The Madness Of

2009-10-16T00:18:00.000-07:00

t.m.o

2009-10-08T00:10:00.001-07:00

endmad
ness
of
the
end

2009-10-08T00:09:00.001-07:00

The end of this madness?
Perhaps.

2009-10-01T23:34:00.000-07:00

the madness of the moon plumping up

2009-10-01T00:27:00.000-07:00

zombie madness feasts on the sleep
of the weary.
the madness of zombie
madness

2009-09-28T00:52:00.000-07:00

never no madness
of nothing.
never no nothing.
never.
it's always something.

2009-09-25T01:21:00.000-07:00

the madness of the dog
that asked in quite plain english
for a cup of coffee,
and the car (a morris minor)
that drove itself around;
both bits of exquisite madness
in last night's dream...

2009-09-25T01:05:00.000-07:00

the madness
of the ashes
falling
from the september skies.

2009-09-20T02:10:00.000-07:00

we regret to inform you that the madness of it all
is simply too maddening at this hour.
take Ursa Major, for instance.
mad mad stars.
mad delight.

2009-09-20T02:08:00.001-07:00

madness.

2009-09-19T13:03:00.000-07:00

Mad cat, mad big gray cat, mad long haired mangy cat, mad cat crying for more food

2009-09-08T00:55:00.000-07:00

mad cat scratching

2009-09-04T00:58:00.000-07:00

moon over madness...
moon overhead....
madness over
head...
madmoonmad...
a sublime madness.

2009-08-30T01:18:00.000-07:00

Madness?
Madness?
I DON'T GOT TO SHOW YOU
NO STINKIN' MADNESS!

2009-08-05T23:57:00.000-07:00

the moonness
of the
mad.
go forth into this night
of shadows where the creatures
of the moonlight miles
stalk our dreams/
the heavens are
watching us.
the eye is full.
we are the madness;
hitchhikers of the void.
mad mad mad.
ha ha ha...

2009-07-30T01:01:00.000-07:00

106 degrees
of madness.
the mind
melts.

2009-07-09T22:53:00.000-07:00

feel the madness;
be the madness.
ssendam.
ssendam.
ssendam.

2009-07-02T00:42:00.000-07:00

the madness of exploding fireworks
ripping the july midnight asunder.
the madness of how americans celebrate
their independence.
the madness of those of us that don't.

2009-06-26T00:16:00.000-07:00

The madness of
THE MOSQUITOES!

2009-06-21T23:57:00.000-07:00

the madness of
solstice on ice.
long shadows
dancing in the wind.
the madness of the seasons
as they slip on by...

2009-06-19T00:32:00.000-07:00

the madness
of tick tock
tick tock
tick
tock tick
tock
tick

2009-06-04T01:18:00.000-07:00

the madness of thundering
temple roofs;
the madness of lightning
unzipping
the night.
warm rain and wind
on the ride from
here to
there....

2009-05-29T00:03:00.000-07:00

the madness of the man in the moon.
madness is the moon
man,
in the madness
of the dream
the airplane was going down;
the guy across the aisle from me shouted
"WE'RE GONNA DIE! PREPARE YOURSELF!"
i went to that last place in my mind:
madness.
we landed safely.
the next night,
i fell out of the universe,
floated feet first towards earth.
it was madness,
but it was o.k. and felt good.
the sky was silver black
and thick.

2009-05-21T00:20:00.000-07:00

The madness
of...............

2009-05-08T00:23:00.000-07:00

The madness of pigs in Pontiacs
cruising up and down the avenues of the world.
THE SWINE!

2009-04-30T01:07:00.000-07:00

The madness of Scamitalism.
Tis a mad mad pyramid of scams,
and it's mighty hard on the old back
here at the bottom...
Welcome to The Madness Of Scamalot!

2009-04-23T00:00:00.000-07:00

ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma mmmmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddnnnnnnnnnnnnesssssssssssssss.
How's your madness?
Aliens interrupted this madness to abduct the entire human race for experiments in the nature of absurdity.
Sounds absurd, I know, but there you have it my fellow lab rats.

2009-04-17T00:05:00.000-07:00

The madness of the sheer joy and relief experienced when the "marching moron" hip hop blasting loud loud LOUD bad bad neighbors moved out two days ago after FIFTEEN godamned years of their brand of madness.
Sayonara white trash! Good luck to your new neighbors, wherever they are.

