SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE (6TH BEST BOOK) “Dearest greatinge ye all comare & stunnara & wave riding stuntare the unfllles empty space / can now be willed into place / the marvels from the Inment calebraia nomairing fer searyene” ~ rian “Droog Youngoome Everybody | Got Away, Alive & Sane Last Night We Saw An Angel Slow Boat To China Oranges Data Entry Blues When I Look White Cello Sympathy For The Cowboy Sunrise On The Caina Islands Remember Healing Honeybee 12345 Room Service First Kiss 1 Should Have Stayed Home Climber Dark Vampire Hipsters In Idaho You Seem Like A... (1886 Re-Visited) Flowers At The Foot Of The Cave Laughter At The Wake Diamond Mine Always, All The Time Dancing With The Skeleton Key Parallel Place Dance The Night AwayCompiled by Bill Feller Management & Artist's Lisson- Brian “Droog” Youngonse, .B.E. ‘iiies writien by Richard Millet! and reprinted with permission by FLUXLIFE INC. Ariwork by Kazari Eiga Graphics 040-6144 040-0-3-4H4H-6-94-55-59 “Everyhody" & “1 Got Away, Alive & Same” 2002 written by Rich Hillett aud published by FLUXLIFE INC: “Slow Bost To China” & “Last Night We Saw Au Angel” © 2008 written by Rich Millett and published by FLUXLIFE INC “Oranges” @ 2008 written by Rich Billstt asd published by FLUXLIFE INC “Data Entry Siwes” & “When | Look” @ 219 written by Rich Millett and published by FLUXLIFE INC “Sunrise Ou The Gaina Islands” & “Room Service” © 2011 written by Ricl Millett and published by FLUXLIFE INC “Sympathy For The Cowboy" Remember", & “Climber” @ 2012 written hy Rich Millett and published hy FLUXLIFE INC “Vampire” & “Hipsters n Idaho” @ 2019 writen hy Rich Millett and publishied by FLUXLIFE INC “Howsyber 12945", “Dark”, & *You Seam Like A... (1986 Re-Visited)” @ 201¢ written by Rich siliett id poblichiod by FLUXLIFE INC “Healing © 2015 written by Rich Millett anc! published by FLUXLIFE INC “White Coli, “First Kiss", & “1 Should Have Stayed Home" @ 2016 wiition by Rich Allott and publistied by FLUXLIFE INC “Flowers At The Foot Of The Cave", “Diamond Mine", “Laughter At The Wako”, & “Ahvays, All The Tina” @ 2017 written by Rich Millett aud patiichied by FLUXLIFE INC. “Dancing With The Skoleton Key" @ 2018 written hy Rich Millett und pntifiated by FLUXLIFE INC “Dance The Night Away* & “Parallel Pico" @ 2020 written by Rich Hilictt aud published by FLUXLIFE 1c: Othor titlas in this series: RadariGrair- Tracing The Dim Signal- Water bhw Fingernail in My Salad- Scatter- Scattor/Aiilc Lita/T. & W.- Life Isn't Hard bfv Mild Life- The Aluminum Farm- The Zen Transference Manual- It Went Fac- The First Four Years- Splish!- The Splish! Supplement- Splish Reconsidered- Swim To The Genter- Oranges- Prasant- Communism ts Granc- The Sampler- Statements Anti Statements- Sunrise On The Caina Islands- Remember blw Thank You- Your Future Your Freedom. This is What Freedom Looks Like- God Sless The Guests At Ths Ganquot- Salt Or Light- Laughtsr At The Wake b/w 48 Day Procoss- Always, All The Tims biw Miss You in The Morning- Sacrifice The Satollite b/w Milky Skies- The Female Perspective- Outsider Envy- Anachronisms- Sunspots b/w Teleconverter- Fold Down Parts 1 & 2- Fold Down Parts 3 & 4- Source Mission biw The Needles- Citizenship- Apples & Ice ‘Swimming Together In Soapy Wator- Writhing Shadows Of The Curling FlameEVERYONE Too late in the evening seven forty-five that man around the corner lost his ring in a fight here comes st. thomas walk through the door found himself an auction Dought everything on the floor 4 don't wake up too early don't cut my face don't call any strangers don't look for their graves everyone gets half of what they want and half of what they don't half of what they couldn't and half of what they won't pork chops in the kitchen above the sink there's a light no milk on the table for the blink of an eye up the road is a driveway vhere they come out paid yeah, they come out smiling @ead cats in their vay everyone gets half of what they want and half of what they don't half of what they couldn't and half of what they won't1 GOT AWAY, ALIVE & SANE I've been living like the whole FBI died in a kool-aid mistake Ive been keeping a time bomb in my shoe so I know my watch is correct Ive got a tiger