2011 - Day 300

In almost every single case,
The anticipation we face
Beats the actual race,
An adrenaline waste.
But when it involves SLOCREW
We're all gonna show you
That what we do is so true,
We're the party to go to.
The day after three hundo
We're gonna have fun yo
Call us "We Bring The Fun Co."
In memory of the trip with the Chrysler Three Hundo.

2011 - Day 299

A routine is sometimes needed,
Without which we are lost,
To head on back down that other road
The paths don't always cross.
If I live to a strict script
My body will be happy,
My mind will likely get bored quick
The situation crappy.
If I do whatever I please
The TV rules supreme,
My fat will melt into the couch
So I'll live somewhere in between.

2011 - Day 298

Nobody is perfect, at least so they say,
Except for that girl that I'll meet one fine day,
Right now she is elsewhere, living her life,
Till our soul magnets connect and I make her my wife,
The day that I see her, I'll know that it's true,
I've been waiting my whole life to tell her 'I do'.
For now I'll be positive and live life my best,
This girl is my vision, my journey, my quest.

2011 - Day 297

Four seasons live in one full year,
Each one a different interest,
Most places are effected big time
In Cali there's no difference.
First there's Spring,
The flowers bloom,
The land turns green
Will get hot soon,
Summer's scorched
Lot's of bikinis,
Get buff and tan
I hope they see me,
Then comes Autumn
Also called Fall,
So do the leaves
And basketball.
Last is winter
The family season,
Holiday time
Gives us a reason.
Me? I like them all the same,
In Monterey, season's are tame.

2011 - Day 296

Lightening and thunder
While they rescue down under,
The king of the lions no match for the beast,
His prize is the beauty
While Fievel doesn't go east.
So many animated classics exist,
Too bad Walt Disney's a racist exorcist.
No make sense no matter, what do I care,
You read it you hate it I count it so there,
In case you missed it, Pixar's over there,
Haha you idiot, you just thought of my underwear.
I apologize now for what's written above,
But I'm sad cos I only have one turtle dove.

2011 - Day 295

A sparkling blue sky, dancing in the wind,
Colorful globes of light, mesmerized,
In rhythm to a spiraling coil without an end,
Follow paths of old, in dust,
All through time's history,
Leading to new memories
The next step to be a mystery.

2011 - Day 294

I'll be your distraction,
Whatever I can do,
Helping you forget the things
That make your world gloom.

I'll be your distraction,
Tell me what you need,
Let me guide you through the fog
Your troubles will recede.

I'll be your distraction,
Until the end of time,
The thing to me that matters most
That you forever shine.

2011 - Day 293

The sound of waves echos in my ear,
I hold the shell close, reminding me of you,
Always hoping that you might again appear.
The way your head would rest gently on my chest,
The secrets that you never confessed,
The way your face glowed beneath the moon,
Your subtleties,
Oh if I could only see you soon,
Your smile, that melts away the snow
You give the trees in spring
Reason to blossom and grow,
The day you found this very shell,
A memory, one I'll always know
I'll hold it close forever,
Can never let it go.

2011 - Day 292

Each time you move to the left
I do the opposite,
As if we exist in perpendicular worlds.
The truth is,
I'm your reflection,
A sentient being if you don't mind,
Designed without purpose
Destined for greatness.
Move with me, as I you,
To the dance of un-time,
Till we meet in the middle,
You as me
And I as you,
Forever
And never again.

2011 - Day 291

Today I walked by, as I always do,
But I missed you both more than I usually do,
So I walked to the couch as I sometimes do,
And I sat down and sighed, as I rarely do,
Then I cried and I cried, which I never do.

I got up and walked out, the day not yet finished,
I hope that our friendships will never diminish,
I wanted to tell you it isn't the same,
A big piece is gone, I have both you to blame,
But as long as you both are quite happy I'm good,
I'll keep on without you if you think I should,
Until we see each other again,
To MS and LO, a couple great friends.

2011 - Day 290

Mock,
yeah.
Ing,
yeah.
Bird,
yeah.
Yeah?
yeah.

Headed to Aspen, escaping the Gas Man,
Where beautiful women
Instinctively flock
Like the salmon of Capistrano,
No food, no jobs...
PETS' HEADS ARE FALLING OFF,
According to the map only gone 4 inches,
Driving an '84... Sheepdog.
So you're telling me there's a chance...

