08-31-12 Blue Moon Aliens

Entering this atmosphere
The universe is crystal clear
Empty pages disappear
Turning for a million years

It came in through a window
To change the course of evolution
Buried in strange pyramids
Seeding life across the galaxy

Transmitted in coded messages
Translated through a secret language
Transitioning for several centuries
Traveling beyond timeless space

The craft came down from the stars
Hovering between Jupiter and Mars
They had to fly so very far
To start an interplanetary war

These beings change their shape at will
When the invasion hits our blood shall spill
Hunting our species for sport and thrll
The human race they want to kill





               

08-30-12 Optimized Configuration

PLUGGED IN
WIRED UP
DISCONNECTED
EXTERNAL IMPORT
HIGH SPEED BANDWIDTH
LOW VOLUME
AREA DISTANCE
COMPLETE COVERAGE
ENERGY POWERED
SOLID STATE
PROGRAMMING ERROR
REBOOT LOADING
EMERGENCY MALFUNCTION
DEDICATED LINE
VIRUS SCANNING
BALANCED EQUIPMENT
SYSTEM OVERLOAD

08-29-12 Fresh Country Sunrise

green trees swaying
in a cool breeze
praying for salvation
in the summer rain

crisp morning dew
on the side of a
misty mountain top
sparkling in the morning

dragonflies zipping along
in a garden of wildflowers
growing in warm sunshine
under a crystal blue sky




       
 

08-28-12 The Devil's Bargain

Beware of the dark arts
Don't mess around with black magic
Because there is always a price to pay
When you play in the shadow world

Agents of evil are lurking all around us
Hiding in plain sight every day and every night
Disguised as the innocent dream makers
They will broker your soul in exchange for gold

Promises of fame and fortune and immortality
Eternal youth flourishing in lavish luxury
But the poison is setting in a little bit at a time
Fools never see it coming until it's already too late

Casting incantations inviting demonic intervention
Trading away special gifts for momentary bliss
Happiness kissing the surface while rotting inside
Impending doom waiting to strike like a serpent

Once the deal is sealed you can never come back
The road to Hell is deceptive and decorated with riches
Demons will follow you down to trick you at every turn
Soon you will learn that tomorrow you will burn

They all hang out in the same enchanted places
Cursed under a spell to forever dwell in brutal agony
Their spirits wander endlessly searching for life and light
Without ever realizing they have descended into darkness




       

08-27-12 Chelsea Hotel #822

What goes on in these empty rooms
A strong presence that won't go away
These old energies are trapped here
Somehow singing out from lost voices

Footsteps walking in the hallways
Echoing sounds of invisible laughter
There is a party going on somewhere
Perhaps there are several parties

Distant musical melodies ring out loud
Muffled conversations ebb and flow
Clinking glasses toast to old acquaintances
Long since forgotten by the hands of time

Bringing to mind glorious days of creativity
When pianos played riotous cacophonies
And saxaphone players practiced scales
Where now there is silence and sorrow






       

08-26-12 Wild Zombie Love

From the moment he saw her toothless smile
They were instantly attracted to one another
When they kissed their tongues danced around
Until his tongue fell off inside her mouth

Their green rotting flesh touched passionately
It peeled right off into a beautiful bloody mess
Rigor mortis had set in and flies were buzzing
Worms were crawling around inside their eyeballs

They took long romantic walks in the park together
Holding hands until their fingers snapped off
He promised that he'd give her his heart forever
So he ripped it out of his chest and gave it to her




     

08-25-12 Sizzling Hot Cherry Bombs

Everyone is everywhere
Throwing punches in the air
Styling colors in their hair
The money's gone but they don't care

Everywhere with everyone
Blowing kisses in the sun
Dancing naked is lots of fun
The disco party has just begun



       

08-24-12 Shooting At The Empire State Building

Bullets flying on Fifth Avenue
People shot down on the sidewalk
Fresh crimson blood on the pavement
Sitting in my office around the corner
Sipping a hot cup of coffee at my desk
Voices shouting and screaming on the street
Police car sirens wailing outside my windows
Helicopters hovering overhead like dragonflies
Television news crews setting up for their live shot
Crowds of people gathering on the corner in awe

Another crazy day here in New York City
I can't wait to go home to my wife and baby




       

08-23-12 Knocked Down On The Rebound

I've been falling down a lot lately
I've been falling down really hard
And every time I fall back down
It gets tougher to stand back up again

I find myself all scraped and bruised
I wind up feeling tortured and abused
So it's time to grow stronger
And it's time to fight harder

When the dust settles at the end of the day
I will be standing tall and proud




       

08-22-12 Butterflies In The Bushes

Close your eyes and you will see
Those spirits watching over me

The souls of those
dearly departed
loved ones who
have passed to
another plane
of existence

Their love
is an energy
so strong
it cannot be
washed away
by time or space

Sending messages
to let us know
they are still
with us always
in our hearts
forever more

