she done him right

what you got?





this is what i got





a damn good deal i'm telling you





is what i got.

real talk

the well timed word





could bring me back





from almost anywhere.





This is the real thing!





smells and sounds and an old man smoking





i want to live in a world where this is the real not the kindle not the itouch ipad i don't care





i want to own the words





the worlds inside the words





because what is there outside of that?





All my life I've tried to live in that illusion -- a soothing drug that allows me to forget that I'm a bitch and a fake.





I'm a phoney and a fake, but this isn't phoney or fake.





you can only write like that if you know the words are real.

the hardest color

forge ahead!





There is no wealth but life





so live on.





see how everything finds a place?





you think you are searching





but really you are found.





call it





anything you like





only say the name and it has meaning.

open the door

feel so low





just want to get high





but it only drags me further down.





lately the dreams have been





closer to waking





nothing takes the spirit





down before the storm.





i am trying to welcome these guests, but they are troublesome company.

gear up

let's start with the right side





the white side





the things about to change





the things that bless us now





the ones that stay the same.

suspend

any other reason





doesn't reason.





i'm hiding while trying not to hide 





i plan whole lives in my head





and watch them drop away.





what am i looking for, anyway?

the darling buds of may

be still and see





what others see





not alone but with eyes





fresh from cover.





i don't have to ask





what happens next





i know





and though i know i go on





anyway.