by the tail waitin for it to end tomorrow Ive been up all night burning my bridges making jokes about ex-friends fetishes I won't tell you to hold on or say you dont deserve vhat you get you wont ever see me take the first step Ive got a tiger by the tail waitin for it to end tomorrow i got a floorbird in the garage ive been overstimulated ive been sore i got away, alive and sane i didnt get strangled or stained A got avay alive and sane for now anyway i got avay alive and saneLAST NIGHT WE SAW AN ANGEL boty Pe nae oS ae Lid oa eg oo a Aa. ey ae pe $eSLOW BOAT TO CHINA ‘The razor skin felon the seat the roof had been gauged out by a key the exts were gaurded 2 few numbers were writen down ‘typed out in a foreign language all the product of inflation ‘the casino’s slot machines ald out with surf music fand a 20 minut sing the plumber knocked on the last room ofthe far wing and was tipped with uneaten meat | keep tying to leave, but | only gt more inside [made it out of the garage ‘only to be stuck behind a foreigner with thousand daliar hubcaps on a ‘ity dolar car agit climbed up the mic ‘and before she got numb, asked them how they could stand the climate she was from calfomia, never was snowed on didnt get stopped by trains ‘twenty miles to five miles then to three ‘anging from dour to catatonic to irate ‘cant tell a building from a train everyone dives through ‘except for me, I stop the frame [took the wrong eit, driving into the ‘marching band display ‘and wrote my senator complaining to his face he wrote back saying "yes son, is about time we dd things yr way” ‘everybody's an altar boy looking fora lamp shade to make straight ‘some sunday spending money, a free robe 2 thimble out ofthe river ‘uz they made their case trees grow faster inthe city according tothe study the nutrients depleted my body ‘no electricty is gonna open that door Ice i slow and ‘ot enough to keep my attention, my attention ‘everyone acting ke an altar boy ‘dragging their disagreements in the street stopped, slow, and coy sing their vestments for sheets 4 few quick tums, and pleas for a reward but the holding cell is empty | don't choose to open it today | pai to replace the battery ‘and canceled my appointments the dentist charged a late fee the neighbor watched his lawn instead of TV | put my dinner in a glass ‘and filed it wi water drank half and Tet the rest | theew in some safety pins to.see how fast they rust after 6 months there were sill no resultsORANGES Blue and red stripes laying on her bed Throwing chicken to the fish waiting to be fed Flying fortress in the cold yellow light Electronic geysers marking the millimeters at night The redwoods grew out of the lakes Then the horses and cougars came from apes And after speaking formed their shapes They wrote an alert, they planted themselves in the desert The sky is one meal a day floating through hoarfrost The orator utters proclamations under acid precipitation Bodies and mind, yours and mine, our energy is our vocation The truth, the purified milk came from the amalgamation How to eat to live and sleep underneath To see the silent actions and keep what we dream Right now a machine exists to read your thoughts, and I'm called a fool, a fool is one who follows a stranger's rules Stealing coal and jewels, feeding their fixation, and altering their gestation One man is not a nation, one woman is not a nation My knife slipped through the ghosts of Enoch Powell and Ronald Reagan And into Abbadon’ icy abdomen This morning | went to work, there was a mouse on the road Running between cars, sliding over the snow He got told by the acquaintance he doesn't know the real world He told them I don't think you know about the world outside your world Cuz we've come here to annoy you We've come here to destroy you No flies on her No skies on me Or our ulterior alchemy A spirit doesn't have flesh and bones, you can see | do A wave isn’t solid but it can slice through and bury you The fioor in his basement began to crumble Let me say, | wont eat meat if it causes my brother to stumbleMy brother, why do you live in a state of degradation? Pressing away atoms of inspiration, continuing this dissipation? You said you formed all light and darkness, evil and peace