Thirty-plus swirls around the sun,the moon, whatever it is.. heard it’s all one.Whole life looked at by strangers.Somebody knows everything but nobody knows it all.Whisper enigmaFifteen years and ten opinions laterattached are all the stigmas.Engima’d. […]
Where were we?Went for a dive.Where were we?Somewhere, some long drive. Motel key.You lost your mind.Motel key.Somewhere, some long drive. Maybe heading back from the musicto the desert in a new car.Maybe make you lose […]
Hardly on time no matter how hard I try.You gotta understand that.I get held up every morningwhen I wake up. I leave words outthinking they’ll know what I’m talking about. There are places I know […]
Car don’t drive in that pool.Car slow down and be cool.Through the mist are four headlights.I don’t know, it’s Friday night. Why you lookin’ at me?Why do I do this? I freeze.Where do you find […]
Blue hair child of the past lost track of meBrown hair bunny ears looking back at meMoving with the shadowsFrom a candle in the cornerA mystery as eyes roll back from me Black’s constant’s always […]
This distance has become a mountainside.When are we gonna climb? Mandolin sings, a Hammond rings –I take myself to years agoto when I was still runningstill running aroundaround at recess with my friendsand crows were […]
A ride through Guadalupe,two dogs on his tail.He ignores the stop signwith hopes their brakes don’t fail. He’s driven past her city.Whispered to himself,‘I can’t find a ladderand she’s on the top shelf.’ Don’t think […]
In the comfort of a hoodie,a smile through a screen.But my god that was years ago,I don’t know what anything means. Window, looks out at the evening.Black and white, the scene.By now that time was […]
A motel lot near LAX had me questioning reality.A thrown out back, but I’ll call backwith time, if I’m not still busy. See how much has been missed.To not know where we live.We crawled and […]
I woke up in a new year,hanging pages on a wall.Thought, every month I’ll flip themand a few times they will fall. I went about my dayand I got in my way.I ran outside and […]
Thirty-two paws pouring everywhere, flood from holes in the old lot. Walking up while they’re vibing. Catching up on what’s been hiding. Can’t tell what’s under the words. Six years since I left the jungle. […]
The old backyardThey torched the treeSomewhere near love, but not quite free He sent a card‘Cause he is heTen years later near Christmas Eve ‘I gotta blow up the aliens.I’d like to be right by […]
Bag full of candyGarage in the desertIllegal tunesYou almost gave up on you Head full of fuck themConcussion, still the glueContraband thoughtsYou think I’d give up on you? I do it. You do it. We […]
Unwrapping a presentShe stood upAnd spilled, ‘I just can’t take it.I don’t think you will make it.’ Too far out of it to know you’re in it. Unwinding the presentShe looked backAnd cried, ‘what on […]
Got dressed up to sit right here.Man I’ve had three hellish years.Walk around the block againand hope to hear from any friend. With the sun I wake up now.Something’s changing, don’t know how.Think I’m halting […]
I saw when she told mewhat I’ve been telling myself for years.Somehow, I walked inside. I am like Matt Foley,though the basement is myself.Getting up and readyto tear down the top shelf. I saw when […]
No one will love you until you love you.They speak as though it’s truth.That’s not true, they’ll love you – you’ll just never feel it.That’s just how I’m thinking.I’ll never say that I know what […]
I see the songs.I think about the past.I wonder what it would be like if it all came back. I see the songs.I hear about the scenesand wonder if they knew that that was half […]
A master of misplaced chaostrickling up the streetlike distance chasing closer. A brewer of boastful breakdownstrips across the wireas chapters catch their sentence. Not quite where he wants to be.Tires leave a flat city,seeking somewhere […]
Questions sling to silence,buzzing like rockets at best.Honing in on happy, ignoring all the rest. Reckoning of wonder,humming like sunshine soothes ice.Bringing up the good times when everything was nice. Looking up, are you?Are you […]
I had two rocksI’d talkThey’d listen We’d go for walksWe’d talkAnd listen One taps hi every once in a whileSits on my heart from time to timeThe other has bid it’s final goodbyeWild when rocks […]
Livelihood stripped for a year,alone in the desert.I’ve been through this before.This is how I got here.This time’s gonna be more. I just stay inside.I just walk outside.I just loop the laps.My heart is my […]
It vanishes like magic. Don’t let it run your lives.Teeny tiny tyke toy desk. Impressing my ex-wives. These people hate Christmas. With me or you’re fired.They’ll pay for the helicopter.Nice hospital, I’m wired. I’m making […]
Leaves cartwheel off the trees.We walk and walk and wander through the snow.We talk and talk and ponder what we know.Footprints never looked so deep. We were children.Red hoodie walks in the rain.Not worried about […]
Bet you think you’re a big shotI think that’s what you are not.You are just a small dotin an endless gallant sea. Muster it up.Countdown to make the call,try to piece together a message.Windows rolled, […]
