perpetual jam!!!!!!!!!

[the mingo]

was supposed to work for a guy today
but he got called to an emergency at church -
didn't even know the guy handled emergencies at church,
what the hell is a church emergency anyways?
Somebody needs the emergency singing of a psalm perhaps?
emergency baptism?
I don't know, anyways, since i was on my bike
I took the long way home,
I may take another ride later this afternoon,
the sun is out,
sky is clear,
temperature is mild,
it's the ninth of december
and this is Tug Hill Plateau for God's sake
and there is no snow anywhere up here -
unbelievable !

[WIREMAN]

no snow
record warmth
need to finish
this lightwell
workin OT every
night till we're
done, hold off cold
but I feel its coming
like back to back
blizzards in 2010
or all that ice in
February last year
i will survive
no trees in my pad
was thinkin bout
some lights, but.....

[saw]

five day forecast
sixties, near seventy one day
I don't know mary-land anymore
she used to be damn cold 'bout now
I remember working outside
it would be below freezing in october
the warming has made the months I knew
unrecognizable to my experienced eyes
don't know how to think anymore
can't get my bearings....
though don't need freezing cold
to feel normal, I'm happy to adjust
to the new planet, I'm okay
with this old dog learning some new tricks

[WIREMAN]

trickster dogz
we can stand it
in the light well
all day
looked up saw
beautiful blue sky
bout 10 am.
trains late
freights runnin the other way
dangerous scenario
for those crossing tracksy
them freights be powerful
i cringe at the thought of em
you feel big time power as they roll
by the platform at high speed
reading Jack's "Desolation Angels"
tryin to write on train too
it sure is hard...rattle-rattle
up at 3:30 manana....ugh!!!

[WIREMAN]

its all so
vanilla

a line
in my
head

jack
i know you so well
WB i know your life
but little of your writing

buk i know your life
and your writing
you to richard brautigan

ryokan
ikkyu
basho
i know your life
and work so well

you too lew welch
and gary snyder
oh yeah lets not
not forget henry miller
and allen ginsberg

han shan nobody knows
that much
li po too
wang wei, tu fu

rumi
hafiz
omar
well i thought
my list was limited
but i guess i was wrong

[WIREMAN]

pure jam
puree
football
american
journey
billy joel
like 70's
cajun omlette
taters
fruit
& a side of
bacon
chancha "oink"
creedence
fogerty
talkin' cowboys
bears & redskins
benching of
demarco murray
seahawks is hot
wire waits
my body
feeling
better
beatles
always beatles
" here comes the sun."

[the mingo]

gray day
december
just deleted everything
i had here except
those first two lines
guess those two lines
are all i can safely say
about today
- some days
the mind sounds
as a flock of wild geese
going over -

[WIREMAN]

or yakking crows
in the treetops
sleek and black
as night
writing in
the bar
deleteing sometimes
but leaving the sticky
commercials suck
as do FB pontificators
people say some
stupid shit at the bar
i just like to observe
and listen like a
fly on the wall
thats what writers do
i guess
i remember crumpling
all my shit up
in the old daze
40 + years ago
drawings too
then like a miracle
i could draw anything
i wanted to
back in '74
in a marriage gone bad
the writing was sporatic
up until late in '95
now it 20 years strong
1st thoughtin it
performing too
freestyle word jammin
on the spot
in more ways
than one

[Arcadia]

aire acondicionado´s dripping for above
in its own tip, tip pattern
Tilopa in the streets
can only be perceived
if you reach the ground enough
.
.
.
.
.
.

[judih]

When grey plays with sunshine
dare ya, dare ya more
and rain pours down
mid-highway pond
only my bus dares

[WIREMAN]

jammin
water up to
here
cool comforts
december like
spring
rainy night
warm

[the mingo]

rain here this morning
all last night too
won't be working on no deck today
which is the cat's kitty to me
because i ain't goin' outside
and i'm gonna feed these stale animal crackers
to the fish
as soon as it stops raining
or the coffee gives out

[saw]

worked on some firewood sculptures
for xmas gifts, I see faces everywhere
dragons and snails, melt wax into natural holes
install antique marbles for eyes, use four penny
finishing nails for teeth.....drive two screws in
the back, string some wire to hang it up. viola
a unique gift for someone I love

[WIREMAN]

harder &
harder
black wire
for this
gold wire
for that
annealed
epoxy coated
#4's for corral slab
desolation angels
many chapters
read at random
seat hoggers
unpoliters
people who fart
on trains
disgusting
bus at 4:30 am.
subway 5:21 am.
starbucks 5:31 am.
jammin
jumpin
jivin too
mongolian stew
all hail!

[saw]

doc found a blood clot
in my leg yesterday, damn
no wonder I was in pain
so he tells me I have to go
on blood thinners right away
a misnomer for sure, since
they don't thin, they are anti
coagulants, which means you
don't want to crack your head
open on the ice, because you're
gonna bleed out in the snow
what a hideous class of drugs
no antidote for bleeding, jeez
sometimes the cure is worse
than the ailment, but gotta do it
don't want that clot to break loose
get stuck in your lung, so once again
i put my trust in the hands of strangers
let's party baby like there ain't no tomorrow
let's lift a glass, toast the day of the week
dance on hobbled knees, sing like
a an ancient warbler, laugh like a lunatic