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

keep coming back to ruskin

ruskin's unto this last
a not so distant past

grow a peach tree
give a peach to a sick child

build many bombs
they will go down chimneys
somewhere

writing as residue

writing as residue from
"if you can say it you can play it"

taking inventory of failures
i can see where i go wrong

'negating the negation'
remain hung up on the prong

can't prophecy the future
sing the present strong

the violinist in the metro station

cuddabin joshua, cuddabin yehudi, yascha, yitsak, isack
(but maybe not yoyo, or a langlang
w. megasteinway, portable proscenium, corpsponsors)
indicative of a dying snivelization, empire, fake economy
very thin veneer very shallow patina of petrified 'kulchur'
cracking and flaking in the sun

distracted by our cells
screened in by tv and computers
busy just being commuters
cocooned by recorded music
absorbed in egotrips to egoland
can't linger & listen to each other
much less understand
we're missing all of Nature

Gaia save the tugging 3 year olds