I'm trying to finish new work for the show GFKelly's comning May 15...her's a few to check out...and more to posted later.

Now
old orange cat
on the railing...
I remember
when
he was
curious ferocious
in the backyard
savanna
and come in
later
to sit
on my chest
purring...

magnificent.

In this
dream
I could not
decide.

Put up
the
looking glass thumbtacks
or
the
gold tiki fingers
in the gallery?

I finally
decided.

We should
have
sex
on the
couch.

She's still
out
walking
the dog.

I
lifted
a weight.


Maybe
we'll
go out
to eat.


The birds
are in
the feeder.
The sun
is up
and the earthquake
was in Chile
this time.

Very
high 3D
definition
in
surround
sound
still
doesn't
make it
interesting.


You
could
kill time
more effectively
with
a machete.

I threw the ball
hit the homer as a kid
got cut from the team
rode the hurricane wave
went to class
cut class
pass failed
cleaned the toilets
shelved the books
pounded nails,
ground and gorilla welded the pipe,
worked in toxic, flammable and carcinogenic
shitholes,
sold popcorn, candy and records
assembled the bikes
and lawnmowers
I taught the kids
ran the nightshift
was a hostler for UP
unloaded the ships
rode the horse
drove the hotshot
painted the house
and the canvas.
I wrote the checks
and these words.
I paid my taxes
and made the payroll.
I drove across the country
From Oklahoma to California
and back to Texas in no time.
I can sometimes tell the lie
knowing from the truth.
I wore the sandal and the boot.
I‘ve been hired and fired
Robbed wrecked and cheated
self employed and food stamped,
been drafted and dodged the bullet.
I’ve been to your shows
big coleseums
museum cathedrals
rock, country, punk, jazz, blues
abstract,real, conceptual, isms
all the same fashion
all the same game.
Been to the wedding
funeral, reunion,
walked your biggest cities
the plowed field, ancient forest
big rivers, salt water, deserts
fed the cow, cat and dog
loved lost and won
been bent spindled and mutilated
cut and bandaged
lost found and saved
slower but wiser
maybe not much.
And it ain’t over yet.
Now,
about yourself?