Northern Winds Cursive

northern winds came wistling through evergreens like trains one temper broods 'till a temperature breaks one hand will break what he other hand builds and blooms-smashing and tearing what we've worked

The Road To Financial Stability Cursive

our soundtrack maybe its me i've lost faith in visibilty on this street we are ghosts of the passers-by passive and stranded the clouds are closing on these cars have been known to capsize in strong winds

The Rhyme Scheme Cursive

words have no feeling meanings are meant for without loaded meanings words take too long to come across defining definitions we load them for effect it's cheap but it's working i could never please...

A Career In Transcendence Cursive

congratulations you're a real major-leauger now the word around looks like you finally made it, boy is that your nest was too cozy mama must be so, so proud you're on your own now, boy and so we ...

Tempest Cursive

Wind blownA semi capsized in the stormStrandedThe rains of June have cleansed itA baptism of sufferageTake twoOne man beneath a waning moonStill birthThe abortive child of entropyCareening for iden...

Break In The New Year Cursive

New years agoWe drank and danced and left our sour hearts behindWe sweetened for a kiss --The kiss of a new year to comeBut those days are goneWe never got resolution -- it never comesAll the best ...

Proposals Cursive

Let's get one thing straight,we don't have any answers.We are proposals in a cosmic nursery,and these massive stars,they're just little twinkles,if I can't possess them at such magnificence.So if y...

Semantics Of Sermon Cursive

Since I wrote this am I the culprit These useless wisdoms I dispense At your expense Picture postcards A three minute essay Some scribbled words to four line verse Meanwhile, we mean well We cannot...

A Little Song And Dance Cursive

i sat around for hours on end before and end so clearly breathin to me i shall no longer play a part of your equation i missed your boat i swear you must have stayed off shore avoidance has been yo...

When Summer's Over Will We Dream Of Spring Cursive

> "When Summer's Over Will We Dream Of Spring"A safe position -- a back against the wallA simple shrug to shurg the questions offWhen there's no action, there's no reactionCurb the dead, avert t...

Absence Makes The Day Go Longer Cursive

"Please hang my raincoat I guess that I'll stay a while While I wait on the return It seems the distance you've made Has since lost its meaning Meanwhile, I've meant to ration my thoughts To help q...

Sink To The Beat Cursive

I'll try to make this perfectly clear I'm so transparent I disapear these words I lyrically defecate clint steps in to establish the beat upon songs I boldly claim to create this unique approa...

The Great Decay Cursive

this is the bed that i have made this is the grave where i will lay i dont believe in wasting time these are the hands where i will bury my face searching for truth you never find nobody moves...

Mothership, Mothership, Do You Read Me? Cursive

> your navel is yearning for an extension - a ghost limb it cant detach from mothers loving grasp your starving - its burning for the nutrient it cant have were all cut off alone and lost callin...

Fairytales Tell Tales Cursive

Let's pretend were not needy. Let's pretend our hearts still beat. Clumsy enough to fall for anything. Let's pretend we fall in love tonight, Below the neon blue. We'll stumble on our words. ...

The Casualty Cursive

The night has fallen down the staircase And I, for one, have felt its bruises Equilbrium; inebriated Our social graces have been displaced As we sink deeper into the drink The volume increases.... ...

The Martyr Cursive

And so it's begun This is year one The birth of a child in the form of a man Wrapped in towel Passed out on the floor These drunken hours -- graces deflowered Cast down by an angel She used to kiss...

Shallow Means, Deep Ends Cursive

Swimming at night We've dug this hole The water's fine I wonder how far down it goes Down it goes... Down it goes... The stars above have lost their shine And so, my love, departs our sight The une...

Making Friends And Acquaintances Cursive

Loose-lipped secrets I've seen those birdies chirping Another promise perched on their fragile branches Cradle and all... We all hide a diary beneath some mattress And someone has slept in my bed S...

A Red So Deep Cursive

The furnace burns, the baby turns She cries when she's hungry The morning paper will knock the door To interrupt their slumbers Are you satisfied tonight, oh, trader's wife? Does he neglect you? Cr...

The Lament Of Pretty Baby Cursive

I saw something I was not supposed to see A ghostly memory that keeps on haunting me (The kitchen door was open a crack, So naively we peeked inside) Oh, darling sister, have they hurt you, have th...

The Game Of Who Needs Who The Worst Cursive

A little bit closer, I know you're not bashful There, now that's not so bad, is it? So what was that secret? What did that prick whisper to you? Was it playful and flirty Or degrading and dirty? I ...

The Radiator Hums Cursive

Dinner's getting cold -- You haven't touched a thing So what's it gonna be? I can hold out much longer than you When it's steady I'm just acting out my roles When you're ready I'll be walking out t...

The Night I Lost The Will To Fight Cursive

I need a catalyst, to rekindle the flame That once burned within these fists where defeat remains The night has fallen down the staircase... I need a catalyst, to rekindle the flame That once burne...

Dorothy At Forty Cursive

Dorothy, I know you've had amazing dreamsWe can't go chasing down each golden streetEach and every rainbow, each passion, each unattainable goalWe're not in dreamland anymoreDorothy, it seems you'l...

