I'm very cool I'll understand While I wait for you I'll check out the band Stroll the streets Alone yet content Ponder past passion And...

Too bright train rides Age impedes Access to art The Cure Can sometimes be The Cause The sky will brighten As earthen roots fray...

Fresh tracks on familiar ground Brand new words spoken With a similar sound Love and warm vibrations Suppressed snarls accompany Sudden...

All grown up So I'm told Only one part of me Feels old Time has proven Symmetrical gears grinding There's only so much time Watches in...

I don't want to know the backstory I don't care how Han met the Wookie Or where Yoda comes from Or who's parent was dying when they...

Scars received in bars After one too many jars Lots of stars in backs of cars I'll vomit any sort of ink Spill pathetic poetic stink If...

So bored I'm floored By the magnitude of The untoward Place me in the psyche ward Before I'm lured Back to the Streets And then cured By...

Wolves Minus many Save one And you have Found Me One wolf A solitary soul A soundless snarl Then sets out Into the Night Joins us in The...

Slow rage Settles on skin Strength sapped Seeking sanctuary Steeped in silk Seeping sin Soundless sources Swift surrender Soothing...

Strange paces I've strode In these morning hours of night Deserted city streets I've roamed Seen many a shadowy sight Yet I've felt the...

Beg now the winds To send changes Blowing For it is nowhere still That I feel I'm going Spoiled and rude This attitude But with all the...

Addicted to the extreme So it would seem Boredom will breed An unfulfillable need A bottomless chasm An unachievable orgasm You will...

Empty busses On empty streets Closed bars With vacant seats Lots of people Wandering around Lots of Life With empty sound TB 8/29/2020...

I chuckle at those Who believe there's a reason Or such a thing As a shark attack season It's us who choose To enter their home And...

Rare moment Internal quiet Blank bliss Content recognition Pleasant Knowledge A good day That is enough

This is an old one but could apply to just about anytime. Now in particular Repetitive ways Politicians give birth to Endless babbling...

Give me black or white Give me yes or no I won't wait at a green light Reason tells me Go Give me wind or fog Give me Sun or dark Give me...

When I was in school I'd sit and try listening But outside the window Sunbeams were glistening I could not focus I could not sit still...

(written 9/21/1994) Tapping feet on broken glass Echoes make the rhythms crass Power swells rushing, amplified Over there a manhole cover...

It has recently occurred to me that I may need to find ways to enjoy myself that do not result in death. I'm open to suggestions. Just...