Burned torched burnedAll the lessons we have learnedWhat is leftWe forgot, now they’re forgottenBurned and torchedTorched and burned Wits like a hammer with a headacheLoyal, or a dog with treats?Feeding off white and heartbreakYou’re so […]
Author: Chuck Johnson
What’s It Write?
What to write what to writeEarly night early nightGo to school go to schoolAct a fool act a foolNights like this I’d like to fall asleep laterSleep a little laterFast forward to a little laterShorten […]
Does It Really Rain?
She was shy, she sangHard to read, look at me into the distanceShe has eyes, she playsLook at me, hard to read but there’s a flame in it He was sure, he rangHard to read, […]
Scientology
Made our way to LA for the music boxSober down the streetSaw history, signs, I’d heard storiesPawn shop, porn shop, church/museumPawn shop, porn shop, church/museumBoulevard stars lined cars lined up for nothingAnd walking, I fell […]
History or Fantasy
Nothing filled me up todayThen nothing left, it went awayNow I stand with way too muchNow I spin til out of touch Would you get meWould you speakUnderstandQuiet confusionWhat’s the planIs there one at allI […]
Let
Swinging twine, it heads this wayBouncing fuzzIt comes today Crushing clay, forgets “exhaust”Rubber solesAnd double knots Humming, bobbingBy fire, burnt orange hat, sleeping bagIdentically timed to unwindIronically one of a kindIt sings show tunes, title […]
Left Some Done
Cellophane skin and midnight hairShe took me for a spinShe spun me way out there Hollandaise eyes, a teaspoon stareShe brought me to a stopShe stopped me without care Left some done, we gotta goWe’ll […]
Murray’s Green Jeep Blues
Black and whiteWhite on black and whiteWhite through black and whiteSinging Song and screenSinging songs on screenSinging songs through screensRecalling Sinking synth standingStaring, glaring past glossEagle-eye goat’s eye spring magazineStaring, singing, sinkingArpeggiation balladNominations called sad […]
Bring Holding
To be on skisSo suddenlyCatching the subtle grey To be that freeCompletelySurfing a moonlit bank Stealing eveningTaking the long way to the lightFeeling evenedUp from the table to fight the fight To be the sunBright […]
Lately
Sleeping in the gold dustAlone does not mean lonelyTime above my handsBut lately, I don’t think it’s too late for anything Skating through the cityWhere young does not mean livelyTime sits on youth’s handsBut lately, […]
Rest
What’s with the silence of past communication?Breakdowns make quiet, mistaken, lonely, tiredand the restWhat’s with it? Hmm. The first to ever wonderSleep leads to life leads to work leads to cashleads to food leads to […]
Horseshoes
Lingering, it waitsPut off years for this exact dateAnswers the callBeginning it all Past people arriveToday’s the day it finally divesWell beyond youthResizing the shoe A stagecoach rolling through the ball Lost people reclineStand for […]
Patio Wax pt. 6
It was somethingIt was somethingIt was more than somethingIt was it all for a whileA smile struts across the avenue in my mindEvery once in a whileNot all the time for a whileIt was somethingA […]
Falling Moon
So itSo itSo it sews itself so wellAn old shell See itSee itSee, it’s seen itself seasideOn b-sides This thing, that placeThat sun kissed faceA hole, a dimeA life in rhyme A call, a wordA […]
Pioneer Bowl
Bright topLight perhapsChange is in the future Anywhere you areWherever you really areWhatever you areWhatever you really areAnywhere you areWherever you really are Excitement stumbling inShocking sightThe man who stole JulyThe man who wrote my […]
So Familiar
Flake falls to palmDinner in a different cityTwo things so familiar Bubbles boiling strangers Strangers’ speaking ringing Reservation recall Missing people’s mystery Recalling reservations Needing nothing but a self Motorcycle mom and pop Places distance […]
World
Sits on silver stained by strangers at the gateLittle more than melon water for the waitA banana for the airOne’s sweetIf I had everything, you’d be here with me Clocks and countdowns can’t see candles […]
Dolls In Dolls
Get out of my head and come say helloDolls in dolls in dollsOut of my head and knock on my doorDolls in dolls in dolls Looking at me, used to look at meSmiling so subtlyOne […]
Waiting On A Bagel I Never Ordered (Diane’s Macchiatto)
Stood looking at meShe’s looking at meIt’s early, got early, too early for meThat and I’mOh my what a morningThat and I’mEarly for meMust be waiting on the spreadThat and I’mSipping something sweet?This. What? I’mDrinking […]
This Here That There
You say do this so I do thisThen you do that but I did thisThat’s how we make this and thatHow are you still missing that? You say stop that so I stop thatThen you […]
Coasting Past Waves
We sleep in beds so we don’t standand fall into a riot land We stretch our eyes and rest our mindand travel to a distant time We hand with feet and walk on handsAnd somehow […]
Soon She
She lives in distant presentShe’ll be here now it seemsShe’s in the rear view mirrorand futuristic dreams She gives it all she’s been throughShe’ll see gold soon enoughShe’s blind to destroyed lightnessand unrealistic stuff ReappearFuture […]
Path of Logical
Burgundy glass eyesLeopard prints for milesSliding through snow like shadows in the night Burnt logs feeling lowLeft for dust and snowKnowing the while that shadows at times smile Even this, even thatWhat makes sense confuses […]
Quiet Test
He doesn’t come around some daysHe walks around most daysComes around corners talking to angels or ghostsWhoever is the quietest Gone to find his echo He says to speak your mind most daysHe speaks his […]
Bound to Fall
Forever on a limbReaching, bound to fallToo big to catchToo tiny to stall Falling from a treeWords from sentencesReads illiteracyReading books of little red seasWood and walks, you see?Floating past the air A sunrise with […]
What She Say
Magic woman come my wayWith big old black packed suitcaseToolbelt resting on her hips, this is what she say Magic woman come my wayStroll right in, into my placeKnives as smiles reflect me, whisper what […]
There Here
At times we fall out of our dreamsOr noise slows them down it seems They toss ideasThrow ideas they think we’ll need We find our sleep and when we reachWe gather things we knew we’d […]
Ideas
At times we fall out of our dreamsOr noise slows them down it seems They toss ideasThrow ideas they think we’ll need We find our sleep and when we reachWe gather things we knew we’d […]
Patio Wax pt. 5
Knocked it off my mindAnd it fell right inSo it’s all competitionA cloud composition above a bridgeCursive perspiration pastesWe crawled and flew and stopped the raceRain throws rainbows, elbows, you knowDogs they name Beau get […]
Call It Morning
Slow slam shut to wake up the neighborsHead this way because no one is watchingBlue nines line sidewalks with sixesThey say crazy, I call it morning Two cups of coffee so she’ll call meHead this […]
Paintings of Ladders
A brand new startTake better care of our heartBeyond the moat and walls and hallsPast kings and queens with diamond ringsDown stairs, under ladders, above a paintingTo us, it’s everything. They all jump in line […]
On The Level
Young, they were drivingHe was driving, she was ridingSinging made up words to songs they knewSongs they’d sing before they grew Young, they were drivingHe was driving, she was ridingSinging “c’mon, c’mon” before songs they […]
Where Did The Time Go?
