Meet the new people

Meet the new people

They're smaller

using less space

quieter; air diffuses 

their complaints

compost-friendly

excreting green bricks

connecting silently

in habitrails where they live

working smarter

brains in a cloud

running cooler

add coffee and yoga

taking over

without questions for you

except 

"when are you leaving?"

and 

"is there anyway

you could go sooner?"

You Posted

you posted

I just saw that photo 

you posted

and I've got to tell you 

you look terrible 

holding that drink

petting that lion 

skydiving  

in Rio 

with tall tan people 

eating at restaurants 

genitals 

in your mouth

 

without me

It's just 

not 

enough

Writing metacognitively

Something doesn't fall in line when you practice the set; something is off- too depressive. You try changing the sequence; you write several new songs, but you've underestimated your intentions and your second guesses are wrong. Looking over the list compulsively there's only one thing that fits- change the name of the song; the sequence of titles must have a deep fit.

Driverless Cars

driverless cars

in sleeveless dresses

with meatless sandwiches

in driverless cars 

passing empty landscapes 

once there was 

some kind of purpose

now there are only

so many purchases

as we entertain 

ourselves 

contemplating 

greatness

we seem to have 

some kind of crisis

something orange will solve it

swallow a mouthful of blues

Did I tell you already 

You look perfect 

On the Wrong Side of History

On the wrong side of history

they were pulled 

dragging and 

screaming

into the new

their resistance

earned them 

the contempt

of the young

with little patience

or understanding

for what they 

didn't know

they were left

to figure 

everything out

on their own

glancing at them

we could tell

they were

completely wrong

Ignorance and Weaponry

Ignorance and weaponry

hill I die on

fight rages on 

with a pen 

against a gun

joined together

above the neck

the soft spot runs
from heart to head

gonna split

this last crumb

then climb the hill 

any way I can

Language teachers in bed

Language teachers in bed

Run those vowels
Under my skin
Do the exercises
Over again

If we smoke now
You won't remember a thing
I'll have to correct
Everything you say

All the resistance
You gave me in class
Now comes back
In every bite and scratch

The whole thing comes
To a final climax
With a test on the
Future subjunctive

All Along the Orla

All along the Orla

crawled over every inch 
of this thin strip 
through the unlit windows 
where people live

faces reveal 
the boredom and terror
of the same civil 
engineering errors

maybe on the bottom 
maybe on the top
under the stars
all along the Orla 

wrap this night
around our thighs
until our desires 
bleed through our minds 

turn this dance
into a commute from 
Ladeira da Barra 
to Pituba

where red lights 
are faint suggestions
and purple skies
receive ovations 

after the third sip
of the shaman’s ayahuasca 
find yourself stretched 
all along the Orla

Stop Touching Yourself- I Can Help

stop touching yourself-I can help

If that's all 

you know

you could 

always learn more

knowledge 

is free

ignorance 

costs too much

fun comes in 

orgasmic bundles

then gets lost 

under the bed

typing into 

your computer

not the way 

to make it appear

sometimes it comes on 

as nausea 

sometimes 

vertigo

like the outlook 

of a child

looking for 

a place to go

Using it up

using it up

I needed to be angry 

at something

there was enough 

stuff lying around

emotion came over me 

and I was shaking 

most of the 

day long

was it better than 

feeling nothing

I haven’t felt that 

for quite a while

I know too much 

about other people

they just stay

there in mind 

What was yesterday about?

What was yesterday about?

Some pain

A conversation

Sitting down

Lunch

Memories 

Of intimacy

Emergencies

A phone call

Plans

A list

Noises

Of other people

Soft ambitions

Held in check 

By limited 

Self-awareness

The Next Clip is Now

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