New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve, passed by a
giant digital clock stuck on
my birthday.
Happy Birthday,
everybody!

For the New Year

For the New Year I'm going to stop telling The Truth.
Hasn't gotten me anywhere.
For the True Year I'm going to tell the trUth about
U, you liar. Or maybe I'll lie about U, too.
For the True New Year I'm going to gut your excuses &
Disembowel your endless dissembling
 each of you Liars I know
 so closely from so far off
 or maybe right beside me still.
For New this Year I am going to let you consider what
Justifications you sell and why I ain't buying at any rate.

Send your sweet apologies
toot suite or you shall not be forgiven
for that would be
so This Year.

Heaven Express

Greetings Beloved 'N' Beautiful Reader,
If you have room for my poems, you may have space for my lyrics & vocals in what's likely my favorite project yet - Athletic. The latest 'press release' follows.

Picking up where we left off with last year's promise to Free Athletic! you can now download:

HEAVEN EXPRESS

featuring assorted renditions of several classics; the only appearances of such gems as (I Was) Atheist & God's Not Dead; our scorching rendition of Burning Love; and our infamous 9/10/01 quartet session (absent one Bill Britt). Available in your choice of high bitrate lossy codecs, this album will enter your love.

http://athletiquette.com/earlydcr.html

Also, open recruitment for Athletic 2014 lineup is underway. Current members encouraged to join on.

The Eager Hero Returns

The Eager Hero Returns
He's viewed as too eager
And not given credit
Though the Hero was true.

This time The Eager Hero ain't so eager.
Just wants to be left alone most of the time.

It was reality TV is to blame.

Yes. Now.

Yes. Now. Today. Sensational.

Had this dilemma about love

Had this dilemma
about love
Touched it and made it
moist
Touched it and we all smiled.

Had this dilemmas
about love
we married and had beautiful
babies.

Had this dilemma
she came
and I came
& we both cheated and
came but it meant
little
'cept when we
came together.

Do you understand,
it means nothing
'cept
me
and
you
Together
?

What simple

What simple, elegant, honest time

left me cast upon
your silk sheets,
darling?
What horrible follow through
sent me packing?

It's your delicate hand
I wish to marvel at in
my palm, it's your
smile I wish to bring forth by
lamplight.

mArtyrist approaches Winter

I went to tell everybody, but I could not get a Cross.

Someone In Alaska

Someone in Alaska
read at least
one of my poems today.

or looked at
least.

This is my simple thank you.

Any visit he dare

Any visit he dare pay me

shall be the last earthly appearance

of the Ghost of Christmas Past.

All Clouds

All clouds are new
Each cloud is new
Etc

Alerting The Intended Recipient: You

Alerting the intended recipient you
to the sender immediately.
Do you recognize him from this
picture? Do you have any idea why
he might intend to send you this?

There is a certain passionate
suspicion among the department.

We suspect he did it on behalf of the surrogate. He did it on behalf of your stand-in. At least, that is our suspicion.

Does that sounds likely? Are we leading you? Please make your statement free from pressure. Just perhaps she is softer than you? And she has convinced him to tell you, and so he sent the emollient?

About This Cold

Something about this
Preseasonal cold's making me want
some sauteed spinach.
And a bottle of
Mezcal.
And a
Fallen angel.

Fast Talking Bible Assessor

I hear a fast talking gal say
Sacrifice a Stalker.
Next, she speeds through a retelling
of the tale of
Samson and Delilah
.

Her male companion points out
she tells her Bible stories from
A Woman's Point of View

- You remember the name of Hannah, who no one cares about.
(Don't forget you have pretty notes.)

I think she is studying
for life.

Can I Call You

Can I call you
Contemplasia?
It seems to be your name.

I have no cure
for what plagues you.
I'll treat you just
the same.

Get the Idea

Did someone
Get the idea
For dental floss
From eating celery
Or
From eating out?

Ticket Taker

T T : Can I have your last name?
Me Me: That sounds like a proposal.