nature parties

Everyone likes to have fun
except things that don't know how to have fun
like if you were a tree or the sun
you might not be able to have fun
but what do i know about them
maybe grass parties harder that us
human parties are as fun as sludge
compared to nature parties

i want in
on a nature party
with dj leaves
and the rocktwig band
we can have a biological theme
like 'stream big'
the sun is the party papa
nature has the best parties

human parties are lame
with weird dancing and drinking
give me some mud to throw
and the fun is just beginning
my buddy mountain top
hogs all of the oxygen
but I get high from rolling in grass
and then I itch for hours

i want in
on a nature party
with dj leaves
and the rocktwig band
we can have a biological theme
like 'stream big'
the sun is the party papa
nature has the best parties

barnicle festival
do the delta dance
you ain't never partied with nature?
party with the rocks man!

i want in
on a nature party
with dj leaves
and the rocktwig band
we can have a biological theme
like 'stream big'
the sun is the party papa
nature has the best parties

I'll take some fresh air, please

The old room is still
but dust flies everywhere
the rectangular light rays
expose the particle paths
I sit on the old couch
and there is a mini sand storm
i'm covered in air soot
it's not refreshing

Take off the blinds
take out the window too
I needs some fresh air
don't like the stale stuff
breathing eighty year old oxygen
and outdated cans of hydrogen
is worse that sniffing sticky glue
I'll take some fresh air, please.

as soon as the window opens
a gust of wind blows in
all the dust blows out
it's like a free cleaning job
now I have a clean old room
that smells like earth and air
instead of dead skin cells
and rotten orange peels

Take off the blinds
take out the window too
I needs some fresh air
don't like the stale stuff
breathing eighty year old oxygen
and outdated cans of hydrogen
is worse that sniffing sticky glue
I'll take some fresh air, please.

the thirtyeth

it's da been
da little
da while da since i'de don
wrote in dis ting here
hurr
heayar
i write quick.
cuz the boss comes
and I ain't want him to see me writing on the computer in the
box right here cuz it's worse
than on the notebook that sits in my desk lap
if you know what i say
you know what I say?
I knewed it.
I kneeeewwwwwed it.
I always knewed it since the day I's born
Although I don't remember much that day but what I knew.
Hard to remember some things, know what i mean?
little silly finger lips.
little hair knuckle rips.
Fits play jips in kits and cats
and pink box rings encircle my square writings
publish the now save the post
label the site and let the whole world know
or just those who chime in every once in a while
that dogs can fly just like birds.

wind song

sing a wind song
it goes like this
whoosh whoosh
there it went

wasn't that fun
it's like whispy air
being sent
from here to there
hair hair

sing a wind song
vloom vloom vloom
that's angry wind
about to uproot a fence

sing a wind song
pshhhaaa psshhaha
that's some wind
blowing through an alley

wind wind wind songs
long long wind songs
all of them wind songs
yea

goat knowledge

Sometimes people think they know things

but sometimes they know other things

and not the original thing they thought they knew

but how were they supposed to know?

and for this grace exists

because you're not sure what they know

and they can't quite tell you

so it does no good to get upset

when someone isn't sure about what they

think they can know

and for this grace should last a long time

more than just a few times

but for years

and years

and years

and a lifetime

not to be handed out frivolously

but thoughtfully

and wholeheartedly

yep yep

that's what the goat says

the goat that always stands

on top of that pile of trash

next to the stop light

right on the other side of the 11th street bridge

sources

sometimes it is tough to see where things come from
the side
the back
the front, but just slightly above your line of vision.
especially with things that come from the inside.
Those are the toughest sources to find. I'm tellin you what.
Finding the source changes one's perspective on the product.
shoes made from a sweatshop = bad
organic vegetables = tasty

but what of those things whose source we are not sure about? should we like them
or not like them,
or try to form an actual opinion based on our tastes.
this can be more difficult than people think. that is wanting.
knowing what one wants can be

not many maybe are sure exactly about wants because
ain't nuff time thank bout it.

know what i mean?

so the sources of the strings that wind their chord around my kidneys
and liver
and stomach
and sometimes abdominals.
what is the source of that? and the ulcer - i would like to see the diagram of an ulcer. how she forms, who feeds her, growth rate, geneology - these would all help.
in determining
how to set her back a bit.
know what i mean?

am i naturally short of breath?
I gotta thank bout it a few times a day - slow breaths. that's why I enjoy singing.
controlled breathing.
like yoga
with the vocal chords.

pickle the world

I found a pickle in my room
it was sitting in my chair
It was a pickled apple
you can pickle anything these days
i don't like vinager
the smell stays for days in my hair
so i kept the apple away from my head
just incase the stench would spread

pickled apples
pickled grapes
pickled dinosours and pickled apes
pickled fruits and pickled computers
If you don't watch out I'm going to pickle you

I found a pickled tissue box in my car
a pickled shoe in my garage
Everything is green and shrivled
even my eyes are turning to pickles
now i like my big macs pickle free
because you never know
where them pickles came from
could be a pickled bore or pickled tree root

pickled apples
pickled grapes
pickled dinosours and pickled apes
pickled fruits and pickled computers
If you don't watch out I'm going to pickle you

I'm going to pickle all my food
including all my sweets
i will call it the pickle pyramid
because everything is pickled
get it

furry creature

There's a little furry creature
in the corner of my room
he's scurrying around
like a little brown blur
I hope he doesn't bite
maybe it's a possum
or maybe a racoon
or even cooler, a flying squirrel

I'm not calling pest control
I like the little rodent
I'm going to domesticate him
make him my house pet
feed him every morning
take afternoon walks
me and the furry creature
hanging out buddy buddy

before I put my glasses on
I thought it was a turd
but then I realized
that it was a furry creature
after I put my glasses on
and could see the little bloke
that's how the story goes
you can ask my rodent friend

I'm not calling pest control
I like the little rodent
I'm going to domesticate him
make him my house pet
feed him every morning
take afternoon walks
me and the furry creature
hanging out buddy buddy

even if he's smelly
i don't care
i don't care
we'll be the best of friends
you will see
you will see
He's like my best friend
bff
bff
this was meant to be
the rodent and me
the rodent and me