2011 - Day 289

Ecstatically elated with an eager glowing essence,
Fanatically obsessive for the future of our franchise,
Through six we've got five, this week on a bye,
We'll come back with power, I feel so alive,
Exciting times now if you come from the Nor,
A comfortable lead with the help of Frank Gore,
We won't settle for less
We want more more more more!

2011 - Day 288

It started with my fingernail,
I painted it deep black,
I moved on to the next dead cell
Till all my nails black.
Slowly then I took the paint
I rubbed in on my skin,
Up and down both of my arms
My stomach, thighs and shins.
I kept on coloring myself,
No way now could I stop,
Paint myself black from head to toe
Then decided to go shop.
I went down to the local mall
Went straight to the Starbucks,
I ordered a double americano,
Till some guy said 'what the F&$#',
He chased me down and beat me up
He thought my gag was tasteless,
I don't think he realized
I wasn't being racist,
Black absorbs direct sunlight
The entire color spectrum,
I represented unity
But now I feel like red rum.

2011 - Day 287

I'm running, quicker, heading for red bricks,
I'm lunging, wind resistance, this is my only fix,
Break through and move along,
You watch yourself from up above,
Out of body, out of mind,
Swiftly turn the hands of time,
Before they stop to catch a breath,
Run until there's nothing left,
You will thank you eventually,
The only way you're truly free.

2011 - Day 286

I hate being sick
It makes me feel sick
That I'm sick, a sour sick taste,
Medicine man
Come give me a hand
Please help wipe this frown off my face.
Missing work is not enough
I also miss our first game,
No touchdonws for me
Only get up to pee
I better feel better tomorrow.

2011 - Day 285

Transcendence in the form of creation
Everlasting tides of love,
The will to lose and love again
In It's simplest form.

Bring to me, a wisp of hope,
A breeze of certainty,
A path of unwavering confidence
A lifetime of genuinity.

2011 - Day 284

In happenstance I took a route
That normally I avoid,
The sky opened up, the Earth grew cold,
All thanks to my fabulous Droid.
If I hadn't gone this way
I'd rest safely in my bed,
But I listened to Droid's GPS
Now monsters want me dead.
My only goal now is not to get caught
For fear of them eating my bones,
I'll be on the run for years to come
But it's still better than owning an iPhone ;)

2011 - Day 283

A year ago right on this date
Through our troubles and our strife,
Did come to us, in binary,
The meaning of this life.
Funny to me, to think about
The struggles that we've all endured,
To find out why we exist at all
The Answer that we have all yearned.
This marks the anniversary
The Answer to all that is true,
A simple combo of zeros and ones
The Answer is 42.

2011 - Day 282

Stand up and shout out
What you feel inside you,
The only way that they will listen
Make them feel your vibe - true.
What they say and how they act
Not while you still breathe this air,
Resist facade innate today
Make sure that they know you CARE.

2011 - Day 281

Ring of color encircles me
On my way from star to star,
You stand by me through peaceful rest
Give me hope of better days,
Believe that I can make a difference
If I only trust and try
Very much so -- I miss you.

2011 - Day 280

Dexter,
New season,
Couldn't be happier,
Amazingly great intro episode
Free Showtime all season long,
Come to my house
We'll watch it,
Every single
Sunday.

2011 - Day 279

As I sit I watch the Tigers,
Try and beat the team to beat,
May need help from trusted ligers,
Make the victory taste sweet.
Such a series, watch in series
Four series sit side by side,
Beloved Giants not post-season giants
They tried but they died so I cried and cried.
The World Series coming soon
One team to go is not a stranger,
They made it last year but this time they'll win
Try your best old Texas Rangers.

2011 - Day 278

The brightness of the day,
The darkness off the night,
As time spins to a tune
With wings it's given flight.
We can't feel the Earth's rotation
We'll watch it from the big space station,
Faster flying UV rays
Take us back to groovy days,
Forward backwards side to side,
Wait until planets collide.

2011 - Day 277

Edit my annoying headache,
Delete the shooting stars,
Backspace 8 times an hour each
So I don't go to those bars.
Rewrite the script that I just wrote
Lead act who else but me,
Burn the pages, throw away
The much hungover key.

2011 - Day 276

Hands free hands down
Rolly polly's roll around
I struggle when I speak to her
While pill bugs roll up on the ground,
A dash of this a dash of that
The dish I make for her is crap,
I wish I could just roll away
And live again another way,
I'd be the master of the rolling
They'd all respect the master polly,
Instead she tries the food and fakes it
At least shes happy that I made it,
Can I ask for more? Of course
But that would steer me far off course,
Much thankful in the end.

