RxRy

I can neither confirm nor deny these rumors.
However, I can tell you that I've met the man
whom you think I am.
He walks tall and has perfect pitch.
He remembers everything you bought him
for his fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth birthdays,
including, but not limited to,
the red swiss army knife
which later cut his flesh.
He told me that travels often
but its home that he loves best,
and his shoulder don't sag
when he smiles.

Cast your lots
I lost the cats.

new years rezolutions

1. No more chocolate!
2. Cut down on pain killers
3. Find my son
4. Stop using the internet to trick old people into believing that God speaks to them in their breakfast cereals.
5. Work out!
6. Show up for jury duty in clothes next time
7. Learn how to unhinge my jaw
8. Join the kkkk (Kids Kan Kreate Klan)
9. Abandon my dreams
10. telekinesis

Caught in ice flows
summer streams

Boy I lost my will to bury

Never quite sure
what it means

Boy someday I hope to marry

Prayer

Dear God,
Please give me all the candy in the world and turn my teeth into steel.

Love,
Michael

P.S. No Licorice please. Gross!

Tall Latte

Carlos and I sat in the small coffee shop, sipping our drinks of choice.
"I think this is an Ethiopian blend."
"Mmmmm. Mine is from Columbia."
We took a moment to reflect on the homelands of our beans.

"So sad whats going on there, isn't it?"
"Oh yes....so sad."

Coffee Pals!!!

Window Shopping

We went into three boutiques on Valencia Street. Chris marveled at how the novelty of the items in each store were worth more than its realization. They should have just filled the store with note cards saying things like, "Googly-Eyed Hair Clip" "Pencil Holder Shaped Like Pencil Sharpener" and "Crocheted Octopus in a Glass Jar". People could read the cards and have their chuckle without the making of this useless, adorable shit.

We left to get ice-cream. I walked behind Chris and his fiance, both twenty one. My parents were married at that age, but it seems obscenely young to me. I was told they were getting hitched so the woman would gain US citizenship. They would stand before a man of the cloth, dressed to the nines, and be joined forever. Their marriage certificate will hang on a wall or sit in a bureau, screaming love.

Night Terrors

I held my breath as the bedroom door creaked open.

The light swept and rolled across my bed.

My throat tightened and the floorboards bent.

Soft shoes stepped into the room.

I squeezed my eyes shut and tried to look asleep.

The criminal sat on the edge of my bed,

And stared out the window at the falling snow.

But thats only the length of one mixtape!

M. Pyres - Consider Me, Ghost

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I can't seem to stop listening to this. One of those albums that feels like ten years of life poured into a night of recording. These demos are full of energy and catchy melodies, hidden behind the lo-fi fuzz. (Favorites: Submersion, Loud Lights, Groundswell, and Imagist Complex [for the poetry heads]) More here.

Thee Fair Ohs - Summer Lake EP

Myspace try

Some warm tropical tunes for these snowy days. Close your eyes, sip some pineapple and rum
(rumpinale) and enjoy!

Women - Women

Myspace try

Strange and funky, just the way we like em. Released on Chad VanGaalen's label Flemish Eye and sometime his touring band. (Winners: Cameras, Black Rice, Group Transport Hall)

Pre-Med Nightmares

I was in too far over my head to quit now. What had begun as a routine hang-nail removal had quickly turned into complete skin detachment.

They all kept staring at me, waiting for me to screw up. If they find out I'm not really a doctor they'll run me out of town and take away my doctor hat.

Worst of all the patient wouldn't stop screaming.