But you made yourself deformed and obese A member of the secretive police Screeching seagulls dropped their feathers on the sphere Two sets of twins announcing that they're leaving here And ferrying out to live inside the windmills The fog is too thick to see the pinnacles Blue, red, and grey stripes laying on her bed Silver ovens making new bread Flying fortress in the breaking midnight Electronic geysers signaling for continual flight His voice was the sound of waves crashing ‘Arushing crush of reeds and snow From the solo the seas undertow Stentorian certainty sicing across boundless thrashing ips of ships eaten in the liquid gnashing Surging and atomizing the land below ‘Then breathing and sinking under the waters flow \with skin tke apple puip and wood grin He stood next to a plane ascending CGasping through the tumult with a face of rin Each thought an unending refrain Each breath given infinite extending Each pause a fracture in his campaignDATA ENTRY BLUES | got a boring job don’t want to go But | know I eant quit Cuz the economy is movin too slow I got the data entry blues Oh tuck Good god I got the data entry bluuuuuees From the top button of my shirt down to my stupid leather work shoes My boss is really dumb ‘She really makes me pissed Tit in my cubicle and think “I got a diploma for this?” | got the data entry blues No I don't wanna have Wendy's for lunch Fucking hell | got the data entry bluuuuuuuuueceeceeeessssss From the top button of my shirt down to my stupid leather work shoes ‘They make me answer the phone barely make a rasp ‘The money that I get No way it's gonna last 401k for what? I got the data entry blues hho recovery in sight, come on turnaround, come on, turnaround | got the data entry bniliiluuuueuesss: From the top button of my shirt Down to my stupid leather work shoesWHEN | LOOK When | look, and walls are in the wind When | see, you're unsure how to begin | promise soon, you'll be laughing With friends, in open gardens, clapping When you see, you remember every dream. So we find, it's simple to forget So you find, that you are very blessed Through windows, at sunset, silently Faces meet your eyes, smiling serenely So you find, you remember every dream ‘And you try imagining all things beyond eyesight, in air, over our celebration Beneath streets unknown, untouched, forty fathoms, deep too far to reach When I look, and talk fo you, | know When Isee, you will never be alone The mirror reflects, a statue, lilac bush, and bee And we agreed feelings create reallly When you see, you remember every dream In and near eclipsing absorbing transmogritying wood, water and sand Pushing il the horizon is vanishing seraping outer mits, distant and awayWHITE CELLO Toth tome Tim mn the open window Th notin te tI ve got your wateh and Teed tea to ply thi white cao Sratch te face Timon the hore ‘uth con of sugar Tesnever baer Teal rather be pling though Iie the wt stings white bow "hats not her thats hee ors the simplest thing you ld today Thal ond et ekg ‘uth no moments exept now Yourdont poses any microscopes rolittake the telscope Im yng tobe angshie ich ney fer geting Seensitized uth dsappeintments ‘very right eating fresh vegetables butplaning. chyou creed know fad then you tlm out of Vou don’t have « itl in your wetcoat your teath are feched with Nexseeds ry mbjudgments are my our ‘and ot are unknown cod becselin apectit Soest mean anyone can ebue me ced sealing af rysel Notice me Tim tending net the tree ers the guy crashed the soln car ‘thon got out ane ron fort butl can behave for over 100 day on Te squenderedenyefots cand so much good sl ‘hat somatimr o ood to conanea mis that shouldty tote lors to play ot ol buttin sure you want me to tnd mow ube con do ‘Ae th that! wor nt mising onsthing ‘ise hanyming song through the phone thee midnight movers rowerenat ‘and don' bs the guyon the bike inthe ight ane racing fori fe Saint rsh our tee inthe moming Hao you are cond you now hat core co fea bie ns Glare Ket Srased n prmary clos end Ihave t teen off lanes off ht yet she "as long os not tnd cannot bee rot ght ow butts the ring sun Itsahordboded oop Fer bon eb charm yas want to play te white cao [us want to st nacre end think bout some more Are you gonna wrap this up? you ht teding people’ patience now hoy no moja Hanke outloud ItS.