2011 - Day 275

A life within a life within,
Round and round forever spin.
Burning down the burning house,
Win and lose but never win.

2011 - Day 274

Into the shards of glass I peer
Of what was once a magic mirror,
Reflecting shadows of the past
Discovering dreams behind it's mask,
Glistening fragments begin to fade
Overgrown secrets turn light to shade,
Stand up and run to get away,
Don't let them steal another day,
That your awake is all I pray.

2011 - Day 273

Things in the past are like
A plate that's shattered to pieces,
You can never put it back together
Like it was.
Sweep the dust
And shattered fragments,
Beyond the witching hour,
No turning back,
But just a glance,
Emit an echoing flower.

2011 - Day 272

Twice now I've seen you here,
Gliding delicately
Without a care,
Our eyes then lock
My heart then stops
I don't ever want to look away.
Who are you, whats your story?
The only thoughts
Bounce through my head,
A serendipitous event,
I want to know you,
Please tell me when
The next chance I'll have
To run into you again.

2011 - Day 271

Eternity stands on the edge of time,
Peering into the crystal ball of life
Watching, listening,
As the past devours the future,
The present unbeknownst to man,
The singularity of a moment
Existing only as a concept
First in anticipation
To then exist as a memory.
To truly touch the now,
Exist outside the confines of time
A state of Nirvana,
A feeling Sublime.

2011 - Day 270

I'm off on an adventure,
To wield my sword in flurries,
I'll tell you where I'm going
I'll tell you some of my stories,
The way the dragons burn the land,
The singed and parched civilians,
To fight and duel till winter's end
I'll probably kill a million.
Half a nit wit, mostly dense,
He rides his horse flipped round,
But he makes a great servant
And packs muscle pound for pound.
So on an adventure now I go
To save this ungrateful land,
And when I return I expect nothing more
Than to lie nude in the sand.

2011 - Day 269

My undefeated ways are done,
Just one now leads the pack,
His team is strong
So sing along
As I crouch low to attack.
A friend he is
A Grandberry
But this is all out war,
His team is the best
So might I suggest
When it rains it also might poor.
Patiently wait
Until week eight,
A SLO town Halloween,
We'll face off then
It's Holslag vs Benz
A fantasy football dream.

2011 - Day 268

Record spins round
The music plays loud
We all stand around
Boy what a crowd,
I take off my pants
Cos their swarming with ants
Now watch real close
As I start to break dance.
No one cares
The just stand there
No hands in the air
They just stare and stare
Till I'm well aware
I've got no underwear
And that was the last time I went to a high school party.

2011 - Day 267

I take the painting off the wall
And throw it towards the ground,
It shatters right in front of her
With a loud explosive sound.
We stand there for a while now
And stare at one another,
I'm the one who smiles first
Then she laughs as hard as ever.
We start to take more paintings down,
We toss them everywhere,
The walls the floor the fireplace too
Me and her make quite the pair.
And when we're done we walk outside
The ground's shadows shine by moon light,
We disappear into the mist
Will we come back? We might.

2011 - Day 266

My toe fungus grows humungous
Up into the sky,
Little creatures whittle features
On it's moldy side.
I won't just sit cos I don't trust it
A living breathing shame,
I drive to the mine arrive just in time
The yellow canary game.
I volunteer (said Paul Revere)
And down and down I zoom,
When I touch down there is not much now,
I light a match and BOOM.

2011 - Day 265

A hundred more
A hundred more
One hundred more to go,
Day in day out,
No matter what,
A poem I must show.
Most times I work on them at night
Quite rare by the light of the sun,
Takes notes on my phone
Sit at my desk all alone
Even so it is still somewhat fun.
It takes a lot of effort though
Sometimes it seems like a chore,
I want them to be great
So that nobody hates
Though that's not at all what they're for.

2011 - Day 264

A man inspired me today,
He told me all the things to say-
When in a crunch or in a jam,
Whenever I dislike a plan,
When she says turkey but I want ham,
Whenever I must shear a lamb,
When I am told to sever a hand,
Whenever I play Candyland,
When my friend wants to join a band,
Whenever I go back to Grand,
When I find out my life's a sham,
I'm pretty sure I'll know what to say.

