We wandered around the south bend of town and saw all the bright lights, flickering off like fireflies. We went back home and passed out in a figurative dream on the back porch telling stories of the way things used to be.  We drove up north to visit some of the groves and forests we read about in the books, and we went to our favorite tree (which ( Read more... )

There’s a streetlight still shining on the west end of town, and these days that’s all I have to hold on to.  And I wonder if someday I’ll show my kids photo albums of us and the way we used to be and if they’ll think we were out of our minds. And I hope I don’t have to explain to them that we were the only ones who were sane, but here I am again ( Read more... )

down on the gold coast the people look so happy
money gets you laid, i saw it on tv
a brand new car, vcr a satellite dish
and a 6 pack are just a few parts of this american dream
well my friend had a dream to be free
he made it come true by giving away his tv
yeah my friend had a dream to be free
he made it come true with a backpack and his feet
when i ( Read more... )

Somebody call the ambulance! My ass is on FIRE!

it's a real depressing state of affairs when my guitar has only five strings on it and I spend an hour playing it that way simply because I am too apathetic to do anything about it ( Read more... )

genuine = ?

Sometimes I wonder how I fit into the world today, now that everyone I meet is dead in one sad way or another. There used to be trees all over the streets as far as these eyes could see, but they are being cut down faster than I’m growing up. And all of it so suddenly, makes me feel like it symbolizes the passage of time. I was skating down the ( Read more... )

snooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowboarding

 don't talk to me about boredom.

don't talk to me about pride.

i sucked it all up, i swallowed it down.

it's fine.

Ironic that my one mistake in life is that many wrongs are already right, and in a broken mirror there is more than meets the eye.