leverage your mind and body
against space and time
face the fire of your fears
life’s tests are real
they are here to teach you
how to breathe

I said, "Life is a cave of uncertainty.
Even in perfect symmetry,
It still never gets any better than this."
She said, "Wow, you must really,
Think I'm pretty and/or desperate."

While the embers of everything
Have just barely finished burning
You’ve got a blender full of bruises
And a pile of bandages in your bedroom
Your refrigerator is an ambulance
And your microwave's a dancer
But there's something to this music
That grabs me like a vice
So go on and tell your daughters
I’ve got nothing left for them tonight

I question your intentions,
The most quiescent of inventions;
How can you speak for forty minutes,
And say absolutely nothing.

some other being has become my self
like candles lit upon that shelf
don’t stifle any of it
the whispered prayer is repeated
never mind the ones that cheated
if you complete yourself
you are beyond the herd
be gentle with your self
if you feel the need to rest
find a pillow to lie upon
shine your shoe with sand and sea
smoke the mirror and an image you will see
bless the dancers in their costumes

We made it through
The test of spring
And let love bring
It's own flowers
To our table

The days go by
We decline in mind and body
And deny our fleshy rights
We aspire to the greatest heights
And eventually decide who we’ll trust
The time has come to justify your luck

we were pretending
to run beyond the edges
of our wilderness

broken fingers worn down to the bone
is it our turn to make the world go round again
all this toil and timber stolen from the forest
our symphonies are the sounds of lumberyards in Seattle
attraction to the unseen leaves you feeling restless
and dreamy as a satellite
lost in its trajectory
a shimmering object falling from the sky
our instant recognition of that star in another’s eye
i no longer miss those fences that kept us safe from harm
but left us feeling lonely like a hand without an arm
and no one ever said it would be easy
to awaken and retain the fragments of your dreams
but its not impossible for i have seen
and witnessed personally
ones who’ve indeed done that deed
which has no comparison
it exists unto itself
and sparkles in its own effulgence
like millions of tiny seeds
sharpen your appendages
and forge your own crusade
while so many are determined to put everyone else away
who can be your enemy in a world where all is one
shreds of evidence are slanted and wisdom is our fate
praise the melted fat of the offering
as we raise up high our plates

We are a pair of healthy lovers
Underneath our firmaments
Mundane apples never begin
To let you in on all their secrets
And feelings abide in the residencies
We divided beneath our skin

all the girls have seven bodies
all the world has seven forms
your anxiety is nothing
compared to the psychopathy in all


bliss
is blistered
and busy
interviewing itself
on television
while
useless
people
personify
themselves