I am Jane Goodall's Tanzanian monkeys typing about bananas. My fingers are Santa's little helpers. My hope is a sporadic rainfall - yet a torrential downpour in all creative environments. I am Theseus, unspooling golden yarn. Sisyphus, sweating uphill. Bukowski, scribbling away in rooming houses. A river always flowing. I am the nightmare of stagnancy and a God of Imagination.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
And They Should...
carry our bodies down by the river after we die. There, they will bathe us, wrap us in fine silk and then let the slow currents whisk us away. They'll watch until we're out of sight - we might get snagged by a jutting rock or a stray bush branch - then, they'll wade into the cold water and free us from the tangles. They'll hope for unimpeded progress down the river...either that or a peaceful descent down to the river bottom. Either way...out of sight, out of mind, out of their hands - into someone else's. Straight down the middle or a slow descent to the bottom. Either way is fine.
Godspeed.
Monday, March 03, 2008
no matter what you think
the day is going to be like
no matter what your plans are
no matter what lyrics
you compose for yourself the night before
time passes
no matter what you think or hear
today is a symphony
that sounds far away from yesterday
talktalktalk
thinkthinkthink
bebetterbebetterbebetter
begoodbegoodbegood
belikewater
learn
live
breathe
focus
shooosh
so pretty, so pretty as she strokes your head
calm down, calm down
don'ttalkdon'ttalk
don'tthinkdon'tthink
bebetterbebetterbebetter
what'sgood?what'sgood?
belikevapor
rise to the top
realize that falling down
is natural
dripdripdrip
goes tears
dripdripdrip
thank you, says
everything beneath you
Sweating in orchestra pits
upside down
thank you, says
everything above you
no matter what you think
the day is going to be like
no matter what your plans are
no matter what lyrics
you compose for yourself the night before
time passes
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Last night was crap and I wanted to get out of there as fast as I could. Too many memories. When I got home I was exhausted but found my roommate and his band rehearsing in the living room. I sat cross-legged on the table and listened while having a couple million drinks. It was probably one of the best things you could walk into...besides a porn convention, of course.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
The Spaces Available In My Heart Are More Important Than My MySpace...
I'm packing on new days like a fine layer of moth wing dust.
Please treat me gently.
I may seem ugly.
But.
Regardless.
I might be beautiful in your hands?
Maybe a delicacy to some in other parts of the world.
Or a pest.
I can fly when I want to.
I can bite you when you sleep.
You can easily squash me, smoosh me or preserve me in a jar.
I'm attracted to your glow, though.
Be gentle, fucker.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Leaves Of house...
Get up, get up
says your trainer
I feel tired
you say
please
just let me
lay down
Oh, no, no, no, you big pussy
you're much stronger than that
why do you think you're here
in the first place?
Because I never knew what else to do?
Exactly, asshole
now let me stop that bleeding
keep your guard up
and punch, jab, punch, jab
He must be tired
you say
please
just let him
lay down
That's it, that's it
says your trainer
Friday, January 11, 2008
Each Day...
Each day is like a unique fingerprint, a strand of DNA, a snowflake.
Each night has been a "day"mare, a slow trudge through sucking muck, a lance splintered into the soft flesh and steel of charging calvary.
Today and all the days before this one have been tough and far too easy to bend and shape to my dreams if maybe I wasn't so whimsical and soft.
I have an atrophied heart stricken with bouts of emotional Tourettes Syndrome and a will made of petrified Silly Putty.
I am me, just like before. Stronger and weaker - for better or for worse.
I don't miss myself or miss my missed opportunities.
I just want more hits as I'm swinging and a lot less misses, Missus.
Love and kisses.
Each night has been a "day"mare, a slow trudge through sucking muck, a lance splintered into the soft flesh and steel of charging calvary.
Today and all the days before this one have been tough and far too easy to bend and shape to my dreams if maybe I wasn't so whimsical and soft.
I have an atrophied heart stricken with bouts of emotional Tourettes Syndrome and a will made of petrified Silly Putty.
I am me, just like before. Stronger and weaker - for better or for worse.
I don't miss myself or miss my missed opportunities.
I just want more hits as I'm swinging and a lot less misses, Missus.
Love and kisses.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
As Far As This Last Year Goes...
I want this next one to be totally Boo Radley as opposed to this years horrific Liberace naked jumping into a pool.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
Egg...
Everything that I wished for before I now have
and everything I now have is nothing compared to what I had.
and everything I now have is nothing compared to what I had.
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Alto...
I collect brilliant scraps of life
like you do tickets
I'll start writing my shit down when
you learn how to FUCKING drive
like you do tickets
I'll start writing my shit down when
you learn how to FUCKING drive
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Christmas Craptacular...
Downloading songs for my work's iPod. I'm in hell. Bing Crosby helps, though. Sammy Davis Jr. does not. I want to shoot him in his glass eye.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Fat Free Milk Friends...
Monday, November 05, 2007
Oh, What A Tangled Web...
Fire's out but I can still smell the smoke. It permeates the air, my clothes will need to be washed and I'll need someone to look at these burns. My house is gone. Smoldering ruins. My pets are nowhere to be found. I'll miss them dearly. All of my possessions, the comic books, my passport, TV and computers are blackened husks. Not so important I guess, but all of that will be hard to replace.
Today's my first day of starting from scratch and so far...
This poem is all I own.
Today's my first day of starting from scratch and so far...
This poem is all I own.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Robinson Crusoe Meets Jack The Ripper...
Haven't been writing on this old friend, here, Fat Free Milk, because of big life changes and a lack of a computer. Revisiting a lot of the ol' pen and paper Deus Ex Machina. Maybe I'll end up getting more done. We'll see...
Monday, October 08, 2007
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Friday, September 28, 2007
Kyle Was Right...
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
So Sweet...
Thursday, September 20, 2007
He who tries to forget a woman, never loved her...
Which one are you?
The one I miss now?
Or the one I loved before?
The one I miss now?
Or the one I loved before?
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