Sweet for Sonia and Afaa

Heart and head

Brass and woodwind

His house had lions

Symphony in his arms

Soundtrack forgotten

Until a friend reminds you

Via the internet

Something you should

Never forget

This is the road

Take it

How Jazz birthed you

When no one else cared to

Bop the days of your youth

Roll up here Rah soon

Rahsaan

Blow

This warm day in October

There are Wooly Bears and

Paper wasps everywhere

Yellow Legs and Tree Swallows

Murmuring

So many Blue Heron

in one place

I’m compelled 

To point them out

I’ll write it

A kayak trip

Through the marsh

Hunting the best

Photographic subjects

The expensive camera

       My expensive camera

In a ten year old's hands

What was I thinking?

The red knot in my throat

Wants to know

It all works out

He takes a few shots

Anyone would be proud of

And we talk

About things we like

That which we don’t

What we’ll do next

Time

We see Wooly Bears

And Paper Wasps everywhere

Carcass as Mitigation - Emergency Measures

Poor Pachyderm court ordered put down

For stomping to death several handlers

You could say her end was permitted

Edison the elephant executioner

Laced his victim’s last meal

With cyanide

To insure expediency

The electrocution

Merely

A warning against the dangers

Of alternate current

Tesla

I’m sure fantasied

About Edison’s

Demise

Occurring in much the same manner

Nicola never forgave Alva

The man owed him money

Menlo was an evil wizard

You owe me nothing

Have nothing I want

Yet I find it impossible

To pass your idiocy by

Without considering cyanide

I would not

However

Electrocute you

Snow and Ice infused with Sand

The gravity of the moment

First look at your reflection

How

Like a Beagle’s your eyes

Have become

You follow your nose

When you look for your keys

Grope for your trousers

This dream lies in the shadows

Waiting for the sun

Be there to meet it

Wait

Move through the morning

On bare feet and tiptoes

Take a walk to the water

Make sure that you listen

Whirls the sand and snow

Hellion of heavy weather

How

Like an enraged demon the ocean’s become

Know this

Keep everything covered

When you walk in a nor’ Easter

Lest some flying cosmic debris

Snatch off your hat

A real nightmare

At first light take stock of the damage

Once the wind subsides

Marvel at the quiet

Pick up the pieces

Snow Day 1/3/14

2013

People Will Talk

People Will Talk

The play write bemoans

Through his character’s

Well stuffed mouth

How much better

Butter was

When we was young

Uses an academic

Peeling a knockwurst

Poking around for

More cabbage in the pot

To make his point

Wonder how he’d feel

About x-mas dinner

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