and i tried to be
like the Man who
doesn't talk too much.

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i skated down the street
with pretzels and plastic wrap.

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i saw something i felt i'd felt
once before:

two candles in cups with
a tray for support and
indian markings in between.alone, the ( Read more... )

the car is shaking
intermittently
like it's cold.

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Bill Evans, through and through,
solves the birthday blues -

or at least understands.

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and then i saw a bumper sticker:

"the hole in the ( Read more... )

realize the moment and ( Read more... )

the stars look beautiful ( Read more... )

theres nothing in this life
that i can get from anyone else
depending's a wrecking ball
tearing down my life's walls

i knew from the start you were wrong ( Read more... )

we've got more sophisticated claws
and thinking, robotic teeth.
undeniably keen noses, and
eyes that crack concrete.

tranquilize the rest of us and
zoo up the ring so we can
listen to the animals fighting and see
that it doesn't mean a thing.

i want to be something of substance ( Read more... )

i was so concerned
about what they were
that i became them
and they reversed
to what i now wish i were

perturbed is too small a word
lacking freakish connotations.

i'm working right now
for the rest of my life.

others feel precise and particular
about politics and property
i'm those thing about
the workings of my insides

and remember 16
when you were jealous of everything
but knew nothing
hoping for a sneak peak
but when you get it
peaking your eyes just right
so that you fool
everything but the night