note: i recorded two versions of this and accidentally uploaded the "unwanted" take first (below). this is the version i wanted but since i can't figure out how to delete the first post you all get the added fun of the "alternate take". pick yer fave!

isn’t it funny how

water we are

mostly

yet still we thirst

when skies open up

or our eyes

it’s 35 parts

salt

let’s float atop

this sargasso

buoyed by eels

and grasses

we don’t need to talk

or do nothing

but just float here

and laugh

here we can’t sink

this water

like a blanket

it is warm

bhagiti 5.16.07 toledo, oh

isn’t it funny how

water we are

mostly

yet still we thirst

when skies open up

or our eyes

it’s 35 parts

salt

let’s float atop

this sargasso

buoyed by eels

and grasses

we don’t need to talk

or do nothing

but just float here

and laugh

here we can’t sink

this water

like a blanket

it is warm

bhagiti 5.16.07 toledo, oh

to give up our heart

we make an illogical pact

it’s an agreement that is neither

understood nor implied

light passes through our skin

it’s both wave and particle

yet desire’s trapped inside

slave to apprehension

the underwater escape artist

cannot comprehend

what it means to be trapped

without lock and key

here’s a riddle for you

what happens after

someone leaps into the air

and doesn’t come down

enlightenment is nothing

more than the

realization of something

you already knew

bhagiti 5.15.07 toledo, oh

there’s a pain in my side

i try not to think about it

nothing to worry about

it’s just a small hole

but sometimes i’m afraid

that i’m losing something

that it will leak out

and i’ll end up hollow

visions come quickly they

flash across my skies

do i dare look directly

or turn away

how many songs in a year

would it take to convince you

how many would it take

before you fell in deep

what else can i do

before i spill out on the ground

would you with one finger

plug the hole

and even if you would

but just couldn’t

please tell me anyway

a ruby for your pearl

bhagiti 5.14.07 perrysburg, oh

sunday

sunday

sunday

what's the big deal about sunday

just another day next to monday

last night had me some big ideas

big plans

i was inspired

but now it's all gone

sucked away

by the black hole of sunday

for some sunday's the sabbath

but for me

it's the day the demons

ghosts and phantoms

stop over for a little fun

they get me all screwed up inside

so i can't sleep that night

next thing you know

(and this is the killer)

next thing you know it's monday

sunday

sunday

sunday

what's the big deal about sunday

just another day

just another day

that comes before monday

bhagiti 5.13.07 perrysburg, oh

i'll wait

i'll wait

i'll wait

seems like

when

you try too hard

nothing you ever want

ever happens

and there's

something

i really

want

so i'll wait

i’ll wait

i'll wait here

i'll wait

i'll wait

i'll wait

seems like

when

you try too hard

nothing you ever want

really happens

and there's

something

i really

want

so i'll wait

i’ll wait

i'll wait here

bhagiti 5.12.07 perrysburg, oh

the other day i could feel

that the moon and stars

were flashing deep in my belly

my universe surged

that’s what i’ll do then

make my rocket ship pill

and swallow it whole

travel my belly

in darkness absentia

that’s what i’ll do

to get out of it

that’s what i’ll do

to get out of it

that’s what i’ll do

to get out of it

that’s what i’ll do

to get out of it

stars

were flashing deep

in blankness absentia

that’s what i’ll

that’s what i’ll do then

make my rocket ship pill

and swallow it whole

bhagiti 5.11.07 toledo, oh

is the living soul the

means

or the end

what is living

what

is the soul

why can't i

lose me

why can't i let

go of it

ill stop

asking so

many

questions

bhagiti 5.10.07 perrysburg, oh

they say lightning

can strike twice

in the same place

i know this is true

when i was a kid

back on the farm

two horses on their backs

their legs in the air

the first got hit once

the other moved close

i'll worship the future

from the side of the road

bhagiti 5.9.07 perrysburg, oh

there's a way things happen

when everything's at rest

insects making worm food

worms are making bird food

once i wanted to tell you

how once i saw something

something terrible

unbelievable

it shook me up

it ripped me apart

i couldn't tell you

besides

you wouldn't believe me

there's a way things happen

when we're not at our best

there's a bird at my window

and a spider in my cereal

once i wanted to show you

how once i did something

something wonderful

unbelievable

it shook me up

it ripped me apart

i couldn't tell you

besides

you wouldn't believe me

bhagiti 5.8.07 perrysburg, oh