Reaching out from the other side
To guide us in the right direction




     
 

08-21-12 Psychedelic Breakfast

baked space cakes and goo balls
leave a funny sweet taste in your mouth
tingling sour sting on the tip of your tongue
sparking sensations in the pit of your stomach
feeling freaky after a frenzied feast of fantasy
on a mind bender twisting around inside out
losing your grasp on reality in a whirlpool of madness
whacked out insane eating too many crazy snacks

when you take a bite of temptation
you might never come back





       

08-20-12 Cinnamon Sunset Firecracker

The mad beauty of fearless courage

In creation born out of destruction

Saw several simple spirits swimming 

Head first swan dives into the deep end

Lost and lonesome out on the road

Capturing the clarity of fresh air

Reflected under a starry night sky

Out in the middle of the desert

Where everything comes alive

Suddenly in the flicker of a flame

You'll forget your name in the wind

Dancing through the darkness

Where demons cast shadows

Up in puffs of cigarette smoke

     

08-19-12 A Poet's Dream

Free to let the magic flow
I dream of a time when I can grow
As a writer and as a human

I dream about a day
When I can quit my job
To focus on my creative energies

A life where I can wake up late
And drink coffee all day long
While writing whatever comes to mind

I know someday this time will come
Where I can live each day in peace
Completely dedicated to my craft

And I hope you're here to share it with me




         

08-18-12 Interstellar Performance

strange flashing lights
on a really weird night
reaching out to touch
the warm wonderful glow
flowing way up in the sky
frozen in a moment of time
traveling far away outside
in a very special way
up into the clouds
and out of this world



     

08-17-12 Comic Book Fantasies

Happy childhood memories

of running to the corner candy store

after school on Friday afternoons

with a pocket full of change

to score the latest issues

of my favorite comic books

Lost in a world of cartoon superheroes

dazzled by bright fantastic colors

hypnotized by spectacular images

dancing and flying off of every page

escaping into an amazing universe

to forget about the pain of loneliness

       

08-16-12 Last Supper At The Spahn Ranch

Midnight in the valley of death
August Ninth is rapidly approaching
Then the new war will begin
And Charlie will rise up strong
To lead us into the promised land

It's written on the walls in blood
All the piggies must die tonight
Society has gone helter skelter
So we've got to set the story straight
Make them pay for what they've done

It's going to happen any way
We'll simply push things in the right direction
The clues were revealed to us in a vision
While listening to the White Album last night
It was all spelled out in Charlie's song

He can see inside your mind
And he saved us from the streets
With nowhere else on Earth to go
We came in peace to save our souls
Charlie knows the secret




         

08-15-12 Tungsten Robots

Laser beams shooting from their eyes
smoke bombs bursting as they fly
on golden jet packs riding off into the sun
thirteen years of terror have just begun

Total annihilation from coast to coast
fiery explosions by the dawn's early light
fabulous armies marching through the streets
complete departure from standard warfare

Indestructible soldiers with computerized minds
flooding the cities in showers of flaming metal
a robotic revolution growing from new technologies
the next wave of evolution is already here



     

08-14-12 Seasons Of Sadness

wheels of steel are winding down
summer snowflakes hit the ground
children listening for the sound
fresh flesh for sale by the pound
sunny smiles becoming frowns
green tree leaves are turning brown
tears of sadness for the clown
when the circus comes to town



   

08-13-12 The Bottom Of The Bottle

Babies cry
when the bottle runs dry

We used to wake up late
and stay out all night
when we were young
it was all in good fun
until things turned ugly
now you're doing hard time
in the state penitentiary
and we're lucky to be alive

This straight jacket doesn't fit
and the sanitarium walls are closing in
I hear them whispering my name
but it doesn't sound the same

These voices are alive
inviting evil into my mind
and they keep telling me to do things
and they put vicious ideas in my head
and then I wind up back in solitary confinement
drawing pictures on the walls of the cave

They keep giving me these pills
but they don't seem to be working
so I swallow the whole bottle
it winds up turning me back around
around back me turning up winds it

Twisted cactus needles
wandering through the dawn
without any clear direction
in a wonderland of violent visions
and creative fury suffering on fire
buried in the tide on the city streets

The truth in salvation exists
but you have to walk
through the fires of Hell
in order to find it
then it turns out to be lies
so now what do I do

Sanity is overrated
in a rational equation
the answers are obvious
but the action is equal

Syd Barrett tried to help me recover
but the grapes were too sour
and we found out at the end
that nothing remains different fornever

Confused on the brink of collapse
we grow terrifyingly strange
while in the presence of devils and demons
who killed all the angels with a sharp ax attack

Creeping around within ominous oddities
between unsettling modulations dissolved
by the fringes of civilization living in chaos
on the outskirts of insanity

We find ourselves drowning
in the deadly sins that repeat themselves
mysterious sea serpents are eating my brains
but these thoughts are so beautiful