2011 - Day 263

I walk into a room and
They all stare,
I can't help it,
it's just the way I am.
I swing my hips slowly and
Stride to the front
Of the line,
They give me cutsies
As they stare,
I can't help it,
It's just the way I am.
I order two of their finest and
Shoot a glance at her
And her and her and her,
My eyes a six shooter
Bullets of ecstasy
Straight through their hearts
As they stare,
I can't help it,
It's just the way I am.
As I turn to leave, she calls out to me and
I stop and slowly turn,
Eyes lock on eyes,
She opens her mouth to speak but
All that is produced is a moan
And a tremble,
I turn again
With smiles on my face,
The doors swing open
As they stare,
I can't help it,
It's just the way I am.

2011 - Day 262

The Sleague of Extraordinary Gentlemen,
Exclusive to those who love SLO,
Two weeks have gone by
As we all try to try
So far we've all seen quite the show.
The standings portray a wide bell curve,
Three teams at the head of the bunch,
Six more in the middle
Last three feeling little
As they lost all their games with a crunch.

2011 - Day 261

So very close
So far away
We had the lead
It could not stay,
And now we sit
In disbelief
Another loss
An Autumn leaf,
If only just
For one whole season
To give us hope
To give us reason,
Instead this one's
Just like the last
Look to the future
Not to the past.

2011 - Day 260

I strike my target with full force
I never blink my eyes,
Green blades of grass the comet's tail
How beautifully she flies.
My weapon sends it to the moon,
Across the Milky Way,
Straight into a small black hole
And that is where she'll stay.

2011 - Day 259

Inside a turtles shell I sit,
Tired and alone,
Recouping in my own seclusion
I try and find my zone,
Omniscient glow the walls do show
An eerie light sets in,
And high above there flies a dove
She searches for her friend.
She passes by and then I sigh
The light begins to fade,
The turtles shell has cast a spell
Now I must drink Kool Aid.

2011 - Day 258

Coffee beans roasting,
Aromas kick brain patterns into hyper drive,
I watch it all through tired eyes.
Tells the body to move along,
Rhythmic repetition -
The foot pushes the pedal towards a destination,
Sleepy lungs to sing a song,
Less of driving, more of coasting,
When it's over
Raise up for toasting,
And then we'll do it again.

2011 - Day 257

A poem of a song that's from a movie that was true,
A glacier sprouts from icy depths out far in the deep blue,
A mismatched dance upon a ship in much more ways than one,
It shouldn't be it couldn't be their hearts are just to young,
It doesn't matter both don't care they know it's meant to be,
Captive for now but when they dock their hearts will be set free,
And while it sinks an icy death their hearts do meld together,
Though he is gone she won't let go the heart goes on forever.

2011 - Day 256

Goodbye my friend
For a while at least,
I wish you good luck
Hope you rise high like yeast,
A new dawn awaits you
Time to meet brand new faces,
I've no doubt at all
That you'll beat all life's races,
The next time we meet
It will be extra fun,
Whether on Hallow's Eve
Or music under the sun,
I'm glad that we worked, lived and raged it up hard,
Those memories are all highlighted and starred,
I hope that this journey implodes you with joy,
Make the most of it LO - kung hei fat choi!!!

2011 - Day 255

IT'S OVER
Well it's mostly done,
But then again
Had too much fun,
The lights and views and people too,
The sights and crews that we unglued,
I can't imagine anything
As preposterous as thus,
To think of all the time that flew,
The journey is a must.
While I know it can wait awhile,
It's just my way, it's just my style,
The words of Andor, wise and guile,
Lions can't eat crocodile.

2011 - Day 254

Check the schedules and turn on the games,
Order two tall margaritas,
Watch all the players - the rooks and big names,
Be sure to tip all senioritas.
The screens are so big you can watch them all sweat,
The fans all scream loudly around you,
At the end of the games the good coaches get wet,
The scores that you guessed did not come true.
The day finally ends, a sigh of relief,
Time to waddle back to the craps table,
The Niners did win but they still gave you grief,
But you don't give a damn like Clark Gable.

2011 - Day 253

Being blind
Without
Being blind
A very peculiar notion,
Dreaming mind
Within
Dreaming mind
I drank the magical potion.

2011 - Day 252

Just 6 words to say it all,

I'll catch you before you fall.

2011 - Day 251

Fear the man with the feathered hat,
His eyes like deep black holes,
He wanders the nights looking for stray cats
So that he can make flutes with their souls.
Pity the man who speaks to the cats,
He limps and is on the dull side,
Powerless to stop the feathered hat man
He just prays that the cats have nine lives.

2011 - Day 250

Heaven is gonna wait,
I'm having too much fun,
My appointment will be late,
I live under the sun.

Every day I get a present,
Presented presently,
Treasure each and ever moment,
Live continuously.

