In our voyeuristic ambivalence
In our savage pacifism
With bureaucratic diarrhea
We **** on Lady Liberty
And wipe our *****
With the Constitution
Jan 2, 2014
Jan 2, 2014 at 1:01 PM UTC
The skies weep
In unrivaled joy
In unprecedented sorrow
In perfect ambivalence
We'll never know
Jan 2, 2014
Jan 2, 2014 at 12:55 PM UTC
Browsing, surfing, clicking
From inane, to insane, to profane
Running down a rabbit hole
That rewires every brain
Stumbling, bumbling, tripping
Into troll caves and lucid irrelevance
“Welcome to the interwebz, I’ll be your guide!”
Cries the three toed unicorn elephant
Museum of human ignorance
Vortex of time and creativity
At least Pre-NSA
We had some anonymity
Wellspring of inspiration
But don’t trade watching for doing
The internet gives and takes from us
And there’s a high price for using
Such worthless brilliance
Human biology isn’t ready
To start slurping up
This endless virtual piece of spaghetti
Grant virtual power to the people
So we virtually feel free
While you track and categorize every click
And quantify our humanity
I’m not asking to cut down the tree
But dead branches need trimming
I’m not asking to drain the reservoir
But stop sinking, start swimming
I’m not asking to cut the cord
Just intermittent unplugging
Don’t unload the gun
Just don’t aim at your forehead
Nov 22, 2013
Nov 22, 2013 at 9:45 AM UTC
In the springtime
Come walk with me
Hold my hand
Hold me close
Walk under trees
With new buds blooming
Walk over puddles
With old ice melting
Walk along pathways
Of bustling microcosms
Walk through fields
Of flowers reaching for sunlight
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In summertime
Come walk with me
Hold my hand
Hold me close
Climb up the mountains
Breathe in thin air
Descend into valleys
And search Nature’s secrets
Let flames warm you
Let stars awe you
And never stop growing
But stay as you are
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In autumn
Come walk with me
Hold my hand
Hold me close
Botanical tableaux
Delights all the senses
And reminds us
Nothing stays the same
Don’t fight the breeze
Let your curly hair surrender
But in joyful revenge
Crunch leaves under foot
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In winter
Come walk with me
Hold my hand
Hold me close
Wear a vest
To keep your heart warm
But dance in the snow
And honor every ray of sun
Speak only in whispers
So I have to lean in
And visit me often
Because a year seems so long
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I miss you
Come walk with me
Hold my hand
Hold me close
Oct 2, 2013
Oct 2, 2013 at 4:28 PM UTC
Hamster wheel
Stagnant pond
Second hand parachute
“Used once, never opened”
Like your mind
At least one of us is blind
And commits errors of degree and kind
Like a clock that always shows the wrong time
Your window to reality is a dusty painting
You aim the wrong gun in the wrong direction
And doubly missed the mark
Stop building walls
Stop filling motes
Stop burning common ground
Quit grasping at air
All delusions are out of reach
Instead, fight personal entropy
I might have to eat these words
Chew the page from my notebook
Maybe this correction is projection
So I’ll write it backwards too
And read it to my audience...in the mirror
Sep 16, 2013
Sep 16, 2013 at 12:30 AM UTC
Trees forbid the sun
Park benches beckon
The bustling tranquility
The unyielding softness
Her flame melts time like wax
Pinhead of light
In crushing ethereal darkness
Single punctuation mark on a blank page
Sadness of a thousand hearts
Oscillate her strings
But love moves her fingers
And melts arctic emotion
Sep 6, 2013
Sep 6, 2013 at 10:19 PM UTC
My words dance like smoke:
"Your eyes are the moon
My heart is the ocean"
My words shoot like a bullet:
"I want to rip your clothes off
and f**k you on the floor"
Sep 6, 2013
Sep 6, 2013 at 9:55 PM UTC
Seething injustice grows
Vineyard with deep deceiving roots
Exponential expansion
Bears insidious fruits
Don’t water the crops
Don’t eat a single grape
Don’t drink the wine
Bring to fiery waste
Sep 6, 2013
Sep 6, 2013 at 9:52 PM UTC
Midnight wolves bear down
On the campfire of my sanity
Menacing, howling, advancing
My outward calm, inward storm
Stared too long into abyss
Flames burn low
Vigilance fades
Fangs rend flesh
Sep 6, 2013
Sep 6, 2013 at 9:46 PM UTC
Colorado mountains climb into thin air
And demand two reasons to be speechless
Peaks that quench and ignite existence
And silently demand reverence
Beauty and terror wed
Uncanny companions
Hardest and softest thrive
Unspoken and unspeaking
Ascending conquerors
The spider and the flower
Sep 6, 2013
Sep 6, 2013 at 9:45 PM UTC