2009-04-10T00:34:00.000-07:00

The madness of my madness is the madness of some madness going mad in the mind of the mad dreamer who is dreaming this whole mad thing.
I could sure go for the madness of some good quality sleep.
It was the madness of those damn jack hammers going off at 7:30 that did it.
"dat dat dat dat dat - dat dat dat dat dat" - etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc...

2009-03-23T01:20:00.000-07:00

The madness of the bailout.
WHERE'S MY BONUS?

2009-03-05T00:08:00.000-08:00

The madness of turning 60!
The madness of having not been able to trust yourself for thirty years!

2009-02-18T23:13:00.000-08:00

The madness of this bad back.
Madness!

2009-02-13T00:43:00.000-08:00

The madness of weird mortuary dreams featuring Zsa Zsa Gabor look-alike and parental ashes.
The madness of friday the 13th which means split-shift graveyard for this old zombie: is that luck or what? i hesitate to say....

2009-02-04T23:57:00.000-08:00

The madness of stimulating an economy.
BUY TWO OF EVERYTHING !
And for heaven's sake, if you can't stimulate the economy,
please, at least stimulate yourself, twice.
It's the least you can do for America.

2009-01-22T00:14:00.000-08:00

The madness of those crazy goofy wacky INSANE capitalists who are more than willing to drag us all down into the abyss rather that give up one ounce of their precious gold.
My oh my, what a disturbing breed they are!
MAD MAD BASTARDS ALL!

2009-01-08T23:41:00.000-08:00

the madness of
madness

2008-12-19T00:54:00.000-08:00

The madness of dem old cold bones
rattling in the frozen
icy night

2008-12-05T00:35:00.000-08:00

The madness of Jack Frost tonight
frolicking through the winter garden.
The madness of this late hour
and the madness of "back to work"
on the elongated graveyard shift manana.
The madness of the ghosts in the cold thick fog
beseeching the gods
who could care less.

2008-11-27T00:41:00.000-08:00

THE MADNESS OF ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM CHINA.

2008-11-27T00:34:00.000-08:00

The madness of way gone brother Fritzi standing tall and musically adventurous in high walled electronic studio color melting collaged in last night's dream. Why would we say to him "yes, this crazy piano is fantastic, but if you want to make any dough you might have to compose for weddings"? Very perplexing, seeing as he is dead and obviously happy as a clam doing wild music - but then, the madness of the thought that you still are required to earn a living when you're dead! NO! NO! NO! It can't be so! No rent in heaven, please!

2008-11-13T23:35:00.000-08:00

The madness of Novembular moons,
midnight winds and shredded clouds
racing across the belt of orion.

2008-11-08T23:43:00.000-08:00

The sweet madness of flaming orange and gold
and firey red and cool mist and fresh rain falling
to wash the bitter madness away
and signs of democracy
coming back to life.

2008-10-30T00:20:00.000-07:00

The madness of employers who don't understand the meaning of "cost of living" adjustments to wages, even when you spell it out to them.
MADDENING!

2008-10-19T00:32:00.000-07:00

Madness, the of

2008-10-09T23:34:00.000-07:00

THE MADNESS OF THE VOID.

2008-10-05T23:54:00.000-07:00

the sweet sweet madness of autumn leaves tumbling down in October rains.
the sweet sweet madness of the last peppers picked.
the sweet sweet madness of that dream about the naked lady.
the sweet sweet madness of a rare sunday off from the madness of temple of wages.

2008-10-03T00:31:00.000-07:00

The madness of debates.
Debating the madness of shameless lies.
The Wall Street scam is in full flower.
WHAT A BUNCH OF CROOKS!
The real story of the bailout is found between the lines. Fat cats scrambling to protect their hordes.
But patriotic crooks, I'm sure.
Sarah Palin is a crook.
She attempts to steal votes by bullshitting. And oh yes, it was her superhero, Ronald Reagan who brought us the deregulation that is causing the economic problems now - Clinton (Bill) did his share to move the deregulation along in '98... sad but true... one might want to take a closer listen to Ralph Nader these days, although I will vote for the dems because fewer people will suffer....

So what else is new?

The madness of her demented evangelical brain.
Is she pregnant again?