I'm not calling pest control
I like the little rodent
I'm going to domesticate him
make him my house pet
feed him every morning
take afternoon walks
me and the furry creature
hanging out buddy buddy

singing stars

they look so far away

or maybe they're close

and really really small

like dust mites flying around

but they are stationary

so they may be dangling

from invisdible strings

we play the staring game

and i know i'm gonna win

even if i have to skip a meal

i'm not going to budge

they usually quit in the morning

and i go home a winner

but staring contest with the stars

has cut into my sleep time

stars can be intimidating

flashy like a gloc

still like the numbers in a clock

spastic like a hyena

voice changeover

it is time
for the phone to ring
it has been six minutes
since the last ring...
...
..
..

for what are we waiting?
something to say?
a game to play?
a reg to be signed?
I can wait.

sitting silently, actually laying facedown with his face on some plastic piece. crazy telephone. his cord sometimes floats in the air and i have to strap it to the desk because if I'm not careful the cord can knock important documents all over the place and put us behind schedule. Also the phone sometimes calls random people and tells them, using my voice (he has programed and can reproduce every vowel and consonent I say accurately) that I'm going to buy a coffee and would they like one. I can't buy everyone coffee! that's crazy! Crazy little phone.

i'm a space man

In five years
i'm going to be an astronaut
and fly in a space ship
around the world
and the moon
and saturn also
it's going to be a blast
around the galaxy

i can't wait to eat the package food
like steak and potatoes in a bag
and wear the heavy space man suit
to work on the outside of the craft
all the cool buttons that need pushing
talking to space station on earth
floating around like a bubble
i'm going to be a space man

tomorrow
i'll be in that space ship
preparing for takeoff
3..2..1..
all the levels adjusted
straps are in place
i'm wearing my gameface
lets take off

i can't wait to eat the package food
like steak and potatoes in a bag
and wear the heavy space man suit
to work on the outside of the craft
all the cool buttons that need pushing
talking to space station on earth
floating around like a bubble
i'm going to be a space man

save the planet from imminent destruction
stoping the big meteor
i'll make a great astronaut
that's what my teacher says

i can't wait to eat the package food
like steak and potatoes in a bag
and wear the heavy space man suit
to work on the outside of the craft
all the cool buttons that need pushing
talking to space station on earth
floating around like a bubble
i'm going to be a space man

yeah!

i'm tired
yeah
i didn't sleep much
yeah
i might fall asleep
yeah
while i'm standing
yeah
or while i'm walking
no!
or while i'm singing
say it ain't so!
ima' stop sing!
yeah!
no!
yeah!

cuantos ideas quieren estar descubierto?

Need a little somethin somethin to write on
but I left the notebook at home
it is gone for now
will be back later
out for lunch until 1:30
but when did it start lunch?
some people take long lunch breaks
too long in fact
so long that they are being inefficient workers
i tell you what
you tell me what?
what?
oh i get it.
you are of the long lunch sort aren't you!
it's okay-
I am too.
I was just saying that incase you cared
gotta set a good example!
gotta let um know you care!
there are many people who care
and caring is good
if there was no caring
there would be no sharing
then what wood would they burn in their stove i ask you?

One must stay warm during the winter
the warm cold dry lovely winter
i like the snow
the snow likes me
i like the way it sits on the leaves in the trees
and weights them down
then eventually falls
like a tumbling ruffle of powder
glittering in the air
like magic dust
like saw dust
from a table saw
that's cutting 2x4's that are 30 feet long
that's a lot of dust created there
i know you know but i don't care!
well i do care i take that back
one must care because one must must
we must do the must and the should should shouldn't
i'm doing the should must and the want also
the want and the must
are they even related?
which one trumphs
and lasts after the eyes are closed?
only a few things last that long
not songs
not words
not images
but something else
other people
the intangible
that is what lasts so long
working on the intangible
because if it's not tangible here then it must be somewhere else
if i can't see it here - can someone see it somewhere else?
I think so
I think there is a book
or maybe a video
some method of recording actions
done for the intangible
thread the clothing with this invisble string
that you can collect down by the river tree
it's sitting around the hollow trunk
it's free just go take some
this invisible thread
invisible thread
it serves a purpose so grand it is difficult to understand
difficult to understand how a thread nearly invisible
no human eye can see
no animal eye can see
no one and nothing i know can see
can be so important and monumental
and gigantic and epic and lasting
and timeless and and and and and and
and wrap it around softly
because too tightly can cause some damage
and we want reparations
to lax the citations
and give rest to the bibliography
that is already around a hundred pages
for a thousand page paper
assigned three weeks ago
by the smartest most intellectual person i know
with the biggest brain in a big ole' head
the fastest typing fingers i ever did see
the quickest wit and sharpest dresser
more beautiful than a bull to a heffer
well obtie dobtie doo
the cow said coo coo
like a little birdy loo
what a silly little vaca all twisted up adentro
no sabe quien es y no sabe lo que quiero
lo que quiero es la sabiduria
y una familia que me ama
yo tengo el segundo
el primero todavio no
pero tal vez viene - este conocimiento
lo estoy buscando
y lo voy a encontrar
encuentras lo que buscas
noventa y nueve veces de cien
me dice el profesor
que ensena matematicas
como no se mucho de matematicas
creo lo que me dice
creer los majores
esta bueno por el salud
el salud salud salud que vive en el cuerpo
el salud salud salud que vive en el aire
que mas vive en el aire? hay muchas entidades
hay gallas y vacas y animales tambien
hay computadores y hijos y cases por alla
hay libros, apuntes, cuartos por aqui
y siempre hay una cara mirando a mi
el esta situado por la izquierda del puerto
es una fotografia del presidente de nuestro pais
no lo conozco pero el no tiene tiempo conocerme
lo entiendo yo tampoco tengo tiempo!
es que hago la musico
y juego con las palabras
el tiene que cuidar lo que dice porque mucha gente escucha
pero yo, yo
no hay muchos que escuchan. pero no me importa
digo lo que es necessario
por razones muchisimas
de verdad dad dad
dad verdad. hablo ingles
no hablo espanol
hablo portuges
estoy aprendiendo escribir con la computadora
menos mal que nunca voy a aprender!
es que tengo que crear y lo hago asi
si estoy en un cuarto escribo poemas
si estoy en la prison, escribo poemas
si tengo una guitarra, toco canciones
si me gust cantar, canto canto canto!
que una vida bella de verdad
que un giorno bello e vero
que un dia llena de oportunidad
que una vida que dios me dio
una mente que funciona
un cuerpo que no me duele
estoy ganando plata cada dia
mas importante tengo una familia y amigos que amo y me aman
hay musica en mi cabeza
hay musica en mi corazon
la musica me mueve
y siempre voy a escuchar a la musica de adentro
yo no la puse por alla - otra persona lo hizo
persona o dios
Dios pone musica por todos partes
incluyendo el telefono
cuantos palabras ya escrito?
cuantos mas necesitamos?
cuantos ideas en el mundo?
quieren estar descubierto?
yo creo que mas que un mil - si, tiene que ser mas que un mil
puede ser mas que un millon - o mas! mas que un billion
muchismas mas mas gracias

