Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Scuttlebugs creepin
and rumor-juice seepin
slippin on a cacti
gettin baptized by needlin
poked and stoked and choked by jokes
that won’t slow but don’t hold 
blow up like smoke
no the chatter titter tatter doesn’t stop but doesn’t matter
if you can’t turn off the tweeters or the haters make em fatter
serve em beef on a platter
feed em fodder for their patter
but don’t ever take a bite of the mush that they plate
know your push from your pull
and your fish from your bait
make em flop, make em fin
try to stop all the spin
take a breath
get off the ride
and go find your mountain

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love notes
a ritual to start the work week