Monday, May 19, 2008

Pencil Stash

I play chameleon with my style, but it's your smile I'm feeling
And eyes can't spy what the soul's really seeing
Maybe they don't know a lick about the deals I believe in
Or get the inside joke on the looks I'm thieving
Baby, if I could talk a mile a minute, no mystery--stands to reason
I'd just be breathing needless b.s. into the breeze
Yet if I slow my riff, will you follow my drift
Get uplifted by the myth, or just catch a whiff of what you missed
From those smoke signal designs we weave in

(image courtesy of Anna Fleshler)

Saturday, May 03, 2008

Crossover Dream #1


Retraced repeatedly just at the surface of my subconscious
A mantra of moves visualized to a tee my handles is me
On the baseline, the rock in my right hand
Scooped forth in a sly spinning bounce from the back
But mix it up from the first step: my left foot attacks,
Swings across, slices an angle in my pivot, i'm with it
Facing away from the foul line i crouch and get mine, let
Long fingers sweep a dribble low behind my feet
I don't mind if he reach, that ball's mine i can tease
Then snap it back across my front, chest-high
In a quick, tight revolution not televised
Park prime time be gone in a flash so get wise
I'm at the rim just like that, finish nice, got that