2011 - Day 249

The breeze directs the wind that flows gently through your hair,
With ease dissect the grin that grows immensely without care,
A tease does trick and win with those intentional soft stares.

2011 - Day 248

Slowly return from the caverns below
Taking so long and traveling slow,
The dark red blood flows steadily now,
Thinning back up then slowing back down,
So much further to reach the end,
And then a little bit more,
A couple of days of leisure and sleep
Then drilling right back to the core.

2011 - Day 247

A day of cruising in the Old Town,
Large yellow birds and dirty striped refs,
We did search the strip and guess what was found,
Coins and sharks and the stealer of bets.
Hanging by a sliver, hanging at the pool,
Lucky coin of silver, taking them to school.
A liquid hot day,
A spicy hot night,
Exploring the seas,
There's so much to find!

2011 - Day 246

The heart of the Lion,
Wrapped in slabs of bacon,
Dipped in peanut butter,
We all be cup cakin'.
The dawn did bring
Two cars of four,
Together now
Forever more.
A balance this magnificent
Calls for celebration,
Cheers to all an hour long
Immense profound elation.

2011 - Day 245

Eve of a memory
Remembered by our group,
No one else will share it but
We may give them the scoop.
Time to go,
Time to ride,
We'll see you soon,
TO BE ALIVE!!

2011 - Day 244

Drink from the cup that
She put into your hand,
Listen to the song that
Is floating from the band,
The melodies together,
Her voice with bass and drum,
Vibrations down your spine that
Make your mind go numb.

2011 - Day 243

Alright, ok, it's something new,
Keep after it until you're through,
Should mannikins try and stop you,
Pull off the arms and bid adieu.
Now when it gets a bit too hot,
Go to the bar and take a shot,
Then gather all the things you brought
And go pass out there in your cot.
Wake up slowly, rise and shine,
Now head straight to the diamond mine,
Listen close and read the signs,
Else you'll find yourself go blind.
Without vision, use a cane,
Use your senses, feel the rain,
Never walk through the fast lane,
Unless you want to be a stain.
Just go back to where you're from,
You can't see what you've become,
A beggar, chooser, loser, bum.
So give a little, then take some.

2011 - Day 242

Dice, rolling down the felt,
Lice, crawling up dead cells,
Mice, burrowing deep within,
Ice, melting in the gin,
Rice, boiling on the stove,
Trice, three times in a row,
Price, how much will you pay?
Nice, can you make my day?

2011 - Day 241

Sitting, sitting, slumbering,
On cardboard made of glass,
Shooting stars drink daiquiris
A little bit too fast,
Spinning wild, uncontrolled,
This is the Revolution,
Follow them who follow at
Ten thousand revolutions.
Give into the daily mess
The land of mistletoe,
They won't remember anyways
That you can whistle though,
And in the end to sit back down
To watch it all unfold,
Writing down what nonsense brings
Their stories all untold.

2011 - Day 240

San Francisco World Champs
The timer counting down,
Have to work through injury
The pain circles around.
Put up a fight, not over yet,
A month to make it happen,
Will not give up until the end
So says our faithful captain.
I have faith and so do you
The particles at play,
We stand behind the Orange and Black
Every single day!

2011 - Day 239

The Eastern Bloc came from the past
And walked into the present,
With it came a summer breeze
So I cannot resent it.
In the flesh she walks around
I ask her what her name is,
She tells me she's a phantom ghoul
Because of this she's nameless.
She says she's here to haunt the souls
Of those in ignorance,
To learn of nothing, live for less
Her test is rigorous.
I wake up sweating, dreams are dark,
I have to take a shower,
Then deep down I feel a rush
An unfamiliar power,
I reach inside my left eye socket
Pull out a dark blue flower,
And then I know what must be done
The very next witching hour.

2011 - Day 238

A week from now we're on our way,
To sing and dance and laugh and play,
Connect the dots, the crew of crews,
Our lines converge, there are no rules.
Creation in it's Grandest form,
The memories beyond the norm,
Wander through the breathing streets,
Hang by the pool, hide from the heat,
Will likely come and go too quick,
But guess what? It'll still be SICK.

2011 - Day 237

Earth shattering turbo-bass
Ripping up the land,
Spewing dust and particles
A normal day on Grand.
The parties were a-many,
The people always new,
We squeezed life dry of every drop
Then Monday back to school.
To think of all the fun we had,
The friends we'll have forever,
Four years, and this the sweet icing
Let's remember it together.
A year to live in infamy,
A year we can't forget,
A tear for every memory
We lived with no regrets.