lineage

Love
support
endearment
patience
gratitude
fun

solitude is the life for me

Sitting breathing looking
and doing some telephone booking
to find my long lost love
that I found two years ago
where is she now I do not know
but I hope she remembers me so
much that I can't hope for anything else
there is not enough room

room room i need more space
someone give me a slap in the face
if i don't stop now I'll feel disgraced
I'm consumed by a pretty face
what will that get me in the end
besides a housebill and a whiney kid
gotta keep my priorities
solitude is the life for me!

put down the book pick up the book
trade the yellow in for white
I need knowledge, friend, not memories
and I know you're kin, but let me be
If I'm surrounded by people all day long
I sometimes think my head will implode
because of the stimuli from outside
it's like too much water in the comode

room room i need more space
someone give me a slap in the face
if i don't stop now I'll feel disgraced
I'm consumed by a pretty face
what will that get me in the end
besides a housebill and a whiney kid
gotta keep my priorities
solitude is the life for me!

fresh air
that only i breathe
well me and maybe some trees
spacious, uncumbered, liberty
this is what it means to be free

room room i need more space
someone give me a slap in the face
if i don't stop now I'll feel disgraced
I'm consumed by a pretty face
what will that get me in the end
besides a housebill and a whiney kid
gotta keep my priorities
solitude is the life for me!

even if it rains

sniffer pap papple
my dog ate an apple
a gorrilla ate a logic
and the pro ate the sound
in the ground
from the pound
said my hound
round round
and round round
she goes
shes goes
we go
here we go
there they went
little flint
little spickle mint in the guitar far out tent
bent trickle nickle pinches in the gibberty gabberty sninches
said the adult poet
who wrote for the adults
about adult things
so that they could learn to be grown ups
cuz it's learned
that's what i heard
that's what i say
i stand by my hay
even if it rains.

a hummed tune

a blade of grass is growing
the winds have changed their course
people are doing headstands
what are they doing that for?

hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmm

subatomic explosions
pressure and release
atoms are bunching together
forming a tree

hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmm

circle triangle square
a curvy outside contour
steady construction
a solid base and form

hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmm

rough around the edges
smooth in the middle
a shape I've never seen or felt
it won't freeze and it won't melt

hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmm

hum

singin a little tune
only i can hear
want to share it with all
so i hum it out

hmmmmm hmm hm hmmm
hmmmmm hmm hm hmmm
it goes like that
hmm hmm hmm

singin a little tune
only i can hear
want to share it with all
so i hum it out

hmmmmm hmm hm hmmm
hmmmmm hmm hm hmmm
it goes like that
hmm hmm hmm

working elf chips

baghe baghe baghe baghe
this means rhythm
is the language i hear being sung right now now
through the speakers of the box in front of me
sitting near my left ankle
which houses a million chords
cords
and microbiotic chips that run around frantically trying to explode
and make my screen meet my demands

i am demanding of my screens
let me tell you
i don't let them get away with anything
discipline my friends
keep them elves in line if you want productivity
shabam blam

now i need those keebler fellas to fetch me a cookie
because my stomach is speaking to me in a gutteral language
I usually don't hear much of.
so that is that.

real scrambleamble

shiboom er ang er ang er ang
i added an extra syllable this tame
for to see that i can do other thang
and see i did it we proud of me!
when i say we what i mean is he
who lives inside of me that's he
the writer who writes different all de time
and tries his best to do da reel rhyme
da kine yo can rememba

but to doze who knows dat it ain't like dat
dat de butta in de ayar ain't a really gooby splat
it's a thing in the game of the final inning
plopped by bankershmout of the grin team grinning
sending rockets
tru da ayar
to da moon
way ova dayer

i say dis wit conviction
dat you can do dat ting
dat when i eat dem cake
i scrape off awl de icing
awl of it
every last drop
till my peice of bread has nothin on top

i like it like that
simple n sweet
for to bake ma cake
in da oven in da kitchen

it's all about de bakin
take the spices n put um in
start wit de begetables
den put in dat chicken leg
wit suga n salt

i like suga n salt
n fat wit everytang
i can' get enough that stuff
i like it drippin out ma brain
till i'm like a dorito chip
covered in powdered sugar
fried in crisco
then served on top of butter

mmm mmm
maybe das why i'm outta shape
i ain't go no diet technitian
to tell me what to eat
so i eat dem doritos
wit a snicka for dessert
then 2nd desert is butter sugar
my own special recipe

but who cares about food not me
i cares about what important in life
like bein true to da kids n parents
and hopefully findin a wife

but i can' fin' no wife righ' now
cuz i always in dis closet
i could find a closet wife
on the internet somewhere

that might be kind of odd
since i'm not into the internet thing
i'm more about the face to face
real life baby that's me