2008-09-25T23:57:00.000-07:00

Bailing out of this madness.
But look, they have a 700 billion dollar parachute!
Ah, a gentle landing for the poor fellows.
It calms the worried mind to know that the rich
are looking out for the rich by trying to scare the living daylights
out of the little people.
The madness of being the frightened little people.
And while we're at it, the madness of Chinese milk products.
Connect the dots:
win an off-shore bank account of your very own!

2008-09-24T23:45:00.000-07:00

The madness of sleeping with your sneakers on, just in case there's a run on the banks

2008-09-22T22:19:00.000-07:00

The Madness of government institutions bowing to the corporate will in complete obedience to do as I say or else with the people's money for huge bailouts of private entities that do not represent us but rob us of our tax dollars and throw others out of their homes and deny us health coverage. The madness of corporate fascism is here, folks.

2008-09-22T00:22:00.000-07:00

Madness Maximus here.
Be kind to a bank.
Send them money.
Especially the presidents of the banks.
It's what freedom is all about.
(the madness of freedom, that is)

2008-09-17T23:44:00.000-07:00

The INCREDIBLE madness of Wall Street.
It is quite obvious to me that I must become so large an entity that the government simply cannot afford to not bail me out. I will from this day forward endeavor to become larger and larger by the minute. You, the friendly taxpayer, will gladly, with a song in you voice and a smile on your face, foot the bill for bailing me out of any miscalculation that I might make in my headlong rush to amass vast quantities of money. I Thank you in advance for the madness of your cooperation in my times of financial tribulations.
Beat the rush and send me cash in advance of my difficulties.
And of course,
THE MADNESS OF THAT DAMNED LITTLE YAPPING DOG THAT IS LET LOOSE BEHIND US EVERY MORNING FAR TOO EARLY TO "YAP YAP YAP".
Over and out.

2008-09-11T01:05:00.000-07:00

MADNESS MADNESS MADNESS.
It's as simple as that.
Here,
there,
and everywhere.

2008-09-03T20:29:00.000-07:00

The Madness of Republicans cheering in the coliseum
like Roman gladiators with blood drooling from their tongues,
spouting the same old rhetoric about
the right to life and the evils of abortion
boasting for more drilling of oil and calling it independence,
raising their arms in the air like bombs ready to explode
and destroy the rest of the world.

2008-08-27T23:28:00.000-07:00

THE MADNESS OF THE MADNESS OF
THE MADNESS OF THE MADNESS.
The madness of the moth
flinging itself against the light bulb in the studio.
It's us.

2008-08-21T18:21:00.000-07:00

The madness of big airlines in control of your life and destiny
restricting you from making a change of when to leave or arrive
The madness of search and seizure for anything that may be
a post 9-11 terror tool to take down a plane like a fingernail clippers or
file or scissors or a small bottle of shampoo or a tube of toothpaste or sunblock,
I've had it all confiscated before because of my refusal to follow their stupid rules.
The only thing I fear is the price of fares going up and all the penalty fees and extra charges added on just to check a piece of luggage.
And then I wonder if I'll see mine when I get off the plane or will it be missing when the rest of the passengers luggage comes down the conveyor belt?
Don't bring your own water bottle of good filtered water straight from your own tap because it too will be confiscated. They got one of mine.
Pass through each checkpoint and remove your shoes and empty your pockets and raise your arms up and spread your legs apart while they run the scanner up and down you from head to toe to see if you might be carrying a dangerous weapon or any such device that will be considered a threat to national security.
I've got a copy of Kurt Vonnegut's A Man Without a Country.
They will surely see that as a threat no doubt.
Any book or pamphlet or printout stating the real facts and telling the truth will be considered a threat to national security and you will be yanked out of line and held for questioning and interrogations afterwards and will have missed your flight.
Any piece of literature that questions the motives and actions of your own country will be considered dangerous material and you could be one of them even though you don't wear a mask.
The madness of it all just to get to Montana to see a cousin
who I shared better times with before all this came down and
a 90 year old aunt and uncle who grew up with the Model T and raised horses on the high plains.
I would choose to drive there but gas is high and i'm getting old and my eyesight ain't what it used to be and time is of the essence.
The madness goes on.

