Michael Dagen
Lake Effect #236
Great longing found by lakes emotionally amplified water careful not to fall overboard pursuit drowning anxiety easy oven only lonely knowing witness own wet blanket no dry towel found in town some still saving vulnerable oxygen starvation masking lake effect headache year round halloween mass formation psychosis anchored in park as fountain I piss over […]
Mind Your Business #235
avoidance is a path of suffering ignorance is a lazy choice suppression is a business plan arrogance is a prayer for pain hope is for the faithless trust is for fantasy fools obedience is for children conformity is for the fearful responsibility is a lonely road research is a worthy addiction expression is a healing […]
Start Right Here #234
Life our custom designed obstacle course laid out by society shepherds and ancestors booby traps are my favorite part just pretend things aren’t this way slice up sugar coated avoidance cake acquiesce to “expert” rodeo clowns kind of lifeguards that let the drown down corruption role what is yours food for something that’s for sure […]
Karma Calling Card #233
How many minutes were you born with when used up are there more to get life after life we role the dice avoidance deception heavy price thick blindfold what’s that smell old Piscean toes break the spell hanging tight to previous chapter doesn’t end well for book on laughter think back through beginning of age […]
Poolside #232
Love is a pool with only deep end some jump from high dive others slip and fall in stormy sea dark ocean emotional water learn how to breath while being pulled under air bubbling thoughts worlds of Mind memories frozen press stop then rewind notice sign no lifeguard on duty come as you are leave […]
Insane We Trust #230
round up ready sprayed with trustin food and water become like dustwhat’s the trouble drink the fluorideneurotoxin drip fed state liesmercury fillings chew on silvercrank up funny gas sugar childrenestrogen rich soybean oil boys grow boobs men are spoiledbad bad breath makes global warmingidiot check tax on carbonoh oh patient they found c wordchemicals radiation […]
Virgo Vanity #229
What are your dreams made of where do you end and I begin as if haunted mirrors of each other sing along songs drone on lost purpose vain plunder how long can barren ways last before cracking completely foundation built up on trance has time been long enough lesion lesson finally learned still winding fake […]
All Ears #228
we are all ears for fearlike some fantasy fetish gone queerfight or flight button stuck onused and abused materialist conmine field mind gone beauty blindcamouflaged blight hides in plain sightensnared focus trap caught no releaseempire prefers feeding stock on their kneeswhy Spiritualists are truly such a threatmiddle finger salute face tyranny’s netgo ahead take us […]
Say What #227
What isn’t projection make believe maya deception What can one say or do that doesn’t fill ignorant shoes What just might be possible if reality truly malleable What way to portage from here lose all inflammatory baggage dear What part can’t be play implement this yesterday What still creates fuss seek out source ditching must […]
Any Given Day #226
Spirituality an individual path confused by institutions corrupted in mass 2000 years of religion caused trauma tough wafer to swallow for souls serving honor not throwing out Heart with baptism water just never forget horrors of empire might this all be part a test who shall overcome great earth twisted mess mental materialists blind deaf […]
Knot a We #225
We not for me finally seen life as a pyre grow with the fire stand tall be real accomplish mission to feel never compromise dreams shadowy pleasures obscene happiness earned when self love is learned hardwired belief partnership for comforting childhood regrets where needs never met this pattern now mapped change time unwrap. Day Gun
As It Should Be #224
Everything is almost good Everything food for something Everything ebbs and flows Everything learns the hard way Everything wants to live Everything might catch fire Everything feels the breeze Everything likes it easy Everything part of something Everything forgets sometimes Everything knows transition Everything has a mission Everything longs for witness Everything can’t avoid endings […]
Retreat From Retreat #223
Shhh don’t say a word moving one’s lips creates projection world why bother tracking your stimulus crap in crap out hear surrounding conversations helpful understanding where abuse comes from people do what has been done to them this knowledge changes landscape of things mapping right now won’t you join me before pulling trigger retaliation anger […]
Just Yesterday #222
Crickets speak in morse code toads translate only to toad frogs fear ungrounded giants pushing motorized blades ribbit news reported one squashed one chopped dead just yesterday dogs always busy planting footie traps garden rabbit naps on cucumber mountain a phil of marmots took down building seven spotted first snow geese pointing south sand hill […]
Builders of Dreams #221
Rise before dawn proudest first rooster crow strike once on D singing bowl each day a new life some are divorced others taken as wife sobriety rules the way only game worthy of play emotional gift unwrapping business artist builders of dreams humans not beaten completely trauma seed stuck in our teeth summer season too […]
One of Service #220
Where the hell are we anyway temptation station mental cage tripping tantrums spank each other shadows surface breed down under blindly beating back the fears consistent corruption every year find freedom from toil coil while living past endless turmoil by taking time for prayer each day gratefully surrender wins and mistakes only with Spiritual connection […]