I don't know how else to say it
but I don't want to live digitally
I want a 3d existence
not something on a screen

the most 3d existence i know
is the combination of sound and sight
to produce music is what's right
if this is the principle in my mind

and i follow these principles
day and night
i meditate on them
with all of my heart, soul, and might

in hopes that one day i might
ahieve higher heights
closer to the creating one
who created all creating rights

created creators to create creations
for days and weeks and centuries
then even more time than that
then even more than that
then more
then more
more
more
more

moer
lawn moer
lawn moer in my yard
lawn moer in my yard at home
lawn moer in my yard at home in stafford va

do you see where I'm going with this?
it is from where I came
all i do is draw circles all day
i don't end up anywhere important
i don't contribute new information
people in my village still hunt and gather
but it's okay because we like it

so let us hunt
let us gather
mostly gather as we're not all meat eaters
but for those who want, let them have
then the consequences of having
for those that have not,
let them not
and be happy that they have not

i'm sure that i have
and i'm sure that i have not
i'm at each end of the spectrum
i wrote the instructions
i created the handbook
the rulebook
the follow up book
the how to for dummies book
all those books
on both sides of the spectrum
all those books
on both sides of the spectrum

but i won't let it be mother mary oh no
because last time i walked through that door i stubbed my big toe
and now it hurts every time i move
there ain't nothin i can do
there ain't nothin i can do

except play with these words
in non-uniform fashion
it is kind of like singing
perhaps it will become a passion
i'de be okay with that
i try to follow those
because dynamism is dynamic
and i don't like static
because i look up to my elders
in positions better than i
who have lived longer than i
know way more than i
i and i
says jahpaul

this draft is getting long.
no one will ever read this
this should be in a diary somewhere
not a wasted internet url
but i am the gibberish spice
in my existential meaningless plights
endulging creativity
without a frame to work in
but i'm in a frame
and i can't get out
it's called a computer screen


my creativity is limited to the computer screen
i guess also my brain
can't be creative out of my brain
that would be difficult
cuz brain is roots
roots is stuff
stuff the shnuff bluff
and cuff the railing to hillary duff
say what?
what what?
be careful with those rhymes!
they can get you in trouble

if there is anything i can do
by golly i will do it
even if i don't like it
i can still try it
but if you tell me what to do
and i end up not liking it
will i have wished to do what i done before
before i tried it?

it is possible things could end up this way
that some people don't think other than what they say
a thoughtless mind and a thoughtful tounge
it didn't hurt everyone
in fact it was good for some

lingy

siggy siggy siggy
overindulgent big biggy
writing whatsoever he wanna
thinkin nobody gonna read it

well nobody want to read it
cuz you write a bunch a nuthin
can't expect nobody read it
if you blablle all de day

why you always start with them same syllables?
n dat same form of talk?
can' you try sompin differn
that makes mo sense?

no hen! no hen! no i can't in the little bin!
i can't rake rakes and i can't shake shakes
i make music song with my syllable makes
making the k sound out of my basset hound
that i bought from the dog pound
two weeks ago today

that's correct mr. limpit
your fish has gone and bit it
he swam too often
and didn't bite the gamb nib it
though i told him too
that crazy mr. limpit.
tying my stomach in knots
like the mean roger clotz
who took up too much of my memory
where there should have been trees
but can i learn humor from trees
or how to be mean
or just a bunch of sway swaing
and lean leaning falling.

lean leaning falling is what i learned
out on the farm in the second grade
when we took a feild trip all expenses paid
by the president of the united states
who back then was hip cool and in touch
now he is old, dated, chuch
said snoopdawg on the news last night
i didn't understand him and that was my plight
language is to be understood snoop
you can't go speaking globeldy gloop
and snoop knew what i meant but he willingly disobeyed
so i went to my church and for his linguistic future i prayed

badunk a dunk

I want to know how to dance
like really good I mean
so people are like wow he's good
even though he's so lean
I took some lessons from a guy named steve
and he tought me bout them hips
he said 'it's all about the cuban motion
but why don't we start with this:

do a little umpf
with that left hip there
then a little pow
with your foot like that
then throw back that neck
for a rockstar effect
but remember it's all
in the badunk a dunk

I don't care what they say
about the social dances
if those hips stay still
you'll lose all your chances
people walking away
because they're not interested
I'm tellin you man
put those hips in it!

do a little umpf
with that left hip there
then a little pow
with your foot like that
then throw back that neck
for a rockstar effect
but remember it's all
in the badunk a dunk

ze social dancez need class
keep ze back straight
chin in ze air
left right left right left
step forward wis ze foot
back straight chip up like zis
you've got it all so wrong
you'll neva be a good danceuir!

zis is too much work!

do a little umpf
with that left hip there
then a little pow
with your foot like that
then throw back that neck
for a rockstar effect
but remember it's all
in the badunk a dunk

really ultra innapropriate

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one by one by one

two by two by two
we write until it comes
the bulb of illumination
that acts as a conveyer belt for money
source: masses, end: home

three by three by three
we waits until they arrive
the script for the speech of life
written by the invisible hand
that writes in every language

four by four by five
I think it just arrived
the reason for the year of time
created by frankenstein
or sheldon, my dear, doctor hyde.

here we are in Africa
there we were in the west
now it is time to decide
which place we likes best
because everyone must have favorites

everyone has a home town
where they fit in the best
loved by all the community
for years of contribution
and a good sense of humor.

Working on the farm

Good morning farmer John
I'll help you out today
I don't have much to do
so I thought I'd stop by your place
could I feed the chickens?
or fix up the barn?
if you need some elbow grease
I've got a good back and two arms

Just want a day's wages
as a hard working man
toiling outside with the earth
sounds like a good plan
Take a break under a tree
then back to the rows of planting seeds
I'm telling you this is the life for me
working on the farm

I'm okay with a tractor
I know a thing or two about cows
I'm good with a weed-wacker
and I can also paint
just tell me farmer John
the work that needs to be done
I'll do it well and good
till the sun goes down

Just want a day's wages
as a hard working man
toiling outside with the earth
sounds like a good plan
Take a break under a tree
then back to the rows of planting seeds
I'm telling you this is the life for me
working on the farm

I was never an inside guy
I needed something to do
can't sit still all the time

I realized I didn't need to
since I met farmer John
He had a lot for me to do
takes a lot to run a farm

Just want a day's wages
as a hard working man
toiling outside with the earth
sounds like a good plan
Take a break under a tree
then back to the rows of planting seeds
I'm telling you this is the life for me
working on the farm

This, as well, gets no title

blinky blinky blinky I
can sort of feel my pinky
but not actually really
cuz I soaked it in a pickle jar last night

