stencil

the external etchings on
the brick walls of abandoned homes
foreclosed lifestyles
a glimpse into the psyche
of an artist whose masterpieces
turned vagabond
flighty and prone to whitewashing
revered, as a nuisance
a train becomes an ever-travelling art gallery
a wall carefully manipulated into a canvas
during the fleeting darkness of the early morning
signatures carefully coded in a secret language
known only to those who like to while away the hours
reading between the lines

the gravity of gravity

And I remain stoic

Impudent

Insolent

Against an irrational

And indifferent

Universe

Desperately scrawling the truth on the back

Of napkins

A years’ worth of receipts

The corners of note pages

The envelopes of countless invoices etched with

Parables and prayers

To keep the stars from falling

The sun from going out

To keep earth’s gravitational pull at exactly

9.81 meters per second
per second.

the fortress of solitude needs a new interior designer

and ill never relax
ill never let go
never lean back
or close my eyes all the way
so that way
when i am let down
i will have been right
you'll never get the best of me
if i only give you my worst
my moat is always filled with crocodiles
my bridge always drawn
the knights always on guard
lances sharpened, steady
for people like you
who dare to
walk up to
the fortress of solitude.

all hail the mustard queen

You are the mustard queen

Sting the palate

Shades of turmeric and black tar

The overlooked middle child

Between sriracha and mayonnaise

Your golden kiss will forever remain

On the foods we hold most holy

Sandwich

Salad

Soup

Potato

Egg

Mustum ardens – glaze of the Romans

Held hostage in Dijon

High in omega 3 fatty acids and

Isothiocyanates for heat

And if you dry out

A little wine will revitalize you

100% Pure Evil

"I remember opening my eyes during the crash. You didn't feel anything. (There was) no pain, nothing. It felt like it wasn't even real," Alliance said.
When the crumpled vehicle came to a stop, deputies said the girls were badly hurt, and Alliance was vomiting blood and in a state of shock.

your december outlook

the strong and silent type, accidentally starving loved ones for words of affection

spontaneous telepathy

8th house of sex, death, and other people's money

the affairs of the dead are nebulous and frustrating at best

Avoid jealous females

retire gracefully to the home paddock and chew the cud for a while

Rams on the prowl late tonight

Mercury's retro gyrations

tiring of your own rhetoric

It's hard to be good all the time, especially when everyone else seems to be having a jolly time being bad

lunar low cycle

if you haven't figured out that you are in control over almost nothing in your life, you might not like what you feel

A long awaited justice

lonely, desperate and sleeplessness in the night

'let go and let God’

The universe provides the form, you provide the content.

blackout poetry

disappointent
never sounded so good bouncing off
the lonely walls of resentment
the ominous silence of being alone

just don't look

an indeterminate monster

I am the creature from the black tar lagoon

The product of chemical imbalances, self-pity

And an undying urge to be both the best and the worst

Selfish, but living in a constant fear of rejection by the ego

Always ready to give up

Always prepared to be given up on

Catalina pt 2

i miss the quartz veins that run through
volcanic rock
neo-geo-logical erosion
as the ocean devours the island

ode to ecology

The epic silence

Of science

A divine understanding

Of the processes that

Shake our foundations

Burn our bridges

Catalyze our reactions

And carry it all downstream