Red Tin Noodles

Bent conundrums plague those who abhor all broken lines. Some think that the smallest curves deserve the biggest fines. Run it off the page and you could spend your life in jail. Straightness is the … Read more

The medical bounty hunters are closing in on me. I insist there’s nothing wrong, but they say that can’t be. A man is made of sicknesses, there’s no such thing as well. They’ll keep me … Read more

Death will find me friendless and alone, chewing on my conscience like a bone. Those I tossed aside will wave to me, all together, from a boat at sea. While the dead ignore me, underground, … Read more

Oh, the work force down in Labor Town went off to seek their fortune. In mills and stills and mining hills, the summer sun was scorchin.’ When hope ran dry, they turned their eye back toward … Read more

AI has brought you back into our dream. We’ll kiss your robot face until you scream. It’s the only thing of measure to resemble former pleasure. It takes a village, or, in this case, team. … Read more

We used to believe in The Clash. But now we accumulate trash. It seems life turned into a bummer when we lost our punk god, Joe Strummer. Their first album changed the seventies musical diet. “London’s … Read more

Strobe light punks and cordial drunks amass in the heart of the square. The triangle boys bring rectangle toys and the bone kids don’t know what to wear. Somewhere crazed youth might fall from the trees … Read more

Eyeless in Gaza was playing as rockets rained down. Screams of the mothers and babies just could not be drowned. Buildings were bombed before they could evacuate. Even with warnings, it’s always too little, too … Read more

Depleted idols, shorn subtitles, fading vitals rudely reappear. Undermined by their kind, loveless, blind, unwound of mind, their outlines are not clear. Relinquishing the pace, the human race may lack the tact of moral grace. … Read more

I’m starting up another sleepless streak, continuing this wild, untethered week. At times it all seems well, at others bleak. It’s like a slo-mo fall from off my peak. Perhaps I should be grateful for … Read more

Look out up above, dude, it’s the falling Chinese rocket! It’s gotta land somewhere, but they don’t know how to clock it. It could crash in New York, L.A., Rio or Beijing. It’s twenty tons, … Read more

Therapy dogs solved my problem. I used to be an angry cat. After just a couple sessions, I forgot about all that. Now I jump and play outside, and roll around in dirt. Therapy dogs … Read more

In June I’ll have a different attitude. I’ll float above the lanes just like The Dude. I’ll take the doc’s advice, and try to be real nice, and cut way down on time in which … Read more

I am tending now toward broken, not a good sign for antiques. I’m full of bumps and spots and dots, and some assorted leaks. Joints are aching, locking, popping, not unlike a dance. Appropriate in ballrooms, … Read more

Evolving through decades of panic in chariots metal, gas powered and manic. Revolving through rotaries and underpasses, screaming profanities out at the masses. Paying for fuel, often waiting in lines. Driving too fast and then paying the … Read more

The fool on the hill has been sent down south. No longer need we hear the swill from his mouth. He still dreams of power, still rants and commands. But, as of this hour, it’s … Read more

Sobriety binge will leave you unhinged. It’ll teetotal all of your sums. Your pals will be way out there chomping on stars, but you’ll just be left with the crumbs. A brain tires out by … Read more

I am not a mountain, I whispered to an ant who’d climbed my shadow. My right arm was a drawbridge back to nature you won’t see on Rachel Maddow. But ants will not be waylaid, … Read more

Mystery drones and space debris. That stuff doesn’t interest me. Lil Nas X coming out is what it is all about. Kim Jong’s missiles may concern, until Mighty Ducks return. New Holmes entry on Netflix … Read more