Pluto's Trip to Town

Pressdown moments lost

blatherskites and nincompoops
got lost from every hope
tried to guess from faraway
the meaning of the scope. . .
it all just got beleagered
by the vastness of the blue
and every time i turned around
i thought i just saw you. . .
dunderheads and helpless oafs
can't stop the way they are
but their denseness is a haven
their minds are not ajar. . .

1973

Up and away

so many people know
but often fail to say
the way it feels
on a helicopter day. . .

even though they're sure
but don't know why
they only know they're up
above the bright blue sky. . .

could be its the weather
or a mental attitude
could be its a secret
of a human platitude. . .

i know i like to go there
up a dazzling stair
i know how i got there
in my many colored chair. . .

when things are dull and tasteless
in a mediocre way
i see the bright pavillions
and the colors of Monet. . .

1985
on tripping. . .