my heart is a canary

and my heart is a canary

that I send in to the mines

and over and over again

she doesn’t come back out

and I go in anyway.

To find her.


written 2005

Ali: The Greatest

You can't get here...



Unless you go here. Every. Day.

And you keep getting up. And you keep getting hit. And you keep believing. You believe that you own what is yours. And that nobody. Nobody. Can fucking beat you down. You can get hit. You can be down. But you better fucking believe that you're gonna get back up again. Because you have something that nobody, not that guy in the other corner, not any of those faces out there, can take away. So get back in there. And keep fighting.

A good day consists of Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Etta James, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, and the Temptations on Pandora. Ahhh, sing me back home my dear friends. Sing me back.


"My dear ladies, we have one goal. To persist." -Lauren Bacall

Rest in eternal peace, Ali. You fought so much more than your opponent only in the ring. You're a true hero and inspiration. And I love you.

written 2010