i saw atrocity and deceit upon the… blood spilling down its jagged cli… tragedies unbound scaling the peak i tried to warn others not to climb this vicious monster

race against midnight an eleventh hour dash for the quick finish

all of my weary and all of my woe is made into perfect sense a common thread in my favorite son… familiar tones of sadness the beauty of malaise

stuck out on a ledge with no stairs no ladder and no one to catch me

so close to travels rocks along the railroad tracks never board the train

she dances like a fool at the idio… gracelessly fueled by cocktails and

visceral were the nights we stood… each of us armed with an instrumen… and hearts that beat like tempos we put on a show but we weren’t put-ons

i kneel on two bad knees i clasp together two

he remembers the grapes as they would vine through his blo… like galaxies looking for a home welcomed with a kiss from his alwa… stars tickled his heart

walking down the path that leads t… from 15th street i pass the same pothole that was t… twenty-two years ago as black and as deep as it was

it is not just missing the good times slamdancing in a circle pit with your best buds at a rock show blacklit basement parties

i search each second find words under rocks and rugs looking for poems

the Buk used to write about the va… hanging around the downtown Los A… looking around the library here on 8th & Rio Grande i think

if significant to one and not to another maxims adages cliches