2011 - Day 236

A bag of mixed emotions,
I hunger for your taste,
A movement deep inside of me
An eddifying waste.
So long the rose doth bloom at dusk,
The turtles crawl to freedom,
The feelings never walk the plank
Though scared to ever feel them.
In this moment
Now's the time,
A shouldered heart
Give yours for mine.

2011 - Day 235

Harsh brush strokes across an endless white canvas,
A continuous thrust into the milky abyss,
Dull, undefined shades of grey
Overshadowed by brilliant manifestations,
Haunting splashes of vibrant chromaticity,
Retinal exclamations released by chemical deficiency,
A prism within ones own mind
Ever-changing with the shadows of imagination.

2011 - Day 234

Deep jean pockets filled with lint
Flashing signs abroad,
Thumb held high to catch a ride
From the winner with a hot rod.
"I'm done forever" you tell yourself
As you make your way back home,
"Volunteer my wallet's time?
It makes me wanna moan!"
Time goes by and you save up
To buy the lady a present,
But then the carrot dangles before you
This time you won't regret it..
Right?

2011 - Day 233

When I think of you, my thoughts do not flow as they should,

Instead, they sway gently from iambic pentameter

To quatrain, to a Beatles song, then a slow violin with

The sweetest piano in rhythm, then horns and a rose

And the softest clouds in the sky, colors that complement

The shirts of kids laughing, playing, and two lovers,

Destined to be, holding hands under the old oak tree

In front of a winter’s sunset, and you, almond eyes,

Delicate rose lips, smiling, and knowing, always knowing,

A universe within a flower, within a snowflake, within a cloud,

Light within light, nothing more beautiful and mysterious,

Forever in my thoughts to be, but never thoughts at all.

2011 - Day 232

Eyes wide while I rest

New worlds, old wonders,

Universes created

To be obliterated,

One after the other,

Stringing together an endless loop,

Subsequently smothered,

The rise and fall

The beating heart,

A drama from within,

And as I wait,

The shadows stretch,

Tomorrow comes but again.

2011 - Day 231

A sunset,

With its many colors 

And contours

And layers of beauty,

A delicacy shared by all,

Appreciated by less,

Revered by fewer,

Truly understood

Beyond the obvious

By none.

Though as long as you can feel,

Touch with all your senses,

Hear with your mind,

Softly, closely, Breathing with your soul,

Where life meets heaven,

And understand

To not understand,

You just might feel

The infinite echo’s of Love

2011 - Day 230

On my back two giant wings,
Let it now be known,
One created from golden clouds,
The other made of black stone.
A Gemini, the twins each control
One half of my destination,
My life does glide both low and high
The depths of my elation.
Every morning I wake up
Not knowing where I'll fly to,
The good the bad the dark the light
To experience it all is my Truth.

2011 - Day 229

Quietly get swallowed by a wave,
Deep blue bubbles form a watery grave,
In passing days it's all but forgotten,
Stretch the boundaries of time
Where there is no bottom,
In unison joins the world large,
From sea to land the soldiers march,
The end is never close at hand,
Bring peace to this ungrateful land.

2011 - Day 228

Let it commence
Let it come from within,
The waiting
The watching
Turn life on it's head,
Do figure it out,
Then tell me about it,
Unraveling patterns
This room is too crowded,
Discovering songs
In mass perspiration,
One thing on my mind
The golden train station.

2011 - Day 227

I'm still there
I tell you now
Will be there long,
Long past the hour.
You talk to me,
You tell me things,
But all I hear
Are memories,
I do my work,
Work extra hard,
But inside
The broken shards,
The colored glass
Of melody,
So great to ride
The gilded wings,
I make my list
I check it thrice,
To plug back in
Is awful nice.

2011 - Day 226

In an epic span of three
Sun sat as many times,
Melted ice cream cones
My mind a mellow fire.
Sound reverberation
I wandered to the beat,
A mixed creation all around
New life came to my feet.
When it was all said and done
I sat and stared in silence,
But beneath the subtle breaths of life
Gave way to musical violence.
Too concentrate cannot be done
Not when you've seen where I've come from
The crowds did hum and the bands did strum
I want to be back where it begun
My mind is full,
My mind is numb,
Worth everything and more
Then some.

