mountain prayer

thank you for these mountains,
for this trial.
thank you for exhaustion,
and the dusty swirling heat,
and this thirst,
and this pain in my leg that i cannot shake away.
be with me now,
in this miracle valley of your creation,
be with me on this hillside
that makes my heart stop at its beauty
as i ache for you,
be with me for i cannot do this alone.

in this lesson in distance
i am done marking the space between us,
for you are in these blades of grass,
and in this pain,
and in my heart's gratitude,
and i am calling you down from your mountain
to help bring me home.

(#12)

salt lick locket
lock box pick
keepsake toiletries
cleanup kit

I’ll go back in time
If you ask me to
Balance over
Spider web stories
Over-talk this
Private life
And then what
Will be left?

---

Anyone Could Be A Killer In A Car

This is my most announced thought
Life as dying
Or life as
Loving
Or life as just
Speeding, slowing and
Carrying through.

---

I tell everybody I’ve moved
‘back to where I’m from’
La Esquina, I say
Though I never think of it
That way

Facebook Fight

I don't even know her
but I'm mad when she writes on our mutual friend's wall that
White Dance is an Oxy Moron.

She goes on to explain her position
about upper class white people
being A-Rhythmic
drawing examples from her personal experiences

I am mad at her
for talking dumb
and I challenge her to a dance off
which,
considering we are on facebook,
is just as stupid.

ONE

I decided
surprise me
was a better motto than
I didn't ask for any of this

a fisher price record player
a sputtering radiator
the splash of passing headlights
on the bedroom wall at night

chaos, bliss, mucus,
dissonance, music you can't dance to,
darkness:
in the beginning there was this

I never tired of trying
to put new objects in my mouth.
I discovered I had toes
and I wanted to devour them.

Hungry, and grateful
with a new moon mind,
unable to sort this from that
or favor that over this.

01/12

they call me the miracle worker
because i have patience
i am rewarded with chunks of butterfinger bars
patience is delicious

Rules

1. Impress them with competence!
2. No instrument heroism.
3. No merch.
4. Don't repeat yourself unless it would be effective to do so.
5. Don't waste people's time.
6. Don't lie unless it would be effective to do so.
7. Singing can be a joy if you relax and don't fuck it up. Relax and don't fuck it up.
8. Make merch.
9. It's Going to Take a Long Time 2010.