@ warm communication gong on here shibrother fee thats hat tlling about tim gong to change some channss “quart, nicks ond all sunbothers must be wearing a blue st "RE bebe revere safes luhere they put los cheetahs, ond gers a truck ‘nd drive om around to showthom poople shopping tad walang doun the strest or pumping gos" ‘ell be the pec of manifestation” “or tl be the suburban sft here sme guy named Grog avs you {ite pth helmet and plat incaders ted you watt under betchen tae forthe cat to ue theliter box" "but why dows gotta be wit" “ever heard from before” “axiverting space cuca” "ean dear water” "he toon tomato”‘SYMPATHY FOR THE COWBOY Sympathy forthe cowboy all lone onthe rane, after the war ended ‘he was forced to change his name Sympathy forthe cowboy holding his dying brother, who begged with his last Breath “yell mother I ded with Bono” Sympathy for dhe meh ab nd all who fight in harms way, wh hope to abolish minimum wage and charge only $15 a day ‘Sympathy for modern times and those who argue they're ht, sympathy for te victim who has al thes thei side ‘Sympathy forthe student who's only lived in theory ina hammer and sickle esi walking away from the barcade ‘Sympathy for the lawsuit and all who fought for reform, sympathy forthe bumper sticker ‘eling you tobe e-born ‘Sympathy for she stallion running fee, and to wild ride ‘sympathy forthe guy who tied bis wife erie "him and his foolish rie” ‘Sympathy forthe strawbecry ‘andthe tial separations, press releases pleading fr privacy, and doing it forthe kids Sympathy for thesis, ‘sucking on his cigarette cutting you of in taf, no constants oF guilt or regret Sympathy for he stalker fn his computer outside, looking at pieues of you in high school ‘saving each one, even if takes ll night ‘Sympathy forthe cowboy whose son moved off the ranch, ‘se might be comin’ back oon if there's nochange of plansSunrise on the Caine Islands watching from the shore take © picture 20 | won't forget Sunrise on the Coin Islands srawing with my eyes save 30 woe! forget ‘Azure bird observes the river ‘ond its shimmering glow Renulph Fiennes walking across ‘he sol, while Fiming he sky | don sc he bal must not be one te lone ad ond both bond to shape the horizon Sunrise on the Coin Islands in eciping tine ove it ino aah of light Grawing wih my eyesREMEMBER ut 200mier ‘rom wheel wed tlive swore the lakes Tage, slormans caving th cana, ‘usningicircln sain ences Coming home cow lee ying abo sotching your armsont in frotof you face {tage aking shaper cat of helight liam coven on thewall net ‘iloedor with modem art Dogouremenber When we nied owork together? Werwoat tothe swtaain pal sand ecndedthe Leds langhing. lashing around toute tnasonnd calage ‘hose Kideare row up now Werwent tothe garry ad watched todd och [ring haved away by tracks vedsay ond alka ho tinenlanced oo thant hore rocks are buldings noe Dogouremenber Whee we med toworktogether? Wousdtonever wrergalont mone, only her wasenongh fo ave a fro wok sometimes thik wecen be thereagait ‘he bend played oid lla” aad youclapped tndeengalong Ted he sme word ‘Honext ight end gousaid wersoag Doyonromenber Whee womedioworktagotho? Standing your mom’ bose erp coking in te ichen ours andcltheneedcortate asi yong adonserpaline shade Yontnked me townie a bramscre goredtconldatbe that hod Dogonremoubor ‘When we sed io work together?HEAUNG CCR age Sapa aang i ow Cette io tig Eas ati FRETS teeHONEYBEE 12345, Your love is coming you love is flying to me. you're looking through your jeweled eyes ‘Tm waiting for your surprise here comes my honeybee 1m sitting in the sun and sure, tm having fun but when you land it's gonna be grand you work until the job is done flying flying honeybee 12345, keepin everything alive honeybee 1234 honey honeyEee” SeeFIRST KISS the moment happened so fast ‘and I didn’t know how long it should last my first kiss with you never know what Im doing anyway the last time I did this, lreally was led astray my first kiss with you and since ithappened ‘my mind keeps flashing TTeant think for more than a minute | wonclor what I'm saying, to keep you from right past me, but maybe it all goes back to my