i was alive
all for a good cause
achieving the unwanted
now the law of understanding
finally
while dying

all right got to go
tomorrow beckons
the sleepless night
necessary

the gift of life escalated
afterlife currency
meaningful christmas
a birthday with candles
then cake

Bada Din
what i have right now
the more i know
the less i understand
perfectly imbalanced
sufficiently fulfilled
how do you see yourself

while dying

get it
do not want it
not so
loud and clear
ignorance
takes over

learn more
changing into
what

tragic
god left heaven
to govern america
closes your eyes
open

just like before
only worse

funny
so i laugh
sad
so i still laugh
being an idiot
with a big heart and
realize
i’m next
hit the garage
close the door
turn on the engine
and relax

gone to soon
had to leave early
looking for a map
the gps broken

always carry a mallet
a symbol a start a
finish
an ending
an old
beginning

he looks like
he just molested
a senior citizen

the business of predicting
incessant visions of shoes
filled with feet filled
with tomorrows no
holding on

lived in a tree
then
fell in love
with fire

acquainted with commitment
write a song about living

a full circle
from a straight line
authentic and oblique
wanting to be attractive

a new relationship
full of pride
and prayer

bring your toolbox
bring scissors and paper
bring a credit card
forget your pin

glowing
an idiot in
charge

got the car
not the title
got the house
not the keys
so we wait
looking up
abandoned
on a beach
of excellence

go see it
bring a sandwich

the very first step
taken every morning
makes me dance
in the afternoon
maybe what i’m here for

get started
then
finally done

on a mission
in the hands of business
crushes the fine line

criminal salvation
this time around
it will not be
different

what the fuck happened
now more than ever
not since the stone age

we the people
we the dinosaurs
we the caring
left dying
the reality being
this

can’t do it

can feel it
in my breath
released
to the frozen air
lips sweating
preparing
to look out the window
here

direct from nowhere
my outpost on
mountain top

and
my love of the sidereal
with midnight

even if
you called yesterday
call again
look
find the best
for you

the benefit
sleeping
in the doorway
no lock
no key
only you

strangers in the twilight
again
only you

and that is what is
gone  yep it’s
only you

started a band
everyone
played out of tune

at first it
sounded like cacophony
eventually
the sound evolved
Beethoven’s unpublished
symphony
then it made sense
another good choice

a brief knife fight
who
would want to hear that
more evolution

then it happened
the new sound