Chicken Wings
They say eat the heart for courageeat the brains for knowledgeeat the fingers for their skillseat the fists for power Gotta bite the neck to steal their voicegotta worry at
No, It’s Me
Growing up in DCthey never quite got along with meand everyone had big, big dreams the Beltway grew around usit was a big ring concrete circusand though I had the
Once Upon A Time
Once upon a timeIt all worked outthe sun was bright(the ocean’s rising) More space to swimfall right in it’ll keep you fit(the ocean’s rising) Hey, one last time… lie and
Good Enough.
The view it is just fine from hereYou can’t see the mountain from the topanywayit doesn’t have to go and be this wayBut I’m halfway there on any dayAnyway Anyway
Flawless.
Written for one of our VOM songwriting challenges… I think this was “a different success than you were planning” Re: the weird illustrations. I’m enjoying adding Stable Diffusion graphics for
A Fine Summer Day.
A fine summer dayFor picking fruit and consequenceA fine summer daySun shining down on swollen lipsA fine secret wayA muddy trip down to the riverbankA quiet angry dayDirt on my
New American
This year has been the exerciseIn just how much we can sympathizeWith the fallacy of compromiseAnd knowing when to duck Who’s in who’s outYou gotta learn when to bail outThis
Rain.
It’s 7:00 Sunday morningand we’re searching for rainash and dust on our tonguesheaven-turned we are searching for rain tossed and turned we have burnedthe sight of brown dirt in to
Selkie.
I played six strings to the harbourin six foot waves the music creptand she stared at nothing from another six strings but there’s a tower here that I’ll cut downI’ll
Playground.
The mud stains denimand we slipped upon the slidesteel seemed so innocent those days a stain now marks where the swings used to standwhere a man once stood there stands