2023

2.4086 : 7/10/16 : To Resist Hate

To resist hate:
darkness -
is it too late
saying never
but do we mean now?
and always left
with how
Must not be left
at that
got to stay up
stand flat
and plan
must, will
whatever will can

what

Sunday, July 09, 2023

2.4085 : 7/9/16 : Slacking

Not ready to put
the period on slacking
tasty self-indulgence
fit for snacking
It all adds up
to the ol' zero sum
screw it
I'm just here
to chew bubblegum

what

2.4084 : 7/8/16 : Middle Day

The middle day
must have been the long one
dark shadow of doubt
you backed the wrong one
bitter memory
of when you felt so sure
and every thing to come
you must endure
and can't prepare
except to say
this too shall pass away
blend in among the trees
like the middle day

what

Friday, July 07, 2023

2.4083 : 7/7/16 : Burned

Tell me it's not more
make work
stay awake jerk
Before you get hit
burned
like you never
learned
Oh I could
give up flat
no one would
notice that
no bridge there
to burn
long as I still
spend
and earn
and the latest
burn will fade
here hand me
the goddamned
Kool Aid

what

Thursday, July 06, 2023

2.4082 : 7/6/16 : 76

Global movement
number 76
looks like a pack
of words and old tricks
like to provoke
a universal yawn
Whatever why don't
You kids get off of my lawn

what

Wednesday, July 05, 2023

2.4081 : 7/5/16 : Premise

don't want long thinking
this old premise is stinking
I won't scrape that reef again
deeper channel cotter pin
and a half shank and a cleat
this new premise can't be beat
what they thought was
their own game
blew their stones
right on the frame

what

Tuesday, July 04, 2023

2.4080 : 7/4/16 : The Iconoclast

If you can't imagine
just imagine I imagine
at the distant breaking boundary
of the examined
still more like crude magic
if you're so inclined
so all advanced apace
and every impulse left a trace
the sacred first though
sore diverted to the last
And I am on the track the great iconoclast
grant me to be more like
my ink and paper icon
transcend this greedy age
and leave my own line on the page

what

Monday, July 03, 2023

2.4079 : 7/3/16 : Every Mark

I'll get better timing
I'll nail every mark
we're gonna have a
real good time when we park
I must have said it
oh about a hundred times
I'll say my fair word
When the big bell chimes
And every mark who hears
will get up and follow
I'll show you undeserving fools
but your victory is hollow

what

Sunday, July 02, 2023

2.4078 : 7/2/16 : Flipside

No better on flipside
kids always thought
they got the wrong ride
better clear evil
in a dark suit
than the this side record deal
it's fairy loot

what

2.4077 : 7/1/16 : Vacation

Feels like a job
do I get to not do it?
vacation time
and I intuit
find what I'm getting
away from is not me
get back get back
to a truer way to be

what

Friday, June 30, 2023

2.4076 : 6/30/16 : Last Moon

Save the last for
the middle
Hey diddle diddle
Someday I'll see
my last moon
but the lesson I need
is the moment's
dense seed
and I feel I might
get there soon

what

Thursday, June 29, 2023

2.4075 : 6/29/16 : Prepared

Forget about
ill or well prepared
not a player
no icon
still not impaired
call it ready
and push on through
holding steady
and it'll still be
me and you

what

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

2.4074 : 6/28/16 : Wallet

A dozen verses
bible and tao
no band wagon leapt on
long I learned how
better a pick
better two or three
and trust the right strings
will find me
slim fold of papers
in a slim fold of waxed
a book of matches
dry and stacked
slim notes
pencil and knife
enough for a wallet
enough for a life
and not a scrap
of currency
my little dream
of peaceful anarchy

what

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

2.4073 : 6/27/16 : Next It

Next it comes
to the shake up
the splash down
the adventure
long cooled
and I'm so
over this town
bang on
next it
comes to this slap
we're all fed up
and there's no
end in sight
to this crap

what

Monday, June 26, 2023

2.4072 : 6/26/16 : Wrong Way

A wrong way
knowingly embarked
guess yeah I'll pay
figure what sparked
blaming it on the box
typical though all me
who I think'll outfox
nothing about it's free
dig out that slip
make a record write it
While upon this trip
I'm keeping mum just to spite it

what

Sunday, June 25, 2023

2.4071 : 6/25/16 : Jack

They want to switch up
the telephone
headphone jack
the usual
digital
sneak attack
don't let 'em
y'all fight back
fight for your right
to jack

what

Saturday, June 24, 2023

2.4070 : 6/24/16 : Back to Real

Lottery thinking
again again
fairly stupid
if not a sin
try to force mind
back to real
but I'll tell you how I feel
I thought it would be
oh, automatic
I'd rise so easy
above the static
thought it would be a ride
instead this white knuckle surf
on a red ink tide

what

Friday, June 23, 2023

2.4069 : 6/23/16 : All Mean

All mean
or was it
all the means
In many scenes
nothing but average
dead with fatigue
and hoping for an intellect
that's in my league

what

Thursday, June 22, 2023

2.4068 : 6/22/16 : Candidate

Candidate
for the long box
I did OK
got off
enough rocks
is it halfway
a fifth or third
What else to say
check it: word

