(a past morning in the woods)
steam rises curiously into the atmosphere
from its ceramic, sea-foam dwelling
rested upon a stone-top table.
i am perched in a corner of brick.
trees and grass,
exuberant,
burst forth.
a clear wall behind,
windows opening to the outside.
how pleasant. but how strange..
i never noticed
or had forgotten.
i welcome the heat,
the sun,
the hive,
the inevitability of decay.
a crack extends and opens like a
secret-beholding hand
down the porch of my youth,
spreading and widening,
tragically beautiful.
i erase the cars
parked and passing,
the houses beside
and across the way.
i hear the birds,
see the trees impossibly high,
the pine fading in the heat.
i smell fresh coffee and mulch,
enjoy the duet,
drinking it in,
while all of this earth surrounds me
and does not give up.
some believe that tonight
the world as we know it
will end.
i believe that the world will give us no warning,
no mercy,
for we have shown it none.
though, we manipulate.
she only takes her course.
and it is her way i take as my example.
when she wills it,
without malice,
we will be the bulldozed,
the buried.
in millions of lifeless heads high hopes of heaven will finally rot
as will we,
to be elegantly churned
into the immortal dirt palace
of the earth.
a clean slate will be lain
but unlike grass from city sidewalks
we will not rise, persevering, through the cracks.
and surely it will be a most beautiful day
like today,
trees swaying carefree in the breeze.
i smile upon a whiskered voyeur of birds in the window and
bees from dreams that now buzz
around my head and
in peace
i sip and wait




for the past week i have been addicted to this:



life is groovy. thinking, outdoor hanging, fucking, eating, drinking, and being merry.

sunday i was lucky enough to see converge play in unsmoke art space in braddock, pa. it was the show of my dreams. tiny, makeshift venue, small, hardcore as fuck crowd. i always wanted my first converge show to be reminiscent of their nineties shows, but i never thought i would get the chance or that they would ever play a show like this again simply due to the level they have reached over the years. they put on an absolutely incredible and unforgettable show. i can die happy. i found some really great photos from the show that someone took here if you are interested.

this one is my personal favorite, for it involves jacob bannon as well as my dude.


well,
sinking into the hot summer night i go.
farewell my sweet baby love rays.

<3 Rexx