2008-08-15T01:28:00.000-07:00

The madness of sweltering heat in Noise City.
"Arf arf, bow WOW!"
yes, it's the dog daze of August here in the heart of N.C.
where blaring music from the roofers and hammers and saws from the
carpenters and the sirens and the yelling keep things lively here.
No, never a dull moment in old Noise City.
THE SKY IS MELTING!
No wait, that's just my eyeballs sweating....

2008-08-07T23:38:00.000-07:00

Oh yes, the continuing madness of NOISE CITY,,,,
A saga of the decibel dimension.
Deja vu fireworks exploding down the street;
The gung ho home improvement guy behind us hammering away at 9:30 p.m.:
Hip hop blast off imminent at any time.
So it goes in the hard, mean streets of NOISE CITY...

2008-07-24T18:54:00.000-07:00

madness be:
going from whoreville to International Prostitution ...
slut to the all-American dream
and the all-mighty greenback that worth at least a dime nowdays
wishing
but forgetting what it is to dream ...

2008-07-24T00:20:00.000-07:00

The madness of dragonflies.
Exquisite madness!

2008-07-16T22:37:00.000-07:00

FOURTH OF JULY FLASHBACK

BOOM BOOM BOOM BANG
CRACK WACK POP FIZZ
SIZZLE WHIZZ
KABOOOM!!!!!!!!!

And then it is quiet for a few milaseconds
until the next explosion.

Sleep tonight is totally out
of the question.

Hey where's your patriotic spirit anyway?

Who said I was ever patriotic anyway as far
as patriotism is defined in our country's
distorted perception of things?

2008-07-09T23:59:00.000-07:00

The madness of mad dogs and Englishmen as they venture out into the noon day sun.
The madness of the sun scorching afternoon
and the gardens begging for a drink.
The madness of heat waves and thick hot air.
The madness of fitful stuffy sleep and dreams of bizarre economic formulas.

2008-07-04T01:22:00.000-07:00

THE MADNESS OF BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
as the cherry bombs and other patriotic explosives
attack the night.
The dogs and cats, and the wild urban critters run and hide from it all; I join them, but it is to no avail, as
THE MADNESS OF BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! follows us everywhere tonight.
The celebration of NOISE and drunkenness has begun as Amerikans salute their freedom with a beer and a firecracker.
Beware, all creatures of a gentle nature; tis a day and night ahead that will sorely test your spirit.

2008-07-03T01:12:00.000-07:00

THE MADNESS OF NOISE CITY.
Welcome to NOISE CITY,
where NOISE is the way of life.
LET'S HEAR IT NOW!
Ah, NOISE! NOISE! NOISE!
How sweet it is to live in NOISE CITY.
What's that you say? You'll have to speak up;
I can't hear you!

2008-06-26T01:34:00.000-07:00

The madness of my attempts to compete in the olympic trials in the 100 meter toilet flush.
The madness of the traffic around town.
The madness of the hype.

2008-06-24T19:10:00.000-07:00

the madness of forms
pages upon pages
written in some legalese language yet to be deciphered
to be filled in -in duplicate
notarized
and forever binding

2008-06-19T00:43:00.000-07:00

The madness of the unexpected.
Sometimes simply divine,
sometimes dastardly diabolical.
We are the targets.

2008-06-14T23:43:00.000-07:00

THE SUN IS OUT
AND THE LUNATICS
OF NOISE
ARE ALL ABOUT

2008-06-11T12:31:00.000-07:00

THE MADNESS OF INERTIA.
GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO

2008-05-31T22:14:00.000-07:00

The noise of the corporate media
feeding us more lies
the noise of gunshots and sirens
wailing and screaming in the night
and the noise of combustible engines
running out of fuel, gasping
in mechanical cries,
choking the air full of
too much noise already

2008-05-29T00:36:00.000-07:00

THE MADNESS OF
ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING.
I find myself in an inclusive mood tonight.

2008-05-22T01:17:00.000-07:00

NOISE!
the madness of.
The madness of this insane asylum where the inmates job is to make noise; lots and lots of noise. And the inmates are good at this job.

