Do the ceilings always vibrate when you push the limits? Do you fix yourself to gimmicks, do you fix yourself up? Do you believe in a value that’s never been appraised? And do you shake like thunder in a sky that’s never hazy, ever clear? I know there are purposes for your fears. There are years of losses to make…   …read more.

The way it is these days, women shiver when they’re out of the streetlights’ pool of safety, no bus fare, had to work late that night. Can you imagine always being afraid? And the newspapers say, “now you can relax, the slime balls’ been caught and crime’s behind bars.” But it’s not. That’s so wrong. This sickness makes them famous…   …read more.

Life is so ridiculous, with the gift of life we don’t do much, You know that life is so Ridiculous.Your life is crazy, your life is busy-ness. You want to be “Agenda Man.” You’re spinning, spinning, causing such dizziness. You’re running, running as fast as you can. This kind of life will pull you under. You will be dead for…   …read more.

Recognize Privilege, but refrain from using it to gain an edge, or else you will be standing on some ledge someday, looking down, when you could be gaining ground. That’s what privilege means anyway; it’s a private ledge on the 47th floor, with your name plate on the office door. Yeah, I know you can work your way up. You…   …read more.

I am a statue of solitude and you are a sales rep for romance. You are pushing, pushing, wondering when you will push through. You are standing on my doorstep as if I’d open up for you. No! I said go away, go home, don’t ask me anymore! I can’t think, I can’t think, I can’t think anymore. It’s just…   …read more.

Sometimes pain does circles around my chest like it’s building a nest, like it’s planning to live there. I pull my eyes up high, “get over it, get over it,” I preach, “resist, resist, resist crying.” Yeah, so what? What of it? I am not stone. I may stand here statuesque sometimes, if there’s something you want to know, something…   …read more.

I am a sort of junkie; I am addicted to you. Start this song off with a little cliche imaginary, sure to catch a few. Well, anyway, You are in my veins and I can feel you climbing. Past the peaks and all the chiming church bells. Pray to god that I will not fall face flat in the bathtub,…   …read more.

Water is the Cure-All and I am jaded smooth, jaded smoothly like a stone washed eastern shore. Water is the Cure-All. Cannot be so different, be so different from you. Cannot be the same, what is real is showing through. Like a worn out piece of cloth, worn smooth on skin like stone, this is a jaded sense of self…   …read more.

I’m a cheap drunk – Give me one and I’m flyin.’ A cheap drunk, give me two and I’m tryin’ you on for size. Please do not criticize; I only slobber when I am not so sober! Give me one beer and I’m sure to be cheery. Give me two beers and I’m happy, really. Give me three beers and…   …read more.