173/365 - Un-nail

 

Is that not

where you wanted

to put that nail?

Well

you should really have thought

about it

before you put it there

Now

you'll have to live

with the consequences

of your actions

Also

that type of hammer

is illegal here

ball-peen hammers only

If you know

someone

anyone

who travels out of state

for a claw-hammer

turn them in

You will be rewarded

handsomely

You cannot un-nail

what has been nailed

165/365 - Patent

 

You think its your day

that everything is A-OK

just celebrate

celebrate

celebrate away

But there is nothing

to celebrate today

with people's rights

people's lives

snatched away

But we'll take it back

just wait and see

and then 

THEN

there will be

a reason

to p-a-r-t-y

164/365 - Make

I'm trying to create

something from nothing

an idea

dancing in my head

but when

I pick up this brick

cold

heavy

a substantial mass

I want to wield it

for my liberation

instead

 

162/365 - Classy

 

Isn't it classy AF

to lock abandoned buildings up

while people live

in their cars next door

To claim we are the greatest

country of all

while refusing to help

those who fall

To declare we are the freest

in the world

while half of us have lost

our bodily control

And when I look

what do I see

not fruited plains

or purple mountains majesty

from sea to shining sea

Not freedom

only privilege

held fast

by the miserly

160/365 - Arrow

 

But which way

you may say

which way 

will we go?

And will we

have a say

or will it all

go away?

I don't know.

But perhaps

from the ashes

something better

will grow.

159/365 - The Ancients Lost Their Luggage on a Field Trip

 

Feeling good today

hooray, hooray

The world's completely fucked

but I feel okay

Ya' know

considering

Listen

We didn't ask for this

but here we are

carrying around the baggage

that should have been checked

long ago

Seriously

It would be a lot easier

to navigate

to the gate

without all this extra weight

If we could just drop it 

and go

but no

And I think someone keeps adding rocks

when I'm looking away

I didn't even sign up to play

and this game wont end

and the rules have changed again

It's scary to think about

the final score

I wish I could just not think about it anymore

158/365 - Mercury

 

Can you feel it?

Because its coming

for you

The heat's turned on

the water's boiling

the panacea is just

beginning to brew

The coals are hot

The fire's raging

I can feel it

and we'll make sure

you do

too

157/365 - Maids

 

Pretty maids

all in a row

Not to answer

to your whims

but to answer

to our own

Not to serve

anyone

but each other

and ourselves

Though you may think

you have won

and finally put us

in our place

We'll rise up

even more strong

We're prepared

for this marathon

We will win

this race

156/365 - Rage Against the Machine

 

I'm tired

there have been

so many fights

over

so many years

with

constantly compounding

importance

it would be nice

to take a break

to turn it off

to hide

but perhaps

that's life

the reason changes

but you cannot escape

the fight

unless your old

and male

and rich

and white

155/365 - Concrete

 

It's crumbling

tumbling

drop to the ground

The pillars

once touted

as so mighty

so eminent

now threaten

to topple

and we'll

all

fall

down

the incessant storm water

has seeped

into the cracks

but those

sworn

to protect

have produced

the most devastating

attacks

still there's hope

in the blooms

that find their way

to the light

their bright yellow buds

ready to fight

we've emerged from the darkness

we'll never go back

140/365 - Signal

 

You can wait for a sign

of what you should do

Do the shapes in the clouds

mean something to you?

Has the wind changed?

Does it carry a scent?

How about the leaves

in the tea that is spent?

But as for me

I am tired of waiting

I'll take the initiative

and demand the world's changing

And I'll wash my hands

after I do

because ableists kick 

these with their shoes

103/365 - Brush

 

I push my anger

into my pedals

Burning muscles-

burn out the pain

faster and faster

and faster I go

but its not working

today

No matter

what I do

the news

is still there

digging

at my brain

There is something

though

a brush of chain

a smear of grease

an allaying kiss

from my bike

a little smidge

of peace

102/365 - Stellar

 

It's hard not to feel

HELPLESS

as our 

PROTECTIONS

are

STRIPPED

AWAY

but even when

the world

SUCKS

at least my cats

cool

as 

FUCK