you’ve faraway eyes…
once more our long goodbye and
your plane in the sky
The Hardest Part Is The Waiting
Reply
Serendipitous Car Radio Jackpot
FM antenna
catches “spirit in the sky”
we turn the song up
Bipedal Journey Taking
a man of the world
doesn’t need passport stamps to
prove he’s traveled far
>Yondering
>
neither here nor there
wandering off google maps
breathing the good air
Sometimes You’re Yin, Other Times Yang
beauty is beast and
beast beauty–being human
is complicated
The End of a Season
yesterday’s look:
bagged on the curb, waiting for
pick-up in the rain
It’s Politics As Usual on the Third Rock from the Sun
while rulers bargain
their souls, somewhere a child finds
the edge of the world
The Evolution of a Man
he once tried too hard
but knows just the right effort
to be himself now
Outsourcing What We Once Called the Kodak Moment
i’m your man, guiding
you through illusions your life
might have magic yet
The Lullabification of The Human League
the songs you sang in
youth, now old tunes beckoning
your new love to sleep
Some Endings are Spectacular, Others Subtle
looking at old stone,
you said, “good things come and go…”
i missed the warning
Because It’s Abnormal to be Normal
naysayers: fuck ‘em–
it takes guts to do your thing
and to do it well
John Wayne Rode You Into the Sunset
horseman, how’s it feel?
folk hero of bygone times,
more legnd than man….
Because a Butterfly Ain’t No Caterpillar
it’s like a dream but
you say it really was so—
that I was once eight
You Never Know: After All Jesus Was a Utopian Socialist Promoting Alternative Lifestyles
hug a hippie, man…
and always smile if he says,
“peace and love, brother”
A Theory On the Origins of Great Art
go ahead: screw up–
call ‘em life lessons and then
write a song ’bout it
The End of the World Is Always a Personal Problem
the pain stopped things fast–
bright light enveloped the night;
silence– dot dot dot
Flattery Comes in Different Packages
you know you’ve made it
when men borrow madness from
the world you’ve painted
An Accidental Education in Mortality
life is much too fast–
like the snowman’s existence
vaporized by light
It’s the Nature of the Universe
clouds give way to light
reminding me my problems
are ephemeral
Tomorrow We Detox
these opium dreams!
life is strange enough without
hallucinations
Late At Night When All Are Asleep
striding strong and proud–
no one knew his weakness for
harlequin romance
You Are a Bridge We Are Crossing
for us, you’ve borne the
legacy of a lost world
on your painted face
The Strange and Unpredictable Route To Inner Peace
once a great guru,
now he was just a man and
this was fine with him
The Expensive Folly of Plastic Surgery Superficiality
youth’s like a muscle,
exercised or left to rot–
flexed there in your face
Perspectives From the Heart
her heartbreaking laugh:
when i said our love story
was on the first page
An Evolving Language Encounters the World
falling in love meant
finding new names for things once
taken for granted
You May Not Recall the Steps But You Never Forget the Partner
still she dreams of him–
the way he held her hand when
they went to the dance
My Reaction To Your Scorecard
broken promises–
easier to add up than
those times i told truths
The Philosophy Behind Active Parenting
teach your children this:
that they can do anything–
and then show them how