California 2012

i watched the news and saw
the world acting at its best

Syrian massacres droughts
and  half a million recalls

best of all
the drink foundation is fighting
a soda tax being levied
in where else

Power of Love - Lady Dancing

i think far too often
as do any who think at all
a daily walk or even an evening
talk with anyone
is nothing else than
i would want to know her

this lady dancing near me
or the other flirting

what changes other than time

desire
taste
wish
want

her

what about her?

Perfect Democracy Is Ancient Myth

i am not against guns
just those who use them

this is not a war about rights
it is one about profits
the musket is a lousy and unreliable
shot,
a deception

the preferred weapon then was
saber

for god's sake read

the constitution was not about
gun ownership
it was about protection from

Your government

Power of Love- Journey

when i last saw you
i did not write
                   anymore
One decade
and i don't dance
                   anymore
but every time

i stop
          and i think of you
when i do

i always miss you

The Art of Love -- The Menu - Part 1

 

Trout Tonight

Mixture

{1/2 lemon squeezed

Cabernet Blanc 1/8 cup

2 Tbsp Dijon

1/2 Tbsp minced garlic

1/2 Tbsp Red Pepper

Mix together}

Season trout with Montreal Chicken, oil, and pepper

Both sides

Oil pan and pepper

Brush Mixture above on trout

Bake at 405 F for 17 minutes (or until flakey)

Serve with black beans or French green beans and skillet corn

Serves two

Robot Circus - Part 1 Beginnings

it began as a project that old people do when they are too old
that is to fit into the flow of society and all its bearing.
i began in the basement building various robotic implements
like arms, hands, legs, feet, rollers, gears, and more gears and chains

god!
it was the best moment ever,
if i never live one moment more this will be enough

but this was not to be
the robot had to be built and someone had to fund it
and as always someone did

a machine that could change humanity was erected
one that would exceed even the gods -
because they could not come to earth,
but this machine could
it would
and did . . .

Constitution

i am no psychologist
but i must wonder
of all that has become
non-sense
after all why does one kill so many others

people not even known
why does a family have to suffer
at the hands of another
someone completely
unknown

why does any modern country
continue its mockery of wisdom

Oh, but it does this because it is
what it always was a capitalistic notion
an epiphany shared by all the conniving
rebels of time

guns are not ones salvation
against the evil streets,
they are to protect ourselves
from that which protects US

Art of Love - Summer

some summer sometime ago
a boy met this girl
her hair went to her shoulders
straight and blond

kept thinking about this girl
so close we stood
in some pond

we talked
teased and played
all summer long before she was gone
and then i never saw her again

A Few Thoughts

ones own thoughts about anything
that is all it takes to destroy
everything

everyone wants
one thing

joy,
that which taunts
is an ignorant beast

and the wise will fast
on that which haunts

but its relic endures powerless
standing beside truth
it pretends to show evidence no one hears
nor cares


we have grown immune
to pain
because of bad doctors
prescribing medications
to rich patrons worshiping
the pursuit of vanity
to which they say
'it is our children,
our only concern is longevity'

like we thought this would never be
we see it only in our children
their sad imitations 
of our poor representations


of what is right

Power of Love - Marriage

 
i speak for myself alone
not for anyone

love and marriage are unique words
representing very different thoughts
that nonetheless talk
speaking tongues even Pentecostals
do not know
because they are the words of Time

eternal thought of what should be


i was there
standing on a pier no longer
alone again
knowing failure's potential
to be an infinite well of life


accepting unconditionally
love
 
that
is Love


such was it
creeping upon me as a tempest
my fever rushing
rampaging


no one understood what all should -
forever is forever

but i do as all do
i do what i want to do
and that is how i got here

Aristotle was correct
man wants what is best for himself

and so does woman


i want what is best for US

Power of Love - Goddess

sometimes bridges must be burned
to protect against an enemy
one beyond fathom and belief

when her image occurs
whether at breakfast or dinner


or in a  nightmare

consider her a danger
for she will never be your lover
she is your killer

Lobster at Midnight

why would an emperor support
all who served him, when they
are not required?

we struggle with truth and for truth
and with all the wisdom gained
we remain as foolish as the day we
became the people we are

because we are not changing

we are as the planets and the sun
forever changing
slowly

i see you standing on a rock
far from all
nude but perfect

and each night i sip wine
thinking of this rock
where you lie openly wanton

knowing i will not see you again
because nothing perfect lasts
it is a law of nature
the first expressed by me

i will always exist in you
as you will in me

Power of Love -- Part I

i walked to the pew near the front
bowed before without hesitation
nor doubt
 
And
Watched
you sat in your glory of diadems and gems
flowers surrounding perfection
and there you asked for placement

presence beyond acceptance
and succeeded

one can only wonder what is next

Freedom Now

forget mob mentality
for that would be Democracy
though noble it may seem,
this is not it
this is

theocracies under one Republic

tomato and mayonaise and a Little White Wine Vinegar -- Please

love without honor
is not love
and honor without love
is neither

Chicken Fried Steak

in the strangest of ways
learning to cook chicken fried steak
is the best of godsends

there was nothing that could fail
with this - the dish
better than any alligator swamp
non-sense


this was real white meat
battered like gator and cooked
like it was Sunday morning

and best of all, despite its look
it was baked to perfection
even the second night
was success

Art of Love - love

  

i believe in the beginning god gave man a right to exist
and in so doing
produced the urge to bring another
to his presence, making possible everything



this implies man worked through god to achieve
his goal

time keeps talking to me telling tales of the end
and i feel as though i keep on searching for
presence

but one cannot define Corrina
more likely to be happy than down
always loving of everything we know
always my best friend

so then somehow
tomorrow when the dishes are done
and the memories of spices making flavors
disappear

would you please leave

and then someday tell me this again

a leader

the presence of the locusts
made me question my arrogant
presence
at the top of this food chain,
for now i was wrought with truth
knowing i was wrong again
before man and god
i will probably always be wrong

Prison

he was not a simple man, but one of means hoping to make a change. life had been good but lately had become apocalyptic, ominous, something strange to his being. it was like he was always being watched.
someone was looking at everything he did. it made him insecure. where could he go to be free for even a single moment? where could he go to simply be himself? everything, every place felt exposed. he would never be a simple man again. never enjoy the sanctity of solitude. it was like everyone knew him  more than he knew himself.

Wisdom

the young somehow imagine they are blessed
but i believe age is lucky,
and i would rather be lucky than blessed

A Man's Desire

Art of Love - Part VII

there was this taste
of luxury
dripping from soft lips,
i tasted of her honey
and desired more




nothing more

became obsession
dauntless wander,
she was wonder
replaying constant tunes
inside my deepest slumber


she crept into my thoughts
and slept
and even then
dominated more when gone
then when

she was near