A reference to a video posted on MinnMax in congress… weird stuff.

my aching compass pulls me apart as I wallow and fail to live up to my lofty goals; as I let the bar fall lower and lower and still can't match even that. pain as my guide and teacher; one day I might arrive at words, much too late to save me but I hope enough to inspire #ache #vss365

bones break and splinter, each a finely tuned brush to beat against the canvas; unveil death in its degrees. ideas and loss and love; broken things, dying even as we try to keep them alive. our tools inept to manifest such hopeful dreams into realities;we cursed to feed darkness light #bones #vss365

are we stuck in this world with pale brushes, only painting ghosts of truth? or no, can, with consciousness, we capture more, infinitely more, than any one moment can hold? can we color it with memory, shade it with dreams? every piece of our art full of ourselves, and persisting #pale #vss365

my heart is emptied out, my pages dry, but cracked and flaking; red dust making powdery flowers all around the wreck of my creation. it beats a steady drum now; in my place and I hope forevermore, even if only for deaf ears. sound and sight and smell all to be transfused; just words #blood #vss365

to say there's only one wound is to lie; this battle's never over, these fighters never die; I'm pained to watch, pained to be present, pained to be unable to change a heart or mind, to be dead tired but still alive; trapped in this time, this life. love and loss repeated; repeated #wound #vss365

lambent words fall softly from her lips across my chest; my love becomes hers, her light becomes mine; art tries to capture this divine exchange; poem, paint, failure, failure; round the jagged edges of attempt, something shines - that's yours #lambent #vss365 #poem #poetry #love #art

I'm not dead but all these ghosts in my bed make me think a bit about what it's gonna be like to be gone; probably not much for me probably off to better things probably loving another life and other people; but the bed I've left will be lonely and maybe someone in it too #ghost #vss365 #poetry

pain is what remains when all that's good goes; the lightness in us rises and bursts and we're left with weight; burdens, only burdens, and scars, and heavy flesh; two selves, two journeys, and one the harder, so much harder; I weep for the ones who send their goodness on too soon #pain #vss365

the infinite soul only exists in concert with others; the symphony's sound resonant, needing to be heard to propagate; it comes in waves, and goes; it echoes and grows; I exist, we exist and together we'll continue; our song infinite and getting infinitely closer to true beauty #soul #vss365 #poetry

my eyes hurt, my soul hurts, my eyes burn; with firm hands and sure fingers I flipped a thousand switches and I'll flip a thousand more; lights off, lights off, till there's nothing, no more; the light gone, my eyes work, nothing to see; no shadow, worth it; no more shadows #shadow #vss365 #dystopia

some choose to be soothed by their little slices of the happiness pie; flavored as the choose, the things they bring into their lives; it's good some throw their pieces to the side and reach for others', just to slap it out of their hands just eat your own pie, man #vss365 #soothe #poem #poetry

the deep thrum of justice, stifled slowly; it wasn't eternal, needed steady hands to strum it; we let the strings stabilize, relied on echoes to persist; they're fading, it's fading, it's almost gone; someone play, please someone play an honest song #thrum #vss365 #dystopia #poem #poetry

truth gasping last breaths in depths, dirt and darkness; it was a living thing like any other and it will die if people decide to kill it. we might revive it but I'm scared of what could be Frankenstein'd with its corpse; a most fearsome monster indeed #obfuscate #vss365 #dystopia #monsters #poetry

someone must have switched the quiver life's slings and arrows come too hard and heavy now we were supposed to struggle through sturm und drang persevere and grow strong but now now we're maimed and murdered who benefits from our crippling; who, from our early graves? #quiver #vss365 #dystopia

I spent the weekend trying to process what's happening in my city of Minneapolis, Minnesota by creating this video. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY

cusps I'm concerned about; between her shoulder and kneck leg and thigh her lips and mine - the narrowing space between our bodies if hate is overflowing, overcoming, overwhelming; couldn't be me, I'll be making love #cusp #vss365 #poem #poetry #dystopia #love

if the ends are a happier world and happier people; or just my world happier, my people happier can you call my means a ruse? me a liar? if I've committed to being someone better than I am at what point is it true I worry always, I'll worry always and wonder #ruse #vss365 #poem #poetry #betterme

two humble bowls in my face filled almost over, always only a few drops away from spilling; drizzle comes on those days I can't keep mindful and level the waters off. that's most days, these days #drizzle #vss365 #poem #poetry #tears #overwhelmed

turns out things bend a lot farther than I thought, before they break. I almost wish they just would #bend #vss365 #poem #poetry #truth #reality #dystopia

I kneel before the wheel of fortune greedy for a good turn; I prick the loom and bleed and pray and pull the fate I need #loom #vss365 #poem #poetry #tarot #price #manifest

I don't like straight lines baby don't like straight lines let's take a detour, veer around the neighborhood; my hand on your thigh, your eyes on mine, mine on the road cause I know how to drive. it'll be a good time baby be a good time; just a drive just a drive #veer #vss365 #poem #poetry