Big Bang Cursive

Before we ever saw straight, we were grasping at strawsA debate was born, picket lines were drawnThere was this big bang once, now we're learning to use our thumbsWe need a purpose in life, a survi...

Bad Sects Cursive

For 20 years I've held this pulpit.Preached the word, served the Eucharist,Gained the trust of the townsfolk.Made every football game, never missed a social.Last week, a boy I taught theologyCame b...

Flag And Family Cursive

Your daddy and my daddy had a drink at the barTalking about what was best for meWithout a name or a degree,Stubbornly holding onto youAnd you pulling away from meThe best that they could say,For my...

Dorothy Dreams Of Tornados Cursive

You said we'd leave next yearEach year for thirteen yearsEach year, it gets harder to hearIt's getting harder now just to stay in loveAnd now our roots grow deepBeneath these barren streetsI have t...

Retreat! Cursive

They checked the shrine and the temple, but he wasn't thereThey checked the mosque and the chapel-- nope, not thereSince you've been away on holiday, the natives are all nightmaresSince you've been...

The Sunks Cursive

Surrender your furniturePush the television out the windowOvermedicated, this must be the sunksIf you can't understand the blues, you don't know muchWith much love for science and a youthful defian...

At Conception Cursive

Jeannie's been throwing up all morning.Poor girl's been so heartsick ever since her boyfriend went to war. Father Cole's done his best to console the girl -- more so than some neighbors deem necess...

So-So Gigolo Cursive

If you've got the looks and if you've got the goods I suppose you could make it anywhere you want to get madeAnd you want to get madeMy model agent says, "You gots to get paid!"You got a special gi...

Bad Science Cursive

Moms and dads break up their gangsTake away their rollerskatesGive them algebra or trigRaisins, dates or figsBut take away gingerbread and cakeEvery husband, every wife, every cop, every teacherEve...

Into The Fold Cursive

The Sheperd: I can't say I've always been honest; you can't say I've done a disservice.The girl, she's just a child.She's got a lot to learn, and I'm helping out.Your deceit is under your wing, you...

Rise Up! Rise Up! Cursive

dear preacher, thanks for making time for me todayhope you don't mind if i hide behind the curtainit's been fifteen years since my last confessionby your good book's standards, i've sinned like a c...

Hymns For The Heathen Cursive

Night has draped it's cape of stars Over our small town From the campus and the tavern To the chapel and infirmary We've seen their dreams We found the guilt, the fables, and folly Of the resident...

The Ugly Organist Cursive

And now, we proudly presentsongs perverse and songs of lamentA couple hymns of confession,and songs that recognize our sick obsessionsSing along i'm on the ugly organ againSing along I'm on the ugl...

Some Red-Handed Sleight Of Hand Cursive

"And now we proudly presentSongs perverse and songs of lamentA couple hymns of confessionAnd songs that recognize our sick obsessionsSing along, I'm on the ugly organ, againSing along, I'm on the u...

Art Is Hard Cursive

, break a leg When you get on stage And they scream your name "Oh, cursive is so cool!"

The Recluse Cursive

I wake alone, ina woman's room I hardly know.I wake alone- and pretend that I am finally home.The room is littered with her books and notebooks.I imagine what they say, like, 'shoo fly, don't bothe...

Butcher The Song Cursive

There's a time and a place, this is neither the time nor the place."where do I fit in, in this jigsaw of a relationship? !? Why should I play the fall guy to your love? I keep getting snubbed... wh...

A Gentleman Caller Cursive

Your gentleman caller,Well, he's been calling on anotherHe loves his forbidden fruit.And as it dribbles down his chinHe cries, "baby, I've been drinking with some friends! now how 'bout a little ki...

Harold Weathervein Cursive

Harold walks down any street of this townBoth crier & witness the sun drops clouds shiftHis legs twitchThe clocks chime on cafes, pharmacies, and dime stores, in bar rooms he stils all alone erupti...

Bloody Murderer Cursive

There's a ghost in my bedShe cries in her sleepShe says I won't let her leaveI lie perfectly stillAs she stifles her tearsI don't want to disturb her'let go, let go - please let me beLook at the gh...

Sierra Cursive

"In the desert,Where the cities are made of gold,There's a girl playing hopscotch with pink ribbon pigtails.And her mom calls out from an apartment balcony,""Come on, baby!Your bath is ready!It's a...

Staying Alive Cursive

"I've decided tonightI'm staying aliveJust kicking and screamingI'm, I'm staying aliveBlood boiling and streamingThere are thingsFar to dark to comprehendSleep on it one more nightMy sad old friend...

Sinner's Serenade Cursive

Oh God, no,Please don't tell her What I've done;I can hardly look at herEverything I love I hurtOh God, yes,She is love, she is sex,But I used her for the game;A scapegoat to carry the blameFor a h...

Once Cursive

Once a liar, always a liar.Once a cheater, always a cheater.Once a day you'll remember her death.Once you'll love but you'll love once too many.Just this once.Just this once.I forget who you're wit...

Adapt Cursive

I want the rich boy...I want the rich boyBut the rich boy, he doesn't want me...I like the pretty girls...I like the pretty girlsBut the pretty girls, they don't like me...Adapt...Adapt...Adapt...N...