12.31.2010

the more time passes,

the more i pass time,

thinking about its lapse.

12.29.2010

i try to plan accordingly,

but things never seem to go

according to plan.

12.28.2010

the cold howled through my bones,

finding a home in the marrow,

the chill in my spine.

12.27.2010

the time for tension is long gone,

i've got to leave that all behind me.

i'm past tense.

12.26.2010

right now everything is beautiful.

after the snow settles,

they'll say it was a storm.

12.25.2010

'tis the season

for everyone to remember

why the family doesn't get together regularly.

12.24.2010

a rotted tickle-me-elmo

clawed outside scrooge's door.

it was the ghost of christmas presents past.

12.23.2010

the weatherman calls for thunderstorms,

but only the clouds hold the truth.

if it rains, we will dance wet.

12.22.2010

i liked the world better

when every problem's solution

was just a commercial break away.

12.21.2010

the woods had overrun the drive-in theater,

i couldn't see the forrest gump

through the trees.

12.20.2010

if it's a tragedy

but no one dies,

then it's a comedy, right?

12.19.2010

sometimes i feel like an idiot.

i didn't know growing up

meant i'd be a dolt.

12.18.2010

12.17.2010

i'd bang my head bloody

if it would get my thoughts out,

dripping onto paper, painful.

12.16.2010

a compliment uttered,

not willingly met

by rolling eyes.

12.15.2010

in my heart is the doors,

in yours is linkin park,

i guess that's why we're better off apart.

12.14.2010

i will scream until everyone hears

my vocal cords tearing at the seams,

a lost voice waiting to be found.

12.13.2010

some vows, once broken,

cannot be regained.

a shattered ring in want of soldering.

12.12.2010

head swirling cinnamon,

saccharine scents sending

my senses into submission.

12.11.2010

no words flowing freely,

stunned by the silence inflicted

by a look.

12.10.2010

i asked if we could talk about it,

you said the time for talk had passed.

better late, then never.

12.09.2010

out in the open, naked.

we, the consenting majority,

giving our lives to strangers.

12.08.2010

i squeezed as hard as i could

my hands turning white, then blue,

but the rock gave no water.

12.07.2010

our lives run parallel, perfect.

never getting any closer,

never intersecting.

12.06.2010

bending, winding, twisting,

matching bodies intertwined.

sin, you, us.

12.05.2010

you (locked

[compartments, separating rations

of emotions] away) and i.

12.04.2010

i keep getting thrown curveballs,

i need to changeup.

life keeps breaking my balls.

12.03.2010

i tried to ignore

the voices in my head,

but i couldn't in good conscience.

12.02.2010

i had a fist full of fool's gold and a grin full of teeth.

when i thought myself rich,

the truth of poverty evaded me.

12.01.2010

i don't suffer night terrors,

but i imagine if i did,

i'd still wake up alone.

11.30.2010

one day i'll learn the truth of existence.

when i do, i'll keep it to myself

because the more you know, the less i matter.

11.29.2010

have i been off at sea so long

that shores are all but forgotten?

no port or dock to bid me respite.

11.28.2010

that slight sinking sensation

in the cradle of my chest,

telling me which way is up

11.27.2010

the friar looked to the fruits of his interference :

two dead teens, an empty vial, and a knife.

woe to he who meddles in love, woe to us all.

11.26.2010

i was riding a horse, when it started urinating.

so, i decided to get on another,

changing horses midstream.

11.25.2010

thanksgiving reminds us of gifts the pilgrims and natives shared.

'thanks for your agricultural knowledge,

here are some blankets ::cough::'

11.24.2010

if i'm not successful

in seventy years

i might start to think about giving up.

11.23.2010

i broke your necks and took your feathers.

your freedom, now mine, attached with wax.

the sacrifice of seabirds.

11.22.2010

the apple doesn't fall far from the tree,

but it still falls,

and the ground is hard.

11.21.2010

its hard to watch a naive person

try to debate a real life issue.

baby puts nobody in the corner.

11.20.2010

i can feel the tightness in my chest,

labored breathing,

unwilling to exhale.

11.19.2010

i'm at a crossroads in a strange land,

to my left there is desert,

to my right, only sand.

11.18.2010

assassins lost in space,

stabbing at each other,

both air tanks punctured.