2008-05-09T00:05:00.000-07:00

The madness of.
The madness of.
The madness of hip hop HELL!
Of course it has its place,
but not in my ears, PLEASE!
I'm cut from a different cloth;
my sensibilities are diametrically opposed.
I don't care what they put in their brains via their ears, but please leave my ears out of it!
The madness of this culture going down down down the drain. Swoooooosh....
Ah yes, spoken like a true curmudgeon: I ADMIT IT. Gladly.
We have seen clearly what the madness of NOISE and brute force have wrought upon the varied beings of this wee planet. And yet, the humans proceed full speed ahead with more NOISE and brute force. Lemmings. Idiots. Suicidal freaks. Inmates of the insane asylum of the milky way.
Crank it up! FASTER! LOUDER! FASTER! LOUDER! FASTER!
WE ARE THE ASTEROID!
behold our impact...

2008-05-07T23:45:00.000-07:00

The madness of the politicians and the madness of their promises and declarations of righteousness.
Old enough now to have seen and heard this madness way too many times. The forked tongues and the gilded lilies.
It's a contact sport without much contact with the real issues that loom heavily over our fragile earthly domain.
"HOO RAY for my candidate! And damn the rest" - It's damn maddening.
and the price of rice just went up
again...
As usual, i will be casting my vote for the one under whose "leadership" fewer will suffer. No illusions of real and profound progressive change. Getting too long in the tooth, and too jaded for those kinds of empty hopes....
amen

2008-04-24T22:12:00.000-07:00

The madness of the ship going down with madmen and tyrants intoxicated with power manning the controls and all the passengers on board trying to stop it as the glaciers melt and the ice caps disappear and civilizations go under, the captain and his crew at the wheel steering into the inevitable storm brewing on the high seas with their gun sights aimed at the next island of gold and treasures, soon it will be all over.

2008-04-23T23:30:00.000-07:00

The madness of memories in the moonlight.
Memories of the madness.
The madness of the moon.
SHINE ON!

2008-04-17T23:49:00.000-07:00

The madness of each and every molecule comingling in this gaseous vapor that surrounds the great void.

2008-04-13T16:52:00.000-07:00

MADNESS:
i is part of it. Madness comes from waiting for information, for decisions to be made (and to made public) that are relevant to you, your future, your life. Information is a precious commodity, and big BIZ knows not to give away anything, even if it's worthless, but if it really is precious - ain't no way that stuff is getting out for nothing. But the madness is not limited to the waiting, rather the expecting to hear, the Expectation that never seems to come.
MADNESS:
i is part of it. and you are too, you just may not know it yet. and there is more Madness when that reality hits, and you wonder how the hell did you miss it, when it was really so obvious. You missed it because you wanted to believe in the right thing, in the goodness and honesty of people. However, that sort of crap doesn't apply to the big BIZ boys ... welcome. The door is open and you have entered into
THE MADNESS ....

-zk

2008-04-10T00:33:00.000-07:00

The madness of BABIES WHO HAVE BABIES!
In this case, it's the madness of homeless folks who have more babies; specifically, homeless teenage breeders. It may sound harsh to some, but my mantra in this regard is "MANDATORY BIRTH CONTROL!"
Gees, will the cycle ever be broken? I have my doubts, and every year at this time, those doubts are not dissuaded one iota.
It's the madness of homeless family camp out at The Temple Of Wages.
I say, yes, give them shelter, but please give them condoms and a little sound advice, even if it is not mandatory (although, the madness of it is, that without the "mandatory" part, it doesn't go very far)....
It is heartbreaking to witness the little kids and their inept "parents" who can barely deal with the situation they find themselves in; the result the old hormone stampede and no common sense.
Go ahead, copulate, but PLEASE, please don't populate. Enough is ENOUGH already!

2008-03-29T20:03:00.000-07:00

so ya wanna know about madness? i'll tell you it be that you find yerself wanting to believe this Bozo-crap coming out of them closed doors of BIG American business. Wanting and actually starting to believe. This is the worst madness of all... the starting to believe, because something deep down in yer ugly guts knows the kick in the balls is just a heartbeat away, even if ya don't see it coming just yet.

zk

Mere Madness

2008-03-25T22:43:00.000-07:00

MADNESS SPRINGS ETERNAL!
Eternal madness.
Madness, eternal.
Spring's madness.
On the ride home from work late last night the madness of a hoot owl high in a cedar tree
on 12th avenue.
RODENTS' BEWARE!

seasonal equality

2008-03-20T00:33:00.000-07:00

The sweet sweet madness of the vernal equinox bursting forth in the blossoming cherry and plum trees... the madness of the promises of spring as it sets about warming our cold and weary winter bones. The madness of a culture that manages to ignore this cosmic phenomenon, opting to change the channel to American Idol. Such perverse priorities!
I vote for THE MADNESS OF SPRING! Oh glorious spring. Sexy spring!
I am giddy with its sensuality, mainly because i happen to have the day of the equinox off this year. Otherwise, i would be grumbling about the usual B.S. at the temples.
BUT WAIT: what's that i hear coming down the path? Yes, tis the madness of Easter, and the madness of the littered aftermath scattered helter-skelter throughout The Temple Of Wages.. perhaps it's all cleverly designed to keep me from getting just too damned giddy.
I will defiantly rejoice in the madness of the equinox.
What the hell....

