I can’t / speak / over / all these voices Lock-jawed and unsympathetic I’m pulling from all of my excuses And for the sake of conversation Can’t help but play the opposition Collecting thoughts and not listening Wait waiting to spew more opinions My mind’s made up and I don’t care My voice is louder that makes me right Conniving lamb, there’s a shadow on you Glass feet chip and crack with each step Acting dumb, switching limbs, backing out this blackout Stop! Choose your footing wisely. Lock-jawed and unsympathetic I’m pulling from all of my excuses And for the sake of conversation Can’t help but play the opposition Collecting thoughts and not listening Wait waiting to spew more opinions Take take the weight in moderation Withdraw me from consideration now It’s all the same to me I’m happy either way

I want, I want, I want a way to understand yet at the same time i'm happy not knowing I’m lost, I’m lost but I know I’m here feels unbelievable oh no I’m wounded The strange, the time, the way I feel falls off another way With Frustration or motivation maybe I’d love for the place to feel this real but I know we’ll never win feels so familiar and now I know you were born as a sign of the times still seems so slanted but by the time you read this I don’t think I’ll even care I’ve turned around/letters running in reverse I’ve blanketed/and tabled certain messages A mess with fuzz/ we are not your enemy It just seemed like a good idea at the time

And for the price of a single sentence the feeling never stood still Another ribbon around the curtain I’m tired of slowing down Way less Tell and way more Burroughs Finally I got you in my sight Breathing holes would’ve been nice the fate sealing nails the lid tight Trembling and quaking, mind racing falling apart in a word Nevermore a story soaked in flight and fury I can feel the heat closing in The heat is closing I can feel the heat it’s closing in

Stretch me I’m feeling tight Straight into the open light How do we know what’s real How do we know what’s true Your message is split tongue With one hand here and the other off fighting Not to fade, for no one else For the living, dying aging out I’m a lucky dog digging down Falling all the way, in a long line waiting I will love the one with the right mind running They were waking down For the other way, other way, other way I can’t sleep Knowing what I know The countdown to blackout Finally feel the weather changing ‘round me Lightening strikes From behind your eyes But in the night the numbers fall to pieces Better off in lonely lows Further down the hole I’m digging Stretch me

Your dead eyes hit hard Let love devour Drooling down grief Mouthing their lines, theatre burns Wrapping ‘round the warmth No intention to stay long Edging the wave Big hands are reaching out On lookers look on look on look on Splashing ideas, making their plans It’s so beautiful to see you all together They keep happening again and again the same old thing keeps happening, they’re happening again and again and now I just remembered Pigs fucking in Montreal My hand was freezing because I insisted on wearing one glove Dancing with the pressure In the mouth of the wolf Only those who never fight like to argue, who won and who lost

Her heart sunk into the ground Then shines against a country square And gripped up by some insignificant hands At 8 and 10 and 10 and 12 beware And long rounded toes prying caps Not morning headlines nor teeth Unassured of uncertain uncertainties The immorality of a bleached road Tolerant to fight, tolerant to forget the world Stopped by measures that are flattening Between these words, between these words we sing The ignorance of some stupid agitation Simply holding on to wring Slide your foot against the floor and mutter The air is still like modern man Dividing power in crowded halls Covered and quieting the growing earth Rugs are dropped and drapes are hung Dripping coffee pools into the wood She moans and knows the numbness flowing through her swollen tongue A song is written on newly minted crowns Tales of yore that mock and ignore Recognize how they advertise You’ve seen it all sometime before The time approaches and its getting clear Exactly just how it will all play out Stains are written in the plan in between the year Take the task and move it back, consumed by lust no doubt And when her heart finally stopped sinking The lights began to dim and shake A buzzing hum soundtracks my thinking The numbers placed in patterns keep us safe And if I can’t get what I need And I try and I don’t receive Then I can’t imagine this is anything more Than wished or make-believe The loud voice has found me, she’s no longer in the dark A red heart, a clean heart, a big heart, a huge heart The egg will crack, I’m so transfix with this beautiful piece of art.