ccr on highway one

it all falls on formal shores,

Mr. Fogerty,

the rain you talk about.

the circles are no more,

the pulse neither fast or slow.

but Mr. Fogerty, my time for all is gone.

the sun hard and warm,

and i see the rain soft and cold.

yes, you sang to me long ago.

in the sand where glass is born

in the image of the bones.

the rain it lingers in the holes.

through the blood a soul is told,

live forever all alone,

no more fear to wander.

Mr. Fogerty i see your rain,

in the wrinkles of the pain.

to a life of no complain.

to the wars of the remorseful heart

like an engine in the 8th.

no more fear to wander.

and the circles in the eye

Mr. Fogerty for this time,

shedding rivers in the light.

across the fire of the sun,

skies are empty,hearts are down.

and the rain will keep its distance.

angels broken praise

in time the patch
roughens and flakes away
leaving a badge to remember
the lesson learned.

while not being ready yet,
choosing to fly won’t help
the break. alone in the canyon
a river dwindled and the
holy caves yawned forth.

a taxi stops around the corner
of time’s middle age;
insurance forms and medic aid
now fill the noons.

beauty is cold and superficial.
the birds are dead but stones
still keep the souls
of the soldiers kept in compounds.

the corridors bleed open.
the history a waste.
to hear the lonely aging,
to see them in my wake.

a closing unto open air;
the swallows make a nest.
the river thickens with the garbage
of angels’ broken praise.

1.16

Henry i know you can see
me. in my rut i can feel the
blisters in my spirit swelling
up again. the prayers only
make it worse.

Henry how did you ever walk
from out of the doors into the
open air? where did you find
the time to convert misery
into diamonds?

it’s so so late in life but
i haven’t been born. the
many things inside of this
bone cage cannot easily come out,
Henry, why?

there is no sun and no moon
divine. the hours twirl and multiply
into clouds of nothing. buildings, caves,
the underpass dull with expression and
righteousness of self.

Henry i remain intact full of holes
with nothing but my germs and
dirty fingernails stuffed with
the scabs of days gone by.

to Buk

sins and smiles

    angelic nothings cry down

cigarette ash at your kitten heels

typer-bang/bang of your letter gun

heart spilled onto the book

              with pencil shavings

   by my side

           innocent beast with naked brain sleeves

    long lost duker wild at heart

contender of my wits-end

jumper of cliffs    lover of untender whores

         drinker of thoughts

captivator of fears  contrary to your view 

godfather of streets

                cardinal of bums

sultan of bars        pope of poems

    big daddy writer   always tried in spite of all

Sunny Dust

in the dirt the sun shines
delicately highlighting all
the elements found
in my skin
the wind wipes down
what is left of sweat
after the logs have
been chopped down
in my skin i feel
your lips at night
as i too feel the wires
of my debts
the lonely wolf is in our garden
love where did you go
the thunder resurrects what’s
left of me without you
my turn has come to till
the sunny dust

Geronimo on the way to the fair

balmy sweeps of crusty air circle your pinky bike facing me
swooshing by our old galaxy eyes lock
and the heavens swirl about me slow-like
Amir asks why i go the way i go
and i can only answer like your palomino did
dead eye girl Geronimo it is you i know
half a mile up we smell the food of your enemies
blowing south to the seas of cactus
to the west the pale horse peddles in fire water and gold

Geronimo in young girl cloak bronze face
with ancient snakes of worry
oh Lizard King forgive me your blue Amir rides with me tonight through your love streets
nananananana
which were originally mines alone
remarkable girl-Kachina i do admire your courage
on the corner sitting on that pinky be-wheeled palomino
dying slowly slowly slowy a tiny bit a day

Geronimo in your eye
ghost molecules need penetrate my blood with artificial healing
that Philadelphia bell tolls nine
women spirits whose skies rip open oozing snake oil gods
to slither in my soul
choking out our spirit through scattered thoughts
rusty lights broken smile dream dropper
Lizard King hotness in my bones
sonic pulsing in my ears typing on electric stones
thinking of learning to drive the reigns
 
Geronimo girl eye pinky palomino i in blood
to the fair with the flags inky pinky vibes
broken veins broken flowers jesters laughing
deer dances hidden ghosts at the shin of the God so long ago roaming in this tired wind
ride little Geronimo eyed girl
Amir
the cactus
the sky
the gold
and the King
sit for you in corners to catch you riding west forever…     
 
 

night

looking at the opulent west terminally

the west is a direction of science and de-evolution

the west has birthed and aborted

the west holds my key to survival

maybe

the west is where it’s at

the west is less frightening at night

the west is my coast

an edge between a dry crypt

and a watery eternal post

manifest destiny cowboys and ghosts

all looked to the west

falling off the edge

to a sagging universe

the west is not frightening at night

cellular levels impaled by expensive

alchemy

blood runs so cold it’s hot

life veins decapitated from their heart

to no avail

my apple has rolled out into the ocean

Hank

The Northwest has a different meaning
in this hour of the day.
Hey, Hank!
I’m trying to reach you by the telephone
standing in my blue boots,
but your old call box isn’t living here no more.
Hollywood and Western has truly made a switch.
No more ladies with the leopard print.
No more gentlemen with eyes to squint
at the devastation
of where you
and I grew up.
You know Hank, I never knew the snow.
Not the way nature intended anyway.

Yet, here I stand on Sunset, check.
Western, check.     Hollywood, check.
Melbourne, Vermont check, check check!
Like when I was 20 summers long
stretching out my eardrums
hoping to catch some of your phrases;
some of your breaths.
A mere little prospect. Tiny.
Seeking you out Hank.
Like snowflakes on my tongue.

leaf blower man

it’s any day just like most in the street. parking to catch a thought. eating stale popcorn. my eye catches his. and in a most graceful wave he cleans ten yards of debris off the sidewalk in 3 seconds. i wonder as i sit there. captivated by the tumbling snack cake wrappers empty Whopper boxes and dried up leaves why he does what he does. what can possibly motivate and move him to blow leaves all day long. i drive from one place to another. what is his raison d’etre, survival or life? there is a dignity in his movement and a look of gratitude for those leaves and for that gathered filth. my dignity sinks to the bottom of my heels as thoughts of complain swell in my head. i am frustrated. tipping his hat with a sincere smile he walks away to his truck. sweetly and carefully as one would handle a new baby he puts his blower away. i stuff my squirming colicky thoughts in my soul and sit as still as i had been for hours. i learned that day that my motivation lacks nobleness and that i have much more wisdom to gather from the leaf blower man.

addict

we wrestle in the tarriness

of a bottomless place

going deeper into what

has fallen in myself

you and i are twins of this pit

and the sun goes down

as ever

we walk and do not move

stare at the stars

and are not amazed

by wandering in the forbidden homes

we have touched

their roses;   we have defiled

their souls

squeeze me as i gasp

and longing for you a long time ago

you were me

and now we don’t know each other

your eyes are big

but my eye is bigger

yet i cannot see

without you …