CL1MB1NG 1M4G1N4RY...

climbing imaginary 
ladders of wealth, but hoping 
nature reclaims dominion 

SYMB0L0GY P3RV3RT3D...

symbology perverted 
by predators renders it 
impotent of implied truth 

TH3 LVR1D M3NT4L1TY...

the lurid mentality 
of my youth has long faded, 
but I’m wild in other ways 

R1CH3S 4LW4YS D4NGL1NG JVST...

riches always dangling just 
beyond my reach; like a mark, 
I sit, waiting for windfall 

TH3 0VTL4W J4CK 0F D14M0NDS...

the outlaw jack of diamonds 
has always been my hole card, 
one I wholly comprehend 

N4V1G4T1NG W0RLD FVLL 0F...

navigating world full of 
life toys, who never learned how 
to be halfway functional 

SL1P SL1D1NG 4L0NG TH3 L0NG...

slip sliding along the long 
way around Easy Street’s flock 
of judgmental normalcy 

B34VTY 1N TH3 R4ND0MN3SS...

beauty in the randomness 
of it all - embracing the 
thickness of chaos theory 

F1ND1NG F00T P4THS THR0VGH W4ST3L4NDS...

finding foot paths through wastelands 
way faster than what pocket 
computers try to tell me 

JVST 4N0TH3R GL0R1F13D...

just another glorified 
jobber laying down when told, 
hoping not to upset marks 

TH3 R04D G03S 0N F0R3V3R...

the road goes on forever 
and the party never ends... 
until life blows out a tire 

C0VNTRY ST0R3 P4RK1NG L0T FVLL...

country store parking lot full 
of human buzzing on a 
just got paid Friday evening 

PR1V4T3 PR0P3RTY S1GNS 41N'T...

private property signs ain’t 
got much bearing on how I 
direct my wild energy 

4 WH1RL1G1G SVN D14L...

a whirligig sun dial 
sittin’ sideways, appalled walls 
was built all eight directions 

RVGG3D, R4GG3D SVNFL0W3R...

rugged, ragged sunflower 
of a man, standing taller 
than anyone expected 

TH3 D3V1L T34S3S VS W1TH...

the devil teases us with 
dreams lit with an unreal shine... 
my twinkle is stained by smoke 

3NT4NGL3D 1N V4R10VS...

entangled in various 
madnesses, hoping to build 
beauty out of my damned mess 

TH3 R34P3R'S BL4D3 C0M3S F0R 4LL...

the reaper’s blade comes for all 
our throats one day... still gotta 
keep pecking for happiness 

F1RST B0RN KN4V3 0F 4 S0VTHS1D3...

firstborn knave of a southside 
suicide king who wandered 
off to death far too early 

SVM4C B3RR13S V0LVNT33R...

sumac berries volunteer 
to watch over old hotel 
full of abandoned vagrants