double back demon

the demon

walks up the street

rattles the gate

looks for loose fence boards

all secure

moves on

looking back 

a few times

the tired monk sweeps

watches the road

he's back 

same demon

different hat

different hoodie

walking in slow

from the other direction

the tired monk sweeps

watches the road

the demon curses

peace

once upon a time

the tired monk was not tired

   knew peace

no anxiety attack hangovers

drenched in cortisol and liquor

just riding a cheap BMX bike 

down cow trails

my dog keeping pace

deep tree solitude.

no internet

no "smart" phone

no "social" media

no government work...

need to focus...or not focus

breathe 

at times just think nothing

a monk of do nothing

backyard Kerouac

guitar chords

pushing through 

frosty Hemlock boughs.

 - this one is a mess...but it was written over two days, in two very different states of mind.

Peace.

some animals

moose family

breaking from the trees

down the icy slope

through lashing snow

to the one open creek

drink deep

wild turkey flock gathers

fly up one by one

filling field edge trees

as the sun sets

Coyote...wolf...?

not sure...he's big.

lifts his head 

like any farm dog

smelling the west wind

deer stays put

huddled up 

in thick pine boughs

story

 tell me a story

 - a true one

sure, embellish it a bit please

but keep it rooted down deep

in authentic moments

I'm done with tattered tales

pulling out of threadbare seams

binder twine and wires won't do

no more of "the narrative"

just a narrative

for this old tired monk

"social" media meditation

they got their knives out

slashing clever tweets 

of nasty nasty discord

the whole platform

is a wood splitting maul

a vicious cold metal wedge

trees fall

logs split

frozen splinters fly

all over illuminated screens

Cheyenne

I'm not even here.

I'm in Cheyenne Wyoming

 well not far from there

here is chaos

lies, blood on the floor

I'm out in a mountain pass

dusting of snow

horses in the distance

here is entropy

boarded up windows

dust

coffee boils over a campfire

an elk jumps over 

a semi frozen stream

here is neglect

a broken guitar in the corner

shards of glass

Cheyenne

Cheyenne

Cheyenne...

carpentry

thick carpentry textbooks

15 in total

dusty

stack of seven

stack of eight

the perfect angle 

to prop youtube projector