11.17.2010

i locked my door,

turning fifty different keys,

then i heard a knock outside.

11.16.2010

i was the matador, you were seeing red.

no matter how gracefully i parried you,

i was still surrounded by bullshit.

11.15.2010

11.14.2010

silence echoing though

the cavern of my head,

shhh, do you hear that?

11.13.2010

tie me to the mast,

and fill your weary ears with wax,

this song is meant for me to hear.

11.12.2010

i share the air with shifting shadows,

pacing away from the basest of shades,

as strange faces change places.

11.11.2010

no verdict would come today,

it was a hung jury.

12 angry gallows.

11.10.2010

how many bridges

must one man burn,

before his hands are warmed?

11.09.2010

i used to skip rocks in a pond,

the water would ripple as they skimmed,

sinking to the bottom, just a stone's throw away.

11.08.2010

traveling the desert, a mirage catches my eye.

i'd rather fill my throat with sand,

than know that water is a lie.

11.07.2010

women seem to think the assholes of the world

have more sexual prowess and ability.

don't they know, 'nice guys finish last?'

11.06.2010

the gods gifted us such amazing beauty.

in the heart of africa, hope is restored.

a coke bottle shimmers in the sun.

11.05.2010

remember, remember

the 5th of jack

that made you forget.

11.04.2010

my childhood memories

consist of a montage

of ninja turtles episodes

11.03.2010

it's funny how life sneaks up on you.

it creeps, silently behind you,

and kills you.

11.02.2010

if at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

unless what you didn't succeed at was suicide,

then, for the love of god, be content as a failure.

11.01.2010

we didn't start the fire,

it was always burning.

we just added fuel.

10.31.2010

the only thing we have to fear

is fear itself. well, fear itself,

and whatever else we tell you to be afraid of

10.30.2010

there's ghosts in the graveyard

and graveyards in the ground

whatever you do, don't look down

10.29.2010

some say, you should live like you're dying.

so, from this day forward,

i'll be rolling on the floor, screaming in agony.

10.28.2010

the revolution will not be brought to you by

tea toting, ballyhooing, fear-mongers, who use tumultuous times to grab power.

the revolution will not be ill-advised.

10.27.2010

fighting for change just because it is different

is like selling a cow because you don't know how to milk it.

grab the government by the teat, and squeeze.

10.26.2010

cloud 9 is over-head

and I'm looking up with envy,

not realizing i'm 8 clouds high.

10.25.2010

when the world ends, and we're all dead,

and spiders rule the world,

they'll tell stories of flying newspapers the size of skyscrapers.

10.24.2010

10.23.2010

in my boxing career,

i've always placed second.

i'm a consolation prize fighter.

10.22.2010

oh no, it wasn't the airplanes.

It was beauty that killed the beast.

that bitch is crazy with a knife.

10.21.2010

there's more than one way to skin a cat

and more than one way to wear cat skin

i'd say that's a win win for fall fashion.

10.20.2010

if you read this post 100 times

you'll still laugh.

such is the world of false advertisement.

10.19.2010

i've never seen a star burn out

and fade into the oblivion of the universe.

that is to say, i've never met gary busey.

10.18.2010

for my greatest trick, i sawed my assistant in half.

after all the blood and screaming,

i realized magic isn't real.

10.17.2010

sometimes i feel

the steel between by wrists twist,

but this is just from unjust resistance.

10.16.2010

a ring that made her rosy,

a pocket full of poesy,

passion, passion, we both fall down.

10.15.2010

sometimes i feel like the government

has sex with itself, without protection.

'its not what it looks like.'

10.14.2010

i got beat up by a small child

after school.

that's what i get for kidnapping him.

10.13.2010

don't piss on my leg and tell me its raining.

on second thought,

just don't piss on my leg.

10.12.2010

if i had a hammer,

i'd hammer in the morning.

just to wake you up, dick.

10.11.2010

upon his canine steed he rode,

finding fate and growling back,

the serendipitous sir didymus.

10.10.2010

he wrote his life on distant stars,

thinking of what the future held,

do androids drink electric kool-aid?

10.09.2010

time, a hidden word

in a disregarded letter,

never read.

10.08.2010

the chorus sang of love's demise,

a promise made before the play.

cross my stars and hope to die.