2011 - Day 225

Falling quickly down the hole,
My senses all but shot,
From one to another and then some more
An exotically dark ink blot.
Breathe in breathe out
It all comes together,
My macaroni necklace
Hold it firmly forever,
The Arctic Monkeys
Engraved on my heart,
Stand tall on my shoulders
Don't want the end to start.
Can you believe it?
The best show of all
An explosion of electric lights
We all stood together. All.

2011 - Day 224

What-
No rhyme to explain
No time to explain,
Beyond my wildest thoughts
With two more days to play.
Exhausted as I am
I'm filled with life and music
To think that this existed
Before I ever knew it.
With sixty thousand awesome souls
We danced around
And rocked and rolled,
I get it now
I get it now,
Makes perfect sense
Won't set it down.

2011 - Day 223

Step inside and close your eyes,
Don't believe their stupid lies,
Time to ready up your mind
We want to see how far you'll climb,
Never have I been here yet
To see the people I haven't met,
A new dimension up ahead
Pay attention to what they said,
Turn your thoughts into wet sponges
Soak the memories up in bunches
Will it be all that and more?
Is it what you've been waiting for?

2011 - Day 222

The moment when
My whole life changed
A memory so clear,
Naive and young
Hope filled my soul
Eventually deranged.
Sitting there
Without a care
When Mom comes into my room,
The news is bad
Does make me sad
I run by the light of the moon.
My brother is gone
My heart sings a sad song
My life will forever be altered,
Though not in the flesh
He still walks by my side
To help me in times when I falter.

2011 - Day 221

Back bone battery acid
Charging up your spine,
Electric impulse intoxication
Overtakes your mind,
Through vision radiating green
A windowless dark room,
A power surge incredible
Creates a sonic boom.

2011 - Day 220

A handstand
On my feet,
So sad it is
To be incomplete.
When I was built
They didn't care,
They put my parts
Darn near everywhere.
My head towards the bottom
My knees towards the top,
When I start running
It's quite hard to stop.
Sometimes I sit
And wonder why
They put my butt
Next to my eye.
*Sigh*

2011 - Day 219

Electrolytes
Put up a fight
I punch you hard
With all my might
Rejuvenate
Illuminate
Course through my veins
Burn excess weight
We battle long
Our battle's strong
I punch your face
Like Donkey Kong
Until you stall
Until I fall
Help pick me up
Rematch our brawl.

2011 - Day 218

The cave, a mile underground,
With silence brings
An awful sound,
Far away, the Sun doth set,
A scene these rocks
Will never get,
The rushing water passes through,
In ancient tunnels
Black and blue,
These are depths eyes never see,
And hidden there
May lie the Key.

2011 - Day 217

I waddled to a willowwacks
Heard brumbles of brontide,
I fumbled with my finnimbrun
Hornswoggled six rawhide.
Quickly then I galloped home
I shut my doors and was alone,
Did wait until the thunder passed
Then scuttled back yonder twice as fast.

2011 - Day 216

You keep doin' you,
And I'll keep bein' me,
A rolling meadow metaphor
With deserts in the sea.
Life is never perfect
But sometimes it sure feels close,
The twisted words of poetry
Can fill us up the most.
I lay the towel
Upon the sand
I feel around
And grab your hand
We settle in
One with the land
We watch the waves
Life sure is grand.

2011 - Day 215

Cupid is very particular when it comes to
Selecting those two souls that will
Forever be connected through
The infinite invisible harp strings that
Create the magnificent strength of
The globally interpreted word from
The dawn of Life and again
Beyond the beginnings of time but
We still cannot truly grasp until
It burrows within us and yet
We cannot ever truly explain it
Only feel it,
Breathe it,
Know it,
Be it-
LOVE.

2011 - Day 214

So many oh so many
Oh so many more,
They climb the walls
They make tall stacks
From ceiling
To the floor,
They're everywhere
From here to there
They're knocking at your door,
You close your eyes
Yet they're in sight
They drill straight to your core,
Then finally
You fall asleep
And wake upon a shore,
You look around
And what is found
A million trillion more.

2011 - Day 213

A cherry coke
A plate of cheese
A dash of peanut butter,
Exquisite dine
Upon the chime
The wooden bird's soft mutter.

2011 - Day 212

Pleasant waters float the sea,
A misty salted foam,
Underneath the calming breeze
A land where sharks do roam.
And for a week
Yes we shall hear
About their teeth,
How much they're feared,
We'll listen in
Until we're stuck,
The week goes by
We say 'Aww shucks'!
Back to the grind,
It never ends,
Must push the mind
Until it ends.