2008-03-16T18:34:00.000-07:00

The madness of chocolate Newman bars that I’m addicted to just like popcorn and corn chips

The madness of tropical mosquitoes carrying dengue fever and West Nile Virus

And the madness of polar bears swimming in deep waters trying to reach the last shelf of ice that’s starting to break away

The madness of the moon rising and receding behind the storm clouds

The madness of women and sex and no sex but too many women to chose from until there are no choices left

The madness of back roads going nowhere special and too many highways and freeways all going to the same places

The madness of going back home to a place that’s not really home and never has been

2008-03-16T18:14:00.000-07:00

madness - i tells you it's manuals that are as clear as mud. it's directions that seem to be missing a step (or two) at critical points. it's the order form that doesn't have an address, only a website ....

madness - it's no quality control at the factory. it's salesmen that do not know what they are selling. it's the sale, money in and who cares if the customer comes back.

madness - it's trying to do something right and not knowing the exact steps .... so it gets done three or four times before it gets right - mostly by accident.

zk

2008-03-14T00:03:00.000-07:00

The madness of that dream about the baseball player (shortstop) who chased the ground ball into the ocean, which was short center field, hit his head on a rock and died.The runner was safe.

2008-03-12T23:16:00.000-07:00

Oh yes, the madness of the city bureaucracy, that in the end treats you like an uncomfortable corn on the foot of their plans. They just want you to "GO AWAY, and don't bother us anymore! Can't you see we're busy here eating donuts?"
The madness of our attempts to get a wee bit of justice out of "the system".
HA! That was madness!!!! Our futile madness.
The madness of people who should be ashamed of themselves, but who instead take some sort of twisted pleasure in causing other people discomfort.
Yes, the crazy madness of our discomfort, and of their utter shamelessness.
The madness of neighbors.

2008-03-07T01:01:00.000-08:00

The madness of 59 orbits and who knows how many more to come..
The exalting madness of the first asparagus popping up in the march garden..
The madness of each and every moment that passes...

2008-03-03T23:24:00.000-08:00

the madness of thousands of GMO corn fields in the Midwest
which supply the nation's fast food chains and junk food
industries
the madness of corn fed cattle penned up in feed lots
and the obesity of Americans raised on a diet of fat and starch
and the madness of the billions of gallons of fuel consumed
to produce the monoculture crop of unedible kernels of synthetic crap
while starvation continues in the millions around the world
the madness of corn and more corn that is not even corn but some
frankensteinian creation from the chemical labs that resist
pesticides where no living organism like a worm or bug can live
and the madness of the chemical runoff into the rivers and waterways
and more corn for high fructose corn sweeteners for sodas and fast food burgers
to consume on a daily basis to grow fatter and fatter until we explode
like a huge balloon of shit in the pants capitalism

2008-03-02T11:07:00.000-08:00

THE MADNESS OF OVER-RIPE BANANAS!

2008-02-29T00:40:00.000-08:00

The madness of places where you do not belong.
The alluring, toxic madness of new car smell.

In memorium

2008-02-28T01:34:00.000-08:00

The madness of beloved friend and artistic cohort Fritz who blesst the void this week.
The madness of the pain and suffering that haunted him lo these many years.
The madness of his bent and twisted back that tortured his spine and muscle.
The madness of his tenuous grip on the reality of this world as his ailing body devoured his mind and spirit.
The sweet madness of the memories I carry with me of his great creativity and insight into the madness of the human condition.
The amazing madness of his creative abandon, and appreciation for the bizarreness of this all-too-often crazy world we live in.
The madness of last conversations with him, a ghost; a defeated ghost.
The incredible madness of his portrayal of "Dr. Hans Groper" for the camera in the short film "Camera Surgery".
The madness of my inability to save him from himself.
The madness of the love we will always feel for Brother Fritz as his molecules rearrange themselves and his spirit blesses the void.
The madness of it all....