Teenage angst drives streets hoping not to stall.Old soul boys plan out things, rolling bocce balls. Fleabag crowd on hills watchingScent from them wafts to turfI can’t afford to lose this thingIt’s my entire self […]
Gather roundWe’ll break some breadAnd in due time, you’ll all be dead. We’re here nowWe’re gonna stayWe’ll wipe you out, wash you away. Frozen turkeyDirty birdMashed potatoesWhat’s the word? Dark meat all dayCats eat cheeseSpoon, […]
I said her nameA wind chime rangDo you remember talking? I said I’d moveI’d follow youDo you remember talking? The constant swinging of sides of the spectrummost time’s never lined up.We never got to that […]
What do you do?You do what they say.I don’t think you can think.Is it easier that way? What do you say?You say what they do.I don’t know that you know.Is that easier for you? We […]
She slides like lightning through the deep end.She’s raindrops on a shoe,bringing all the walkinga slightly lighter hue. She stays like wisdom on an old page.She’s chapter books of cluesrecognizing greatnessin bolder types of new. […]
Do leaves miss trees a while after they leave?What ever happened between you and me? Do bees miss queens or realize what to be?What ever happened and when will we see? Water tramples water for […]
Figured out our minds.How these old things work inside.Implore them, they’ll tell you we’re crazy.We’ll say they’ve never lied.Not that we’ve ever known of. Walked out of our minds.Left those old things way behind.Explored them, […]
Tiptoes whisper up the stairs.Tail wags, eyes wide, someone cares. Weird days lately lead the way.Mouth drools, shaking, here to stay. Got your back.You sing my song.I chase my tail when you are gone. Black […]
Every night when I’m in bed,a pillow fight inside my head.And I’d awake, but haven’t slept.Fighting demons off instead. Every night, if in my dreams,I make sense of how it all seems.And I awake to […]
One daythey’ll ask what I’d sayand I’ll say you’re asking me? Confused,they’ll ask what I’d doand I’ll say use my own head. Don’t put my face there,say my name defending that,use me like you use […]
Landlocked coasts looking for a cove,we wonder how we got hereand how we always know. Lifelong drives looking for a road,we wonder why they rush throughand why they never slow. ‘Hills were changing colorsright now […]
Got so mixed up while making changes.Got high, a new job and moved again.Windy City to break the news and celebrate graduationand never got a chance before it broke,I remember my first call, to guitar, […]
HalloweenI was a queenUntil everything got away from meLeft that life behind Dressing room‘God, look at you.Half fit into a dress, too small, too blue.’Left that one behind The smoke will crawl off the balcony.Fake […]
Tell me to writeNot typeSo I don’t lose it Held backspace, I spaced it.Replaced it.Like I didn’t know what I mean.I swear sometimes that’s everything. It’s changed so many times, I don’t know where to […]
She’s more than a warrior,she’s a wizard’s queen.She’s the only one he’s foundwith any idea what he means. Down walking she was beaming.Corners of her smile hit the sky.You could get lost in her evening. […]
Grown from talks, rows of washplaying in the sand.Catching three ancient seasdripping from a hand. Thrown from here, bursts of fearflutter in the night.Hitting four closing doors,never taking flight. Walks with the water to the […]
I’d walk a mountain, I’d scale a moon,I’d do anything for another float or two. Meet me in a corn maze.Meet me in a fire.Meet me at the airport or somewhere on the wire. A […]
Music goesWorry showsQuestioning what’s next It could’ve been handled differently.You mocked it and we lost this.Your orange is peeling.Your hair? I don’t have the word. Uncertainty, it’s killing me.This was a dream I dreamt up […]
What happens when the world skids?Why don’t they ever flip their lid?Has this moved on to come back or go on?Did you get that song?Has it been too long? Who’s in charge around here?Why don’t […]
Ok kid, big jump to the pool.I was about to put down something cool. Ok kid, I’ll get up and move.I was about to dive into my groove.Now I can’t remember, like it was Septemberand […]
Hey who ordered who?Was it me? Was it you?A table in Texas, I was so confused. Tucson, I left it behind me.Texas? Nowhere near on the way to Flag.Texas? Around five hours til I’m home.It’s […]
Said you say you’ll do things you don’t do.Said when I get to me, I will show you. Thought you left yourself and your old brilliant mind.Thought if I slowed down I’d get so left […]
Fly stops by, thinkin’ not sure why I did this.This man reeks of awful, nightmares, and vanilla. Fly swings in, thinkin’ he didn’t just say that…This man speaking’s awful, nightmares, and vanilla. Decaf cover of […]
I’d skate into a blizzard if it meant slowing down.Drive thru,just a blizzard,cool me off for a while. I’d swim onto a highway if it meant moving time.Shed thoughton the highway,bring me here for a […]
Four feet up a river, seeking out a spring.Gazing at the times that passedand what the future’d bring. Cobain sang, he was driving.Dirt road, beside him, she was trying to make a movie.Rock city rolled […]
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