Show Poem: September 3, 2017 Rock Island, IL @ Rozz Tox #poetry 

Share and share differently
Everyday, please…
While begging for fish sticks
Hearing of nuclear winters
Or paddle boating in September
Acrosss warm sheets of glass.
When remembering and noting
Reflecting on the past
And how important it was or is
Now…

Sexy not sexy.
Remember September

I’m burning, burning up
With totally even keeld
Contentment.

I am filled with mad passion
For the perfect balance
Of the needs of others
And mine

I have a powerful powerfulthirst
To feel pain only
To extent that it
Prevents me
From causing pain to others

I live on a mountain
Beneath the sea
Surrounded by space
Filled with nothing but time

Want a cup cake?
Please ask for assistance.

Show Poem: September 2, 2017 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews #poetry 

Hear the insects call
Defy this disappointing world

Cream colored walls
Guitar strings on a piano bench
My Buddy on the music stand
I have legs
I smell something
Something cooking
Never understanding
When to stop talking
Seeing others getting tired
Exhaling
Looking down
But still cannot stop talking

Staking a claim
In the Whole Foods parking lot
Waiting for the mood to pass
It was the man by the guacamole
The long wait for the express lane
Remember the young
Trump supporters we saw
The last time we were here?
We smiled with condescending hearts.
We stared from the corners
Of our eyes

The only true freak is a killer
We make them here
We dangle love
Like a pork chop on a string
They steal bites
When we think no one is looking

Show Poem: September 1, 2017 Omaha, NE @ BFF Fest: Barley Street Tavern #poetry 

I awake covered in dead lines
Ghostly tatoos of a previous life

Compartments inside of compartments
A spirit animal with no idea
She is being left left behind

A temporary celebration of new glasses
Beware of low ceilings
And pre show injuries
Light rain that smears your windshield
Pizza and wings
Artisan ice
The champagne of bottled beer

Air conditioned nightmare
No discounts for artists

Side by side
The worst and the best
Cross the street
Come inside
This space will confuse you
This space will make you work
For your food
There are no free loaders here
No false idols

Just a space
To drown in if you choose
Or to develop

29 Summers left
Who knows
September is in the air tonight
She likes to change things up
Look at her past
Look in her eyes
This is where it all begins
Yesterday
Tomorrow
Right here
Her eyes are where it starts
And will start again