The whole world eats Our love, lives and dreams We sit and sigh another eve

All the cars have been robbed There was nothing in the vans They made gold of air The radio blares pretend And the traffic’s rough again.

We are Greek, in a democracy We are not pawns for autocracy, We the characters of an Odyssey, Are not your lies for tooth fairy, We are humans with lives you prete…

As the wind settles Eyes grow dim, tired still In the morning we begin again In so doing, if you can Please do not pretend...

I dreamed once, For true naive That we would walk Sanguine and silly Besides the trees

I hope you get your dreams From where I sit I cannot see. I hope you are in gilded light Near it does not surround my eyes. I hope you have sound peace

I was free once, And nobody cared an inch what I’d… That’s how I liked it, that’s wha… Now, for a year or more, The state knocking at my door,

I hope you are warm, well, and fre…

I feel the same As when we never spoke of it befor… I miss you since

It is raining beautiful And loud. Kind that turns the Cars around Little branches Snap

Your grandma gave me nine dollars After having breakfast on Broadwa… And it wasn’t her but still, She told me what was and I said m… Sincerest apologies true.

We are the ones Who could not get away Not for nothing But for the state Not for coffee

The only promises I’ll make Are the ones you’ve already seen i… I swear, on my life. Paradox of poem and silly sky So is life, on faith we dive.

I saw a dream that cried Riding the bus, passed the tractor… And construction to the outside of… Not a farm but a field A small ranch with a slight mess i…