I am not keeping up with my drawing prompts, so I am just going buffet-style, picking what feels right. Day 13 was “Ghastly Snow Angels,” but my orc really looks like he is having fun, so why deny him a little pleasure in the snow?
[Verse 1] Tiny windows Stacked to the sky Click a date stamp Lose track of time Housecat Highway Dreams of the sea Late night laundry Talking to me
[Pre-Chorus] Every entry Pins me down Every sentence Spins around
[Chorus] Infinite scroll of strange days Little bright boxes in a long gray maze I keep falling through your side notes Trip on the tags Tangled in quotes Infinite scroll of strange days Breakfast confessions and backyard phase I don’t know you But I know your tone All of these pages Make my head your home
[Verse 2] Weather forecast On a paper heart Pixel postcards Tear me apart Odd obsessions Stacked in a pile Tiny monsters Learning to smile
[Pre-Chorus] Lost in headlines From your mind I skip years One at a time
[Chorus] Infinite scroll of strange days Little bright boxes in a long gray maze I keep falling through your side notes Trip on the tags Tangled in quotes Infinite scroll of strange days Breakfast confessions and backyard phase I don’t know you But I know your tone All of these pages Make my head your home
[Bridge] You say “Today I feel like…” Then drift into a dream I read the crumbs Connect the dots Turn a diary to a screen How many lives in one life How many thoughts in one line I chase your shadow down the archive ’till your yesterday’s mine (hey!)
[Chorus] Infinite scroll of strange days Little bright boxes in a long gray maze I keep falling through your side notes Trip on the tags Tangled in quotes Infinite scroll of strange days Breakfast confessions and backyard phase I don’t know you But I know your tone All of these pages Make my head your home
[Verse 1] Cracked path Fresh cut grass Joggers pass in neon tracks Geese parade like traffic cones Kids trade cards and dial tones
[Chorus] Wandering the greenway Counting cracks Heartbeats racing handlebars and railroad tracks Wandering the greenway Wired and awake Sidewalk serpent doing figure eights
[Verse 2] Dad hats Camera straps Sprinklers hiss like secret taps Old stone bridge with spray-paint names Vending can stuck I kick the frame (hey!)
[Chorus] Wandering the greenway Counting cracks Heartbeats racing handlebars and railroad tracks Wandering the greenway Wired and awake Sidewalk serpent doing figure eights
[Bridge] Is this a highway for walking? Is this a park in a line? Is this a thought I can follow Or a route I ride in my mind? (my mind)
[Chorus] Wandering the greenway Counting cracks Heartbeats racing handlebars and railroad tracks Wandering the greenway Wired and awake Sidewalk serpent doing figure eights
#thegnarledbranch challenge number nine – Grisly Gift Wrap A doodle of a retching Yule log, wrapped in a festive red bow, atop a pool of black ichor and mottled in holiday colors of gangrene, blood-clot red, and pus-cream. I am so sorry. Mind the teeth.