perpetual jam!!!!!!!!!

[the mingo]

-the rural bout gone from here these days
it's grown up with houses close
called "country" now
new people move in get to complainin' 'bout
the neighbor's dogs barking up the road
hell, man, she was here long time
before you moved in
and now you callin' the cops bout her dogs
get your cloud of darkness
back on your own side of the road -
don't know what kind of music you listening to
but you should change it
took my hound for a walk the other day
he had to do his business
goes into a squat
man comes out on the porch
of his trailer home says Hey! what's that dog doin there?
it's up to all of us
to help our fellow man out when we can so I says
He's taking a shit can't you see?
dna is a funny thing
it can give you a genius or a fool
the whole nine yards of it a crap shoot
the guy says that's my lawn
i say no it ain't - it's the county right-of-way
they own 20 feet either side the centerline
he didn't want to hear that
so here he comes off his porch and he says
what did you say?
i said i don't know what kind of music
you listening to, neighbor, but you should change it
and don't drink the coffee
in the bottom of the cup
it'll make ya hinky
and maybe even crazy you keep at it
long enough
i turned my back to him
and my face to the moon
and i told her the rural long gone from here, sister
better go shine somewhere else
and take me with ya
& we'll listen to some R L Burnside
til the sun rise

[WIREMAN]

Hard wakin' mornings
Shake-a-bacon warnings
Storms movin' thru
Steady in waved intervals
Not timed, yet definitely tuned
Steady Rollin' infinity
Words headed out of my yackity-yack
No talk back
Callin' everybody "Daddy-0h!!!"
Lookin' for that function at the junction
On my jammin' way to the other side

[WIREMAN]

Notes for Dino:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Got 2 b on top of your game
Fellini caravansary
Doubtless wanderers
Most likely a slow train
Moving through Peloponnesus nights
All seen from the vista called Highland-town
Over looking Baltimore w/a whimsical stare
Knowing what you are
Just about the most important thing in
this here life
The gift, a declaration
"I am! I am!"
Mr. Poet roared

[WIREMAN]

perpetual means
long as it lasts
manys the stop
on a dime
manys the time spent
in coffee house
writing people yak...yak....yakking
me
sun shining through crack in the alley
coffee hot
goin on noon
1st thought jammin in this here
concrete jungle world

[the mingo]

a breath of wind
first thought
rain rain rain
into the poetic
damn if everything ain't gray

[WIREMAN]

oh wah a july
back at the start square 1
missed dino show
work a priority...now
i gots to work
was laid off 2 jobs temporarily
which is scary
back now
rebaring a new museum
gone sometimes 16 hrs a day
jammin perpetual
reading nano sakaki
waiting on a ride
walk into planet water
slide down desert arroyo
saguro haven
jammin

[whoaisme]

starry night. yes yes i threw
my eyes at that painting
many times until
everything became blue
and i heard nothing but
blue

[the mingo]

moon over my shoulder on last night's ride -
that time again already?
keypad on my phone bout to have me pitch a fit
21st century? Bah! Humbug!
all it's shown me is that
things cost more

[whoaisme]

I DON'T WANT TO BUY ANYTHING I CAN'T TAKE PAST THE GRAVE

O but i need a new frying pan
and slick new shoes
and i need
need
need
NEED
ALL EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME!

[WIREMAN]

in need
driving down
bohaneasy blvd.
periods and commas
in my wake
an xclamation pt.
thrown in for
distraction
following the old
double yellow
all the way to
oblivion......>>>>>

[whoaisme]

walking to the corner store
for a beer and a swisher
i don't look anybody
in the eyes if they smile
i'm in debt

[WIREMAN]

here in downtown frederick, md
everyone connects
xcept the tourists
big day/evening
1st saturday
blues band out front
sidewalks packed
in baltimore i kept mi head on a swivel
& mi biz to my self
24/7
to survive
no rats here in frederick
b 'more they live in yur car
yet i love dat town

[the mingo]

what to do now?
clean the house?
listen to traffic?
wash the windows?
maybe sit here & drink this tea
wishing i had a good beer

[WIREMAN]

new record player
ready and waiting
bout time to put
it to good use
vinyl land here i come

[the mingo]

all these trucks going by -
they are building a poem down back in the woods
it must be a big poem because these are big trucks
carrying a lot of shit
& there are a lot of them going into
& out of the woods