Graveyard In the discomfort area there

[the mingo]

sorry been scarce
landlord has put me to work
all round handyman's helper
doing things i don't know nothing about
good thing the other guy knows what he's doin -
Nancy got laid off - big surprise that
put me into a mad scramble for work
- immediate work -
and there goes my "retirement"
- didn't figure to last anyway the way things are -
damn war the way things are -
guess maybe it always was -
beautiful riding days the last week
but i only get out in the moonlight
every light on the bike flashing away
- riding the lightning -
(maybe Welch had the right idea)

[WIREMAN]

ah the curse
of work
think i'll be
doin it till
i die
used to think
social security
oh i can retire
right!
too many payouts
and health ins.
ugh
but workin aint
so bad
gonna get me
a Hamtar next
chk out Rev Peyton
on youtube
he just got that
crocbite from Harry
im next in line
them ham cans
are real hard to find

[the mingo]

i never would have thought
or had it enter my mind
'bout makin' a musical instrument
out of a ham tin
- that's damn existential
go Mongolia !

[WIREMAN]

wailing wailers
in the graveyard
jamaican style
yeah their producer
used to have them
play there to build
up the courage

[the mingo]

wanting to lay it down
go to ground
pop up again & go HEY!
age takes dead on aim
nothin' escapes that
you can wake up full of memories
but nothin' warm to hold
i may be out on the rim
but i'm seeking the core
cuz even silence
has a rhythm
chickens cripple my inner fictions
brilliant with dwindle
the mind is a river
the mind is a creek
a glistening mixture
infant wife kingdoms
slimmer pilgrims with pistols
drifting toward playfulness
3:14 a.m.

[WIREMAN]

1 twenty5 pm.
at the bar
garden martinis
omlete a memory
people coming and
going, kitchen hot
chicks interrogating
chicks
waitstaff runnin round
me sippin
lookin for a napkin

lovin this new jam thread

[the mingo]

ya can't speak too evil of money
it's greed that's the evil
but money not only helps things along
but brings things to light
even sometimes gives those things
room to grow
makes connections -
like r. crumb points out here
profit was the motive
but that motive took the blues out of the delta
& other places before we were born
and gave it a place in people's spirits
from where it touched everything
- hell yeah, mongolia
i'm digging this new thread too
suppose a thread is a thread
but shit happens when things
are changed up sometimes -
besides the title is sideways wild
- gotta roll - in the high 80's past few days
makes past winter seem like it never was
hell, i almost wanna complain about
the heat

[WIREMAN]

missin mom day
missin wife too
carole jean not
the one in Buffalo
i guess im an orphan
watchin mommas shoot pool
flashdance playing on sounds
here at jojos pub
mommas coming thru the door
mommas on the street
as it should be
its may and its mommas day

[the mingo]

mommas coming thru the door
mommas on the street
as it should be
its may and its mommas day

ha! cracked me up -

[WIREMAN]

was starting to miss mom
yesterday
then i got a msg.
from a friend..."sake!"
i said, "hell yeah!"
we got plastered
sake tequila screwdrivers beer
still made it to work today
it was fun day yesterday
i like doin this every couple weeks or so
lovin momma

[judih]

mama knows
mama sees
can't escape mama

[the mingo]

after ten days of
summer weather
as high as 90 degrees
even humid
this morning 45 degrees & rain
gonna need a jacket at work

[WIREMAN]

chill down here
diggin it
still in short sleeves
but i sweat when
i look at a piece of rebar
into the howlin wolf
past few daze
got my hamtar comin after
the holiday
gonna go blues it
and makin collages
drinkin sour beer tonite
steak salad
ready to cut loose
old bluesman style
writin poe and playin slide......Hamtar!

[WIREMAN]

whaddya say?
he's gone
with the thrill
with Lucille
got to see
him twice
early '70's
man he could
play...play...play!
one handed even
super showman
voice all his own
rest in peace B.B.
you were the king......

[the mingo]

i was helping a friend
frame a shed when he asked me
if i had heard that B.B
had walked on from this world
no i said as we raised up a wall
and nailed it into place
later as i passed an Amish cut 2x4
up to the roof my friend said
B.B. was 89 yrs old
i just said goodbye B.B.