THE AUTOCRAT HAS A STROKE
No longer able to make things happen
he still retains the power to stop them
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SALT LAKE CITY
SALT LAKE CITY
On silver blades
they turn a country gold
sacred alchemy
LYSISTRADA
LYSISTRADA
No peace, no piece
RAP
RAP
Brevity is the wit of Soul
THREE STRIKES
THREE STRIKES
My sportswriter friend has Alzheimer’s now
and I wonder what happens
behind that bright brow
When we were kids, he was the guy
who knew each homer and pop fly
and every player’s RBI
Grew up to travel with the pros
what he didn’t know, why nobody knows
And now soggy brained he tromps
through sub sequitorial swamps
the mind once quick as cats
drowning among the stats
SEVEN YEARS
SEVEN YEARS
Lovers and true friends
are mirrors where we see
the better parts of you and me
Death
the mirror breaker
these reflections interrupt
And many there are who choose
to follow the sparkling shards
before the seven years is up
ON THE TRAMPOLINE
ON THE TRAMPOLINE
Alura and I jump till we’re tired
decide my leg is broken in two places
and rest looking up at yellow butterflies
and squirrels playing in the twinning tree
as fall winds rock it toward a winter’s sleep
The young nurse writes prescriptions
lays on healing hands
sprays medicine from an atomizer pen
a few sharp stick injections in the arm
and I am well again
MIKE, PAM AND BAILEY
MIKE, PAM AND BAILEY
Solid enough for a Mad Bear to lean on
mother enough for the world to suckle
Downs baby magic lifts the whole world up
2 CATS, 2 DOGS AND A 5 YEAR OLD
2 CATS, 2 DOGS AND A 5 YEAR OLD
The orange cat has orange eyes
Orion lost two teeth
dogs bark at every care
but Alura scared off the bear
BILL
BILL
lives at the top of the hill
four bulging disks rack his back
music and love still flow through