That's an old family remedy
for fixin the finger itch
that happens when you push the emergency button
the one you should never push

so now I's got the numb pinky
but I'm typing anyway
about Lord knows what
but hey hey hey hey hey hey

hey hey
hey hey hey hey
shaniqua don't live here no more

that's what they said in middle school
some still do

but I say shaka kahn
you says mouse pad
I say my day has been come and had
it's coming in the future - the day of last days.

sickle pickle nickle
on the sun's rays
just for fun plays
outlined by the defense coach
who has the pet roach
he keeps in a jar under his bed

let the rhymes lead
the story will soon follow
if no rhyme appears
then bring the story to a hault.

it's not your fault.
don't be so hard on yourself.
not all words can rhyme well! see!

orange

door hinge.
boring. inge.

tough - you see! yesyesyes you see.
I know you see because you tell me then I say rad you see.

read through once then go back again
check and see if you missed something the first time because I want this to be good for the administrator! bang pop pow crunch!
Go get me a coffee and a doughnut for my lunch! treat the system with respect.
love the paper napkin deck.
built by the crazy art man
who finishes all of his crazy plans
like using toothpicks to create san fran
then being called by the ripley's man
but turning it down cuz it's not for sail
that's what I'de do - more power to ya. brotha.

that otha guys' a sucka who lacks a toothpick model of sanfran. I would hate to be lacking in that department.

The taco truck

The taco truck man
gives me my tasty treat
some tex-mex delight
a shell full of meat
it is a wonderful cheap meal
and a quick stop as well
si quiero comer
yo se lo que debo hacer

Let's go to the taco truck
You'll like it I promise
son los mejores tacos
en este ciudad
if your'e into tex-mex
and want something real nice
follow the teal truck
for some zesty latin spice
the taco truck

no es gratis,
pero barato si
if you speak spanish
he'll give you a taco for free
if you don't know spanish
follow my lead
say "hola papi!
Tienes algo para mi?"

Let's go to the taco truck
You'll like it I promise
son los mejores tacos
en este ciudad
if your'e into tex-mex
and want something real nice
follow the teal truck
for some zesty latin spice
the taco truck

the best tacos you'll ever have
lo mejor servicio en el mundo
I would not lie about this
yo hablo en serio

Let's go to the taco truck
You'll like it I promise
son los mejores tacos
en este ciudad
if your'e into tex-mex
and want something real nice
follow the teal truck
for some zesty latin spice
the taco truck

a singy-song

this is a singy-song
everybody follow along
we'll sing in a circle all day long
and have a lot of fun
these are the words
they ain't that hard
just make some noise
like this: LALALALALA!

lalala, loo loo loo
i can sing and you better too
or i'll kick you out of my singing group!
then you'll have to find something else to do!
and man that will stink for you
cuz this band is gonna make it big
billions of people singing along
to these lovable singable singy-songs

verse number two
is different from verse one
cuz i started it different
by saying verse number two
it's easy to sing
bla-dee-la-dee-loo
give it a little stevie wonder
shoo-be-shoo-da-doo

lalala, loo loo loo
i can sing and you better too
or i'll kick you out of my singing group!
then you'll have to find something else to do!
and man that will stink for you
cuz this band is gonna make it big
billions of people singing along
to these lovable singable singy-songs

bridge time baby
to this singy-song
we want this part to be short
not too long

lalala, loo loo loo
i can sing and you better too
or i'll kick you out of my singing group!
then you'll have to find something else to do!
and man that will stink for you
cuz this band is gonna make it big
billions of people singing along
to these lovable singable singy-songs

no title for this peice

ba doo be doo be doo
i just drank witches stew
it was brown lumpy and thick
and had shavings of a brick

but i liked the way it tasted
better than mint tooth pasted
candy corns with elephant horns
and manderin blo basted

that ain't the words!
you sayin it wrong!
well humphy-doodle doo
i make up a new song

in dem four line stanzers
wit a story to foller
if de writer looses track
too bad fer dem readers

bleed speeders gneed beakers
leaked binking cheek seekers
playing with muggles and moogle boogles
playing frisky tainted bugles

ain't that the truth
yesyesyes
that's some truth to that
yesyesyes

mmm dad pickernaw
shump paw flick the paw
and pick the flaw
saw the mall
in the left side of the road.

in it. not on it. in the left side of the road.
i saw the mall in the left side of the road.
strange? eh? well, when you drive for 9 hours
slept for none - you sees things in them roads.
for shores.

motion vs. direction

February 09

i used to play word games
but now concepts trump
motion is good and well
but without direction it serves no purpose

and so A to B looks different than it used to
it's less about the road
the vehicle
the pebbles and dust
the metal and rust
barometeric pressure and all that stuff

The wrinkles will be alluded to
with a fish line through it all
to keep him on the hook
and have something to eat

But I still have doubts
as to whether the switch can be flipped
or if it takes another hand
to locate its whereabouts
then push out four stanzas
into maybe seven or thirteen
prime numbers on the mind
still ideas overlooking

Them po entertainers

one for the pop
one for the fizz
keep one sizzling
and you in show-biz
they like them fast ones
the quick left-right
always entertaining
never sleep at night

them po entertainers
makin all that money
can't go home to their honey
or forget about their fans
they're followed by white vans
and crowds of crazy people
who knew that fame
was so difficult to tame?

stay outta line
or walk on top of that line
don't fall to the right
or your behind is out the door
get a photo-shopped face
and someone else's body
you can have a new family
it's all in the contract

them po entertainers
makin all that money
can't go home to their honey
or forget about their fans
they're followed by white vans
and crowds of crazy people
who knew that fame
was so difficult to tame?

Michael Jackson knew
and Brittany Spears too
also Tom Cruise
just to name a few

them po entertainers
makin all that money
can't go home to their honey
or forget about their fans
they're followed by white vans
and crowds of crazy people
who knew that fame
was so difficult to tame?

If it ain't got love, then what does it mean?

Five thousand little things
done on the daily
brushing teeth
walking down a hall
take a seat
write an email
cook a meal
and take the dog for a walk

But if it ain't got love,
then what does it mean?
if your heart's not there
where else would it be?
only one right now
back then will come later
if it ain't got love
then what does it mean?

writing a sentence
or plucking an eyebrow
drinking some gatorade
driving a car
if you in reverse
you won't get that far
need some love gas
to burn in yo tank

But if it ain't got love,
then what does it mean?
if your heart's not there
where else would it be?
only one right now
back then will come later
if it ain't got love
then what does it mean?

means jibber-jabber gadunk
and you's a little punk
that needs a lovely person
give you a love-punch

But if it ain't got love,
then what does it mean?
if your heart's not there
where else would it be?
only one right now
back then will come later
if it ain't got love
then what does it mean?

