31 january

make he cake and lake the brakes which is to say flood and all the other verbs in absurd uniform topical lifts and flavoring lifts and all the else we see --

30 january

where we find ourselves our shelves and counters spaced and paced like doublequick reptiles smiling long enough for you to get close -- lachrymose and hungry

29 january

where we care more is the door, that valve to halve in two the now and then -- 

28 january

if i had another cummerbund I'd mum the word and spill the beans but all the while in between i'd make another exit so my face could have its say and no one would ever hear it out

27 january

deep breath too shallow and the owls swoop low turn toes upside and beyond like a pond song with no lines and slant rhymes instead of headache powers but no sour grapes or vague mistakes in specific meter that might have mattered in some other time -- 

26 january

when the sleep comes up the words fall out and a troutstream diplomat is left to negotiate for a change of fate or maybe feta though it's getting better all along the waybill -- 

25 january

cram the scandanavian heartache with a cheesecake wand and a pond-hopping to go -- 

24 january

scan the banks and charge the ranks in overtime overdrive manalive and icing sugar -- whir the whisk and snap the crisps and leave us to our piece -- 

23 january

rag and bone tune and a gingery moon under gingham tings and the walls on fire: let us bury our tablecloths of whole broth and circumstance while danceward fools and parlementarians carry on and dawn the time of day until the gavel turns its back

22 january

where we left off is a toss-up a loving cup of overflow undertow trickledown histrionics and all the attendant miscreants searching for the house of your dreams

21 january

sleep through the deep futility of changewishing and nearmissing like it's not though we've got plenty more rope and the hope unsteady means breaded grains and fruited mains and so much leftover main course rigamarole there's no room for dessert -- 

20 january

where we speak our minds two times as twice as rice flour and cotton balls calling kettles black and flapjack superstars like tiny cars on a microtrack collapsing back to driver's ed thoughts instead like mapping out the right of way and turning left anyway for some extra credit

19 january

carry over the remainder and close the window so airflow won't catch its breath too far left behind while the time talks in ticks and the clock licks its lips and swallows afternoons whole with stolen hours and superpowers too spiced for niceties and too savory to hurry past when some repast might do us good -- as though we should be eating our solutions although yes of course we will --

18 january

take away the apple cake as forewarned is orchard is the rows and aisles of flavor styles and the chance to treat others with the grown touches and bit muches --

17 january

wait until the rive until wild-eyed stream means the train has changed the plate has saved its last to cash in for dessert

16 january

too many more stands to cake too late to take the scene off stilts too built to beat the flood or mud the mask and track the changes rearranging concepts from another shore -- 

15 january

up to the end we extend greetings, meeting the demands with an underhanded overbite and a white night wrapped in chocolate and the bit of ginger fantasy with no room left for cream

14 january

even as the odds play ever in your favor to savor the pastry made in razzledazzle style while the sun won't shine and the cat calls the tune --

12 january

met well like a rung bell hung fell swoops away from the main stage to remain caged with no ringer of its own to phone home with no voice and call out with no words -- unheard but still remembered -- 

11 january

long day the strong play acts and the scene retracts to convey the way the world turns with miles earned and all the fond between like meaningful bread and handshakes instead when the scale comes out though the route is clear and takeoff landing notwithstanding the salad runs its course -- 

10 january

where we left off to start is a part of the map i haven't seen in while haven't styled past with downcast words and the taste of applesauce in my hair -- there where the wind winds and the grape twines twist vines upward with herds of pterodactyls measuring protractors for accuracy and the way we want to be from some other angle -- 

9 january

where we go we find the time to align the goats and skip the ropes into foreign fields and high-yield tenancy with dependencies on remainders and rejoinders that loiter long into the night while lights and music be my guide and hide the older song with words too long for radio and patient enough for dinosaurs

8 january

care daring to swim against the crust and fuss sideways with no trays of ice sliced against the grain in remaining stages as the age is calculated and the wait is over -- cloverfield and commandants go off the page again -- 

7 january

start fresh and catch water to tread steadily onward underwater and wherewithal notwithstanding though glands in some other organ play up and we cup our hands to catch it all while stalling doubts and pitching outs and pinching hits not nerves --

6 january

where we started is returning to earn its place in the finish line well defined and rhymed in doubletime rhythm past the schism of a thousand worries hurried past the morning paper and straight on through to lunch

5 january

wear out the welcome high water or outer shell like well worn river stones groaning under the wait until october november and send her apologies for proper tea forgiven and the fork it left behind --

4 january

if you don't try anything you can't wonder why and how we do the blue sky version is hurting our chances to dance in an animated sense though we meant to do better and someday we will

3 january

various and incidental are the mental strengths of the candlewax relaxed across the tabletop -- the easy drops and sideways drips that slip so quickly from the flame to name a thousand seals and reveal the proclamation of a nation untied and fried over easy to please the sunny side and hide the ticket stubs

2 january

wary as a traveler unraveling uphill and overboard having stored up the rest but to sweeten the chill and a thrill in the wrong direction with a course correction well targeted -- how hard it is! to fend off distress and suit the rest with no sleep deep enough to flip the switch and pass the ditch without lying down in it honestly though sight of sea is memory worth evoking -- 

1 january 2020

move the way the river winds blows windy flows making waves to stave off confusion with the illusions of hope and the challenge of ballast tossed loose and fast like a castaway steamship eclipsed by the map that traps time and ends rhyme while the band plays off with instrumental cases and conditional replacements as the canaries mind the coals