M4K1NG 4RT FR0M D3TR1TVS...

making art from detritus - 
bedazzling mundane life… that’s 
those southern gothicc futures 

M1NDS D0N'T RVST L1K3 M4CH1N3S D0...

minds don’t rust like machines do 
(but I do hack digital 
kudzu back regularly) 

S0VTH3RN G0TH1CC FVTVR1ST...

southern gothicc futurist 
saints can’t be manufactured; 
they’re born from civilized dirt 

WH3N MY B0N3S 4R3 F0SS1L1Z3D...

when my bones are fossilized, 
hope my nonsense gibberish 
still fuels the fools amongst y’all 

T33TH CR00K3D 4S 3V3R; B34RD...

teeth crooked as ever; beard 
more grey than not; but my eyes 
still got those wildfire embers 

S0VTH3RN G0TH1CC FVTVR1ST...

southern gothicc futurist 
horizons always threaten 
storms - keep a shoulder towel 

B0RN FR0M TW0 3N1GM4S, BVT...

born from two enigmas, but 
helped give birth to a trio 
of creative impulses 

TH3 SVN W1LL R1S3 T0M0RR0W...

the sun will rise tomorrow 
whether I do or not; gots 
to make the most of each day 

D1RTG0DL1N3SS S0VTH3RN TH0VGHT...

dirtgodliness southern thought 
is to keep it clean as fuck 
despite ancient appearance 

TH3Y ST1LL BV1LD PR0GR3SS, BVT 1T...

they still build progress, but it 
ain’t for all of us - just the 
high-born who can afford it 

S4Y1NG 'S4L44M' T0 MYS3LF...

saying “salaam” to myself 
while walking crooked sidewalks 
through America’s decline 

T4K1NG WH4T'S 4V41L4BL3...

taking what’s available 
and making it beautiful, 
far beyond mainstream’s forced flow 

S0VTH3RN G0TH1CC FVTVR1ST...

southern gothicc futurist 
philosophy bedazzles 
a most mundane existence 

0N D4YS WH3N TH3 SH1N3 1N MY...

on days when the shine in my 
eyes is dull, I worry that 
it might be gone forever 

TRY1NG T0 K33P 1T G0LD3N...

trying to keep it golden 
in an environment born 
to rust and wither away 

 

L34RN1NG T0 P3RF3CTLY SH00T...

learning to perfectly shoot 
threes on busted rim - born to 
lose because the game is fixed 

BR4ND N3W CHR0M3 R1MS BR1GHT3N1NG...

brand new chrome rims brightening 
up a hand-me-down beater - 
our performative thriving 

SVRV1V3 F1RST, TH3N THR1V3 1F 4T...

survive first, then thrive if at 
all possible - the two-step 
program of the truly doomed 

TH3 WR3TCH3D 0F TH3 34RTH F3D...

the wretched of the Earth fed 
their digital opiates, 
forgetting sun’s rise and set 

FR3SH D3NTS BL0SS0M 1N B4CK R04D...

fresh dents blossom in back road 
guard rails on nightly basis… 
flyover country dead ends