Monday, November 30, 2009

save your spoils

save the spoils for the victor

the quitter quickly quit her

today I'm a reel to reel silent motion picture

a storm circles these rocky mountain blocks

searching for a parking spot

over the city

if you're with me then you're with me

if you're dizzy then they're working

the snows still lurking

in cloud bunkers

tossing thunder

like hand grenades

smoke fades

and so did the summer

we take a number to wonder

how long we've been under the weather

and the influence

truant and missing for instance

time is the distance

between the cracks in the concrete

where black sheep grass blades meet

to discuss the trials of living on the street

compete to complete

letting down the heat easy

with breezy conversation

sleazy masturbation of an already swollen ego

we go over heads and under the bridge

to rid ourselves of these useless eyelids

and fingers

thoughts still linger

but grey skies are for sad kids

beginners

so how the fuck are we supposed to separate the saint from the sinner

if they both plan on wearing their horns to dinner

how awkward

to share words with madness

and stability

june through september never feels that real to me

Monday, November 9, 2009

snow fall

i can feel the mood changing

seconds slipping slow like

black and white

slide projections


i'm paranoid

caught up in anxious panic

traitors stalk

their knives reflect white from the snow


the first snow fall

i feel helpless/hopeless

she pulls at me

like the south does these straggling birds


be good to me

and i'll love you true

hold you above everything

that tries to cut our throats in our sleep

on the cusp

a man sits on the cusp.

waiting for his ship to sail.

he bites his fingernails, and watches the sharks just below the dock.

the wind swirls above his red hat in every direction.

He turns up the music in his headphones.

trying to be humble.

A girl steps off onto the dock.

She looks like rat poison to the man.

Beautiful.

Rich.

She looks determined as she ties off the boat.

"a storm is on it's way here." her lips full, and her teeth straight and white.

the man just sits ignoring. trying to skip any songs about love.

The rain poured.

lightning ripped at his sport coat.

his ticket soaked and sunk to the bottom of the bay.

the earbuds cracked and buzzed. finally giving in.

The man jumped into the water.

choked on the waves. Fed the hungry stomaches of the kings.

the girl watched from the paddle boat rental shack and ate an apple.

her lipstick looked even more red on the green of the skin.