taking the cuffs off

What’s the point in saying anything

with so much more to say

than what you’re actually saying

you just kind of don’t think you do anymore

or perhaps you haven’t found the right words

because I could go on all day about it

so don’t lie to me kiddo

I could punch all the mirrors in the world

but it wouldn’t make a difference either way

that’s just a cop out and I’m taking the cuffs off.

obsessive compulsive culture

These are

obsessive compulsive times

in an even more

obsessive compulsive culture

so it’s no wonder

this obsessive compulsive content

isn’t anything more than

a like, swipe, and vine away

from disappearing.

You don’t have to smile

If you’re not smiling today than good.

You don’t have to smile today.

You don’t have to smile tomorrow,

but you will smile again.

And when you do, I’ll be there

telling you I told you so.

And it’s going to be a great time.

It’s going to be better than before.

dumb ideas

In the end

all of our

dumb ideas

eventually become

reality, whether

by our own hand

or another,

the dumb idea

to one

is somehow, always

genius

to another.

swimming circles

like a goldfish in their bowl

you don’t ever get to leave

staying where they keep you

what a pity or relief?

hell I don’t know the difference

between seeing and belief

but that fishbowl you’ve been swimming

looks far too small for me.

so if you’ve thought what I am saying

half a dozen times

your chances of remembering

are just as good as mine.

like a goldfish in their bowl

I don’t ever get to leave

still I keep on swimming circles

headed for the sea.

Better

We’re going to make this better,

for whatever that may mean.

Alone — Separate — Together

Better has many names.

Bohemian Blue

Scott wouldn’t let me leave

he said

where do you have to go?

Stay, have another

we’re your friends you know.

How much cash you got?

That’s it, no more

21 dollars even

and thanks for being here.

watching dust

two vessels lay

like the dead

watching dust

disappear

off the ceiling fan

point of view

Is that a quote or a poem,
a rhyme or a love note?

Half of the time
I don’t really know.

The other half
I really don’t care.

It’s like when you know it
you know it, and when
you don’t, you
show it, in hope

that someone
just
might
be standing too,

back against the wall
just as tired as you

but able to explain
from another point of view.

Getting there

I

know

they’re right.

I

just

can’t stop.

Not

here,

not now.