Day becomes night
And we trade handshakes for hugs
Grade A everything
Bank holidays and brake jobs
Forever forever
Frank exchanges
Current corrective currency
Situational, counter-factual, conviction
I don't do eye-spots
And we pick it up again
Grating, greater, groundswelled
The edge of an ocean
All the things you think about the moon
And here we are, going back and forth and back back and forth
July 23, 2017
June 15, 2017
Cover Cover Cover
Red jackets and headlights and the month of June
Like history like whoah like all the cats and all the bedtimes
The ways we think now
That hill or town
That horse or tariff
Tavern tarry tarnished till
I mean or I said or I thought or I did
As in you expected or at least I did
As in a very special connection because it's so simple and boredom ain't a thing no more no more no more no more
Like a Triumph put into a garage a smidge before closing time
And elevators have doors
And so on
Like history like whoah like all the cats and all the bedtimes
The ways we think now
That hill or town
That horse or tariff
Tavern tarry tarnished till
I mean or I said or I thought or I did
As in you expected or at least I did
As in a very special connection because it's so simple and boredom ain't a thing no more no more no more no more
Like a Triumph put into a garage a smidge before closing time
And elevators have doors
And so on
May 2, 2017
Transit Trust Trainers
Lollipops that are fantasies.
Taking care of yourself and those that don't.
Walls between walls between places.
Caricatures and crutches and crushes.
Counting as you get older.
Goals that aren't what you thought.
What equals what vs. equality.
All the things I wrestle with vs. all the things I believe.
A good story told over drinks.
When the lights are low vs. when the days are long.
We weren't the first to fish this river and hardly the last.
Taking care of yourself and those that don't.
Walls between walls between places.
Caricatures and crutches and crushes.
Counting as you get older.
Goals that aren't what you thought.
What equals what vs. equality.
All the things I wrestle with vs. all the things I believe.
A good story told over drinks.
When the lights are low vs. when the days are long.
We weren't the first to fish this river and hardly the last.
Location:Scott Dr,Baltimore,United States
April 30, 2017
Foot Drop
I'm down I'm down I'm down I'm down
A flood of salt and a weight and a board across your chest
Reception and receiving
Doors, dowels, drive shafts, and dancing
Shattered Saturdays
Trances
Tried and true and truancy
Pride and proof then fluency
Flatter not, flaunt not
First forgotten, last won
Any number of things will trace an arc
But where will you be standing?
A flood of salt and a weight and a board across your chest
Reception and receiving
Doors, dowels, drive shafts, and dancing
Shattered Saturdays
Trances
Tried and true and truancy
Pride and proof then fluency
Flatter not, flaunt not
First forgotten, last won
Any number of things will trace an arc
But where will you be standing?
April 29, 2017
The World We Live In
Hovercraft vs. overland
Re-tread vs. retreat
Old growth vs. barbershop
Fantasy vs. fantastic
Philanthropic vs. fill in the blank
Music vs. amusing
Attraction vs. reaction
Wait times vs. weight limits
All in vs. all in the family
Calling vs. living
Re-tread vs. retreat
Old growth vs. barbershop
Fantasy vs. fantastic
Philanthropic vs. fill in the blank
Music vs. amusing
Attraction vs. reaction
Wait times vs. weight limits
All in vs. all in the family
Calling vs. living
April 28, 2017
All Day All Day
I see you Metro preacher
And you twenty years ago doppelgänger; I've never wondered if you're dead
And robot friends and fellow travelers and all the things we leave out
I see you piles and piles
I see you too long list
I see you blood pressure and daylight and day-long training sessions
I see you grand-daddy of distractions
I see you anxiety and despair
I see you fresh Fall fashions
Humidity before that, decay after that, delays shot through
What're you gonna do with a major American city when nobody agrees on major anymore?
Whaddya say in the face of the faceless?
Faceful? Fateful? Faithful?
Sometimes a straight line is just a straight line
And you still have place to be
And you twenty years ago doppelgänger; I've never wondered if you're dead
And robot friends and fellow travelers and all the things we leave out
I see you piles and piles
I see you too long list
I see you blood pressure and daylight and day-long training sessions
I see you grand-daddy of distractions
I see you anxiety and despair
I see you fresh Fall fashions
Humidity before that, decay after that, delays shot through
What're you gonna do with a major American city when nobody agrees on major anymore?
Whaddya say in the face of the faceless?
Faceful? Fateful? Faithful?
Sometimes a straight line is just a straight line
And you still have place to be
April 27, 2017
I'm Not Quite Sure Where You're Going with This
Burned is burned is burned is not better
Butter, bedsheets, beef, beverages
Bouillon is as bouillon does along with all the words you've misread in your life
Spectrums everywhere you look will bump you out of that rut
Lane, silo, crutch, and so on
What do you want to eat?
What do you want to care about?
32 flavors of the Uncertainty Principle
Eat and care; need and want; hope and dream; paint and draw; truck and drive; pull and push, of course and so and so and pain and pained
Sometimes the grass grows up and what you going to do with it?
Do you see the sun?
