Story of the Fish Artist
The King of the land learns of a great Fish Artist, and seeks to commission a fish drawing. The Artist tells the King that it will take a long time for the drawing to be completed. In a year the King returns. The Fish Artist says the drawing is not done; he has been working very hard, but he needs more time. Five years pass and the King comes for his fish drawing. The Artist explains that he has dedicated all his time to drawing for the King, but that it is still not finished; he needs to keep working. The King knows the Artist's reputation and waits ten years to return. The Artist says, "King your Fish Drawing is ready". The Artist goes to a closet door. Inside there are two tall stacks of the thinnest rice paper. In the first stack there contains thousands of fish drawings. In the second, there are sheets of blank paper. The Artist takes a blank sheet, places it on the easel, and with his brush and ink; he makes the fish drawing.
the voices of girls get my attention
it's part monotony keeping me from intruding
their smiles unable to see through the make-up
i saw how each of these fabricationistas handled construction
it was an amusing scenario
money was lost in the affair
i was thanked
the question is to ease the remaining hours, perhaps the days
i heard the request
the laughs and giggles
i'm imagining productivity over a barging of awkward removals
twist me up
i knew the sound was too loud
a never ending claim pulses me into trembling
these jittery seconds before the decision is made
i've done it
submersed into the thick of uncomfortable chit-chat
the circle extends to a couple of conversations
here on the main exit and entrance
i balance extreme preoccupation
i heard the sadness in my own voice
it cannot be untrue
some line drawn in the dirt in my imagination
these kinds of borders are the hardest to cross
though your beers make a pretty good bulldozer
the lyrics, the lyric gets over-played in my head
that point
this ever approaching fixture
change will seem like a mountain moving
these things will happen
the edges are sharper than they need to be
who among the readers hasn't said this aloud
the flurry of the file separates the motivated
i am one of those animals
looking up words in the dictionary
adding profanity only when it's needed
it seems dark inside out there
both, always both, but it doesn't need to be said
you will tell me that often
this mixer of high potential
it leads to smoke
infatuation with reason
i am no smoker
i have all i need that is tangible
somewhere someone is beginning a new infatuation
i am so thankful for you
such liberties should be best left for those disengaged
frivolous mockery and cotton candy cell phones
i want to place value on being present over the internet
i think we all do, but
this communication is so important
i know we all like the ease of acting
our lies lay like trash in the subconscious
i deny everyone of the most vital secrets
and this of course is no help
but let me note:
the wistful groans of bad deeds has a larger audience
it was yesterday i noticed how long it had been since the voice was released.
i see it is so easy for the bell curve to be an unknown concept
we're already two pages behind
and you're two pages ahead
not really wanting to admit we are at the center line
it's understood through timing
nothing need be said
these quick decisions
as flippant mumbles I must back-up
these are landmarks to remember
like it or not
these ears cannot close themselves silent
i can shut my eyes
not utter a sound
not touch or feel
but unless i am sleeping i am listening
i dreamt this song
all the parts on cue
remembering is the hardest part
The Invisible P Word
where the whole lies
complete backwards transition satisfied by building healthy cells
basically imprisoned
a body of failing parts
my entirety based on financial ghosts
this is the meal deal of kings
a temple apart from broken recollection
satisfactory landing
mistletoe for a ceiling
i stop to care when in abundance
a wretched wait
two spoons for an appetite of one
your silly riddles reek of impatience
this is the now of every moment of your life
your life
summed into equal tolerance and tension
a bitter quench of all the Art ever produced by these hands
i sit surrounded by so many passing toes
despair in the movement
retraceable events that pivot me no further into the expected
lay down these weary strings
my attachment to what is right
directions of hope that, when unfulfilled, can release me
aspire not to be like the angry driver
strange mother giving birth to her own adaptation
a crooked line in descent
and all the other faces that cloud my thoughts
nothing has meaning
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I'm starring at the ocean
the disgruntled cracks in my face keep mirroring themselves in my thoughts
ridiculous interactions with people who I wish were nicer
they come here to play with their phones
a keyboard with be nice
so a nice trip with the bicycle; the latest begins
a confounded traffic cluster
we've all been there, yet still none of this means anything
35 completed plays of my untouched musical prowess
too many benefits to muster into a keyboard
instructions are necessary
even with the auto correct set on every whim
your wait is over and beyond the concerns of the sea
life meaning more to the animals
as we burn the horrors
compounds created in a media frenzy
i don't even need to lean in anymore
this impetus for more
always what we're asking for
the "we" in the sense that hopefully you're here with me now
even with my many attempts to sabotage our friendship
because it's well known there's more to it
i'm trying to make some semblance of your time here
you see the details are all before and after
such longevity finds respect (seemingly) only after death
it's this song, or the mountain top i know you're on right now
newness is my favorite taste
remember the first, second, the clearly forgotten
and there hasn't been any other way to say it
your curious epiphanies twisted in your head
these ones that meant much more at the time
life can be this good
don't comment on the size of my living quarters
just gaze deeply into the products of attention
the humans and their endless classification
soon this micro computer of myself will download
it means so much when i see you're starring
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overlooking the thoughts of the living
desire has overcome all apathy
it is me talking to you
the many songs we must learn for just one to call everyone
these faint vocal questions trying to be heard
and intolerable mistakes in the law
doubtless decisions away from the city and resting bodies
avoiding check points and annual tariffs
I send nothing; I receive nothing
on course for someone with initiative - more waiting -
34000 MB per second and only time between us
raise the volume, burn an album -
voices telling me which finger to move over which switch
intuition can be tedious
helping with longevity and getting to those up-close points
where the wave meets equilibrium
how many times will a question be the seemingly right thing to ask?
