perpetual jam!!!!!!!!!

[the mingo]

it's what we get
for living long enough
to get old -
thought i was retiring
not quite working out that way

[the mingo]

only thing i can say
about today is
i herded three HUGE hogs
escaped from the landlord's barn
out of the road -
they had wandered down here
to the river
stopping traffic in both directions
didn't know what all the horn honking was about
looked out the window
hogs in the road
hogs in the yard
holy jumped up surrealistic shit
running out the door
with a shovel
in the rain

[the mingo]

the balls on that boar
were bigger
than my brain

[the mingo]

my romance fantasy
with Tug Hill
never had any pigs in it

[WIREMAN]

Something
Going on
Feel it
In the streets
On guard
And yet she smiles
So angelic
Wrapped
Coming for us
Threatening
Never cold
The storm blew
Through quickly
Umbrella raised
Slogging to the train
Squish....squash...
A labyrinth
These scaffoldings
Looking into the abyss

[the mingo]

i ended up
zoning on that pic -
just got back
from a rescue mission
one of the guys i've
become friends with up here
blew out one of the back tires
on his truck -
after yesterday's pig-herding circus
today's adventure was
quite calm -
we getting by
up here to the plateau
we getting by

[WIREMAN]

Zoney indeed
Ah a Friday
Lay down & relax
Old bones need rest
Off to Fredericksburg
Tomorrow to see
My sister in hospice
Rental car adventure
Have not driven in a year
Should be interesting

[WIREMAN]

Rest in peace Susan Coburn Prien.......

[WIREMAN]

Release
From where?
To eternity
Wings of desire
Nick Cave
Another millennium
So far away
Packin' 3 kids in a
'62 Tempest
They said California
Is the place you aughta be
In '63
Then back in '68
Dreaming
So far away

[WIREMAN]

early up
sun shining
silence then
clomp-clomp
the nail lady
whats the temp?
whats the news?
now silence
ready for a saunter

[WIREMAN]

november
off with the capitals
fresh roll
jamnation
1 more day
trials & tribulations
then free
like eagle
jam on me!

[WIREMAN]

all left behind
1st thought
relax
enjoy
canned heat
on the road again
goin' up the country
phat harmonica
mississippi saxophone
reading jack
RB
gary
allen
lew
red pine
tuvan throatsters
free day

[saw]

today is the day
turkey sacrifices on a lot of minds
well maybe not the sacrifice
maybe just the taste will do
I like thanksgiving if the purpose
is to really meditate on what we should
be thankful for...that needs to be done
and not just one day a year
I'm thankful for many things
one of them is my fellow poets
peace

[WIREMAN]

peace to the poets
may they read and accept
the dignity in each others
words, i can hear it from
the mountaintops, bottom of
deepest seas, respect their words
embrace their feelings, be glad
they have the courage to
lay it on the line.......

[WIREMAN]

it is better
silence whirls
dervishly
about me
not words
only movement
escape
to dreams
recurring
another life
inside mind
over and over
alternate places
those i don't know
those i do
the inner workings
amazing
who are these ones?
i never met them
except in dreams