Office parties

let the party begin
bring out the dixie cups
i got the plastic forks
we ain't holdin back!
I ordered a small pizza
we have 4 packs of oreos
let's turn this office upside-down
with a hip-hip-hooray

office parties
are the best kinds of parties
everyone dressed up
looking so nice
once a business environment
now a party environment
ain't nothin as fun
as an office party

is it someone's birthday?
If not, I don't care!
let's have a party anyway
even if it's just Monday!
That's one-seventh of our life
why not make it a party day
it's before terrific tuesday
and after super sunday

office parties
are the best kinds of parties
everyone dressed up
looking so nice
once a business environment
now a party environment
ain't nothin as fun
as an office party

i said ain't nothin as fun
as an office party
ya'll heard?
if you ain't got no office
get one,
and throw a party!

The Closet Musician

He keeps a guitar in the janitor's closet
picks it up when he gets the chance
the sound is wooden, glorious and full
as it echoes off of the closet walls

the closet musician and his melodic escape
into a world of vibrant colors
that fly
and dance
and rain from his guitar
into the air that surrounds him
the closet musician

melodies jump from his guitar to the floor
where they scurry around in circles
then chords fall all over the place
like a pile a packaging foam

the closet musician and his melodic escape
into a world of vibrant colors
that fly
and dance
and rain from his guitar
into the air that surrounds him
the closet musician

the notes travel through the boxes
under the mop and over the vacuum
painting the room with sound waves
that bounce around in the walls and never leave

the closet musician and his melodic escape
into a world of vibrant colors
that fly
and dance
and rain from his guitar
into the air that surrounds him
the closet musician

too much water for me

back to shore before the rain
a gray cloud is coming our way
everyone swim back to the boat
pick up the anchor and lets go

water
water
i don't want too much of it
I like to swim
and I like a cup of it
but when it pours from the sky
and comes at me from all sides
that's too much water for me!

everyone flops into the boat
eight of us alltogether
five in the front and two in the back
and one behind the steering wheel

water
water
i don't want too much of it
I like to swim
and I like a cup of it
but when it pours from the sky
and comes at me from all sides
that's too much water for me!

flying quickly on the boat
large beads of rain pop our backs
sheets of water unleashed from the heavens
we laugh and cry at the same time

water
water
i don't want too much of it
I like to swim
and I like a cup of it
but when it pours from the sky
and comes at me from all sides
that's too much water for me!

Wedding day

it is Paul's sister's wedding day
lets go by the lake
set up the wooden tables
order the white cake

it is a calm afternoon
the sun is mellow on the water
white chairs and a white dress
the smell of fresh air and perfume

after the ceremony we dance
old and young alike
the salsa band is swinging
everyone's arms are in the air

the next day the wedding is over
the guests return to their homes
the fathers are allowed to rest
and the mothers take a long nap

ghetto chicken shack

A pin made of planks
taken from the local factory
a window from the house
for a sleek glass ceiling
a dream mansion for chickens
living in the city
to have a spacious home
instead of a small cage

coo coo
says the hen
to her neighbors in the pin
there is the cute yellow duck
and the two turkey friends
they all live together
within city limits
partying the nights away
in their ghetto chicken shack

magazine pictures of farms
are used for wallpaper
the floor is dirt and old vegetables
and evey dinner's leftovers
they escape nearly every week
but always come back
because there is no better place to be
than their ghetto chicken shack

coo coo
says the hen
to her neighbors in the pin
there is the cute yellow duck
and the two turkey friends
they all live together
within city limits
partying the nights away
in their ghetto chicken shack

they like their pinhouse in the city
instead of an old barn
they go to the country on the weekends
and maybe they'll retire to the farm

coo coo
says the hen
to her neighbors in the pin
there is the cute yellow duck
and the two turkey friends
they all live together
within city limits
partying the nights away
in their ghetto chicken shack

losses of our cargo

I'm not sailing toward the future
I'm sailing toward the now
to keep this ship afloat
and a functional bow

Storms are difficult
but no directions are worse
backtracking and sidestepping
causes losses of our cargo

these 24 hours are important
not to set sail for tomorrow
to feel the ocean breeze currently
not dazed and haphazardly

attention McGee attention!
Keep swabbing the deck
prevention please prevention!
Don't lose all the cargo!

Storms are difficult
but no directions are worse
backtracking and sidestepping
causes losses of our cargo

Pursuit of Beauty in Sounds

A lot of pent up aggression
toward authority
because of passively obeying
when disagreements arise
I can see with my eyes
a different part of the world
pursue dreams that they rejected
even if it kills me

I'm too young for this to happen
too young not too believe
that the pursuit of beauty in sounds
will leave me unhappy
that the pursuit of beauty in sounds
will leave me unhappy

Some are driven by ideas
have passions and goals
others leave it to others
and pedal slowly uphill

I'm too young for this to happen
too young not too believe
that the pursuit of beauty in sounds
will leave me unhappy
that the pursuit of beauty in sounds
will leave me unhappy

Philosophy

If I'm in love I'll sing of love
if I'm aggressive then let it be
if my form is not posh
I'm not going to change it
embrace the current sign
but don't get any splinters
then move right along
leave behind the frozen philosopher

Philosophy has its ends
one of which is prevention
of traveling and adventure
because why should we do that?

