384 miles north of Boise, Idaho thinking this is just as good a place as any to call it quits the land is barren and brown, dead and desolate I could wander right into these hills and slip right into the Earth I’d be swallowed by scrub grass and dirt But you say: “you are not the only one who…   …read more.

all that I want for you, my lovely, is all that you want for me too all that I want for you, my lovely, is that you will walk through the world feeling happy, feeling happy, feeling happier than you are I want to walk right into you I want to see you smile I want to re-design this gloomy…   …read more.

I’ve learned to press pause with every departure fast forward, resume to the next yearly juncture but it’s okay now this life has made me much more selective I like those who crave to engage strip-down, who don’t fuss with protective real conversations, with real eyeballs, no smoke screens I like sobriety, I like philosophy I like those who aspire…   …read more.

this generation has great big wide eyes to see and we will keep them open this generation understands voting circuitry we know you’ll soon be up for re-election this is natural selection we’re going to call in the inspections I say the honest get hired and the liars get fired every country’s oval office should be tapped and wired a…   …read more.

rainy night in April busy intersection downtown a lone man in the middle of traffic was wandering in circles, crying out the traffic stalled and waited nobody went to help him broken record of his voice in the air nobody went to help the traffic inched around his jagged despair what have we done here? what have we not done?…   …read more.

je ne porte jamais mes souliers quand je suis dans la forêt je trouve que c’est la seule facon de s’équilibrer je ne porte jamais mes oreilles quand je suis dans la ville de bruits souillés je trouve que c’est la seule facon de s’écouter we’ve got to ease off and ease up feed the flames and cool the coals…   …read more.

i am awake now i cannot go back to sleep consciousness is stealth, on quiet feet it creeps once you let it in your house, you cannot get it to leave i am awake now i can hear it breathe the more I learn about food, the less I want to eat the more I learn about water, the less…   …read more.

“whatchado” and “whatchasay” don’t talk much “whatchado” won’t listen to “whatchasay” “whatchado” just walks around all puffed up and “whatchasay” just talks and talks all day and cnn is endless on the t.v. people here are numb to all the news even playing in the airport lobbies only the outsiders are confused better get ready for an intervention cuz we’ve…   …read more.

finally I’m thirteen it’s the year of valuable lessons i can baby-sit the neighbor’s kids so I can earn my way collect the paper bills inside the pages of my Nancy Drew books cuz they’re my most valued possessions yes, they’re my most prized possessions but that’s a secret finally I’m thirteen and I am fully grown this will be…   …read more.

i go away, go away, oh-oh i go away, go away, oh-oh the gig was so bad i felt like a flight attendant giving a safety demonstration no one looked my way, no one came here to watch me play but that’s okay, it’s okay, it’s all the same: we focus on the destination, forget to be entertained by the…   …read more.