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well your arms hang parallel to the curtains your gaze falls perpendicular to the floor your resign yourself to the hurting the lines in your brow are deeper than before don’t misunderstand I just wanna be your friend well a phone call is a phone call is not the means to an end your t-shirt’s [...]
hello it’s me I’m returning your call it’s monday wednesday friday between noon and three he says I usually just let the phone ring but I’ve always got a minute of time for the next big thing and I wonder how can he see where he’s going with those dollar signs in front of his [...]
I am an all powerful amazon warrior Not just some sniveling girl So no matter what I think I need You know I can’t possibly Have a need in this world Come and come for that sweet sweetness I’ll be your never ending vending machine I could never need to be alone Never need to [...]
i bet you’re wondering if you woke up today just to learn why the caged bird sings i bet you’re wondering if the goddesses are all crazy or just keeping it interesting situated slightly outside society at odds with its odd offerings i bet you’re teetering on the edge of sobriety just to alleviate a [...]
some crazy fucker carved a sculpture out of butter and propped it up in the middle of the bonanza breakfast bar and i am stuffing toast and sausage into my pockets under a sign that says grand opening while my dog is waiting in the car i wake up, i check out i fill the [...]
points the spire of the steeple but god’s work isn’t done by god it’s done by people up up up up up up points the fingers of the trees the lumberjacks with their bloody axes are on their knees and just when you think that you’ve got enough enough grows and everywhere that you go [...]
me and all the kids from the neighbourhood we play out in the street all summer long rule was we had to go home at nite when the street lights came on we were oblivious to the rest of the world we hold up the cars in the street we always played boys against girls [...]
they were digging a new foundation in manhattan and they discovered a slave cemetary there may their souls rest easy now that lynching is frowned upon and we’ve moved on to the electric chair and i wonder who’s gonna be president, tweedle dum or tweedle dummer? and who’s gonna have the big blockbuster box office [...]
Buildings and bridges are made to bend in the wind to withstand the world, that’s what it takes All that steel and stone is no match for the air, my friend what doesn’t bend breaks what doesn’t bend breaks we are made to bleed and scab and heal and bleed again and turn every scar [...]
I’ll be your biggest fan, I will be your fool I’ll be your exception to every rule and I ain’t the type to bitch I ain’t the type to cry I’ll sit at your red light and wait for your ship to go by and this vague little smile is my all-purpose expression the meaning [...]
you’re taking up lots of space your shit is everywhere your breath is all up in my face your hands are swarming in the air you’re the first one out the car and then the loudest one in the bar tell me is there something wrong girlfriend, what’s with this new version of who you [...]
do you ever wonder when the damage will be done? do you ever feel like one times one times one? do your eyes scrape the pavement as you shuffle from the sun? does your breath walk behind you when the dialouge is done? are you somewhat uninhibited? are you somehow unfree? are you like me? [...]
everywhere she looks she looks through the corner of her eye everytime she left she never turned to say goodbye swaying in the corner of the ballroom alone by the music she looked like a spiderweb fresh from the war he complements her bedroom decor she crawled in there like water she drowned in there [...]
pavlov hits me with more bad news every time i answer the phone so i play and i sing and i just let it ring all day when i’m at home a defacto choice of macro or microcosmic melancholy but, baby, any way you slice it i’m thinkin i could just as soon use the [...]
you were fresh off the boat from virginia i had a year in new york city under my belt we met in a dream we were both 19 i remember where we were standing i remember how it felt 2 little girls growing out of their training bras this little girl breaks furniture, this little [...]
second intermission anticipation you know the third act small talk drops out of the play you’re standing in the lobby tightening your tourniquet waiting for it and then the bell sounds and the lights flash and there’s all these questions milling around and there’s no time to ask no bliss for little miss leading cuz [...]
i am losing my love for adventure i’m losing all respet for me and myself tonight i wonder what happens if i get to the end of this tunnel and there isn’t a light i’ve worn down the threads on all of my tires i’ve worn through the elbows and the knees of my clothing [...]
your body forshortened below your shoulders your face so close it’s out of focus way down the hallway comes the sound of your shoes this is when I think about when I think about you if we let our love off of it’s leash do you fear like I fear how fierce it would be? [...]
the wind was applauding my passing your house how tempting, I keep your key still on my ring I have half a mind to open the gate how easy to climb your fire escapes of steel so familiar oh I feel like two of the plain of the face of you I was hidden by [...]
Most of the time I’m clear focused all around Most of the time I can keep both feet on the ground I can follow the path, I can read the sign I can stay right with it, and the road unwinds I can handle whatever I stumble upon I don’t even notice that she’s gone [...]