Putting Down

Held a bird’s egg between her breaststhere’s reasons for the road, I guessto document the indigenous,to paint and sketchpaint and sketchI’m starting to fail to be impressed. United state of ricochetfrom the boardwalk to the Appian waythe diamond files, the corporate ravesyou’d practically killnot to be afraidand I’m staring to […]


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Killing Time

I need your confidence need to know you’re minewhen it gets right downto the killing timeI know you’re heart is badbut it’s all I’ve ever hadwe can live our lives on this righteous crimeI got kicked when I was downand a sailor took my girl to townthen she licked my […]


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Cordelia

Angst on the planks, spittin from a bridgeJust to see how far down it really isRobbing a bank, jumping on a trainOld antiques a man alone can entertain It takes all of your powerTo prove that you don’t careI’m not Cordelia. I will not be there. Tin can man, dragging […]


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Chagrin Falls

By design by neglect For a fact or just for effect When they met where they connect At the confluence of travel and sex More a trip than a quest Plunged into the deeply freckled breast Where to now? If I had to guess I’m afraid to say Antarctica’s next […]


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Emperor Penguin

I like the tone of your trumpet C’mon let’s spill some paint Let’s raise a glass of milk to the end of another day And to the kiss that’s still intangible The kids are alright just unmanageable They won’t do a damn thing you say Your voice is all detached […]


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Grace, Too

he said I’m fabulously richC’mon just let’s goShe kinda bit her lipGeez, I don’t knowBut I can guaranteeThere’ll be no knock on the doorI’m total pro that’s what I’m here forI come from downtownBorn ready for youArmed with will and determinationand grace, too The secret rules of engagementAre hard to […]


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Lets Stay Engaged

It might be latebut it won’t be earlyyou got me to the gatewith time for a coffeeit’s getting latesounds like a departureit’s getting closesounds to me like a departureUntil we meet againlets stay engageduntil thenlets stay engaged Lies over timefloat to the surfacelies over timethey equal surfacelies over timethough the […]


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As I Wind Down The Pines

As I wind down the pinesit’s the lines on your faceplaying on your face. Without thinking so muchas abandoning thoughtI went through open countryover water meadow streamslakes and wires and roosts in reedsto a nest in the hole ofthis deadtree. To play without stopping or pausenot for silence not for […]


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Cemetery Sideroad

I had heart, but I used to be olderI’m not like I used to behad you, but I guess its all overyou talk, but you’re not like me. you talk and you talk like some weird saintwhat do you think that we could taint?when you’re nothing I am and I’m […]


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Small Town Bringdown

een to Renodrives an El Caminocan you dig that style? hip canteenyou always make the sceneyou’re a crazy child it’s a sad thingbourbons all aroundto stop that feeling when you’re livingin a small town you’re long and leanbut things don’t get you downyou’re a top ten kingpin in the bordersof […]


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Sharks

Sharks don’t attack the Irish,it’s mostly Australians.There’s nothing accomplishedby these splashing citizens.from the Moon down to the surfaceof the Mariana’s Trench.I won’t send you in a cab whenI can take you there myself and steal a lookover your shoulder atthe distant lights of your firmament. When the sharks finished the […]


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Put It Off

I wrote unfriendly things,truly cruel,on the day that you were bornto prove that wordscannot touch beautybut I was tornI put it off, I put it off,I put it off again I made degenerate artfor the religious righton the day that you were bornI had passion to experimentbut I was tornI […]


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Fire In The Hole

You triumphed over willYou had immunity to killYou had your dreams fulfilledAnd I love you stillBut there’s a power beyond controlThere’s a fire in the holeAh the nights are getting coldAll your secrets will be toldTurn your lanterns low As long as you can dig up proofAs cold as water […]


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Emergency

I’ve often dreamt of a conversationthat just keeps coming up again and again.We’re sitting in the Baby Bar bereftat a shadowy table out past the sentences end.From until it’s no longer fun’til that’s no longer relevant.From until we’re no longer one’til the bona-fide embodiment of an endlessemergency without end.We’re an […]


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Inevitability Of Death

Puffy lips glistening skinAnd everything comes rushing inWe don’t go to hellmemories of us do I get a sense of connectednessExclusive tight but nothing dangerousWe don’t go to hell memories of us doAnd if you go to hellI’ll still remember you But I thought you beat the death of inevitabilityto […]


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