first kiss with you! iting| SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME | should have stayed home | should have stayed home because now you're in my car ‘The wind blowing in this unseasonable warmth, my nerves are showing ‘keep my fingers against my lips {feel helpless | see the present in the future | feo! like 'm dissolving ''m trying to read your body language | should have stayed home {should have stayed home because now you're in my house and I want you herCLIMBER | got the promotion ought like hell for it | put my skills out into the free market, and itcame back with a fair price Igot a wife Igot ac that Idrive to go pick up my gifriend- who I share with my wife got a bank account ‘might be bigger than yours ‘could care less no fees, decent interest i got an apartment probably bigger than yours could care less cuz size isn't success but maybe itis like every one of my peers, Im relatively prosperous id love to argue but I've got to leave soon for a checkup at the dentist it doesn't matter that 'm not famous when I talk people listen to every word of every sentence it's what we're groomed for like every one of my peers, Im relatively prosperous ‘See that brochure? big picture of my face on the front my smile is sincere because I'm free to do whatever I want like going to a hotel and taking a long hot shower with my other girlfriend that no one knows about {90 to a restaurant, the chef knows my name happily gives me a hug offers to bring out an off menu item brook trout flown in trom Vermont some people ask if got mad about taxes | say yeah there's more | paid for than I could have ever imagined think everyone gets a chance which they don’t take because they're either lazy of afraid think everyone gets a chance and they should just work harder ‘and watch the back of my legs because ma climberDARK Dark Darker than i's ever been Worried that 'm broken Dark Darker than i's ever been Feeling unreal and caved in ark Darker than it's ever been allowing in lurching pain Dark Darker than it's ever been Desperate for a new idea to begin Dark Darker than W's ever been Han uncomfortably on my trends Dark Darker than i's ever been ‘This lack of self awareness feels ike asin Dark Darker than i's ever been Started seeing a therapist again ‘They say youll see this Is. ‘The best thing ‘That could have happened ‘They say you'l see this Is Gonna change ‘And you'll be better than you were ‘And maybe they're right Fm praying they are ‘And sometimes leven belleve them But right now Ws dark Dark Dark than I's ever been ‘They say the light vil Start to ereop in Burt | Just ask myselt, when?VAMPIRE {took your trust hid the truth and crushed out any hope for relationships crossed every name off your list | stole your ideas claimed the credit, and kept doing it Until you had no inspiration left made off with your money doubled all your debts bought whatever I needed while you stupidly slept tm a vampire ‘'m acting with my eyes. {eave your muscles as stripped dissipated, wrung out strands | drank your memories then spit them into the soil | sucked your smile made your face monochromatic then complained how you constantly underreact | sheeted at your tears stifled a titter when you held me close | swallowed your sincerity and told you you're an insutficient host | reversed your resentments made my argument more articulate how did it feel to hear your own criticisms Fepeated back as a compliment? Fm a vampire Mi never flinch dead dog lying on the floor unborn baby in the sink ‘shattered lamp in your feet made your humour ahollow husk told you your laugh sounded dumb | drained your judgement dry ‘cursed you with terminal indecision pilfered the rest of your youth tunkinked your sarcasm poured your perfume on the floor ralded your clothes Don’t care if youre comfortable want you exposed I'm a vampire ''m always impassive ma vampire My body's inactive | shredded your sadness ripped your instincts Heapt on top of you Hoping you'd faint "bit down and ‘wouldn't let go 1ill'd taken every last trace ‘of your faith ‘You don’t get anything Vm a vampire. eave you with nothing Tm a vampire I've done nothing wrongHIPSTERS IN IDAHO. you had a t-shirt 80's logo you said "no" wanna be a hipster in