2.5288 : 10/25/19 : Throws Dice

When God throws dice

God wins

here's how the

Great quiet pause

begins

a contemplation

four score

and ten days

unreported

unremarked

as it's thrown

it plays

what

2.5287 : 10/24/19 : Dim Shot

All prior versions of me

off the board of directors

the imaginary judges

the bright side rejectors

Whose got to thumbs and

a dim shot - this guy

May stall again halfway

get up again retry

stricken with illness

get up again that all you got

take away my father

So in his name my next shot

roller coaster American

rat race

Think you go me down

better check my face

Think you got me down

better step right back

better give me room

no decay all attack

All dim shots baby

but I take them everyday

The only version of me

While I last anyway

what

2.5286 : 10/23/19 : Shingle

Back to the old

two track

hype then crash

eureka up a

third way

I'd rake in the cash

hang out

my shingle

full potential

at last!

want to look at

my credentials

buddy

not so fast

what

2.5285 : 10/22/19 : Indignity

piled up indignity

infirmity

the predictable outcome

of gluttony

Not all my fault

but enough

The next five looking

rough, but

check the sleeve

roll

the set jaw

the cocked hat

pose is what I got

so I try to

launch off that

what

2.5284: 10/21/19 : The Plan Behind

Seeing the apocalypse

does not come swift

and seems no

chance of healing

this national rift

and mulling the prospect

I'm long years for

this scrape

try to find the

plan behind

the rubric:

change is the

only escape

what

2.5283 : 10/20/19 : Imaginary Books

All imaginary books

the studio

a neck on that

guitar

could work you know

the branching path

game

boy that goes

way back

wish I'd kept that TRS

and stayed on track

And really on the

docket

hacking at the

grind

jeeze but what a

downer

All the same

mind

what

2.5282 : 10/19/19 : HALF

It's all the run up

the run up

on the half century

ohell is there

going to be another

better hit me

with the evidentiary

woo I didn't used to

disdain a shot

at getting venerable

not quite two years

to get right with God

I guess

attitudes untenable

how much more

can I talk about it

God don't test me

still haven't figured

out the next thing

or if the half glass

is yet to

best me

what

2.5281 : 10/18/19 : Sunrise

Sunrise

not even planned

one interval

deciduous

fall side

spanned

Soon give over

to utter dark

and the days

of desperately

trying to shelter

the spark

what

2.5280 : 10/17/19 : Sunset

Somewhere in there

Sunset lit under clouds

color of a finch's breast

away from cars and crowds

beauty comes easy but so brief

and the fight is feeling mortal

and far from imagining

the passage ends in a portal

what

2.5279 : 10/16/19 : Sign Off

One of those

wrap it up days

American flag

sign-off music plays

been none of that

a whole lot of years

all goes non-stop

So many tiers

So many channels

such a chaos mob

that barely notes

while it stuffs its gob

but not to dwell

focus on the beam

on the sign off kick

and conserve my steam

what

2.5278 : 10/15/19 : Phase Zero

Phase zero

don't think about

the time scale

as far as older

aspirations

we're gonna have

a fire sale

No one wanted

to build on a

burned out shell

but it seems we're

stuck here for a while

so what the hell

So many enemies

of good

most will never face it

but I think you should

I'll be shoulder to shoulder

at the mirror

clocking that mug

maybe the time

has finally come

to do more than shrug

what

2.5277 : 10/14/19 : Change the Story

So change the story

never lost

Not a degree of course

A pin in every cost

Confidently sailing

right at the master

plan

better yet

meshed in the moment

as it eternally

began

a generation waits

to see the big reveal

and the rift

begins to heal

what

2.5276 : 10/13/19 : Oracle

Nothing I can think of

matches up with

the oracle

or am I deluding myself or

did I

ignore the call

Any good surprises

left in this

century

were I doing it over

where would my

Sense of adventure be

for sure this week

I'll kick off

phase one of five

still not gave up

though lacking in drive

oracles can't do

the work I

require

but I'll need more than

lists for

the work I aspire

what

2.5275 : 10/12/19 : Liven Up

Half assing it

sure

have for it to be

the story

the stew du jour

would it

liven up

if I hit the

metaphor gym

if the bookies

looked my way

odds would be dim

If I livened up

my message

would some structure

follow

tried to hype

my own before

but words

rang hollow

what

2.5274: 10/11/19 : Grotesque

The spectacle grotesque

and me at the desk

not knowing

how to counter

and will all the good

founder

Not a bit

messianic

look concerned

that's a good trick

but the grotesque

marches on stilts

and my optimism

wilts

what

2.5273: 10/10/19 : Someday for Sure

Pain's in the head

is it anywhere

else

is it anything

else

Someday

for sure

and no

real cure

But while

you've got me here

best

keep busy

teacher's

not coming

is he?

what

2.5272: 10/9/19 : Hysterical Misery

Hysterical misery

but a quiet sort

half incoherent

shrugs off retort

hardly articulate

thoughts circulate

repeat and seethe

what use to create

what use to improve

adapt try to change

age's drag deepens

call duller, more strange

no market for this crap

most of all not within

and angry as well

at the curse word begin

what

2.5271: 10/8/19 : Scheming

Can't stop the scheming

The pure perplexing dreaming

the inner essayist

Sorry old friend

that chance I missed

trying to make

sense of the scraps

the ghostly hand

fire-writes: perhaps

dullard obligations

call me from my schemes

I'd shed a tear

but my eyes are full of beams

what

2.5270: 10/7/19 : How Long

How far have I come

well how long has it been

not all up and down

not all sweat and tin

stop trying to keep score

stop seeing a race

drill down on the core

beating heart strong in space

like a jewel on a line

monofilament mount

one at every crossing

hanging jewels beyond count

each one a pure heart

I have only to pluck

when it's been so long twice

I'll no longer be stuck

what

2.5269: 10/6/19 : Third Act

Can't remember

if I've dwelt on it

before

looking for a door

If I may say it

without fact

wondering if there's

any such thing

as an American

Third Act

Hard time caring

or believing

too damn early

to just

stall at last

Checkout

Well still the

next dumb

come on artist

pops a head out

will be the one

I deck out

what