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warmthofrelease universal truth number one:
people usually don't like to be looked down on

universal truth number two:
it's important to be kind and friendly when you can

(September 2019)



my mind was constructed
under very noisy very stressful conditions
and that noise has stayed with me

fear is like a spill
that's what it does as you stare
over your eyes down your head and
covering til it coats

you open your eyes and you're something new
after fear is done
something is born

(April 2015)



(Greeting Card Suicide Note)

and will you feel ashamed
will you feel ashamed
when you shout down into my grave
how neither one of us was good enough for me

(April 2015)



(Night In Motion)
(melodic)

you're believing the horrors you want to believe
this is less complicated than you make it out to be
this can boil down to dos and don'ts
pay your dues respect your opponent
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don't let your guard down for a moment

(September 2019)



and when the dream becomes the disease
it will do as it please
ease and won't let you down
or alone

(December 2016)



the eagle flies
butterflies
down my throat
too tight to mention
she says fucking him
makes her love me more and
I swear I can believe her
but it won't relieve the tension

(June 2019)



Calm down. Slow down. Observe the depth of quietude. Enjoy the smallness of peace. Watch the wind.

(August 2015)



and now I can see
the justice of lies
when it's the truth
that divides

it took the edge
of occam's razor
to cut me
down to size

(August 2019)



(I believe this refers to the_thrilla_in_manila)

you were sent as gods
to fight a god's fight
and humanity dragged you back down
to a place where
you didn't belong
and where you would never be the same

(March 2015)



(In retrospect of failure)

1. tie me down

(February 2020)
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I've been making tea
in place of lighting candles
I've been making bets in
place of using bicycle handles
and I've been writing it down
and I've been giving up
and I've been crossing myself out
and giving up on giving up

and when I finally cry I'm afraid
it won't be for help

(March 2015)



couldn't tell
at a glance
leaving it down
to games of chance
a victim or a criminal
of circumstance

(December 2020)



what's the use in straightening out just to go down a path that's crooked

(January 2022)



profundity is cheap
wisdom is subtle
whiskey is decent
make it a double
I'm not satisfied
whether in or out of trouble
I'm burning down houses
and blowing spit bubbles

(September 2015)



oh sweet misery
like the weather down
no sympathy

(November 2015)



animosity flowed like lava
now it's hardened on hallowed ground

trusting my better judgment
breaking off the connection
don't cheat yourself or your feelings
when you're hurt by the rejection
reflection helping to question
the moral center of myself
deep down I understand
I don't really wanna help
deep down I understand
anymore I don't wanna help
deep down I understand I don't
want to give or receive help

(January 2022)



(Trafalgar)

3AM is spilling down softly
on the field behind L.H. Elementary
most of the starts can't be seen from the city
the humming glow of streetlights fogs out the twinkling

I'm going to drive by her house
at least three times tonight
I want to sit beneath her window
and wait for her to cry

but even if she was there
she'd have nothing to be sad about
and I can't just cry for myself
even when I should

(April 2016)



(another denouement, unserious)

"Big Elephant Slowly Chopping a Train Down"

(December 2020)
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