I, the frog her, murmuring sweet, alluring voice subtle, but her eyes alight with play, and something more; I'm boiling before I know it. just have to make a move, make her mine, or at least take her #murmur #vss365 #atfirstsight #flirt #love #poem #poetry

life is an artist's perspective on dappling leaving little spots of grief or love, or light or even darker things teach people what they can do and they might paint a brighter world instead of buying in to misery #dapple #vss365 #poem #poetry #commercialism #art #weareallartists

seers sear at the sight, at the sight of injustice, the everyday sight, the everywhere sight, the online sight, the observable truths, the unavoidable suffering surrounding us and the shitty shrunken shriveled souls find succor in simply averting their eyes fuck em #sear #vss365 #let'snotbeNazis

my love running red around me and mine like a snug glove my joy a bursting sun giving soft words of appreciation for every moment like a song hearts, minds, eyes, and ears I love so much of life still, I love so much of life and I want to share that warmth any way I can #heartfelt #vss365 #poetry

I'd take a wonky world Hell, I'd beg for one tears in my eyes and hands raised in supplication for -that- over whatever the fuck -this- is #wonky #vss365 #poem #poetry #prayer #manifest

we need a stronger foundation they couldn't stoop so low if the floor held the line #stoop #vss365 #standards #news #society #culture #poem #poetry

depose a leader kill your own citizens add little hints of invasion and stir; destabilizing the whole globe this cocktail doesn't go down smooth; the slapdash governance #slapdash #vss365 #poem #poetry #mixeddrink

the world and it's leaders gone kooky and I'm bound toward doom along with them I'd rather point toward chocolate chip but it's not that kind world it's not that kind of day #kooky #notcookie #vss365 #poem #poetry #pun #punetry

"yes I ordered from realbabynotshadydotcom and yes I neglected to select rush order processing and no I did not spring for two day shipping but I still think I was entitled to a living breathing baby no matter when the package got to me. And it wasn't." - BBB call transcript #delivery #vss365 #poem

weak I crave an aspect of Zeus to adorn myself in clouds dark and dark and ready for the storm. I am the storm I gather and rage unbroken and breaking and only after proving my worth and power dissipating there can be no question of my worth; what I was worth #adorn #vss365 #zeus #poem

a symphony of loss plays constantly in place of their hollow hearts, driving them always to exploit nothing will change till we cancel the show; and it will be a struggle all the way #symphony #struggle #change #vss365 #poem #poetry

the words leapt at me with sudden violence and teeth, tearing pieces of me, accurately; weaknesses only my own ghosts know I set out for a beautiful story but bled ink and misery till it swelled and burst I didn't want to kill my darlings but they're trying their best with me #spooked #vss365

oddball games involve gunpowder and blood and death false promises lies and change without changing men in charge playing and money moving I wouldn't call it fun. but I don't stand to gain maybe if I did, I would I don't want to #oddball #vss365 #poem #poetry #dystopia #billionaires

you can pretend it all refuses to cohere events occurring reoccurring haphazard you can pretend BUT it's not abstraction it's purpose it's pattern it's the point and it's awful and they wanted it and they STILL want it disgusting monstrous MONSTERS #abstraction #vss365 #poem #poetry

some days I don't I know I can't. let it be, I let it be it remains and I will take back up the fight when I've rested, and I'm stronger. we beat ourselves bloody burn ourselves out and stagger, haggard in the face of the mountain we can't reach the peak in a day we can't ever if we fall #vss365

trapped can be a fleeting feeling: jump, jump and float away problems left for another day a world of troubles gone, just play and jump; jump away #jump #vss365 #poem #poetry #unburdened #positivethinking

dance with me a number on Saturn's rings till our tapping feet set ice ascatter and though distant from the sun the shards will glitter and glow and reflect your divinity and my gratitude #Saturn #vss365 #poem #poetry #dance

touchy, touchy prickly fucks, teetering on a knife's edge, raging silent till a victim is presented an unwitting youth an uninspired spouse anyone breathing in the same room some family just need the fight and damn the health and sanity of their kin damn it all damn them #fight #vss365

the humbling blow comes quick through a knee, or into a kidney hobbling your pretense of import you were just another body put to purpose and purpose exhausts above and beyond you if you're not on the throne you are chattel no matter how useful no matter how vital just a piece #humble ##vss365

I give to this world warmth kindness forgiveness smiles in thanks even though I was not always given even when I still don't get it is in my power to give it is in our power to give #gratitude #vss365

I send love from my office, feet away I watch family, raucous, enjoying everything I ever wanted I remain apart and envy the painting; can't touch I can't touch without disturbing the splinters, tearing the picture, hands bearing the spikes of my crimes against nature and mankind #regret #vss365

Rainbow x Lionfish

the call of the horn of war cannot be re- the bloodlust the savagery infuse every action of the activated we're lost now department of long gone peace they're out for death now and there can be no agreement between the clear-eyed and the red only death can satisfy and perhaps time #recall #vss365

I've got memories of felled trees and fire of broken homes and desire of a ruined world and its ruiners and its inhabitants, all the same I've got memories of hands bigger than me reaching of warmth and closeness of love all long lost I've got a place I want to go back to long gone #memory #vss365

I don't think I'm very boho in my dress, pretty standard but I mismatch my socks and sometimes wear shorts in the winter I might be boho in my other sensibilities, I flirt freely with anyone and everyone; it's fun and I'm too conscious to be capitalist I think I'm doing fine #boho #vss365 #poetry

they followed they followed him it her they followed up they kept things going kept the ball rolling built momentum and now doom is headed for a strike not everyone needs a successor not everyone needed some things die some deserve it carry all torches and all things burn #successor #vss365 #poem

Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.

I crave the wood, oh to feast on trees like the first men big, burly, breaking the broccoli from the trunk and the women back in the caves left behind to shrink, and eat only the small leavings of trees sad but so perfect, little dolls a green world, and illicit for now we burn #illicit #vss365