Stephen Tribou's Page

i can skip
i will
i can pass
i do
with an orchestra on one side
mostly strings
and a gospel choir on the other
there is balance
complete with tambourines and hand claps
a resonating piano
electric black light eyes
a way to trade your handshakes
steady up the long line standing appreciation
i can miss the way i give
while you can give the way i miss
its a misled and archaic fashion
a hatched theory
a mind hellbent on clockwork style decision
we didnt want to sit here any longer
we didnt want to l… Continue

eyes usually dont make it this far
or
too far
enough
so
i can write what i want here
ramble and dance destructively
cross and be crossed
skill versus skull
an odd an elaborate plan
just to get you to crack a smile
those movies have already been made
time and time
lover and over
your songs are written
scratched into a desktop
waiting for strangers and garbage men and new owners to read and sand and refinish
and
and
and
if u werent enough
then i'd make you 3 or 4
i can be 10

its the hats she wears upon her head
the hats she wears
one for every event
the hats she wears
striped and gaming colors
the hats kids
the hats
i wanna be those eyes of blu
i wanna see those eyes of blue
i wanna be perfected by blu vision
short sleeves and no sleeves at all
but every time she wears a hat
except for when i see and stand direct and fronted
pigeon toed with arms crossed
uncomfortable and painlessly escaping
shuttle down the steps
the ones with alcohol stains
tried and tru
brimming… Continue

magnets
magnets magnets pasted
electric on fridges
stamped and plastered in a billboard like fashion
without the hyphenated excuse of conclusion

we can be forward and we can look forward
spinnin off every top we can mention honorably or even think of
its amazing how people make their money
like naked homelessness
i'm still counting
boards and nails
supposed to be fitting together
construction projects complete with hard hats
this past weekend was long and drawn
i finally returned home yesterday
sunday evening
i feel ive been sleeping for a week
its only been a couple hours
there are some who have been taking seriously
not taken
but takin… Continue