i drag this carriage with a whip at my back slowly leading them to their destinations to their privileges

now when I say “forever” I don’t mean too

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

i have been trying to eat the moon the sun is too spicy and i do prefer a late dinner but the people i eat with are insa… and they vomit the stars

the only boss i care to listen to on Labor Day

dawn is a coffin stars take their graves in morning come night, resurrect

with a heart that aches to say the… let them sled over my lips know the peace of their meaning it’s been a long time since i last… i miss saying them

for wars not fought and battles not waged axes that fell from the hands of warriors

stopped by a red light engine sputters memories he goes with what’s gone

let’s say you’re trying to go somewhere who isn’t? but let’s say you never get there

though it takes a daily muster of all you got empties you out and leaves you wanting

if you’ve show up to the poetry re… with no poems to read you better worry because you can’t go on stage with… so start looking for an exit

peering into your eyes i am trying to understand you hoping to know you a little better with each glance when the world is mad

dying to stay in tune they rattle eagerly to play one last song