Different things everydayOne thought lingers, prances, staysDogs bark and fly beyond sunlightOh Big evening plannedInterruption static concerned with the noiseRopes and toys, a drive into a tombstoneDifferences, nothing but untapped time Hmm some words shot […]
Closed To Me
Began as strangersDish-boy and the beautyLives tread milesGot so close to me Stumbled to the desertLost-boy and lost treasureYears torched milesGot so close to me I never saw it comingI never thought I’d leaveI never […]
Patio Wax pt.4
I don’t know when to stop or fightWe were and are the other, defiant, alive ones.This song plays in my mindI reach the end and it rewindsJazz softly hums and bends and grindsA song stuck […]
For The Sunrise Jazz
Confused the musicAt night I drive and think about jazzI dream of dogs, beaches by trees and sunsets Confused the musicAt night I write and spin old jazzI write of things I dream reappear one […]
BB
End of the chase or is this running?Have we met time and space yet?Be the back, I’ll be the boneBe the prince, I’ll be the throneI’m so out here all aloneI’m so out here all […]
Hot Tub Here
He took a hard night and crafted a beginningShaped lives, never fully understandingDrove miles and miles, cymbal fist in the airTook to the sky to a foreign land He brought strung out mornings a grooveLong […]
Time Tapped
I turned from tadpole into manI leapt from lilies and stomped tin cansHopped out the window and caught a rideTo this place called a different time We rolled past memory once ignoredTurned down the volume […]
Seasons Swing And
Balcony under meLive and seeGo listening Out of reachon the beachWonderingif waves are free Mountains left craters,didn’t know where to turnOceans ran to rivers,only to watch them burn Flying feathers fledbefore the day went back […]
ALLELOPATHY
When I was littleI think I thought just as muchIt was about bigger things She’s music, still my toes tapWon’t complain about busyI continue to take the chanceAlthough I am not forgivenSometimes inside gets tangledand […]
Eodore
Incomplete manBlades make handsBlack castle battles pastels at the end of the rainbow Selling things, stop byCover scars, or tryOverall overalls don’t workWhile waterbeds aren’t happeningLike listening to baseballWhile carving dinosaurs Trimming hedge manDiced ice […]
Piece Silent Letter
I’malet meoutI’ma let me outI’m gonna let me outI am going to let me outI will let me outHello world, I’ve felt so freeHello world, I’ve felt so me I wonder, I wonder where it […]
Junipers At Stone
Some would call it chaosSome would call it lifeBurden in disguiseBlessing in the skiesI saw so many thingsTiaras under treesFoam core roots that breatheMermaid graves grow Junipers at StoneMy tag on trash cans I didn’t […]
Patio Wax pt. 3
Reflections from a tree where the best thing startedPaws found balance hereSticks and discs, carefree and futuresMiss you, dog. That’s a yes from me, dog.Talks with the dog pulling curtains from wallsIt just feels like […]
Blue Bubble
Slept in class behind herEvery day passed herShould’ve asked her then Dresses dogs, hip soundtracksSnowshoes, black pants, lost trackSomething about her since first sightLeft words on hold for years There was coffee, there were showsWhat […]
Alien In Pink
Flashes badge. Little man.Has no heart. Garbage can. Put on stripes. Find a bunk.Chain link fence. That’s a skunk. Grab pink socks and pantiesA soaked towel for your neckThe desert sky’s never been so clearBoth, […]
In’s Perspective
Sooo, sleep is real? Is that true?Last night I took a trip with youWe went here and we went thereAnd sat right down and cleared the air Sooo, love is real? Is that true?Highway cul […]
Sky In Time
Hands erase the waitlistIn his mind there’s greatestThe last is still the latest Too much medicationTrain down to the stationFlown communication Sees star wars he’d fought to ignoreat the happiest place on earthHim brings backFights […]
Down There Went
I’ve been down and taking namesPeople tend to forget flames“No one does that, not the same”Flip ‘em, roll ‘em, start the game. They’d wonder where that mountain wentWhere that flame that would go down wentWhere […]
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