Idaho. you had a city you had a iphone you said "no" Twanna be a hipster in Idaho you had glasses you had followers you said "no" wanna be a hipster in Idaho. your brother he was ironic peach fuzz mustache and a mohawk you had a organic market cigarettes hand rolled you said "no" wanna be a hipster in Idaho, your dad's a hippie played banjo you said “no” wanna be a hipster in Idaho, you had purple jeans and stretched ear lobes you said "no" Twanna be a hipster in Idaho at 16 frames per second started streaming the song Was way too slow you said "no" wanna be a hipster in Idaho. had nice pictures but not enough video you said “n Twanna be a hipster in Idaho you read molly got asked to vote you said “no” wanna be a hipster in IdahoYOU SEEM LIKE A... (1986 RE-VISITED) Wo arived atthe arena as ‘The press conference was encing {nd the opening act was starting thelr set | went and got three drinks, should be enough toast We had our credentials anda access pass ‘The ushers placed us withthe VIPS's ;Buncha rich snobs lookin down on me Wo hurled insite while the eitaphones rolled Hissed outa verse of Complete Control But in this state oft nagers | started to feel ota | screamed to my buddy these kids have got no soul ‘And dont understand wity there's rock and rot My leather Jacket stuck to my seat "had tuinols ina hidden pocket ‘and tudes and a scart {And a copy of Sid's locket ‘Just betore the stars came on | pointed past the guards and said “1 see someone" 1 was the singer's new girtriond ‘a sem! known model and actress | wedged In between security Told her who I was and could ust. Her manager butted in and sad they'd Never heard of us Itried 0 hand her our loge anda pin IWthis was six years ago we would have been let in.FLOWERS AT THE FOOT OF THE CAVE ‘Swinging light bilb above a eracked basement window, ‘painting depicting the creation of creation, ‘and a makeshift bed made up a new name for you that I only keep in my head, my head ‘Look atthe jewel resting in the bottom ‘of the wooden cup, or the stack of handwritten sheets explaining the steps of the ‘ritual in rich deep red, and the names of everyone ‘there exist in my head, my head. charcoal renderings ofsaints ripped from a magazine andpinned ta the dace ented bit of metal shaped to makea mosaic and pushed ints the fewe parter inch thichipray painted itler ban (ogped te ringlets in the air and thefleating strag white vanes rom a feath landing on your hatr Here I sit half childish with freshly washed clothes strewn over the chair, tray with orange peels, melon rinds, and ‘emply glasses rests balanced on the table's edge, while I'm reading a ‘map leading to arom more colourful than the ‘womb, where Ican overhear things other than gurgling and organs rushing, But still, this will always be in its infancy Because love is where genesis greets infinity And for proof You can lookin my eyes ‘even though I won't confirm or deny How much of this is true But [trust that will get worked out by youLAUGHTER AT THE WAKE Who are they? ‘No, not that group of people sve know from worl. standing quietly on the side ‘cho mention that there's been no sun in weeks and how dreary ‘this warm winter is swith bricks, trees and street signs left dipping stained sleet Why did they come here? ‘No, not the distant relatives con the couch in the back corner crying and trading stories who mention ‘that there are so many clouds you cant see the sky ‘and that we can't hear the news for so nich static in the airwaves, an exchange for a Bill too low to pay ‘with tar dripping from the faucet Why do they stay? when it appears they only want to sneer at ‘the mourners! tears and refuse to pick up the flowers they knocked over ‘What move can you take? since their skin is 0 thin they start screaming when asked to act their age ‘We can't tell them toleave? sve can't since they're family? ‘but I see their carrying on and shaking ‘and am disgusted ‘they behave this way ‘you can't stop heating their laughter at the wake listen to them gloating bout voting against everyone's well being so thoughtless and uncaring ‘hat their liberty and future are at stake Tcan't ignore the laughter at the wakeDIAMOND MINE Water rushing so fast it looks like Inotted wood its sound a