Saturday, June 26, 2010

our embrace is a slow leak in an old faded tire
long blades of grass billowing out from under it like frozen smoke
this field, these breezes, we own nothing
everything decays

Thursday, June 24, 2010

precarious.

if I must be honest
I'm scared of turning it on because I won't be able to shut it off
my eyesheartmind
fear, real to the touch, but like words on a page
dysfunction breeds the most irregular of receptions

and if I can hear you breathe, I can see you smile tonight
and that's quite alright
we're in the lobby just waiting for a room
we're planting seeds just waiting for a storm
we speak our true language alone and all in good fun

and those who tear up maps will be likely to stay lost
even though we scatter bread crumbs on the trail for them

this padlock is metallic and cold
all I ask for is just the littlest bit of a sunrise so I can warm my hands for you

please be a rapture
grace defined
you're in bed and you're just waiting for the light
and we all still believe in fairy tales, even a little.

Monday, June 14, 2010

the stories we tell are always censored.

alright I'm going to let this channel through me like humming voltage
crossed word wires hung up on stakes like the heads of the defeated
you speak nothing but blasphemy
and by the time the sun has set you'll be hung for it
the only thing you can do with a horse that has no pulse is bury it or eat it
either way we're losing time here
fucking
ticking
clock
there's mud in my socks and my feet are cold, I want to go home
I'm not crossing the river with you
you let the fire go out
all it needed was some goddamned kindling
you let the fire go out
there's no police force out here to govern except for our own morality
and right now my perception is skewed
because I see you as tuberculosis and carelessness
pneumonia and dangerous potentialities I am disinclined to allow
partner
telegraph this to your kin
we invite the Devil into our own house before he acts out
I've had enough of snake oil salesmen

learn to feed a fire before you
venture out again

Friday, June 11, 2010

never a thank you.

just don't let anyone see that we're running
we don't want to cause mass hysteria. but
the vehicle being used for transportation stops tonight
I won't let her go any further, seeping melding permanent style
these magnets won't attract
the planet must be dying
is this the aroma of fear? because I'm no predator
the concept we sketched out included gas masks and bodybags,
and here you are with a to-do list and mediocrity
and it seems to me that your eyes keep themselves unfocused forever
at least not on me
that much is for sure
for security purposes, we're putting up velvet ropes tonight
unsure if I care that you don't care
unsure if you know what that word means you keep using
or muttering under your breath, it feels like
which is not how it's supposed to be used because then the meaning changes
upon further inspection, these cracks are fine!
let's just leave
quickly
just don't let anyone see that we're running

Friday, June 4, 2010

your choice is fish.

i am the one man neurotrain asphyxia
convulsion; the moment as enormous
irritate; irritate
my signature is left in letdowns and barely audible sighs
ask too many questions, leave my body for hoursdaysyears
keep quietquietquiet

come off it now

the aroma of sex, sweat and indecision
I dimmed the lights as far down as they could go and it looked like heaven was burning, but just a little
you were moving in the shadows, I was being haunted
I didn't ask for this
you make me feel like I'm terrible at everything
keep quietquietquiet
months from now there will be failure and hours from now
the most expensive frame on a picture of something that never existed
this should be fun