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Nürnberg @ K4 11/14/17 #poetry


I do all my best work in the past.

Sometimes it feels difficult
To start one thing
When another is unfinished

The rocks look like mushrooms
The fog makes us feel like we’re cooking.
Our juices are coming out
They make water for the plants.

I did all my best work in the future.

Sometimes it is hard to imagine
That anything
Is ever really finished

Ground control to Mr. Tom
All the amazing things
One can do with peanuts.
It’s not over yet.
When will it be enough.

We can not boil away
The bugs in our stomach
We can not peal our skin
Like the covering on a Weißwurst

Where is the line between
government and music
Where is the line between
people and art
Where is the the line between
The line between the lines
That keep the cars from
Smashing

Munich @ Kafe Kult 11/12/17 #poetry

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Growing a flower in the shower
I see meat at my feet
There is little room
For my head
In the washing box
A hole where the water comes
And a hole where the dirt
Runs out

I see a wall full of ladies
Some are wearing hats
Some with flowers
Ladies, ladies, ladies
Ladies to the left
Ladies to the right
Lady luck can happen
Ladies can change things
Things can change

The Old tractor outside
Is covered in wet rags
The paint is worn
The wheels no longer turn
It has been a long time but
The rain has had its way

We lay down on the table
There are many cracks
The wood is very worn and gray
But it will still hold our coffe and cake
And sometimes this is
All we need it to do

Regensburg @ W1 11/11/17 #poetry


There is little joy in measuring
The levels of Crazy
In the world

I am soft and crunchy
Wet and warm
A piece of bread
Dipped in a bowl of soup

Some day our body
Will choose to eat
Itself

Until then, we notice
The things.
Exploding drops of
Water on the windshield.
The rumbling road
That feels like thunder
From a coming storm.
The way the music
Changes when we listen.

Good times can be serious
Walls are good for hanging art.
Holding the roof up when it rains.

We like to use the wall as a metaphor.
Build the wall.
Tear the wall down.
I’d like to tear down this metaphor.
A wall is just a wall.
No wall is higher than the Moon.
No wall is deeper than the volcano’s
Lava.
There is no wall that goes all the way Around.
Only we go all the way.