2011 - Day 211

In San Francisco
Where the World Champs do sleep
Shine in Orange and Black





(haiku)

2011 - Day 210

A die with sides from Oh to Nine
Used in mystical conquest,
To break down doors
With magical swords
The most incredible contest.
With dragons a-blazing
Blue fires amazing
Determine the one who's the best,
Magnificent power
To rewind the hour
Determined that no one will rest.

2011 - Day 209

Yesterday,
A day behind the last,
Tomorrow,
Comes to us so fast,
Today,
We should make the most of it,
We should make a toast to it,
For today is now but only today,
When tomorrow comes it's now yesterday,
And today's then tomorrow but won't ever stay,
So for now let's just party the whole day away!

2011 - Day 208

We wave our flags
And cheer them on
For Victory
Now and beyond.
The battle cries
The fatal shrieks
The vultures fly
And fill their beaks.
What we can see
Not the whole story,
The big picture
More dark and gory.
A game to us
Not real life
So far away
We're cold as ice.
Yet still we cheer
And wave our flags
And roll our dice
Riches to rags.

2011 - Day 207

Gossip tunnels echo the words,
Itching adolescents and bored adults
Taking turns tying notes to birds,
Affecting growth patterns to a fault.
Haven't we taught you enough?
Oh no.
Haven't we fought through the rough?
So so.
Then listen to me
And you won't need to be
Someone I told you you're not.

2011 - Day 206

Situation
In the basement,
Spatial movements
From afar,
Education
Segregation,
Wish upon
The shooting star.
Innuendo
Plays Nintendo,
A canister of rat poison,
Fight the nonsense
Taste the thunder,
Cold land-caster never chosen,
Experimenting
Coordinating,
In the end we all agree,
Fight the feeling,
Shake the ceiling,
Don't be afraid
Turn up the heat.

2011 - Day 205

Inner frustration drips from my pores,
I close all the windows and slam all the doors,
When things don't go my way I burn up inside,
My thoughts enter crooked with no sense of pride,
I snap and I change and I split to another,
The Twins live within, both from the same mother,
Deranged, unintentional wild behavior,
I'm in my own head like Professor Xavier,
There's no telling what the outcome might be,
For a moment though I feel like I'll be set free,
And then the fog lifts and Twin One does return,
To face the cold fire that Twin Two has let burn,
Separately they live together,
One and the same, now and forever.

2011 - Day 204

A great big mess left in the hall,
We stand around and pout and stall,
"Not our fault" we tell the teacher,
It was that slippery slimy blue creature!
It came right in and made that mess,
Then it told us it would never confess,
In fact, It said, once the mess was clean,
It would sneak back in to make another crime scene!
Please! We say, but the teacher won't listen,
She says mean things that makes our saddened eyes glisten,
We clean up the mess and go straight to detention,
Leaves the blue creep to a mess-time extension.
When we do all our time and finally return,
We see just how far the blue creep can burn,
Globs of gloob fall from the sky,
Magical fires blind my eyes,
The school we love melts to the ground,
Not a single trace will ever be found.

2011 - Day 203

Two birds sat along a long telephone wire,
They sang the sad song of the Ruby Red Fire,
A massacre by the hand of Ms Nature,
Consumed by billows of smoky thick vapor,
The central location of migrated birds,
No chance to escape the dark flames quick surge,
It tore through the sunlight and lit up the night,
It tortured the innocent in gargantuan plight,
Created by hate it would never rescind,
Till all that remained was the ash in the wind.
Two birds sat along a long telephone wire,
Paid homage to those lost in the Ruby Red Fire.

2011 - Day 202

Barefoot wanderings,
Deep thought ponderings,
Down electric disco hallways
There's always a song to sing,
Slow to the beat
Rhythm shimmers softly,
Massage your brain
A magnetic coffee.
Step left, on the wall,
Walk upside down
Will never fall,
Narrower the corridor gets,
In thought so deep
Tend to forget,
A spiral, black, then light does shine,
Walk barefoot back
Don't leave a sign,
What's yours is yours
What's mine is mine,
Till dawn of the sands of time.

2011 - Day 201

Perfecting the art of creation,
Not quite the easiest task,
Intricate fibers weaved delicately
Made to capture the sunset at last.
Sneak out in the night try to hunt down the colors,
All hiding from the gleam of the moon,
Check under the bridges and over the ridges
You're close when you hear a faint tune.
The colors will guide you to the Valley of Madness
Where most people never return,
But if you can cross it and keep your composure
Creation is now yours to learn.