The strides we have made
Higher than 1988
Over the battleground
And through the map
Get the progressives to the poles
File the ballots
Vote on Tuesday
A big conversations is going on
In the commercial breaks
In Michigan
In Wisconsin
Then philadelphia
With the president
It’s almost over the rise
The ride
Surrogates and electorates
It’s a day of state
It’s safe to say
It’s insane
Tomorrow is going to move our country
The vote is coming
Doubt of disposition
The grand scheme has no easy transition
From chaos to smooth sailing
The profound problems now created
Some expected
Others anticipated
Where do we go from here
How do we create unity
Well let me see
It all starts with action
Not words
Cheap words indeed
That’s how we got here in the first place
The entire human race
Relying on brakeable bonds
Instead of constant devotion
But now the magic potion lies in us
To create unity
Across the board
To recreate this sub par reality
We live in now
Erase all of the transgressions
Of indignity
And create unity
It’s that determined feeling
The sweet ambition
The fantastic touch
The plausible idea
Warm to talk to
Improving the rush
To the fingers
Head
Arms
The rush of the moment
PHOTO CREDIT: EVAN PERIGO
In a nebulous state of mind
The concluding chord rung out
Wrung out
Fascinated by the quick sequel of progression
How one planned moment
Moves to the next
A grape plucked from the tree
Quickly becomes a past tense
Cattle that pine for the open fields
Excellent presentation
Not quite overstated
But rather I am fascinated
That now a moment planned now is
More present a moment unknown
A hat floating off the cliff
Taken in
The borrowed riff
The rally cry of the tired
A worthy cause flamed out with vigor
Passing floating rolling
I have tried
To do good
Good to be undone
So much has to rely on a rally cry
When your tired
And lonely
Not alone
You feel sad
Disconnected from the world
How did it work out not the way it was
All planned
A plane in flight unmanned
The plane now is in the final descent
It will land
How
Unknown
But through all of this
I
We
Have grown
Grown up
So here we come
For all I have
And all I don’t
I guess I will never know
The yawn of the wise
Can drop over the heads of my contemporaries
Of me
I work out of the hole I have created
Aspiration dedication
But rabid talk has no consequence
No sequence
No following
But I am telling you of this situation
Not as a rebuttal
But as a jobless touch
For my own nature
Contemplating my own future
What will happen
Uncertain
But this is all certainly true
If not now then when
No satisfaction
Hesitation
For the distant frustration
We had to move now
Quickly and in motion
Utter madness around us
In the midst of our lives
Greatest commotion
I am glad that we acted with honor
We did what we said we would do
Moving out into the world
To rely on each other
We learned what we are made of
The tough stuff
The thick and thin ruff
We pushed through
And when the lights hit the stage
There will be just 2 standing
me and you
Polite discrepancy
Independently
Who’s responsibility is it
Who’s responsibility was it
To be honest and clear
Alive and front and center
Taking the stage
As the great pretender
Honor the people
Before the investor
This is not a board game of sorts
Or out of sorts
I watch in horror
Decisions will be made tonight
During the outlandish debate
Hoping someone will seal a certain fate
Tonight
Alright
Let them at it
We can watch the fight
Back to the city
City heat in the late summer
Thick humid clouds on top of skyscrapers
Months since we have been back
The old place welcomes us in
Brooklyn
Some places have been turned away
Shuttered business closed to open new
Opportunities
Unbelievably fast
Changing hands
In the middle of the night
New faces by noon light
The evolution continues
We continue
Our friends
Some stay
Some move on
In the summer heat
Of New York City
A Cup of Songwriting 