L34RN1NG T0 L0V3 MYS3LF W4S...

learning to love myself was 
hardest lesson learned, but I 
think I’ve finally got it 

FR0M TH3 WR3CK4G3 0F TH3S3 GR34T...

from the wreckage of these great 
American myths, many 
wild chaos monkeys emerge 

TH0VGH TH3 PSYCH1C B0VND4R13S...

though the psychic boundaries 
were clearly marked, I somehow 
stumbled my way to better 

B34MS FR0M TH3 0VTS1D3 W0RLD...

beams from the outside world 
promised adventure to a 
young nowhere larval dirtgod 

L1F3L0NG JVGGL3RS R3C0GN1Z3...

lifelong jugglers recognize 
it’s nigh impossible to 
successfully hand balls off 

STVDY1NG TH3 W0RLDS 1NS1D3...

studying the worlds inside 
wires too hard, we lose sight of 
the moon itself, mapping paths 

4TT3MPT1NG T0 B34VT1FY...

attempting to beautify 
life by scattering wild arts 
as easy as possible 

4TT4CK1NG 34CH D4Y W1TH 4...

attacking each day with a 
stubborn simplicity, since 
shit’s too damned complicated 

1T'S N0TH1NG T0 DR1V3 S3V3N...

it’s nothing to drive seven 
states away, just to see a 
certain face for half an hour 

34RLY L1F3 BVRN0VTS L34RN3D M3...

early life burnouts learned me 
which paths allowed best traction 
for doing dirtgod nonsense 

N3V3R W4S M34NT T0 C0LL3CT...

never was meant to collect 
dust, but sometimes your wheels stop 
spinning and don’t start again 

B0TH 4 BL3SS1NG 4ND 4 CVRS3...

both a blessing and a curse 
being born to lose… few folks 
remember the hardly known 

3V3N TH0VGH TH3Y'V3 M4PP3D 0VT WH0L3...

even though they’ve mapped out whole 
world, if properly dwelling 
in shadows, you’ll stay unknown 

C0M1NG FR0M S0VTHS1D3 SCRVB P1N3...

coming from southside scrub pine 
existence, steeped in greater 
Appalachian tendencies 

BL3W WH3R3 W1NDS 0F CH40T1C...

blew where winds of chaotic 
good took me, thus landed in 
perfectly imperfect place 

R1D TH3 S4M3 R04D F0R N34RLY...

rid the same road for nearly 
two decades, but Earth shifted - 
signaling time to move on 

G0T THR33 CH1LDR3N H4LF-F1LL3D W1TH...

got three children half-filled with 
my genes, each blessed with better 
sense than myself already 

W00DS D0NE F3LT B3TT3R TH4N W1R3S...

woods done felt better than wires 
my whole life… disappearing 
down to the creek for decades 

C0VNTRY B0Y RVR4L S0VTH3RN...

country boy rural southern 
life teaches callousness - thank 
god for better sense grandmas 

TH3 34RTH 1S TH1CK W1TH 0PT10NS...

the Earth is thick with options - 
unlimited paths even 
after beard’s gotten greyer