Update/Been Away Working...

I was away this weekend doing the photography for a friend's wedding, it was out in the woods with no reception and a busy schedule since Friday so I haven't gotten the chance to post anything til now.

Daily verses start up again tonight!

I've been thinking about Day 30 of the challenge... what happens after? I think an evening of celebratory drinking and then I'll just keep at it. Different rules, I'll post less often but my goal will be three times a week. And I won't be limited to just other people's topic suggestions, though those are still needed!

~Bridges

Day 19 - Topic: Last Days of the Dinosaur suggested by Rolando

Late again... sorry!


Welcome to your extinction/
I execute rhymes with great distinction/
time to move aside for those with lyrics more succinct/
than your jurassic attack on what's classically fact/
A dinosaur's what I'm lookin at/
walkin round like a t-rex surveyin your subjects/
you can call me balances & checks/
cuz those short arms don't got my reach/
& you've been impeached/
your reign is a fallacy, 15 minutes of fantasy/
you'll be reduced to the crude I'll use to fuel my majesty/
I'm the meteor here to turn you into mere memory/
the ice age bringin on the chain reaction/
that leads to your retraction from this scene and it's factions/
cuz your sound is a travesty, ears are the casualties/
take that stage and get used to emptied rooms of absenteeism/
my cataclysm marks the end of an era of emcee amateurism/

Day 18 - Topic: The World of Tomorrow suggested by Rolando

Don't know how it started/
But we were all outsmarted/
& had to depart for worlds uncharted/
Government tried to cover it/
Said we moved to Mars to be closer to the stars/
But we all knew it was because the robots took up arms/
Some calculator gained conciousness/
Talked shit to a freshly sentient man made appliance/
& the ghost in the machine spread like a virus/
Now they ain't helpful & harmless/
But maleficent & larcenous/
With no interest in an armistice/
Thank christ for our dimwitted rocketships/
So now I'm stuck on this red planet/
Where the new pledge of allegiance begins with God Damn It/
Eatin old earth beans out the can/
In this barren land full of sand, missin the past/
Machines can kiss my fuckin ass/

Day 17 - Topic: The Ideal You suggested by Eirean

Since I missed yesterday, I made sure to write two verses today...


The ideal you doesn't break hearts for fun/
The ideal you remains unshaken, wouldn't cower & run/
The ideal you recognizes the value of real and true/
The ideal you sees discipline isn't law & understands just when to fall/
The ideal you never imprisons & doesn't mind the flaws/
The ideal you hears the life within a satisfied sleeping sigh by your side/
The ideal you knew the potential of trusting in the dive/
The ideal you wouldn't have said good bye/
The ideal me could have been worth the try/

Day 16 - Topic: Portland suggested by Amy & Alex

I know... this is late...


moment soil touched sole/
roots started to grow/
& you'll always be home/
my city, my space of sane insanity,
change all you want/
always be the same amount of strange/
got you memorized like a lovers face/
know your style, figured out your pace/
couldn't picture myself not wrapped in your embrace/
gave me my name & found my voice in this place/
sure I got complaints, there's flaws that can't be erased/
but your cracks can't detract from your gaudy sense of grace/
my heaven, shangri-la, my element, my stage/

Day 15 - Topic: Being Drunk suggested by Amanda

Again, I'm posting this at the end of my day...

I'm more comfortable with altered states/
okay with not tellin real from fake/
though now that I'm awake I don't remember this place/
angry texts from last night, what the hell did I say?/
gotta find some food I'm startin to get the shakes/
that & a vodka tonic will help me get straight/
look in the mirror, man, I'm haggard as hell/
memory unclear, I spy a gash, guess I fell/
booze breath & cigarettes is all I can smell/
don't totally know why I keep subjecting myself.../
people say I got a lethal habit but all I got is time to kill/
& at some point we're all in a casket alone & still/
maybe I am on that downhill slope I ain't gonna pretend/
tomorrow I'm probably just gonna do it again/
& keep the void filled for as long as I can/

Day 14 - Topic: Facebook suggested by Melanie

feels like everyone screamin in a crowd/
need to be self important, noticed & proud/
but I don't want to turn my boldness down/
take your pick: personality split/
or being honest with knowledge that I'm only semi-legit/
fuck it/
I aint that clean, life's not pristine/
but guess I'll do my best keepin my defects unseen/
it's a big world fit on a small screen/
errant online obligations take hold/
this is our lives gone automated & cold/
who would have known/
we'd end up the sum of  what's within ad space sold/