10.07.2010

a bird in the hand is worth

two in the bush.

that's what she said.

10.06.2010

if i had one wish, i'd end world hunger.

people would still die from not eating,

but at least they wouldn't be hungry.

10.05.2010

gumby's dog cried pearls,

your dog just eats poop.

still think you're special?

10.04.2010

in the end the love you take

is equal to five years in prison.

you can't just 'take' love.

10.03.2010

i received a magazine about fatherhood,

its called 'daddy.'

i must've subscribed to daddy issues.

10.02.2010

i was never any good at math,

words make more sense to me.

to and too equals more.

10.01.2010

i'd be high on life,

but grinding it up and snorting it

has proven difficult.

9.30.2010

you can fight as hard as you can,

but it won't make life fair.

chewbacca never got a medal.

9.29.2010

she sat in her ivory tower,

ignorant to the fact that its walls

were made of the tusks of a thousand elephants

9.28.2010

we are living longer than ever before,

filling the time, to have it full.

more is less.

9.27.2010

smtms, th wrds dnt fl whl,

ths wrld cnt srvve wtht vwls,

i can't survive without u

9.26.2010

the truth is hard to see,

until you gouge out your eyes.

oedipus was one ignorant mother fucker.

9.25.2010

life doesn't make sense,

the world seems so backwards,

why is chili hot?

9.24.2010

in the game of life,

i try to keep moving forward,

but the spinner broke.

9.23.2010

time is of the essence,

but the essence of time

is procrastination.

9.22.2010

if the world ends in 2012,

i wonder,

does roland emmerich get a royalty check?

9.21.2010

the candle starts to dim,

wax receding down

to the base of a hot tin can.

9.20.2010

if you are what you eat,

then i'm going to start eating

god.

9.19.2010

i killed a man

so i could open a pub in yukon, canada.

what would you do for a klondike bar?

9.18.2010

two peanuts were walking down the street,

one was a-salted.

the mugger stole his cashew.

9.17.2010

you can take the girl out of the trailer park,

but you can't take

her anywhere that uses silverware

9.16.2010

i know how this one ends,

i skipped ahead to the last page,

still doesn't make sense.

9.15.2010

look, up in the sky!

its a bird, its a plane!

oh, it is a bird. no help is coming.

9.14.2010

life's just a big ol' ice cream sundae

and i'd dig in,

if not for my lactose issues.

9.13.2010

i was a recovering alcoholic,

transporting smuggled booze during prohibition,

until i fell off the wagon.

9.12.2010

when i was eight, i filled in every line

of an etch-a-sketch. my dad shook it furiously,

'go outside,' he said.

9.11.2010

if i had a time machine,

i'd go back to before

i had a time machine, if

9.10.2010

i watched as she walked away,

her head never bending back.

the silence said everything.

9.09.2010

life is like a box of chocolates;

only important when there is love.

otherwise, it's just sad.

9.08.2010

i'd only live in a one-horse town,

if that horse were mr. ed,

or a rocket ship.

9.07.2010

i think a carnival trapeze artist

would make the best reporter,

faire and balanced.

9.06.2010

she ran as hard as she could

until her lungs gave out, and she fell,

back where she started.

9.05.2010

whoever said,

'a watched pot never boils'

never saw superman's heat vision.

9.04.2010

does the grim reaper

make his own clothing,

reaping in what he sews?

9.03.2010

i tread softly,

slipshod steel tip toeing

down the yellow brick road.

9.02.2010

i ignored a man at the airport

pushing michael jackson hair dolls,

the homeless here are far more creative.

9.01.2010

ending old beginnings

that beg to be ended,

beginning new endings, again.

8.31.2010

heat makes my shirt stick to me

like insults i shouted

at the girl made of rubber

8.30.2010

sometimes, when the current is too much,

you have to let nature fix the dams.

leave it to beavers.

8.29.2010

my life, in boxes

carried by strangers

with slick-toothed smiles

8.28.2010

ghosts of dust get to settling,

i breath deeply, leaving the apartment.

shut up and deal.

8.27.2010

when the meteor hit,

all the christian dinosaurs ascended to the heavens,

facing the velocirapture.

8.26.2010

the dust is unsettled,

my nostrils flaring,

i'm allergic to change.

