Set 1
entrance orange / closed for work zone / beneath the south turnpike / traffic, Wednesday night / sun setting / as they hurry home to life / dented bumper / can't get over / dirty freight truck / on the shoulder / trapped behind construction pipes / finally, I move alright / the northbound lane has come full stop / a sign flashes white / get a sober ride, not a DWI / for HOV discounts, go online / the best prices in Texas / at Granite & Tile / billboards set five to a mile / slowing down / up ahead / another accident / I merge left / light a cigarette / shake my head / someone cuts me off / want to teach - when can you start? / all the advertisements talk / there's the skyline / brilliant in the distance / I'm admiring / they're all texting / I turn on / the traffic roars / a dazzling green / there she goes / lit up in a dusty glow / Dallas
Set 2
it's late enough to go driving / see what's mine [1] / this skyline at night / green for miles / a subtle, iridescent glow / rich swell / in downtown / a sign of sickness / rubber through / can't afford to stay / rent due / paycheck dissolves / avoid the thumb / as prices rise / unstable cries / of temporary living / damn right / drive around / no escape / rub the stress marks away / drown in sorrow / turn your head / kill the dial / songs for the dead
- [1] Queens of the Stone Age. "Song for the Dead." Songs for the Deaf. Interscope, 2002. MP3.
Set 3
high on an impulse / addictive conclusions / rules don't exist / the gates of dream open / Siddhis, silent senses / amygdala clicked forward / it's never ending / quixotic wondering / constant pop of the frontal lobes / it's all too much / to reach Zen / no wait / it's nothing / stick out your tongue / that's the way / like air / like wind / like breathing / walk into the water / no ripples on the surface / walk into the forest / no fallen leaf disturbance / float along / the swaying breeze / as it comes / take your leave / Samadhi / conscious concentration / bit by bit / relaxation
Set 4
Faustian deal / always wrong / another rogue rendition / drones in the air [1] / lock on without care / spackled bulbous spots / along 121 / fixed bridge blocks / repair, replace, renew / grey sky above / shook up & haunted / an eerie snow globe / pleasure particles / fall for no one / inescapable feelings / frozen by the rain / solidified ice / starts forming / I watch the sun / as it freezes [2] / revolutions off track / gravity rumbles / an outsourced swan song / why sing it myself? / it's just hard focus / regurgitated words / surrounded by enough / this is the last time / driving is too dangerous / a hood engulfed in flames / eastbound at 1am / two eyes spared / to bear witness to the rest
- [1] Pinback. "Rousseau." This Is Pinback. Ace Fu Records, 1999. MP3.
Set 5
spiral exhaustion / crisp, cultured cures / a gaping mouth spits up / atmospheric dribble / I feel it closing in [1] / dripping in the static / 30 - 35 - 366 / 75, it's massive / missing what I never had / a dilapidated past recast / time flow traffic / rushes back / swing, the elephant / slowly cracks / ulterior motives? / a broken trunk means nothing / crushed into innumerable pieces / for a new necklace / weary, worn perspectives / like dusty mushrooms / drying in the glove compartment
- [1] Joy Division. "Digital." A Factory Sample. Factory, 1978. MP3.
Set 6
- Big Mama Thornton - Chauffeur Blues
- PJ Harvey - Seagulls
- PJ Harvey - Water
it pulses / in motion / a nebulous checkpoint / mammoth bridge / arc of construction / passenger traffic / fellaheen Texas / riding all over this world [1] / clouds reach out / catch downtown / Reunion Tower / the ballpoint reference / Fountain Place / sky-port palace / this, the morning / I hear it calling / Double Crested Cormorant / Coot / Pelican / Cedar Waxwing / all disappearing / Thrasher / Shrike / Pipit, gone / the crying river / Trinity division / shallow distinctions / cross the water / the city molded / dirt roads of past / weave between the buildings / nothing ever lasts / farmland deleted / a millennial concretion / transformative electricity / oil-funneled changes / historical traction / obliteration
- [1] Big Mama Thornton. "Chauffeur Blues." In Europe. Arhoolie Records, 2005. MP3.
Set 7
- Chopperman - Broadcast (False Tropics)
- Chopperman - Winter Solstice (beat by Primaparte.)
- Slanteyez - Raindrops. (379)
Cruising through the city in a dreamlike state
Main Street / empty / 2am / Monday / the Omni reverberating / dancing, shaking, resonating / side to side / signs of stress / blurred neons / aim for perfection / with careless interruption / now I'm asking / why fight this? / deju vu / repeated questions / peal & pull away / the other side / where reluctance hides / a reluctance to love / when love really consists in this / that two solitudes touch and protect [1]
- [1] Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letters to a Young Poet. New York City: W.W. Norton, 1993. Print.
Set 8
red light blinking / a wavelength wavering / toward the center / keynote fragments / coalesce / primal seduction / in color / 2.5 million inhabitants / breathing / trachea bulge / slow exhaling / pipes ascend / then descend / enigmatic skyline / retinas capturing / willfully seeing penetration / a grasp at fullness / unrelenting liquidity of Dallas / gaze below / the ebb & flow / observation precedes understanding / computation requires a handle / which hand, a hold, I do not have
Set 9
wicked green / a glow that lengthens / into blue asphyxiation / dotted lines / passing cars / both sides / final set / I drive / unlimited city / unreal, refined / immeasurable / timeless / choked & breathless / tunnel vision / it's Monday, I'm restless / different than yesterday / undergoing alterations / each one more aggressive / metamorphic / misguided style / a working mindset / new patterns & rhythms / nurture-nature / substance bends / and similar hypotheticals / I can't comprehend / my server strengthens / candid opinions / all I know is / experience