ceaseless perpetual crash, in static blue and blac droplets burst over the plank’s sides ‘and dot the dirt or land on kicked out bricks ‘and from the ravine's ‘opposite angle, the water seems to glide clockwise rolling ever nearer toward the gears ‘and into the factory ‘where seven years previous the core ofthe industry snk unexpectedly early and like a defense attorney the treasurer ruled the ‘materials used were archaic and their methods unrealistic ‘and as demand seized up the foreman and night shift technicians acidly joked they were laboring within the great repression For ages it seemed like the beams from the afternoon sun wouldn’t come But we later learned the view was obscured by a flood started from the diamond mine ‘We know, it's either tacitly implied or we're told outright yyou can't be seen like that, you need lights ‘When money is exchanged, and you're finally responsible and realistic ‘you can't be seen like that, you need lights Know the value of being articulate ‘and reconsider your obscure subject You need to stay inthe lines, you need to revise Realize the need to eliminate images that would be unwise to present or ideas you'd be unable to defend ‘Why persist ifhonest people cannot implicitly understand? ‘you can't be seen like that, you need lights For years it seemed like the beams from the afternoon sun wouldn’t come But we later learned the view was obscured from a flood that started in the diamond mine Back in the head office con the desk next to the coffe, scissors and gold pen set ‘was a black leather envelope and that morning's newspaper’ ‘whose sub-headline read "Forget Forgetflness" ‘and detailed a local photographer ‘who makes elaborate, enormous near-twin gelatin prints of events- one real, one staged ‘and described the effect as painting over paintings ‘when asked by the reporter "who will get this?” the photographer remarked sses being pure ned placing one rime over another ‘anyone who pictures the shape ofidess and not the shape of their mind ‘anyone who sees a crowd ‘and ties to find the people in disguise” later, the paper lay open to the crossword ppuzrle, and among answers written inindeterminant seript were asides like "does purpose follow appearance?” "here is this from?" "reasons better than because” ‘and finally "determining what to become"ALWAYS, ALL THE TIME Now then Now then Now then “Thepresent isin the fre Hiscry is present the fature is present the presents present and hiscry is story sie we sce the fre ps tthe foreground wordt fly all thre you ene The weather i in the sea Gravityless moment caught ‘and dotted with cherry trees ‘and colored pencils There is very tite in life that matches what I feel when you smile at ‘what | whisper back to you We're in the room and ‘out of nowhere looking atthe intet together in Leters and circles Like slit in the curtain Like a fluttering bird ready to bathe Like an oxidized copper fountain [want to be with you ALWAYS, all the time Like a white shirt with 2 fresh grass stain Like streetlight breathing air Like waving from the top ofa ladder You plan all the plans ALWAYS, all the time Like a strawberry on the counter Like fingernails washed clean Like a bee being curious of anew flower You are adorable ALWAYS, all the time Like pickled ginger on salmon Like a werk bench inthe sun Like an invention imagined We are here with each other ALWAYS, all the time Like a cat cornering a grasshopper Like a licked stamp pressed with a thumb Like a rectangle with unbroken corners. You are mine, lam yours ALWAYS, allthetimeDANCING WITH THE SKELETON KEY ‘m dancing with the skeleton ke: pinned under my Belt the night after I'd had two simultaneous dreans in ocular split screen one where a whitetailed fawn galloped to the front door and another where my brother couldnt sleep Lim Jancing with the skeleton key ‘tied on A-eWIne Cora around my neck rememberiang when my sister was locked ina mini-van and stranded in a parking lot outside of Austin, she kissed the windows and ate twhe tape in the cassette deck “gdancing with the skeleton ke} Th ay une} mout tucked behind my wisdom teeth and obscured by my tounguw toungue I have memories that my sister still won't believe and T miss the 20th century it could ahve