8.25.2010

movie theaters are like police,

there for society's well-being,

to serve and project.

8.24.2010

i fought boston for the privilege to leave.

it had a strong right,

but i've got a week left.

8.23.2010

'i'm not afraid'

i said, lying to all involved.

truer words, never spoken.

8.22.2010

they couldn't convict the demon

for inhabiting that poor girl,

possession is nine-tenths of the law

8.21.2010

some are stuck looking at the past.

others, wait to see the future.

i only see walls, paint chipping away.

8.19.2010

pros: cons:


more time to be productive less time to be reproductive



less time to mourn more time to lessen

8.18.2010

i'm not sure if i have 99 problems,

i always lose count around 72.

which, i guess, is another problem.

8.17.2010

girls are like panda bears.

cute, until you get too close,

then they tear you apart.

8.16.2010

when the road you're on

feels wrong,

exit on the right.

8.15.2010

when life hands you lemons,

eat that shit.

lemons are delicious.

8.14.2010

I felt it swell up inside,

that little twisted voice screaming

'remember me?'

8.13.2010

my tender was devotion,

she paid me no mind.

a coincidence of wants.

8.12.2010

my life was split in two.

you got what was left,

but i wasn't all right.

8.11.2010

during my campaign speech

i pictured the audience naked.

i won the erection.

8.10.2010

i live my life

like an episode of scooby doo,

i don't trust old people.

8.09.2010

sometimes when i look up,

i forget everything that never mattered.

the clouds are in my head

8.08.2010

my wheels are finally spinning,

but they're not touching ground.

if they do, i'll burnout.

8.07.2010

i'm caught in the tide,

making a sad puppy dog face to the moon,

hoping it will take me back.

8.06.2010

i'm falling short of the finish line,

i need to run angry.

i have to race like a pissed horse.

8.05.2010

dear liza,

our water container appears to have a perforation on its underside.

signed, henry

8.04.2010

they say man's inventions

will be mankind's undoing,

ironybot does not compute.

8.03.2010

i saw those hidden

little glimmers sparkling triumphant

in her smiling eyes watching me

8.02.2010

goldfish grow to fit their surroundings.

this plastic bag

isn't big enough for the both of us.

8.01.2010

as the conflagration consumed,

the halls were filled with faint melodies.

lyre, lyre, rome on fire.

7.31.2010

scientists have found artifacts,

which prove once and for all,

we never existed.

7.30.2010

you couldn't see the forest through the trees,

i couldn't see the trees through the fire.

so, you're welcome.

7.29.2010

my heart is a wild horse

you can't break,

you're too fat to ride it.

7.28.2010

i've heeded wu-tang's advice

and invested in a neck brace,

'protect your neck.'

7.27.2010

i thought we'd be happy forever,

but then you had to go

piss off that gypsy.

7.26.2010

you still smile when you see me,

so i guess that's saying something,

'if you only knew what i've done.'

7.25.2010

you say i still haunt your dreams,

but at four in the morning,

who ya gonna call?

7.24.2010

i dreamt i was armless, trying to swim.

cruel children were laughing and mocking,

they called me 'bob.'

7.23.2010

two roads diverged in a wood, and nedry-

nedry took the one

with venom spitting dinosaurs.

7.22.2010

the soft sound of your words

as you whisper complete fabrications,

eu phony

7.21.2010

the trojan horse was pulled up to the gate,

'beware of greeks bearing gifts,' one guard said.

'don't look a gift horse in the mouth,' a muffled voice replied.

7.20.2010

i heard your voice

over the murmur of mathletes,

attraction speaks louder than nerds

7.19.2010

the hardest part for me

was telling myself it was over,

for you, telling facebook.

7.18.2010

i'm not nearly as deep

as i think i am,

but she says she doesn't mind.

7.17.2010

of everything i need you to say,

colon, open parenthesis

isn't on the list.

7.16.2010

i'll never let you down.

even if you're stuck someplace high

and i have a ladder.

7.15.2010

i wish we didn't finish

that episode of law and order: svu

i no longer feel special

7.14.2010

do i still have your heart?

because you have my sweatshirt

and i'd really like leverage in a trade.

7.13.2010

you haven't called.

that's a two way street,

but i never look both ways.