2008

Aug 19

it’s not anything new,  but you’re a disease. it’s hard to build walls to keep you...

Aug 18 (white houses)

Crashed my car when the sun sunk low this little four door with some weathered friends Stay out too...

Aug 17

let’s spin this story show them the strings,  let’s hypnotize everyone who glances upon...

Aug 16

mellow melodrama permeates, drains and leaves stains wherever it flows.

Aug 15

assume but you won’t, your brain is scattered, thrown against the wall. you’re not the...

Aug 14

perfection, is attainable, but not for long.

Aug 13

and it came to me,  like a bus in the snow, that i could change my  mind. innate was now acquired....

Aug 12

sparks and better halves. it’s been  a while. i know  i can stop the train.

Aug 11

motionless, cars on either side rush past, are we just moving backwards?  there’s one sin i...

Aug 10

i walk the line,  because you’re my dotted line.

Aug 9

an absence, of more than one kind. however, my resolve lies bleating, awaiting the slaughter. the...

Aug 8

mechanized, unified, but still imperfect— rusted at its core. flowering eyes— block by...

Aug 7

and serenity becomes stagnation, and there is nothing real about us. 

Aug 6

haven’t you ever cast off the weights nagging on your ankles? if nothing else, your life is...

Aug 5

tranfixed, anxious, but below normal charms. and i can sit for hours waiting for you to  start. but...

then do something about it.

Aug 4

bypassing street signs and under the bolting brief design. but are constellations easier to find in...

Aug 3

i’ve got silent roads that all lead home and deer that will stand in my way. i’ve got...

Aug 2

clustered heat, coughing peace. a silver silence, privacy intruded upon. i needed a muse, you...

Aug 1

drowsy yet alert,  circling stars, arcs in the sky. stairs and rising heat. framed and up for...

Jul 31

relaxed relapses,  reality or a good imitation. you  aren’t solving any problems. but...

Jul 30

underneath the sky, golden skin breathes golden air. and it  never matters what i want.

Jul 29

the motion of the stars is simpler than that of a car crash. we just complain  about the same...

Jul 28

listless tilted heads, protruding tracheas and downward-facing palms. they’re looking...

Jul 27

one of these days,  i’ll let the seams rip and i won’t care to sew them up again. to be...

“Where are we? What the hell is going on? The dust has only...”

Jul 26

inch by inch, my fingertips are sore. lungs pressed shut, with warm liquid  smiles. i can’t...

Jul 25

pipes and fans. vertical and radial. cold and whirring. corners and second chances. - you think...

Jul 24

i’ve got a lot to breathe out— a lot to release. don’t you know that i’ve...

Jul 23

carved faces, sullen faces. i’m holding my ground. i’m ready to be something else, you...

Jul 22

bleating rain trickling salt flats, reflecting the sun. no more, there’s a molten spot at the...

jesse: you sound a bit strange.
me: but i'm not making any noise
me: so i guess we're all a little bit out of tune
me: except silently

Jul 21

my god, i need to surround myself with true believers and my silent abandonment has you in shambles....

Jul 20

again and again next to different people. with bats low upon us. part of me loves the sadness  in...

Jul 19

and my hands are clenched, wrists are  weak. when  did we stop, when did we fall away? i’m on...

Jul 18

why so serious? because my sky is cracking, no it’s non- existent. i can’t do...

Jul 17

cause - and effect. i don’t know who i am and i hope someday  i’ll forget. counting...

beneath the welterweight  dew-slick nighttime gray sky that...

Jul 16

pushing the envelope, it was an experience while it lasted, but sudden decay and sunken feelings...

Jul 15

i’m on the ground,  face in the dirt,  and as i’m writhing (writing with an...

Jul 14

i’m not a radical, even if i wasn’t in so deep treading water, i still have a...

yellow.

Jul 13

suffered infatuation turned to disillusioned disdain. this season belongs somewhere else, but...

Jul 12

there are codes still left uncracked, ones set aside and never looked upon again. there’s...

Jul 11

the silence was somewhere between the collision and  bouncing back into my seat. a gray soft spot in...

Jul 10

rolling across the road, over the shoulder— a second glance. i see a woman riding her bicycle,...

“A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a...”

that this has nothing to do with you.

Jul 9

scraping away old skin, i need to start from the bottom again— i need to clear my name. and...

Jul 8

foreign tongues and cold minds, burned and frozen, respectively. highly potent, blurred vision, and...

cars

Jul 7

just look at what’s  happened to you, my thoughts never seem to grow from thinking alone, but...

Jul 6

everything is made.

Jul 5

a prism condensing, upon us i’m sure, like they have no care or vendetta to cure. don’t...

Jul 4

the blaring lights are blurred by the rain and fog, but i still hear what i want to. soft...

“I took a bullet, and I looked inside Running through my...”
— happy independence day.

Jul 3

i can throw. i can throw punches. i can throw out my back as well as throw caution to the wind,...

Jul 2

my corroded spine: i’ll never live my past down. my encroaching scowl: i only operate in two...

Jul 1

open eyes and new thoughts, i am not ready to talk about this. immature and underhanded— under...

Jun 30

in ways anger has changed me, my grudges have met my resolve,  shook its hand, and gave it...

Jun 29

i’m standing alone; a blind man that could suddenly see.  i wish i liked what i...

Jun 28

i guess it’s a laugh,  or a pause, or even a shrug of the shoulders that defines the...

Jun 27

audacious comments, i can’t believe you. it’s not about him at all, it’s about...

Jun 26

get up, get out of here, today. - eyes averted and sighs prolonged, i’m caught in...

so it’s either contentment or relentless resentment.

there are missing links in all of our chains,  are you...

i’m exactly where i’m supposed to be now.

i’m locked and ready (with eyes closed).

love grows in me like a tumor.

Jun 25

my blackened soles and his black soul, surrounded by shrouded sunlight. branch-framed sky, wisps of...

Jun 24

solitude is a silent weapon, and the  crosshairs are  aimed at the hairs standing up on...

It’s like a book elegantly bound, but in a language...

you’re the voice i hear inside my head,  the reason...

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Jun 23

there’s a reason, a reason why i keep falling, or lurching towards you. i still can’t...

i’ve got to find you.

oh little town of bethlehem.

Jun 22

forgiveness is a warm tear drop hitting my skin. i hide a smile— i concede not to...

Jun 21

outbursts inwardly.  i’m still a coward,  and the sun— it reaps what...

Jun 20

i had thought for a while inside that my sea had frozen, my seams sewn again, but it wasn’t me...

“I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing Roman cavalry choirs are...”

swaying shaking,  shivering, and  inhaling—sending cold gasps to crystal lungs.  i can do...

sore, sort of, but closer to  heavy eyes and piercing  falls. below the page there lies something,...

i’m thinking adventure?

i want to go here. 

never just “leave things as they are” if you got...

I cried. I’m terrified to lose this to that

and you know what? this summer can bleed all it wants to,...

this too.

i made this. interpret as you may.

yeah, sucks. i heard the marines won’t take you if...

but i believe the world is coming to an end.

“After the dance, we left in Sam’s pickup. Patrick was...”

Listen

“have never been more awake in my life. do you ever get the...”

diversion mary.

people keep on giving in. 

she’s an angel for sure, but that remains to be...