Behind the BoobTube

                                          What goes on still goes on

egrets always are

far away and up above
high on summersun
the egrets of early August 
like white lightning
against the cerulean blue
flying now in 
in loose formations
in family vees
mornings and afternoons
each day they fly
it is the training time
the young are taught
by the elders to be strong
for that time of no return
on that October day
when morning shadows declare
it is the time to return.


1995

Subliminal Message

                                          Nothing is carved in granite         2012

white collar crime

i tried one time too many
got lost inside my dreams
whats the use of wondering
about my past extremes
i guess i underpuzzled
on that extraspacial time
who cares what i owe now
its just white collar crime


white collar crime
an example of the time
take something home today
who cares what people say




i gave it my best shot
turned hopeless inside out
got nothing but my pains
now everythings in doubt
the years we bought and paid for
it all seemed so sublime
we charged or bought it all on time
and its still white collar crime


white collar crime
an example of the time
take something home today
who cares what people say


July  1995

Elvin Blue

                                          every night he sits and drinks
                                          'cause his woman is untrue
                                          everything he says is sad
                                          so they call him Elvin Blue

                                          he starts out laughing
                                          buying drinks for everyone
                                          but always ends up crying
                                          when his night is done

                                          he sits and stares 
                                          at the bottles on the wall
                                          the only friends he has
                                          they always seem to call
                                  
                                          at closing time he wakens
                                          needing one last icy brew
                                          but people only laugh
                                          and call him Elvin Blue
                                          
                                          2011
                                          


                                          
                                          

The Mall

resembling a river
an overflow of life
seething as a flood
surging mass so rife
people pushing
moving as a crowd
seems they're always
shoving, fat, and loud
here they come
it is a human highway
i'll just watch them
from my hidden byway
it's better dodging
like a moving target
than being trampled
in the maddened market


1995

The Mirror of Time

                                                    where once i was i now am not. . . . .

sometimes things go right
sometimes they go wrong
one thing is for certain
everything goes on


everything's a game
morning, noon, or night
win a bet or lose one
and always be polite


nothing matters evermore
in fullness or in lack
every color that we see
once was onyx black


nothing ever happens
that isn't meant to be
and the Wheel of Time
bears tracks of Irony


1995

Predatorrius Vulpa

                                          Copper wire       10 by 20 inches                  2010

Forget today

strike out for tomorrow
in the middle of the night
sneak away from here and now
upon another flight
buzz away from loneliness
on a weaving silver thread
ease into the wonderland
where no things are to dread
slip away from commonplace
to see and then believe
hear your brothers problems
ask and you'll receive
stay upon that narrow path
there's folks along the way
to help you hold onto your self
tomorrow is your day


1974

Yellaworm

                                          Yellaworm will eat kitchen matches         

Yeekbinder

                                               
                                                    Yeekbinder dwells 
                                                    in the toe of your shoe
                                                    dining on toejam and lint


                                                    ugly and nasty
                                                    with horrible breath
                                                    and teeth of a sick greenish tint


                                                    2012

Texas summer coming

hard-pressed that awesome trek
from over there to here
those awful steamy times 
of dread and humid doubt


hard-won these few moments
of easy rest and peace
even though i know
the beast is still about


and now summer's thrusting nose
is sniffing at my heels
so soon a ugly animal
with a snarling foetid snout


it lurks just beyond
that yellow western sky
the heat is like a hammer
that brings a mighty clout


1979