Spokane
Disillusioned by
what was going
on around him
he tried to open
his life in another
window but was
never able to get
past the pop-ups.
Career Paths
At thirteen he decided to become a prophet. By nineteen he had died & been reborn five times. Nobody took him seriously. Youth is a hard barrier to overcome.
He then decided to emulate the form of regeneration that seemed to have been most successful for generating prophet recognition & had himself crucified. Unfortunately, one of the nails was rusty, & during the transition period he contracted tetanus. He came back unable to speak, & essentially illiterate since so certain had he been of his destiny he had neglected to acquire much of an education.
Nobody wants a prophet who cannot communicate his prophesies. He spent the rest of his allotted three-score & ten in silence. Alone.
Nothing ad-
ventured
nothing
gained
when you
rely on
toxicology
instead
of taste.
partly because the sun
was in an
inclement meridian
partially because
the moon was
in the wrong
quadrant of the sky
particularly because
the cusp between
daydream & nightmare
was a silver ribbon
with elastic properties
Ella in Budapest
Something I have always
found disappointing,
hearing a singer in concert,
hearing a recording of that
singer somewhere else, some
years later. The same song,
The Lady is a Tramp, music by
straight George, lyrics by gay
Ira, Ella Fitzgerald singing.
The voice a little harsher than
I remember but the phrasing is
the same. I sing along. We impro-
vise together. In unison. I know
what notes will come next.