After I escaped from the asylum
the shadows started strangling my thoughts
so I medicated myself with whiskey
drinking two bottles a day
but the creatures only grew
stronger and angrier

Now the bottle is empty




     

08-12-12 Summer Festival Haiku

Dancing to music
Jubilation at the park
Barefoot on green grass


 

08-11-12 Sitting On Top Of The World

Hanging out on the rooftop
City lights sparkling all around
Cool breezes blowing fresh kisses
Sweet smell of summer in the air
Watching the ships cruise along
Down the beautiful Hudson River
Flowing feelings of peaceful energy
Alive in the heart of Manhattan



     

08-10-12 Accidental Pranksters

secret sleep smiles
carved cleanly into
a funky pumpkin
stomping around town
in a clown parade
over the big top
mopped up dropping
sloppy camelback pop
hip hopping crops
flip flopping in flux
strutting their stuff
fluffing out bluffing
puffing down muffins
off the cuff on the fly
stripped down to the ground
digging that fresh new sound




     

08-09-12 Birthday Blues

Growing older sucks
When the fun stops
And the pressures mount
All stressed out
With nothing left
To look forward to
Until one day
You simply drop dead
And before too long
Nobody even remembers
That you ever existed






 

08-08-12 World Wide Web

Quiet Suffocation On A Virtual Highway Of Encrypted Electronic Data Transmissions Jammed By Anonymous Spiral Viral Infections Hacked And Jacked In A Tangled Net Of Reflections Uncoiled Across The All Powerful Tinfoil Matrix Platform Action Overflowing With Misplaced Language Trapped Between An Upload On The Down Low And A Downloaded Hyperlink Search Buried Deep   Inside Endless Galaxies Of  Information Streaming In Real Time While Swimming In Cyberspace





         

08-07-12 Flies In My Coffee

Not interested in discussing politics
It all falls away somehow anyway
That's closer to the way it went down
We may never really know for sure

Cool dreams are flowing in the air
But right now that doesn't matter
When the money comes up short
It's time to find a new way of living

These are the simple side effects
That come with the discovery of truth
As much as it hurts to think about
This is part of the healing process

So we go down that dark road again
Back to the destination of destruction
With a happy hello and a pat on the back
We survey the collateral damages

High fives all around with poisoned smiles
Glass catastrophes shattered to pieces
In the splattered mind of society's eye
Left to sleep out on the street after dark

The Lower East Side coffee house crowd
Pretends they don't see what's going on
So it continues to disturb and decay
The cultural and artistic balance of the city

Those old poems don't hold the same weight
It's all about the influence these days anyway
And how much money can you really make
Even though your heart isn't even in the game

I keep thinking about the artists who never made it
Casualties of war or martyrs in the counterculture
Ignored in their quest for fame and immortality
Waiting in vain to be ordained into sainthood

08-06-12 Olympic Gold

The world is united
in athletic competition
as we race at a record pace
toward an uncertain global future
sharing in the excitement of victory
and sympathizing with the pain of defeat
but at least for a few short weeks
the civilized people of our planet
can enjoy the spirit of the games
joined by the bond of sportsmanship
together in glory and honor




     

08-05-12 Dungeon Master

The skies are all lit up
With fireworks and shooting stars
As we stand here all alone
Waiting to make the first move

The courage of a thousand lions
Brings strength from within beasts
Ready to go all the way home
Riding a golden wave of sunset glory

Catapults shooting fire bombs
On the lawn outside the castle walls
Cyclops giants stomping down
Against lizard ninja warriors

Magical wizards cast spells
From enchanted forest shadows
Deciding their own destinies
Engaged on a path to destruction

Vicious monsters attack
Against armies of fighting robots
Locked in a bloody battle
Between forces of good and evil




   

08-04-12 Ecological Apocalypse

They say it's all happening
Because the climate has changed
Glaciers have melted away
Jungles have burned to ashes
Earthquakes shake our foundations
Rivers are running dry
Air is dirty and polluted
Oceans full of poison sludge
The animals all went extinct
So now we plan to move
Down underground

They say we don't have long to last
Before the planet can no longer support life
And we'll fight like Hell to stay alive
Until there's no life left to live

08-03-12 Fortune Cookie Wisdom

A wise man knows
the difference between
kissing ass and kicking ass

08-02-12 Bugs

Scurrying around under your skin
Crawling up into your nostrils
Digging deep into your ear drum
Scratching away inside your scalp
Tunneling through your eyeballs
Squirming around inside your mouth
Creeping right down your throat
Feeding inside your brains
Breeding inside your veins
Slowly eating you alive
One small bite at a time



     

08-01-12 The Twilight Limits

Strange vibrations on a weird timeline
Patterns shattered in physical attraction
Subtracted from the impact zone alone
In luminous ultraviolet light illusions materializing
Beyond visual hallucinations repeating hypnotically
Into spiralized fluctuations in the fabric of reality