Digital clock

doesn't know

he's wrong.

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Uncle Charlie-

They're celebrating

on the soccer field

of my lonesome heart.

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I cried for you

for two minutes

and that's all.

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I grew up in the house

of strays,

orphans,

vagrants,

and Reformed Pirates.

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Life, with its string

of suspicions

seems to me a work

in moving pictures.

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You can fake your own death

But

Can you fake your own birth?

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When it comes

you won't have to

measure it

you'll just know.

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The water tower is bulging

with flammable neurotoxins.

Coming soon

to a kitchen faucet near you.

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I saw

a row of

power lines

but no bird.

I guess he got laid off.

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It is my strange belief

that coffee should taste

like coffee.

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It doesn't matter

Rich or poor

We all get toast crumbs

in the butter jar.

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I used to drink my coffee at

Citizen Cafe

76% Rad.

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Where are my dreams?

Maybe they got wet

in this past rain

or the one before.

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People like to talk about

the light at the end of the tunnel.

Only, I'd like to know

what if there is no tunnel.

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I've hung the white flag

out the window

it's time to take the picture.

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All I see around me

is a mushy oatmeal

of compromises.

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I gave her my bike

and she gave me a bracelet

and I never saw or heard from her again.

And they say there are no accidents

in the universe.

And some days I'm still trying

my hardest to believe that.

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And I know I shouldn't

be disappointed

because she always

lets me down.

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This is

just

a simulation.

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I'm not holding my breath

and I'm not crossing my fingers

but something good

might just happen today.

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My whole life

I've been living

in Central Time.

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I was too late for lunch

so I went to the park and

listened to the silence of

the seabirds.

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I'm having a beer

and I'm toasting to you.

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We're all stargazers.

Looking out at

where we came from.

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Red lips

Red high heel shoes

Red finger nails

and it's a waste of time.

You're just two white stripes.

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Tattoos are just a story

of arriving in a

certain place.

Archy.

I've been searching so long

for blankets

or palm trees.

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Good morning corpses.

Good morning fallen skies.

Good morning empty coffee cups.

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I asked the lady

and she told me

my palm is the

road map of my death.

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There has to be balance

in the Universe.

For every moment you spend

in sorrow

you learn more about how to

bring healing into the world.

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Poet for hire.

Can translate the rustling of

the leaves and branches.

Can tell you what the leaves

of grass say.

Can also do the washing.

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What do I do everyday?

Tell my mother it's

all okay.

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The easiest thing to do

in the world

is nothing.

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               It feels good

Fall coming on

to just lie in bed

eating pizza

watching movies

wrapped in a green top sheet

the window still open

because I like it

the air turning crisp and cool

I've always thought

it feels clean

I'm unemployed

and I've got a netflix subscription

paid up for this month at least

and so to me-

for today at least,

it feels good to lie in bed

wrapped in a green top sheet

eating pizza and watching moives.

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I have to talk to myself

that's the only way

I get the answers I want.

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I write in bars

and the backs

of cars.

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Can I make myself

feel better by

reading about how

miserable other people are?

Well, I can sure try.

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I'm lost in an unbelievable

amount of bullshit.

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Working for ChaCha

is about the bummest

gig I think I've ever had

in a life of bum gigs.

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It does something to a person

waiting two hours

for 20 seconds

of a movie

to fucking load.

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When I put on my glasses

am I seeing the world

or am I just seeing

it's reflection?

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I was on the train once in Chicago. There was a lady who kept fidgeting like she had some sort of disorder or something, like tourette's. There was a couple sitting across from her and one of them made a caddy comment that she must not like black people or she must be afraid of black people. And the lady heard it, of course, like most caddy comments like that it's said loud enough for everyone to hear. The lady started getting all weepy, and she turned to another person across from her and said she couldn't help it, she had some sort of syndrome; I forgot what she said. The lady ended up getting off the train before the people who had made the caddy comment and before getting off she said to them “well, I'm getting off now, I hope you're happy.” As she was getting off the train the lady who had made the caddy comment said “crazy bitch.”

Now, mother, do you understand why we say things like once you've lived in Chicago you'll never have to fear hell? Because, well, could it really be any worse than Chicago?

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This is just

no damn good.

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I'm reading beer

and drinking

Charles Bukowski.

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WHAT IF WE

ARE WRONG

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Today just isn't

the day

for anything.

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The truth is

No matter how many times

you restart the computer

it will never tell you

what you want to hear.

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Summer is

fading into fall

maybe the world isn't

So bad after all.

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