I'll tell you why
I've thought about it long and hard
stillness causes corrosion
one must walk every day

Philosophy has its ends
one of which is prevention
of traveling and adventure
because why should we do that?

zoom Zoom

This is what it means to be a man
have a 401K and retirement plan
play golf with your buddies on the weekend
and drive a fancy car

zoom zoom
drive a fast car
zoom zoom
drive a black car
zoom zoom
drive a sports car
zoom zoom
drive drive

freedom is not what you think it is
so forget those hippie ideas
love the room we put you in
and work within what you've been given

zoom zoom
drive a fast car
zoom zoom
drive a black car
zoom zoom
drive a sports car
zoom zoom
drive drive

Earn your manhood

These are long bleeping days
in this boring bleeping office
I need a better bleeping attitude
or I'll drive myself crazy

keep striving toward the best
you'll love it when you get there
you don't know what you've missed
stay in the office
you'll adjust to be happy
it's for the greater good
sacrifice that energy
and earn your manhood.

balance blessings and requests
reflection and improvements
nostalgia and ambition
we need a bit of each

keep striving toward the best
you'll love it when you get there
you don't know what you've missed
stay in the office
you'll adjust to be happy
it's for the greater good
sacrifice that energy
and earn your manhood.

the body of Hercules

Pumping fists up and down
loud hisses and grunts
big brights smiling teeth
to greet you at the front door
membership is cheap here
we will give you the body you need
to take your boss' job and please your wife
fifty dollars a month and you'll be happy

stretching, running, lifting
lose a few pounds a day
feel the happy coming in
and the fat burning away
all my veins are popping out
but i like it that way
i have the body of Hercules
huge bicepts and a two inch waist

I eat enough greens to plant a garden
and always drink powder with my milk
weak people are afraid of me
because of this body I've built
I could fly if I wanted to in fact I may try
my workout program is for the gods
I'm so strong I will never die

stretching, running, lifting
lose a few pounds a day
feel the happy coming in
and the fat burning away
all my veins are popping out
but i like it that way
i have the body of Hercules
huge bicepts and a two inch waste

They gym is my sanctuary
taking me to heigher heights
climb the stairmaster to heaven
ride to olympus on a bike

stretching, running, lifting
lose a few pounds a day
feel the happy coming in
and the fat burning away
all my veins are popping out
but i like it that way
i have the body of Hercules
huge bicepts and a two inch waste

night

The slow pickup truck
winds down a curvy road
to escape the sun at daybreak
he would go faster
but the gas tank is empty
all he can do is coast

coasting along
trying to stay out of the light
in the safety of night

a dead end confronts him
there is nowhere to go
he turns around and greets the sun
the ultraviolet rays start to chip his paint
he won't last much longer

coasting along
trying to stay out of the light
in the safety of the night

the court jester and the princess

The king is back in town today
the festival will begin
the princess must find a suitor
I hope that I'll be him!
I flossed my teeth and shined my shoes
I put on my dancing legs
my bright colors and jester scepter
will surely do the trick

Could the court jester
win the heart of a princess
by juggling seven doves
then watching them fly away?
cartwheels and singing
to impress the young maiden
i'm just a fiddling fool
but what's wrong with that?

men prepare their swords
to duel for the prize
of winning the king's throne
and the princess' eyes
but the sport turns bloody
and the festival goes awry
I thought these men were chivalrous
yet they broke out into a fight

Could the court jester
win the heart of a princess
by juggling seven doves
then watching them fly away?
cartwheels and singing
to impress the young maiden
i'm just a fiddling fool
but what's wrong with that?

The princess approaches me
with a foul look on her face
"these men are all baboons
they should be disgraced"
i agree and laugh
she looks at me and smiles
but then she leaves and never comes back
what luck is that!

Could the court jester
win the heart of a princess
by juggling seven doves
then watching them fly away?
cartwheels and singing
to impress the young maiden
i'm just a fiddling fool
but what's wrong with that?

ode to magnolia woods

rocking slowly back and forth
in an old wooden chair
hummingbirds flutter a few feet away
singing their song to greet the day

bright green grass and oak leaves
are a blanket to the soft hill
magnolia trees and berry bushes
sprinkled across the field

the natural colors and scents
blend together thickly in the air
seducing all of my senses
as I sleep for a thousand years

coffee addiction

oh yes, i remember
how can one forget
it actually happened to me
i'm where i thought i'd be

i thought the day would never come
that I would not want a sip of coffee
my caffeine fix has dissappeared
now I drink mild tea

standing on the other side
it is easier to see
that too many people lost their souls
to harvest all of those beans

i drank two cups a day for years
and stopped drinking with the patch
my pallate has now adjusted
but i still kind of miss it

shelves

For years she was my partner
in crime and everything else
but we stacked up so many problems
it eventually broke the shelf
repairs would not work
there was no storage space
she wanted to move out
i wanted to stay
she stayed in the house and I moved out
after much contemplation
i spread my things on a new empty floor
then built fifty shelves
I called to ask if she needed storage space
she appreciated the call
but someone bought her plastic ware
and she stores her stuff in those

I think of her

The solid trunk of a big oak tree
provides a place of rest
to lean against and let the breeze
carress my tired, aching self

every time I sit in its shade
i think of her
the sun shines through the leaves onto the ground
and i think of her

i worked on a farm for years
saving for her return
thoughts of her were always with me
but she never came home
I still work through the day
so that I can sleep at night
I try to exhaust myself
so that I don't think of her

every time I sit in its shade
i think of her
the sun shines through the leaves onto the ground
and i think of her

When we arrive, there we'll be

lets rip out the fence
jump over the bushes
scale the brick wall
and take off in a sprint
forward motion
consistency
when we arrive
there we'll be

we won't look back
as we run forward
to a new time and place
just over the hill
forward motion
consistency
when we arrive
there we'll be

if we slow down
we might not make it
clouds whisp those away
who rest for too long
forward motion
consistency
when we arrive
there we'll be

my swivel chair

at least i'll be able to stand up
i've been sitting down for hours now
in one room that doesn't change
can't tell the difference between night and day
movements are what my legs desire
my tail is the only thing tired
from swiveling around in a chair
for hours and hours and hours

i want to run twenty miles
bike fifty more
climb a pile of rocks
then jump off into the ocean
swim across the globe
then cool down with a stretch
but all i can do is spin
in my swivel chair
all i can do is spin in circles
in my swivel chair

I'll swivel my way into the ground
and pop out somewhere in China
only to find all the Chinese men
swiveling around just the same
we are a world of people in swivel chairs
rolling all over the place
sometimes when we have nothing to do
we switch to our rolley chairs and race

I want to run twenty miles
bike fifty more
climb a pile of rocks
then jump off into the ocean
swim across the globe
then cool down with a stretch
but all i can do is spin
in my swivel chair
all i can do is spin in circles
in my swivel chair

