the Dead Beat Generation (a manifesto)

the torment makes us hard and difficult to see their infectious ways, but in the unity of shared ideas, we can escape the grip that those would think they have on us… we never gave up our souls for this…




questions of a heart

the heart is shaken loose, from the gristle

that the organ had grown quite used to

abuse of the time, having lost for you

what you thought was mine, was it meant to be?

there were thoughts that were wrong to find

memories rather lost than not

fraught with peril for love with cost

grind the gears before the motion is lost

before that turning clock has rung

rust has broken that yet unsung