Spin

The ones supposed to speakfor generations have the disadvantageof being kidnapped fromthe grips of them.This is why the early albumsare always the greatestsince the real worldhasn’t fallen offtheir jackets like the duston every highway in the world.Summer is the season of song,and when they tell you nothingcan go wrong that’s when you knowthat there is […]

Others

The lights were half onin the bar where no one leftwas going very farout into anything.They paid in pennies and dimesthey found along the railingthat was set up to risewith the incline of the biggesthill the city ever knew.Hard candy wrappers hit the sidewalkon the way back to the placesthey were staying aton notice for […]

Merits

Get up from where the sun is lowand the quiet contemplativeswaste their days and be amazedat what is going on around you.Don’t answer any phone callslet it ring though so they knowyou aren’t hiding. Stop reading and watching the newsat the same time while the CD playershuffles all your albums.Instead just learn everythingby finding out […]

All Time Greats

I don’t have any fancy tricksthat you were hoping for.In fact most of the timeI almost can’t say anything at all.We use blood to paint the wallsAnd make excuses for the messeswe leave everywhere.She stole the plate armor gauntletfrom the decorative cabinetin her grandfather’s basementand climbed the power lineto grab hold of the wire.The resulting […]

Frenzy

If this is really what you say it iswe’ll never have to wonder where were going.She said to him over the plastic tableat the burger place they bothhad gotten tired of. He was showing her a messagefrom his friends, she didn’t know yet,inviting them to almost every partythat was happening that weekend. They settled up […]

Poorly Printed Yearbook

Wind chimes help remind themthere is something outsideall that they take shelter in.They run the pens againstthe bleached off color whitenessof the papers they are handedwith the lines they need to coverwith their names.There isn’t time for them to playtheir games and take their morningslowly like they should.A piece of everyone knowsthat this is mostly […]

Hypothermic Stowaway

You can look awayit’s okay to be afraidof what is happening.The boat is burning upand you are floatingin the never ending waves.The water is cold enoughto kill you fasterthan the drowningever could,and there you stoodas it was finished sinking under. You know what could be down thereall the creatures in the cornersof the maps and […]