Where would you rather be?

who can forget that feeling
of being watched all the time
you think no one is there
then they tap your shoulder from behind
as if you knew it would happen
well what do you know after all?
that your wife will always be shorter than you
and you are not even that tall

differentiate between higher heights
submarine dives and plane flights
or stuck in the middle ground
where would you rather be
where would you rather be
where would you rather be
sky, ocean, on the ground
where would you rather be

fortunate, unfortunate, same to me
I'll break in if I have no key
i'll take vitamins to be healthy
and eat spinache to grow taller
it's my natural flavor
spooked, short and resourceful
those who remember everything
have to be careful

differentiate between higher heights
submarine dives and plane flights
or stuck in the middle ground
where would you rather be
where would you rather be
where would you rather be
sky, ocean, or the ground,
where would you rather be

all i have is all i need
any more would be excess
any less and i'll throw a fit
don't take my things from me

differentitate between higher heights
submarine dives and plane flights
or stuck in the middle ground
where would you rather be
where would you rather be
where would you rather be
sky, ocean, or the ground
where would you rather be

saving numbers

today is a day left
for the creative to create
the static to endure
and the adventurous to discover
this morning is a morning
for the ball covered in inc
to roll his course and find his destiny
or just 'plan b' because it's safer

yesterday was for feelers
tomorrow is for fretters
now is for the irresponsible

Mathmeticians prosperin an afternoon of numbers
that creatives threw together
to confuse the business sector
but business people bounce back again
and keep the money coming in
until every last number
has been collected and stored for later
until every last number
has been collected and stored for later

thus begins the cycle
of fruitful repetition
of banging pots in the kitchen
and greeting the new day
time tables don't work
like multiplication tables
because time tables stretch
but don't come apart

yesterday was for feelers
tomorrow is for fretters
now is for the irresponsible

mathmeticians prosper
in an afternoon of numbers
that creatives threw together
to confuse the business sector
but business people bounce back again
and keep the money coming in
until every last number
has been collected and stored for later
until every last number
has been collected and stored for later

Don't be like me

I've been around since the greeks
but i've shrunk since then, bone depletion
my caretakers don't give me meat
i don't get enough protein
since i became a vegetarian
I may look weak though i never lose strength
I've got more knowledge than I'll ever need
I think to much
don't be like me
don't be like me
don't be like me
don't be like me

Everyone wants me
i only want the best
only those who have learned to express their thoughts
in a universal way
that everyone can understand
everyone who is anyone, anyway
i've got more knowledge than I'll ever need
I think too much
don't be like me
don't be like me
don't be like me
don't be like me

I'll take your young and talented
I don't want the old and decrepid
the world can't be run by losers
I'm sorry, that's how it is
not everyone deserves a paycheck
run to the front or you're pushed to the back
i've got more knowledge than i'll ever need
I think too much
don't be like me
don't be like me
don't be like me
don't be like me

My towers represent strength and history
my hallways for integrity and truth
it will do you good to follow my way
if you have enough money you can stay
i'll build something in your name
like a fountain or a statue
i've got more knowledge than I'll ever need
I think too much
don't be like me
don't be like me
don't be like me
don't be like me

The business world takes my advice
even those who don't trust me think twice
about leaving me out of their life
because I hold a heavy hand
I get more cards every day
it will be like this until I say
I've got more knowledge than I'll ever need
I think too much
don't be like me
don't be like me
don't be like me
don't be like me
don't be like me
don't be like me
don't be like me
don't be like me

Leave it there

relax a bit on the harmony
turn down the volume
don't take much to please me
especially today
last break was good
another is needed
i paused for a second
and felt it in the air

feel it on your arms
see it in the yard
place it on your table
leave it there
leave it there
leave it there
leave it there

crowded streets are not for me
not concert halls and symphonies
i just want a good day
and maybe a warm cup of tea
i didn't forget the measure rest
it's the part that i like best
the vibrations tickled my chest
it almost made me laugh

feel it on your arms
see it in the yard
place it on your table
leave it there
leave it there
leave it there
leave it there
leave it there
leave it there
leave it there
leave it there

Stuck in the means

The clock ticks loudly
in her white sterile office
paid to fill a seat
it's how she makes ends meet

getting rent in on time is a necessity
and she pays her fee by sitting

she's stuck in the means
waiting for the end
the infinite inbetween
that lasts from morning till evening
where are her 24 hours
how did she get here
never where she wants to be
stuck in the means

he rides his bike across town
wearing an apron covered in grease
a chef at three restaurants
to provide for his family

though his hands prepare food all day
his mind stays on his children
and the 20 minutes he gets
before putting them to bed

he's stuck in the means
waiting for the end
the infinite inbetween
that lasts from morning till evening
where are his 24 hours
how did he get here
he's never where he wants to be
stuck in the means

some people take a bike to work
others take the subway
every economic class
has a means of transportation
how should i go to work
how long should it take to get there

stuck in the means
waiting for the end
the infinite inbetween
that lasts from morning till evening
where are 24 hours
how did we get here
never where we want to be
stuck in the means

the Company Work Phone

ring ring pick me up
a customer is calling
I'm doing my job, you do yours
why am i always ignored!

Everyone differs me
to the office phone next door
I want to hear the juicy stuff
what did I take this job for

I could have been a cell phone
or maybe a house line

But I'm the company workphone
without me nothing gets done
I ring and ring and ring
and blink my blinky lights
I've got so many lines
I can keep fifty people on hold
people yell at me, but I don't mind
I'm the company work phone

My cord is long and windy
so I can stretch into the next room
I sit between a computer
and a roladex of numbers
you wish you could be me!
so used and in the loop
I never have to move
and I'm more important than you!

I'm glad I'm not a cell phone
or a boring house line either

I'm the company workphone
without me nothing gets done
I ring and ring and ring
and blink my blinky lights
I've got so many lines
I can keep fifty people on hold
people yell at me, I don't mind
I'm the company work phone

the deal

If one is to be a successful worker on a 9 hour shift he must occasionally divert his attention from his work and allow his imagination to wander wheresoever it wants to. These roaming thoughts were directed to end up in a song form. They cover a wide variety of emotions that are sparked by office life, music, business, growing up, relationships, and a variety of ficticious stories.