2008-02-22T20:34:00.000-08:00

The madness of mega big box chain store mania before Christmas
And the madness of Jingle Bells and Oh What Fun it is to ride

Ride ride ride out this madness out to the far fringes of the four dimensional universe where time stops and time never begins

The madness of dark clouds rolling in burying the sunlight when the days are too short but long cold and wet

The madness of cappuccinos and Mexican mochas and vanilla and chocolate lattes and sleek shiny new compacts and big SUVS

The madness of gift cards from Starbucks, Borders, Target and Home Depot

The madness of two days out of the year of good cheer and Silent Night and Away In The Manger when everything appears warm and friendly, generous and full of good hearts and compassion

The madness of Santa Claus hanging from the cross with a sign that says
Santa Claus died for your Master Card

And what ever became of Jesus anyway

2008-02-21T23:40:00.000-08:00

The madness of car salesmen, especially ones named "Chik".
This guy was born to be a car salesman. Nothing else.
The madness of internal combustion engines and the madness of the need still.
The madness of walking into a car dealership and realizing that you have been abducted and instantaneously transported to an alien planet. The inhabitants
of that planet are not like you. Clever robots.
It's a land of shiny make-believe in a world of harsh realities.

2008-02-19T12:15:00.000-08:00

Madness minutes miles meaning more moveable meanderings minus
mush minds mathematically mutated momentarily missing Mozart.

2008-02-17T00:11:00.000-08:00

The madness of small spaces inside the crevices of my mind where I’ve left old memories behind that are slowly beginning to emerge from the depths of my consciousness

The madness of more rain beating down in the middle of the night and the cold winds and stormy afternoons and fir tree limbs snapping off

The madness of the old fat mangy long haired gray cat outside my door crying and whining for more food saying FEED ME FEED ME!!!

The madness of my old Toyota pickup using more oil and fuel and demanding more repairs to get from here to there

The madness of people coming and going in and out of doorways everywhere

The madness of the same old everyday routine and the old familiar streets I’ve been down too many times before

The madness of my pen running out of ink when the words finally come rushing out of my brain to put down on paper and then I lose the flow of thoughts like a river drying up and all the fish and birds dying.

2008-02-15T01:50:00.000-08:00

My oh madness, madness of rat -a-tat-tat on the slumbering mind.
It's the rat-a-tat-tat of the political woodpeckers drilling holes in your head, looking for a vote.
Here's the mad deal I offer them: I'll vote for you if you vote for me.
Rat-a-tat-tat.
Theat's where my 2:00 a.m. madness is at....

over the moon

2008-02-14T00:03:00.000-08:00

The madness of tossing your lasso at the silver slipper of a moon and just missing.
It was your only chance.

2008-02-13T16:27:00.000-08:00

i tells you what MADNESS has become. it's congress having hearing about cheating in sports, about drugs in sports.

it tells you there be drugs in the streets. there be cheating in pool halls. does congress care about that? hell no, that ain't the money game, the spotlight game, the re-election game.

it tells you liars be in congress, and all of 'em ain't on the witness stand. and does newspapers, or ESPN cover that part of the story?

i tells you, madness is simply listening to all this crap and not going mad, or worse, almost caring about it.

-zk

2008-02-12T10:17:00.000-08:00

MADNESS is simply sanity unconfirmed, unbelieved, unaccepted.

so here we stand, a bit of sunshine in a world of grey, or is it vise versa. Not that it matters, because we are not to be beleived nor trusted. we are the symbols of madness itself. for that, we are to be rejected, refused and rebuked.

Madness is the Amen before society acts.

More Madness (cont)

2008-02-09T23:05:00.000-08:00

The madness of dirty politics as usual and too many opinions from newscasts and panels of analysts predicting who’s behind and who’s ahead according to the polls like sportscasters predicting the outcome in the playoffs of football
The madness of cold mean streets and drug addicts and homeless victims caught in the wheels of madness spinning faster each and every day
The madness of the prison industry and the minorities waiting on death row
while the white collar criminals and CEOs of multibillion dollar industries go free
The madness of the burning sun with the absence of protective ozone-
I have to stop here and take a break