been so much better With the skeleton key, ‘Scotch taped when I weas in school the vice principal gave himself a heart condition trying to figure out whohad stolen from the convenience store and then boasted about it on a blackboard Wg dancing with the skeleton ke Tn thespretto-or dilapidated catholic church where the priest once confessed to me that after each funeral he performed the only way he could raise his spirits was by making uneasy music with the organist ed ey while bells chime at ingfansont midnight: near the railroad and kids with no curfew Godge between dashing headlights fon their way to play hide and seek in the parkwhile my brother dee= draws out diagrams on poster boards connecting lines froi consequences of thoughts to isolated islands of thinking Givided by unintended regression of actions Q CAST the ekoiotaY ON SnTe Ta nave ae home looking at sealed bags of clothes that T stopped wearing years ago while I was running for mayor on an unconfirmed platform 9£ leaking information about the governor facent office because the evidence ny brother uncovered just got delivered to the lawyer, and he predicts ag it will make the’ judge jump and remove any condemnation @amubiam fron his mou a swimming pool and before that a man made hill that covered de-nilitarized waste trucked over from a Floridian base and it will still take 100,000 years before any of it reaches its half life Q Te dancing vith the skeleton key" ‘claapod tightly Tn my hand as I watch my sister in the mirror speak sentences with one word and plants ‘orchids next to power lines in the backyard then she dots the driveway with empty jars to accurately measure the rainfall. moving loosely with mo ny brother used to cry bitterly to our parents every tine he got a ticket refuting each offense denying he did any of it I Sia! STidtag ancouterteb ty rt bat the nuisance helps give ne the presence. of mind to always hold up what. x'was taught Thgt when the rent is due it's better to be full and well slept than to hand over a blank check Tres skeleton key watching leaves in the wind and a novelist at a press conference performing fake sign language hoping @if will get him the attention he wants for trying to revive the printed word ehPARALLEL PLACE I live in a parallel place where the land is level where the streets are bright in the evenings and I know what tomorrow brings I live in a parallel place where the wind is cold where grey haired men sweep the band shell and foxes sleep under church bells I hear the lank haired women walking in the morning their faces shaped by the sun I live in a parallel place where there's endless electricity with very low voltage where everyone dies of old age 1 live in a parallel place where rain runs into a tunnel where able bodied woman clear the qutters and dragonflies rise in a slow motion flutter I see the able bodied men hauling fallen branches their faces shaded by the sun I live in a parallel place where people speak in peace where the foreman's spouse greets the mailman ina see through blouse I live in a parallel place where the forest faces east where contracts are written in invisible ink and codes are created with a wink 1 see all the people breathinbg breathing through the day their faces graced by the sun Blissful cardinals blissful infants Blue reflections magnified 10,000 times blue beams bouncing off aged ; lenses Radiant artifacts yadiant heirlooms White sails blistered by the salty sun white china stacked in cupboards Shining domes shining necklaces Green feelings balanced on a yardstick green parchment weighted down by grapesDANCE THE NIGHT AWAY A blue wave sprayed gently onto the window it remained an unfaded crescent reaching over the rooftop birds flew through untethered droplets yawned in sonorous applause The shape succumbed giving way by matching passing movements as when water splashes in the sky a maypole stands unraveled while a sunfish kisses a butterfly The fences were a canvas soaked tissue paper sprung over electrical wires fragile forktails freshly shaven as bronzed tiger beetles glanced up at the heavens Dance The Night Away!!GRAPHICSThese fine books are available now from FLUXLIFE INC. 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