I see lines and lines
That spin real fast
They close they open
They slam on the brakes
The time it took
For this built code
Is far too long
And moving far too slow
Perhaps I’m inadequate
Perhaps my skill’s low
Perhaps it’s just hard
Complicated computations
I’ve tried very hard
I’ve not slept much at all
I’ve not seen the outdoors
It seems it’s years
So please, dear computer
Make my night tonight
Make me happy inside
With a compile to smile about
A long painful death
Dragged behind donkeys
Shitting the whole way
Many potholes
Many roots
Many jagged rocks
To tear at my back
Many puddles to soak my skin
…and all for a 20 min plan
I’m busy
Like the busy that’s busy
Busy looks at me
And says: “Hey man,
Slow the hell down.”
Just like that.
Well, I’ve done it
I’ve got it working
I’ve succeeded again
Amazing myself
Showcasing my talents
Scripting my future
Solidifying my fate
I’ve finally managed
To get out of bed
Flapping the wheels go round and round
Waving the children; move right along
Lips they motion the absence of time
Lips they motion the absence of time
Wrap me in cashmere, watch it unwind
Peel it back slowly, wasting our time
Lips they crawl: searching, imploring
Lips they crawl: searching, imploring
Never mind what’s in the rhyme
Focus the grind on movement inside
Lips in the dark make movement less cautious
Lips in the dark make movement less cautious
Only today will bring us happiness
Forget tomorrow, I’ll follow you there
Lips remind me I’ve got no more searching
Lips remind me I’ve got no more searching
She lies motionless as I engrave her grace
Enchanted she is as animate as motionless
Yet somehow, without movement or flutter
She is everywhere inside of me
Raping, grasping, pulling, embracing
She motions me to open up
Allowed the emotions they flow together
Shut off, she lies there, a motionless circle
With.more.batteries.
We always play the wrong things
We always love the wrong things
Remind me soon of days long gone
A heavy tune, a raging song
Hockey skates and falling snow
Made up the nights as I would go
Remember when the goals were big
When laughing came so easily?
I’ve never lost those days of youth
But somethings gone, perhaps uncouth
I fear not, those dancing days
For I know the world in many ways
I’ve slept with saints
I’ve rebelled with sinners
But youth, it still, as time does pass
Reminds me of some greener grass
A teenage crush, a longing stare
Of now it seems I’ve more to care
Forget me not, my lovers stare
Remember the time we lost: were bare
Hold me now, and hold me tight
Today is good, I’ve got more fight
A forgotten lover
Remembers the time
When forever was mine
When alone was happy
A forgotten lover
Who tarried too long
Was sent away
Unsatisfied
A forgotten lover
Afraid to share
Wasn’t left for dead
Uncompromised
All day a waste
All night is gone
All time has passed
All love has left
All history erased
All friends dead
All memories forgotten
And all that’s left
Of all of it
Is my own presence
Test after test
I am hit with defeat
Smacked in the face
Omnipresent beep
Retry and save
Wait and edit
Round and round
The circle we go
Fighting fears
Deadlines ahead
Fighting gears
Mind spinning instead
Longer hours means
No sleep tonight
More to do
Relentless
I’m almost through