outpost
peeled away
barren of worth
we’re taunting in your direction
find us
delegate a hunting party
waste away listening for me

separate the hair from the hide
and hide 

I have closed
brighter eyes than yours
I have better things to do
than wonder who you are
cut it close
or I will cut it off
let me put this in your ear:
you’re the one who’s being watched
I’m the one who keeps the pulse

goodbye
terraformed
angular stone
eat and become sedentary
outlast 
delegate a hunting party
compromise but never with me

separate the jaws from the beast
 at least

I have closed
brighter eyes than yours
I have better things to do
than wonder who you are
cut it close
or I will cut it off
let me put this in your ear:
you’re the one who’s being watched
I’m the one who keeps the pulse

welcome home
spectre at the door
I have better things to do
than wonder who you are
 cut it close
or I will cut it off
let me put this in your ear: 
you’re the one who’s being watched
I’m the one who keeps the pulse

delegate a hunting party

I am here
And I am patient
Digging with my fingernails
Into the pavement
I am here
And i am waiting
For a day when
The world’s less patient

It’s a miracle that no one has
Attempted to put an end to you
Til now

I will find you 
I will find you out
There’s a war that’s raging
Right outside your house
I suggest you move
I suggest you move before
I suggest you move
The cavalry is at your door

I am here
I landed with them

There is an error
In your system
A hairpin trigger
A superstition
You thought you saw a form
Perform in the dark
I’m Limping like an animal
I chewed my way here  
I will gnaw my way into your heart

Limp (I Am Here)

Fame Comes

whispering words

A deep breath
I’m plunging in
The paint before
My image sets 
They’re dogging pages
In my honor
Before I’ve even left

A nauseous twitch
I’m obvious
Attentive to my
Base instincts
I’m dodging punches
That were sent
Before the air’s displaced

How septic it was
Lingered on my tongue
I didn’t tell anyone
The lion's share of knowledge
Got stuck in my paw
I didn’t pull it out

Car stuck in the yard
Tearing up the lawn
I turned to slinging mud
To get the hours done
How septic it was
Lingered on my tongue
But please
You can’t tell anyone 

A regret
It’s come to this
How rude i’ve lost
A dinner guest
The town’s closed down
Like it always did
There’s nowhere i can rest

A cosmic shift
I’m over it
The pageantry of
Innocence
The stockade’s full
I lament before
My head is put in there


How septic it was
Tainted my blood
I hid from everyone
The lion’s share of knowledge
Is lodged in my paw
The wound is sore, could you pull it out
Car stuck in the yard
Tearing up the lawn
I turned to slinging mud
To get the damage done
How septic it was
Lingered on my tongue
It is now your duty
You can’t tell anyone

Androcles (Pt. 2)

Identity is only a worry if
You need to know who i am
I’ve gone to such great lengths
To render that irrelevant
Elsewhere I’m famous for my wit
I’m sure I’ll bury you in it
Coax you right out of your skin
Begin to laminate
The superficial parts of you
I’ll gladly iron out

In time
Illusory as it is
I will clench you in my fist
And I’ll be praised for it
In time
Not so easy to dismiss
I will rise above the din
While I push you into it

You will be grateful 

The noxious cloud that hovers overhead
Will only bother you if you bother it
It’s just as scared of you
As you are intelligent so
Elsewhere I’m famous for my wit
But here and now I’ll bury it
Keep walking straight, ignore the rain
Begin to laminate

The fragile precious parts of you
You can’t afford to drown

In time
Illusory as it is
I will clench you in my fist
And I’ll be proud of it
In time
Not so easy to dismiss
I will rise above the din
While I push you into it

You will be grateful 

I once had
A hatred
That turned to a fever
I won’t be
The one who
Is burning

Cause now that
You’re grateful
There’s no need
To spit and rave
And tear apart our flesh
We’ll always who’s next

Take a number get in line
You can’t afford to wait

In time
Illusory as it is
I will clench you in my fist
And then I’ll wash my hands of it
In time
Not so easy to dismiss
I will rise above the din
While I rub your nose in it

You will be grateful

Laminate

Coenospecific

Wakes

Telopsis

i’m waiting for the evening
to poke holes in the ceiling
maybe with fresh air
I’ll pinpoint the meaning
the meaning’s corrupted
the hope I showed up with
got pissed away early
I swallowed a stopwatch
to keep time from slipping
away from the present
the more I get desperate
the louder it ticks
I played tricks on my allies
I coddled my foes and
god only knows
why I do what I do

pardon the fool that’s patient with me
pardon the fool that’s patient with me

they say don’t fall in love
with the first thing you see
don’t know who they say it to
they couldn’t mean me
my roots are thirsty and
my stomach is strong
and if I anchor here
I can never get lost
put stock in the simple
demand at least one 
of the smallest of seats 
at the table to speak
I say “i think it’s important”
they assure me it’s not
and honestly if they’re right
well, then that’s a load off

pardon the fool that’s patient with me
pardon the fool that’s patient with me

if I went panning for gold
how could I keep my hands clean (x2)

well the traffic is pointing 
away from this town
and if I let you down 
well I won’t be the first
stack collateral damage
on top of the plans
that contained quite a lot 
of destruction themselves
it’s a tactical failure
to fail to present
a positive presence
to the people you need
I mean the people you meet
I mean the ones you call friends
I mean the ones who give shelter
until you take off again

pardon the fool that’s patient with me
pardon the fool that’s patient with me

Panning For Gold

The Mixed Up package from TM Century (now TM Studios)

Mixed Up

Blistering heat
made the words too sticky on my tongue
the world is pointing out its blistered thumbs
hitchhiking back where it belongs
my tired feet
an overcooked image in a song
the world is pointing out it can’t be long
until the people who write them are done

But it was raining
and the bullshit that you’re selling
I don’t know if you believe it
but you sold it to me well
there’s a strain of the truth
that if you don’t put it to use
you’ll recount the saddest fragments
like the corners of a puzzle
that you’ve solved

let me sit down
the sun has knocked me fully to the ground
poisoned me in place where you have found
me begging in the smallest piece of shade
I miss the sound
of boots crunching the snow outside your house
albedo off the ice reflects the photons 
off the earth   and back around

but it was raining
and the truth that I am telling
has been regurgitated fondly
like a sparrow to its youth
there’s the essence of a place
that if you let go to waste
you’ll be wandering through the forest
looking for desire paths you
swear you saw

but who could ever want to be
so consistently polite?
Who could ever trade
the darkness of a comfortable 
warm and humid night
for so much light?

but it was raining
and the line that you’ve been toeing
will wash away as what you’ve know
becomes fully dissolved
there’s an extract from a life
that I tried to live twice
you know you don’t owe your mistakes
a chance to try and cut you down
a second time

a second time

Albedo

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Albedo

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