what

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

2.4067 : 6/21/16 : Burn

Played a fool
at every turn
don't want to tell the story:
fuck it:
Burn

what

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

2.4066 : 6/20/16 : The Alien

The alien studying
the ways of all these
creatures of this
gravity bound race
can you recognize
they are all
different
each one
its own face

what

Monday, June 19, 2023

2.4065 : 6/19/16 : Evaporation

Before another minute
Evaporates
I'll sling this hash
on seven plates
discipline hunger
chance and loss
redemption salvation
and of course
the way across

what

Sunday, June 18, 2023

2.4064 : 6/18/16 : NECK

This pain in my neck
reminder of the trek
This journey still raw
the call the deep flaw
Prays sleep will erase
Smooth lines in his face
reset and set free
Sweet though unlikely

what

Saturday, June 17, 2023

2.4063 : 6/17/16 : Nuts

Is it will or just
nuts lacking
it's an angry world
and all the yutzes
packing
do you get up
wave a sign
protest
hope to God you don't
run up into some
bro fest
how bad do the
fools
outnumber the wise
and oh God
what's the next
black
surprise

what

2.4062 : 6/16/16 : Work Will Bring

I want not to
talk about this
thing I have
been circling
I will go
and hope for
What I pray more
work will bring

what

Thursday, June 15, 2023

2.4061 : 6/15/16 : Soft Blow

This hammer
this soft blow
Come down harder
almost anything
we know
How many
threads
all pulled at once
leaving me under
that hammer
like a dunce

what

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

2.4060 : 6/14/16 : Tasteless

Tasteless - no
no flavor
Guess I should be
wailing over
all the bad behavior
and the wicked
ways all abroad
demanding answers from
elusive God
Skip the
tasteless observations
and the selfish
gaze
Guess I've just
lost my taste for it
these days

what

2.4059 : 6/13/16 : Success

What would success look like?
transformation?
Recapture 7 years
the true recreation
I can't see the forest
or a hill from this valley
deep in the weeds
and could I truly rally?

what

Monday, June 12, 2023

2.4058 : 6/12/16 : Outrage

Forgot for a minute
the latest outrage
no tomorrow
no blank page
no idea how it could relate
to my next stage

what

Sunday, June 11, 2023

2.4057 : 6/11/16 : False God

Trying to kill the false God
but it's holding steady
Swear to Real God I'm trying
It's time I'm ready
I know I could quit it
pull the damn plug
but there's a perverse kink
and I'm all, like, ugh
finish this joint
head for another round
maybe at last again
hear the small still sound
that says: here is your true
I won't speak of it
but I'll bring it all to you

what

Saturday, June 10, 2023

2.4056 : 6/10/16 : Accept

Accept this descent
like a great soft hand
no idea
where this strange ship
will land
what will I choose
next to carry
what to drop
what to bury
lack of coherence
well the drought's been long
and I feel a million miles
lost from the tower of song

what

2.4055 : 6/9/16 : Heat

Heat come early
literal and otherwise
I'll sweat it no doubt
blinded in all my eyes
making mistakes
Sliding not striding
try hell where's trying
Where's the thing hiding
the secret strength
Called it the battery
all I see is all head
and a madder see
rising angry to smite
say no to that fear
and all endless night

what

Friday, June 09, 2023

Wednesday, June 07, 2023

2.4053 : 6/7/16 : Whirl

Always ready at the whirl
get me to the next round
this time I'll dig my heels
not go to ground
not replace vice
or fill old with new
cultivate new ground
and share it all with you
grant me to rest deep
and when the little light is dim
bear it with better grace
and not give in to the grim

what

Tuesday, June 06, 2023

2.4052 : 6/6/16 : The Letter

Do you send the letter
or throw it out
embarrassed of the
small mind stuff
you blab about
do you start it over
or call a miss
even worse
than the letter: this

what

Monday, June 05, 2023

2.4051 : 6/5/16 : Early Riser, Late Edition

Early riser
late edition
like to say it's the last
but hell
it's just a revision
I got to edit
figure it out
sometime damn early
bound to spout
Early riser
tell my truth
hardly fit in words
Verily
forsooth

what

Sunday, June 04, 2023

2.4050 : 6/4/16 : Battery Part Question Marks

The battery
part question marks
little I knew
I started shooting sparks
the fire they set
good God
ah' mighty
and everything
going
to be all righty

what

Saturday, June 03, 2023

2.4049 : 6/3/16 : 55

Fifty five
alive, alive
not a simulation
maybe a halfway
thrive
no certainty
all possible
this ain't the hit song
I'm under
the gospel spell
totally caught
nobody cares
and they crowned me king
of the
thousand mile stares

what

Friday, June 02, 2023

2.4048 : 6/2/16 : Tomorrow

Always new bad decisions
Waiting on the good ones
That's about the story
Anything else I should have done
Get me through another day
I guess, worry about that tomorrow
and the reason and the reason
I guess something I'll have to borrow

what

Thursday, June 01, 2023

2.4047 : 6/1/16 : Gimmicks

The thing about gimmicks
the thing about scams
Oh my wisdom ain't about
to blow up any poetry slams
simply under compulsion
Looks the same back and forth
and in this honest toiler
just seeking to see true north

what