April 26, 2017
Can You Tell Me Something
Fallen water
One spell, two spell
Frankly, mightily, swimmingly
Forgotten lines
Friendly fire on a Tuesday
Given over to giving in
A circle that's a special square
Better pinned here than pinned anywhere
Look here, look real close
When the sun's coming up
And the street sweepers are done with their sweeping
And all the tickets have found new homes
One spell, two spell
Frankly, mightily, swimmingly
Forgotten lines
Friendly fire on a Tuesday
Given over to giving in
A circle that's a special square
Better pinned here than pinned anywhere
Look here, look real close
When the sun's coming up
And the street sweepers are done with their sweeping
And all the tickets have found new homes
April 25, 2017
Patience Is a Spell that Might Not Look Like This
Placement über television with outright rigged decision systems together, online, growing, ether-tethered, hitting every register.
String them out. String them along. Paint them into corners. Build houses. Build houses of cards.
Attorney general. White privilege. Pride and Prejudice. Free like freestyle vs. free like freedom.
Fee-based services. Settle for nothing vs. settle for less. More is more is more is more. Time is time is time is time.
Every time something good happens, you end up with new ways to say Survivor's Guilt.
String them out. String them along. Paint them into corners. Build houses. Build houses of cards.
Attorney general. White privilege. Pride and Prejudice. Free like freestyle vs. free like freedom.
Fee-based services. Settle for nothing vs. settle for less. More is more is more is more. Time is time is time is time.
Every time something good happens, you end up with new ways to say Survivor's Guilt.
April 24, 2017
The Recovery Is a Spell
The Jump Off
The Get Up
The Get Down
Jump in
It's not that you fall down
It's not that you fall down
It's not that you fall down
It's that you pick it back up
Everything is inconsistent and jittery
Everything inside out
Everything closing down
Close your eyes
Breathe
Repeat
The Get Up
The Get Down
Jump in
It's not that you fall down
It's not that you fall down
It's not that you fall down
It's that you pick it back up
Everything is inconsistent and jittery
Everything inside out
Everything closing down
Close your eyes
Breathe
Repeat
April 23, 2017
#Persist
Stay hungry
Stay present
Stay curious
Stay vigilant
Keep moving
Keep eating
Keep breathing
Keep ready
Stay interested
Stay open
Stay forgiving
Stay awake
Keep talking
Keep fighting
Keep loving
Keep living
Stay human
Stay human
Stay present
Stay curious
Stay vigilant
Keep moving
Keep eating
Keep breathing
Keep ready
Stay interested
Stay open
Stay forgiving
Stay awake
Keep talking
Keep fighting
Keep loving
Keep living
Stay human
Stay human
April 22, 2017
I Live in Baltimore, Now
I live in Baltimore now
With the squirrels and the bunnies
The deer and the woodpeckers
The dogwoods and dogs
Foxes, raccoons, butterflies, and birds
I'm living in Baltimore
With the folks planting annuals out in front of the Presbyterian Church down the street
And the people bringing in the shopping carts from the parking lots
And the ones making deliveries night and day
People getting by, people not getting by, people figuring it out
I live in Baltimore around houses
And apartments and new construction
Buildings buttressed with wooden joints
Buildings falling apart and falling down
Condos, restaurants, and hotels
Universities and high schools and parking lots and more
I live in Baltimore where it rains
And the sun shines and rises and sets
And the moon is full on the regular
And the clouds are amazing with the ocean right there
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After being here 13 years, yesterday was the first time I got ugh about my living in Baltimore and The Wire coming fast upon one another in conversation. Don't get me wrong, I love The Wire. I'll talk about the great trajectory of cop shows from Car 54 to Hill Street Blues to NYPD Blue to The Wire. I'll talk about the good guys being the bad guys and the bad guys being the good guys and everyone just living. I'll talk about it being the best TV ever made at its time or damn near it.
But then this morning I was tooling around the neighborhood and saw all the green and the wildlife around me -- sure my current neighborhood is pretty suburban for being inside city limits but whatever.
I'm not high-horsing it here. It's just Baltimore is like everywhere and Baltimore is everywhere. Just better. ;)
With the squirrels and the bunnies
The deer and the woodpeckers
The dogwoods and dogs
Foxes, raccoons, butterflies, and birds
I'm living in Baltimore
With the folks planting annuals out in front of the Presbyterian Church down the street
And the people bringing in the shopping carts from the parking lots
And the ones making deliveries night and day
People getting by, people not getting by, people figuring it out
I live in Baltimore around houses
And apartments and new construction
Buildings buttressed with wooden joints
Buildings falling apart and falling down
Condos, restaurants, and hotels
Universities and high schools and parking lots and more
I live in Baltimore where it rains
And the sun shines and rises and sets
And the moon is full on the regular
And the clouds are amazing with the ocean right there
---
After being here 13 years, yesterday was the first time I got ugh about my living in Baltimore and The Wire coming fast upon one another in conversation. Don't get me wrong, I love The Wire. I'll talk about the great trajectory of cop shows from Car 54 to Hill Street Blues to NYPD Blue to The Wire. I'll talk about the good guys being the bad guys and the bad guys being the good guys and everyone just living. I'll talk about it being the best TV ever made at its time or damn near it.
But then this morning I was tooling around the neighborhood and saw all the green and the wildlife around me -- sure my current neighborhood is pretty suburban for being inside city limits but whatever.
I'm not high-horsing it here. It's just Baltimore is like everywhere and Baltimore is everywhere. Just better. ;)
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