i finally slept and

dreamt that
girl
was playing red rover
with kid in tow,
meeting with a manager,
touring through metropolis.

but she was always
at arm's length.

and my chin
was growing
ever larger
as a result
of smoking

and i was taking
out the trash.

100% Chance of Rain

Yeah, but you're like that all the time -
I won't say always.
You can be sweet but
Tart too, like a scolding nanny.

what's that lyric bout not wanting to think what you're doing right now?

i feel the difference
between
the cold shiver
and
the warm tingling.
this is a shivering.
banish conjecture.
beeeee cauuuuuuse.
it hurts.
stings a bit.
detach with joy.
oh boy
it ain't easy.
this grease trap
smells like shit,
it lingers.
breathe through mouth
and feel through feet.
kick up toward the light.

thunk at matty's that gloaming

i like it when you dress on up
and love it when you dress on down.

i like it when you call me up,
but luvvvv it when you come around.

i gotta say i like your style
and absolutely love your smile.

i can only hope to hear the sound
of your voice for an ever while.

twenty for seven

i can beat the best
better
jimi janis jimm
kurt kristin.
i ain't goin out like that
twenty something waste(d).

pleas

please tell me
your heart needs me more than your brain
please tell me
i'll see you like that again
please tell me
i was more, am more
than a crutch
when you're too weary to walk alone
please don't tell me
you love me like a brother
please tell me
you love me like no other
please tell me
that you're just confused
please tell me i wasn't used
by yet another lovely lonely girl
with brighter prospects
please tell me
it wasn't just sex
ual, the usual,
the use and recycle,
the same vicious cycle
please tell me
you love me

it was raining and

i nearly
got clipped
the morning i met
you
packed up and
shipped
to skies of infinite
blue

YOU'RE GOD

My God
is Her God
is His God
is YOUr God

4th Ave - My Parachute is Silver

i went to buy some thicker skin
then headed home to try it on
but couldn't seem to quite fit in
so i exchanged it for an open yawn.

Foregone conclUSION

only seeing the two together
can i can pick the shinier key,
the one to unlock the front door.
only cuz i had the slightest taste
can i calculate what i'll be missing.

GROUNDING OUT

that girl best jump soon
cuz this boy's falling fast
and he's 'bout to hit it.

but now rather than swoon
she'll make that the past,
just tell him to quit it.

he'll sing the same tune
while she tells him he has
to just go and forget it.

though he'd jump the moon
and make love ever last,
she just doesn't get it.