expressionless in a dark exhausted sense
belonging to the rhythm of
the world
a soft, unraveling cadence
once in a tight blue white swirl
light streaming from above
the unforgiving sun

there will always be kids pushing carts
in the boiling heat
brightest reflections off shining surfaces
worrying about developing cataracts
or skin cancer and
becoming burned before the big show
skin looking red and fleshy
on their own two feet

independence day
shoot away

a model who asks for me to reach
another bottle of dark wine
baked, with you in mind
not your lesson to teach
practice what you preach
sit back and learn
how it is done around here
(smooth criminal)
smoking resin on probation
in your parents basement
there are colors we haven't seen
shade of human spirit
muted and in hues green
like moss growing south on a tree

the first day of summer
what a huge bummer

strange irony in the conflict
between two magnetic pulls
the magenta from the mahogany
wood splintering down the center
count the rings
ship smoke on the horizon
sail boat out of long pipe exhale
you will feel your whole body contort
to fit into the tight spaces between molecules
of the air
but to be fair
it is rude to stare
at any vast emptiness
between obvious
safehouses
for a
friend in distress

the frustration
and helplessness
felt
watching a friend
get swallowed by the earth
and financial freedom is true freedom
everything else is budgeted
we are slaves
to the system
devote the entire life-span
to the advancement of
new ideas
waiting until this all becomes
a huge money-making venture
but will it, this adventure?
creating a promising future
out of rubble from failure

 your favorite color mixed with mine
green eyes
umbrella smile
considering you as witness
to these devices
of mankind
not kind man
he will steal from you given the chance
freezing time your pockets would be emptied
girlfriend taken
everything you worked for will be taken away for free
so unimportant
now is, more than ever, time to accept youth and appreciate the extreme supportive family for all of their best advice. everything is a considerable donation. or an emotional investment. I would never want to thrive at the personal risk of anything, but there are those who would be a martyr for me but I would do that to them as well. Without any questions at all. They are approaching strange old age while letting me know they fully support my ridiculous life.

fourth of july
the biggest lie


As John Steinbeck famously said, the problem with poor Americans is that “they don’t believe they’re poor, but rather temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”