so many successes

the geezer in the mirror doesn't text doesn't twitter
no more dither in his slither as he laughs the laughing song

entering labor day weekend a day late, he accepts his fate
need not learn the stewpit dog tricks from teens and tweens

but what of infants and toddlers with iphoning moms & dads
& the superficial facebook friendships they will wish they never hads

inventory of failures {n=17}

each flop a get moving shout

no hooks, no rippling tunes, i end up on the prong
afto eneh to paluki! in Greek

follow kc's tiv example of putting out what's coming thru
conscience of the lineage, here's what i dugh

peace echo-balance sounding-grooving what-we-knew
gainst text interpretation thru & thru

o when the saints in every key
shu fly don't bother me

we become pure music when we die
so stay on the path
musicdance replaces politics&religion-as-usual
artists-off-the-reservation
becoming plain 's pokin people
our only goal
avoid the wrath

the point of on the page is to pack more meanings in
punish more different sighs type faces
more 'confusion to the french!'
more mr. re
more m.c. k9 hornblower

&
put today's words into sad trad songs

answering pablo's questions

steady state economics would give time back to us
in more equal shares
time for peace
time for children

time for scooters, vacation, fall
time to discover the balance
between Nature's call and Human Nature's response
in an infinite variety of configurations

why take a chance?

"What did the tree learn from the earth
to be able to talk with the sky?"

"Whom can I ask what I came
to make happen in this world?"

from Pablo Neruda The Book of Questions

what better way to crawl for congress
than in the spirit of pablo?
whose questions are best answered now?
the ragged condor reports back to mrs. condor
(mr. buzzARD is out in the yARD
mr. rabBIT is here with the

a compassionate rinoceronte lasts forever

a mole wouldn't last for a minute on the moon

destroy a few gut bacteria? why take a chance
stir up the forest floor? why take a chance
watch the coral reefs decline? why take a chance
can we genesplice our way out? why take a chance
build another megacyclotron? for what!

even turtles and snakes pause often for reflection

shuffling off to buffalo

charlie haynie's tennesee memoirs on sale at talking leaves buffalo
i'm sure it's all about those 60s when bold ideas made spirits glow

nowadays lots of attractive actions can ripple faster day by day
go to buffalo and listen to what 'city of no illusions' has to say

prioritize pleasure

seek not transcendence and a heaven higher
seek justice and equality of seller and buyer

prioritize pleasure and measure for measure
not much point in excess treasure

the mere idea of control for its own sake and yours
leads to endless work and extended tours

let go let Gaia let trance dance reveal the Path
while the musicking lasts we avoid any devilish wrath

the last six lines of possible sonnet yours to wright
(substitute these until thine lines be write
no fight no flight just live for the next good rite
keep your rhythms & rhymes loosely tight, right?
real estate investment trusts called reits are blights
tuba mira signals good mornings and good nights)

hubris is the pride that blinds

hubris is the pride that blinds and not one of the other kinds
we have it in abundance here, feeding on self-centered fear

no one gets health care free but any european nation better than we
we stopt competing in making steel, overhead costs became unreal

health care administration same deal, no pain doc, i just can't feel
hubris is the pride that blinds and closes many american minds