time to check on the wave
back to the beginning
i hear sharp clicks in the sound and dramatic volume sweeps
now a blanket attempt to cover it all and back it off by one tiny fraction of a cent
so much has been lost; pushed in both directions
cursorily skimming the details
waving a proverbial magic finger over the whole glowing surface
perhaps for a stranger’s inspired night -
a subconsciousness to be inferred
it all works now - and is released as product -
a reflection into technology and all the little twigs that surround us
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a couple leaves for Detroit at the same time
a train carrying 20,000 tons departs from L.A.
they meet up in Nebraska and the two people go separate ways
for ages they strive to have what they had
the conductor collects the passengers into a meaningless state
a place over there that we want to call “good”
we in the hometown are overheated and undercooled
we offer a turbo meter for a metric ton
gauges to monitor the moving parts
just solid metals with claims as one
no separation from land to ocean
a natural destination to test the spirit
the water has become too old
sand permeates the layers
i take responsibility for my toes
drilling signs to exempt the bicycle rider
mask the rules marked on old metal signs, the salty breath peels-back a message;
Abstract ideas will never age and never be understood
falsely
a good thing coming
a good thing if you can hold me in one place
neighbors issue a complaint going on 3 days
pulled from the sky
planted in my green chair
retreat with a curse;
undeniably accepting the street’s address has more meaning than themselves
it's calculably owned and respected
numbers always win
sequentially counting the road's passage
i am another fixture in a line of leaves where even the oaks have more to say
take away the limitless interpretations of a smile
and the human reaction cannot be broken
somewhere there’s a rule book lost for the common sense of man
for these individuals the dimensions of a rectangle can sometimes resemble that of a triangle
these inconsistent words flow in the air; clear as hydrogen
a match would only ignite the fumes of frustration
there is no science that explains this function
we rely on female intuition
these senses are true
a firm well-being
it’s an evolution that alters what we define as separate
it is the ultimate body mark
a widespread voice of strength
the animals will delight in how pleasant the humans have become
comprehension will be unconscious
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camping under the dream
down a twisted wrinkle
loose feet in touch with a calm river
beating a rhythm for each and every listener
opportunity between hopeful advances
considering the invested risk
a tiny sliver angled at a paining point
the past rolls in with every chance it gets
i wish to forget the reminders
eliminate these very real events
replace me with blankness
i embark away from peripheral avenue
the question arises and I will not wait for discussion
throw this body for as many miles and for as many days
to a word that brings an end to the haunting
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pigs
catching up and making more clouds
hover again in the breath of wheezing
not now and not before
come be dizzy
squeal exhaust in the idle rush
no photograph to dictate the events and days
another sound surrounding a hurdle
pennies in the bank, cracked twice and glued twice
the cement rolls through sight keeping back real release
offset an automated return
howl long do the birds carrying heavy stones
I’m not the one to turn round switching chairs
waiting for the next event to get attention
go back to Morrisey
an engine stops this old house no more
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no more riddles about the next few seconds;
like a line that has one end point, and again is the beginning.
surround the movements of every cell
like empty sincerity in believing it’s true
true motivation
true intent
true freedom
held by my own cathartic realization
i maintain the utmost belief
not looking ahead without thinking of behind
crack goes the snare there
like bells sweet hush of steadily oiled machines
i needed this for a long time
knowing debris scatters all about the grass outside
composting amongst the same doubled paired slippers with red plaid linings
steam conveyors emptying into vats
by the slight beginning of thought
-a cause for return
metal clanging metal like a flag post chain
Echo Christine Hansen’s full name going back to points
following now in reverse
re-routed to pristine soft-haired flower beds
dare to say Halloween
recreating a seemingly similar patched tattoo pinned on a jacket
a guy in the darkness says,”hey”
fingers touching depthless pleasure
one black eye and the un-done un-did and indeed un-dead
that was me at an intersection
scars from the advance
a period.
the slightest
pause
off on the moment
giving a horse carrots to lead it up the hill,
to bring water to wet the soil,
to feed the ringing of lost words caught in holding
a hand of aces exposes a light;
changing the colors red can glow
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energy in a cube
released like smiles across the audience
the exhilaration moves as easily as water pours from this cup
world class purity
so wide it flows sideways forming these drops of “medicine”
with much haste you send your blood for analysis
a fortunate character of respect awaits at the animal farm
the wheels shake lint from my pockets
wound-up extra lengths;
accomplishments of tediocrity
t.maximus superbus of ancient Rome
bring music to another day
at an ears width to yield some spinning bundles
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if it seems a little anxious hop on to the next realization
it's about getting things done
"for reals mister" they actualize in jest
slang for the easily scoffing line backer
R U
audience members or band mates
you have a job to perform and to disassociate yourself
from the last to the new
already old
in the instant of its birth
forget the rest
indulge these writer's tangents
the foreshadowing came in San Francisco
the person i am now
swallowed hard the brown pill
seeping into the Ol' tunes music sound barrier
time slowing appreciation
now How the two-dimensional trickery pivots on a new plane
singular digits
fingers and numbers un-waivered
thin plot of the traveler
everywhere blending in
earth's color in limelight
you can step all over me
walk in circles as the solitude returns
the events stacked into inspiration
all waiting at the starting line
achievements actualized without the help of iphone
but loving all that is
available for my own invention
days by the beach
preparation for the noise nasality in the tone of the endearing
giving rests to the spaces i was filling
bringing home, turtled, and rich
spoil the summer's heat with absence
you envy such freedom
i am your motivation