It should be available on Amazon if all goes well by January 2010. I'll send out updates as the release date approaches!

Thank you kindly.

You're pulling on the tether
I've got the necessary
vodka and 7 on ice
staring half-lidded at the sky
and there you are living it
feeling
burning

(Lawnmower purrs and coughs)
look at me I sense the urgency

Let's be dogs tonight
you say with pleading eyes
put down your cup and run with me
and you're fucking glistening in the moonlight
white on that green lawn
hunting among the shadows

You're grinning up at me
Let's be dogs and piss right here
it's our world, let it be
Please
let's run and be and free
I need to know you're with me
you said with your eyes

but I've got too many
neuronssynapsesfearsthoughts
I'm too evolved and
I'll never run with you
never be you

but already you've forgotten the question and you've got a snout all up in some other dogs shit
but that grin
those eyes
that lolling tongue is out and you say to me
let's run and
all at once its
GO

I wonder about his gait
Was he striding confidently
Head up eyes straight ahead
Or did he meander in long looping arcs
Filled with self doubt and fear

I think that he was more surprised
Than anyone
All at once
To look down and to see
The sea as blue as dreams
Splashing under his feet

And I think that he was
In that moment
Very sad and very alone
Thinking to himself
Nothing will ever be the same again

Thanks to the earth
spinning on its axis
we still don't know why
but it keeps on spinning

through ice age and warming
much to Al's chagrin
its going to keep on spinning
only god can stop it

and he seems to be busy elsewhere at the moment
if you watch the news
or listen to the radio
but Rush and Hannity say he's on our side

so there's that
guess that's why we all sleep tight
while the burning happens
right under our noses

Thanks to the sun
for continuing to shine
even though modern science
taught us you're not the center of the universe

Suprised you didn't pack up
and move on to another solar system
after that little nugget
came down from on high

but we still try to teach a little voodoo
just ask the rednecks
about intelligent design
that'll get a good one going

walk into a bar in Mobile
and strike up a conversation
about DEVILution
and that old sodomite Darwin

Thanks to the sky
guess you're just big and empty
like our heads
we got big glasses to see you better

think we thought the reasons were out there
somewhere in the deep blue
it's really black, you know
that's another trick our eyes play

we'll keep looking for the answers
while the questions elude us
we'll look to you, god
stay mute, you old rascal you

we'll look to science
quantum and math and what-not
look deep inside for the dark matter, folks
cause it's in our hearts

One day we might wise up
stop all our questions and dance
hear the music that the trees play
find ourselves in each other

but I'm not optimistic and neither is god
he's off somewhere, in a corner booth
glass filled to the brim
chuckling to himself about some melancholy truth

Time will tell if I loved you
As the violet sun stared down
Among dead weeds reaching
Impossible toward
Grey marble stretched across the zenith

Rose
I asked you that day on the swing
Who can feel the wind and not wonder
What secrets float on that sullen gale?
You just winked
and snuck some whiskey in my Coke

Rose
When I pray I dread the barren silence that follows
Even though you pointed to the words
"Look here" you said
It's all on the pages
Thin and delicate
Like the skin on your hands
Something about salvation and forgiveness escaped me as I
Swam in your cold blue eyes

What's it all for?
I pleaded
You hushed me then
Swept the high clouds aside and cradled me
Arms crossed and folded over my head

And I'm on my way
Four tires and a dream
follow the rusty signs up
I'm here for the tainted dance
here for the greasy neon
for the clandestine
the salvation
collapse

Night flows here
down into drains like wishes
Glitter woven into the sky
I'm in it for the glistening queen
in it for the blank stare
for the nicotine taste
the reflection
home

Shim-sham phonies graze inside
bombed out doorsteps and alleyways
Fat black passages into some other time
I do it for the bleeding dark
do it for the hooded curse
for the mother's lap
the execution
now

Just like that I'm up and out
glazed and shaking
seeing once, twice the grey willows
blooming in spite
the wind at my back as I speed
leaving rocket trails
next to the ramshackle wonders
of avenue a

Captured inside quiet whitewashed walls
down the block with an outline of
white picket, wrought iron
I need it for the blossoming shake
need it for the last chance
for the fading echoes
the hours
gone

Woes and wails the sirens beat
molten hands blessed with fire drip along
pock-marked sidewalks like seeded fields
I want it for the painted face
want it for the thumping heart
for the giver's grace
the collection
time

Up from the tumbling depths I reach
the end of it all entering rooms where
windows fling open to catch the moldy morning haze
I crave it for the parched soul
crave it for the billowing scream
for the wicked cold
the revelation
here

Orange blaze tinkers on the edge
of the world my flimsy clouds titter and fall
However steeled against the dread
knowing again and again I'll come
back to these murdered lights
casting shadows on the skeletons
that shamble up and back
on avenue a

I've been tinkering with a pot roast recipe that would make a poboy to rival the "debris" roast beef sandwich at R&O's - one of my favorites. I think I've come pretty close with the recipe below.

2 - 3 lb Beef Shoulder Roast
1 large head of garlic
3 large onions
5 celery ribs
1 qt. organic low-sodium beef stock
1/2 cup red wine
3 tbsp. olive oil
1 bunch Cilanto
3 Tbsp Parsley
1 dash Tabasco sauce

Rub for roast:

1 Tbsp Salt
1 Tbsp black pepper
1 Tbsp Chili powder
1 Tsp Smoked Paprika

Misc. Ingredients:

1 Tbsp cornstarch
1/2 cup water

The Method:

1. Rub the spices onto the outside of the shoulder roast and let set for 30 mins.

2. Poke a few holes all over the roast about 1/2 inch across. Peel about 8 of the garlic toes and stuff inside of the holes in the roast.

3. In a large, heavy dutch oven, heat the olive oil over high heat until shimmering. Lay in the roast and let sear for 5 - 6 minutes per side. You want to get a nice color on the outside and leave some delicious browned bits stuck to the bottom of the pot. This is going to be the base for your excellent gravy.

3. Pull the roast from the pot and set aside. Slice the onions, rough chop the rest of the garlic, chop the celery into 1/2 inch pieces and toss in the pan. Season with salt and pepper. Sweat for a few minutes over high heat.

4. Deglaze the pan with the 1/2 cup of red wine.

5. Pour in the beef stock, add the roast back to the pan on top of all the vegetables and cover.

6. Turn the heat down to med-low and braise the meat for an hour per pound. Try not to open and peek at it. Your kitchen should be smelling incredible by this point, and your neighbors are likely calling to see if they can come over. I usually just ignore them.

7. With about 15 minutes left to go, add the bunch of cilantro and parsley to the pot.

8. When done cooking, pull the roast and set aside. You'll be left with a big pot of delicious juice. Add a dash of Tabasco, turn the heat up slightly and reduce the liquid by 1/3, stirring frequently.

9. This step is optional. If you want a smooth gravy, strain the liquid through a strainer and return to the pot. I've done this both ways and prefer the bits of veggies in the sauce.

10. Mix the cornstarch with the water well, ensuring there are no lumps. Pour into the liquid and cook down until desired thickness is reached. You're going to have a dark, rich gravy and you want it fairly thick.

11. Pull the roast apart with two forks (it will fall apart at this point) and add it to the gravy in the pot. Remove from heat.

Now if you're making poboys, toast up a crusty Italian loaf (my preference) or a french loaf, slather each side with Mayo, add sliced tomatoes, pickles, shredded lettuce, then ladle a big helping of the roast / gravy mixture onto the bread. Grab seventeen napkins and get ready for the greatest roast beef poboy you've ever had.

Enjoy with an ice cold beer.