with eyes askew.     spying for another country.

is this escape?

does curiosity demand a face?

the line i walk is a razor.     the sidewalks are closed to my passage.

health is on the auction block.     where do

the scapegoats sleep?

silly talk 'tween factions.     passages into the night sky.

dreams unfulfilled with nightmares.     drained passions hoping for reprieve.

gaps emerge in conversations.     thoughts are plagued with doubts.

i must believe God cares.     commit suicide before murder.

art for the mass-hysterics.     the engulfing silence nibbles peace.

circles chew the lines.     myst'ry hides

behind glass doors.

the end is far away.     the beginning never ends.

who'd think you're crazy except the insane?

the state of the world is better.    drink Sanka.

the nonsensical is sensical for toes with sense.    see through your toes.

looking to the past

as if to bring forth

the swamp monster

that created you

or calm the creepy

things crawling in

your soul this hour

or embrace what

beauty dwelt within

the ugliness of it all:

all of this is noble and

a fright to make one

hide again or burst

forth again, renewed

alive for once 

in life