Slip like Lightning

All energy returns to ground

the universe demands balance

I tried to taste someone new

but couldn't pull the trigger

come to me you negative spirit 

I'll fill you with positive vibes

come to me from the north babe

and I'll show you the south

all energy returns to ground 

we all seek balance

it's just my bad nature

and your good looks make a hell of a fire

I'm holding stars for you

make me pull the trigger

hands to the hips

we can slip like lightning into the ground 

 Pontificating on the Mississippi 

These days I find

my money

often lies

on the mud swole banks of the Mississippi 

river in bags soaked with black oil and bolts I'm found terminating powerhouse controls isophase links and a steady hand to hot glue steel makes the best lover you know it's true

throwing out nets 

for 12 hour shifts

and baby you 

won't 

get 

me 

because I don't behave well

navigate well 

this sea wall

this American river 

what's assumed you should know

ain't always so

start with a handicap 

and told it doesn't matter

the love has to be real

I'm not a social climber

fuck, my love is real

and my enemies are too

 Rythm of Faith

Who else knows 

and who else cares

out here, it is just us

we are our joy

steel and oil

my heart beats

for my friends

blood to my bones 

for them

and ticking clocks

beat the body for pay

and rythm of faith

that when quitting time comes

something better with it

Tame my Soul

 A hundred men come and a hundred men

exchanged for the next shift it's 

a dangerous game you're playing kid

I unfold smiles

my confidence and risk

God is not a magic wand

you get what you get

saints and all

unfolding like cards

every suit and smile from afar

and just maybe that's what they do

in another place, faces drawn up like the sun

unashamed

mask my inner being and tame 

my soul

 Angels Over Mare Nostrum

True story

I used to try and outrun angels

the peeling of a pear -

an unnecessary exercise

a woman's soul is behind her cervix

be damned if you can't get there

In love with a language 

a craft

power tastes better than pussy

if you can master it

stand

don't move

a religion takes over an empire

part two

in step with angels

marble statue

cherub round flesh

in doom and two

we will drink of the rose

and slice off the moon.