You’d probably do about anything for a buck-fiftyIs that what you’re trying to tell me, bud?Nobody gives a ____ about what you’re sayingPerhaps we should display the qualifications of a refill, so everyone knows beyond doubt whether they’re entitled oneYou ____headYou have to be kidding meYou’re probably the guy who asks for a discount because [...]

Don’t we often forgetThat we’re naked in our headDon’t we often neglectThat our nakedness is like dead weightDon’t we so quickly forgive ourselvesFor our lack of intentionalityTo scrub the dirt from our nails

I live in a city that never ends. I often forget you have a personal name.

When I get to New York I’ll send you a postcard That says “Hallelujah” You say you’re holding tight But I think it’s a slow Letting go I feel so far away I might as well be far away too When I get there I’ll shout At the top of my lungs Hallelujah It’s cold [...]

Observations on the Catholic School Kids after school before their Parents pick them up Look at the kids Dancing to the sound of their inner harpsichord before well-temperament They’re playing in keys that are slightly odd And so the children’s dancing They waltz a three step riff throwing their shoulders forward as if to tackle [...]

I step out of my motor vehicle and hear two men arguing about the nation “Our problem isn’t foreign oil dependency, our problem is outsourcing!” Their arms raised in the air to hammer down the point All I hear is the speaker box Skipping across concrete tiles and grey stairways to a live wire bridge [...]

Must we be so silent? Unable to speak? As though our tongue is limp and our mind always on other things I admit that I feel shame only seldom when I remember that I’ve forgotten you I do not know why How can I care for one I’ve never seen? have hardly felt? nor have [...]

tired as a long, hard day in hell when Satan dropped by to check our progress…

To you, O shade O mysterious one who has crafted this illusory experience of faith around my head like the thick, grey cloud that forewarns a storm. I take steps blindly, but scrambling to clear the fog from in front of my face and this makes me so off-balance it’s a wonder I do not [...]

“He’s lost his head” he says viewing the insane man on the corner across the street who fancies himself what he would say “the most important damned man on the planet.” However, is this really what is going on? “I mean, look at the man. Turning his head to look behind every six seconds as [...]