2.2635 : 7/20/12 : Done and Done

Done and done
yeah just like the others
say we won
act like I'll get my druthers
when the sky cracks
and the glory pours down
I'll be right up in front
ready to turn over this town

what

2.2634 : 7/19/12 : Odds

Let this one
transgress the odds
let me rise
above the clods
let me start
as I have pondered
no idea
how far I have wandered
odds are
we'll get through week
odds are
I won't hear you speak
so I'll get on
on my own ticket
watch this flash trick
watch me stick it

what

2.2633 : 7/18/12 : Button

Push the button
till it just gets stupid
and nobody laughs anymore
another five
years or so of posting bills
and heavens won't I be a bore
I know it's insane
to keep pressing and pressing
expecting a different
outcome to transpire
but there's nothing left
but to jump out of the window
there's nothing else
but the fire

what

2.2632 : 7/17/12 : Chasm

Am I talkin chasms again
have I regressed twenty years
despite the gray hair is it
the same tapioca between my ears
I say it can't go on like this
but the terrifying truth is it can
Still more unknowns than knowns in the box
Still not much of a plan
between what I think I ought
and wanting I can't even sort out
Waiting still to be released
praying the big computer will short out

what

2.2631 : 7/16/12 : Noble

Abandoned for less
noble pursuits
glutton-seekers
in coarse hair suits
and get sad
If we keep letting
it all get so bad

what

2.2630 : 7/15/12 : Something Something

Something something
about firm and correct
Something about turning
it didn't matter
and the moment just faded
no longer knew which
end I was burning
If the gesture and
the ritual doesn't book
where then to place the effort
do the obvious:
work, retire
and pray to God
for a free port

what

2.2629 : 7/14/12 : Five Minutes

Five minutes to steep the tea
you said could be a universe
that sets me free
maybe it's all bunk
a con from stem to stern
ours is not the mountaintop
ours is but to sigh and yearn
wrap up the bitter pleas
the minutes quickly fleeting
five minutes not enough
Same old woes I'm bleating
I must be crazy
but let's pick up and go on
throw it on the rough stacked days
throw it on the so, so long

what

2.2628 : 7/13/12 : Ire

Nowhere for this ire to go
useless at home at the show
blamed on you
but what's the use
another fight
another j'accuse
Same old always
nothing new
too tired to
take it up with you

what

2.2627 : 7/12/12 : Crane

If the tide
doesn't shift tomorrow
we'll have to bring
the crane in
and the urge
to dig and dig is
something we'll just
have to rein in
Some say it's
a mistake that
will only shift around the trouble
but what can we do
but do what we can
before the bankers
wreck the next bubble

what

2.2626 : 7/11/12 : Dismal

Too dismal
inconsequential
cannot bear to think
failing inspiration
I'll pretend
that I ran out of ink

what

2.2625 : 7/10/12 : Imagine Scary

While I imagine scary
everything stays as it is
and when it gets true hairy
I still give you all the biz
I'd love to say explain it all
how I am not to blame
but I just have to take this call
and I just have to play this game

what

2.2624 : 7/9/12 : Inside Passage

There's nothing for it
still on the inside passage
and there's no shortcut
no time for anywhere but here
no time for baggage
no time for nothing but
I hope what he said
about the end is true
even so I don't want to see first hand
not for fifty or sixty more
hope I get 'em all with you
I guess I do tend to demand
but here in the inside passage
feeling isolated
I can only try to hold on and push
like a stalk of grass
like a storm unanticipated
like Terich Mir in the Hindu Kush

what

2.2623 : 7/8/12 : Chalice

I must have been crazy
to reach for that golden chalice
I must have gone simple
dreaming visions of the palace
the only thing I got
out of the cup was misery
I pledged to draw it out
so now the consequence is plain to see
take the chalice from me
levitate it from my hand
I should have a right to change my mind
and you should understand
the tables are all rigged
this floor is just a play
and I won't love you anymore
unless you take the thing away

what

2.2622 : 7/7/12 : Discretion Advised

How about I fail
to relate a single word of note
how about I tell you
the little script I've learned by rote
don't worry
with me there's no discretion advised
my inner dialogue will
not be televised
do not adjust the set
just turn the bastard off
look straight into my eyes
as I bid you to turn and cough
and be discrete
carry your silent weight
they also serve
who mumble, shuffle, hesitate

what

2.2621 : 7/6/12 : Circular

What's the exit out
of the circular array
that got built by things
I didn't do
and failed to say
Straight up straight down
or break something
or stay the hell
inside this dull brass ring
If I don't speak of it
Wherefore shall I speak?
or when on earth
did I hit my sad little peak
the circular agenda
the circular retreat
hell still feels like a blessing
I can stay on my feet

what

2.2620 : 7/5/12 : Straight

Can't see straight
or think anymore
Kept thinking someone
would show me the door
but I can see my damn self out
before this untidy
retreat becomes a rout

what

2.2619 : 7/4/12 : Freedom

Free from or for what?
Free form or yes but
I don't believe in
any kind of freedom anymore
this being thing You built
has only got one door
sick of me
and everything I say
sick of being chained
to the song of every day
So pack it up you say
or cease complaining
Like hell it's just another
trap remaining
Independence
isn't all that it's cracked up
and I'm the ungrateful jerk
deserves to get smacked up
for putting down freedom
so many would dearly love
for clinging to this nebulous
perfect world I'm dreaming of

what

2.2618 : 7/3/12 : Soft Hammer

The soft hammer
heavily falls
telling me about
ladders and walls
I want solution
bust open wide
but it's clear I'm not
on that sort of ride
not dramatic
steady course
crazy or not
I got to ride this horse
So I'm undaunted
delving deep
as the soft hammer
smashes me into sleep

what

2.2617 : 7/2/12 : Stumble Start

Stumble at the start
not find much to take heart
beset all about by side tracks
weighed down by the old stacks
none of it can be allowed to stop me
none of you are man enough
to drop me

what

2.2616 : 7/1/12 : Mile Marker

Throw in a mile marker
Something to look back on
pray another year
doesn't feel like just a tack on
Pray to who knows what
pray to my humming doubt
it isn't what you think
but I sure
haven't got it figured out

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