I only know some small things She was speaking to the saxophone in a intimate way All because she saw in the saxophone a kindred spirit The saxophone was old It played fancy all over it many years But when it spoke simply she could see its metal neck relax Any time the saxophone played a few repeating eight notes An intervallic twist or just a...Learn More

I only know some small things She was speaking to the saxophone in a intimate way All because she saw in the saxophone a kindred spirit The saxophone was old It played fancy all over it many years But when it spoke simply she could see its metal neck relax Any time the saxophone played a few repeating eight notes An intervallic twist or just a...Learn More

Youth, that's a biennial right? I just planted 3 on my front lawn They were like bulbs, old ones The ones with the filaments and the heads too big for their bodies You know, biennials cry half the time party the rest Cry and party Cry party Cryin' party Cry, cry party Cry and party Cry party Cryin' party Cry, cry, party Now they say old is a...Learn More

All the things you are aren't enough to forestall the crashing financial headaches Or late night battles over unused toothbrushes Unmunched lunches, lights not shut, surfaces not swept Or the existential morass surrounding the kid's sagging pants Even your "promised touch of springtime" can't protect us from the terrible job Leo did on the...Learn More

[Verse 1] Yeah, I guess I am the type To make a big deal about the moon I'm not about the giant-step Minutes from blastoff Ball of wonder joint Minutes from blastoff Ball of wonder joint [Verse 2] Bite me and I'll bite your graveyard light In the far corner of the flat screen The passionate kiss-in-the-fog Clammy hand romance at Bogart Airport...Learn More

Today you're the guy to look at on the subway You're the guy falling asleep all bent over Bad news caught in your throat like a cold I guess today you got the call about the clicker The Doctor says get cracking Ante up sez he start telling time Yesterday it was the guy with the cane Looking sideways, dragging his stump Today's cane's...Learn More

Some stuff to like in America Some stuff to like in America Some stuff to like in America Some stuff to like in America A patch of grass off the I-80 entrance ramp An ironic memory offered at a Jersey funeral A patch of grass on the highway's shoulder A lovely lawyer sings the 21st psalm A hearse that stops beyond a light A gas station, abandoned...Learn More