the letter "a"

[the mingo]

the letter "a" is a desolate angel
but she's not alone
forever hungry
she lunches on vibrating alligators
sings them close
then into her mouth

the 'gators go for it
every time

and so the alligators
enter desolation and curse
their reptilian heritage
to the very end
for they will never see
the sun again

it will not be as alligators
that they discover the blues

[judih]

oh yeah!
alphabet soup done in suave, slick artistry
bring on b, mingo man

[westcoast]

"blues is my business, and business is good"
~etta james


funky piece, mingo


~westie

[the mingo]

oh yeah!
alphabet soup done in suave, slick artistry
bring on b, mingo man

o judih! you're still a dozen or two sparkles on the monkey train! and by God i'm ecstatic you're still around! & i know wherever you are you're shining! but i ain't got no b's up my sleeve...this piece walked up to me outta the blue this morning just as i was taking my first swallow of coffee,slapped me across the face & said "hey! don't ya think its time to renew your account at studio 8? ya savvy the dingo lingo, mingo?" well, i just shook my head to clear it and with my cheek still stinging said "now there's an idea"...good to hear from you and thx for the response...

[Lightning Rod]

Alligator Blues
by Louis Armstrong

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[the mingo]

"blues is my business, and business is good"
~etta james


funky piece, mingo


~westie

thx for your response westie...i read some of your pieces early this morning as i was bopping around the site to see how things have changed and all the new voices that have come on since i was last here & i loved the way a lot of your expressiveness gets nailed down so clean & tight no lie can get thru! hope to hear more! keep sorting the static & post on !!!

[the mingo]

Alligator Blues
by Louis Armstrong

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Lightning - i listened to that whole piece & watched that record go round & round & when it was over i started laughing...i laughed going down the stairs, laughed as i grabbed my lunch, laughed going out the door, laughed as i got in my primered '81 Cordoba, laughed as i fired that old girl up and pulled out on the blacktop...i walked thru the door at work still laughing and the guy at the gate said "what are you laughing about? You're late!" and i laughed all the way down the hall and out to the backroom...a big heartfelt thx, Lightning, from the bottom of my ragged heart...how i have missed you all!

[judih]

hey, these ain't no alligator tears
i'm just squeezin my 'a's out
a bright tip of the atlas to ya ( i was gonna tip my alamo or angst, but they don't sound like a good cheery irish greeting, so it's atlas)

glad you're back

[Lightning Rod]

yeah, sometimes Louis Armstrong starts me laughing uncontrollably
and watching a record spinning is pretty hysterical too

[hester_prynne]

Quando Quando Quando Mingo!
In my circles, A is for Adulteress.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
So good to see you here!
And a powerful read, indeed, as usual.

Greetings chum!
H

[the mingo]

WOW BOOM HEY HI HI HI !!!...good to hear from ya!...glad you're still around you beautiful cloud merchant you! YAHOOOOOOOOOOO!...

[Doreen Peri]

mingo!

cool poem! ... it's a gas! dig it...

good to see ya!... long time

[the mingo]

mingo!

cool poem! ... it's a gas! dig it...

good to see ya!... long time

good to hear from ya too doreen & thx for dropping a line!

[Doreen Peri]

Dear the mingo,

Well, I read your poem, so I figured I'd comment. I haven't seen your name since the old litkicks days. Do you remember me from back then? I don't think I remember you ever posting here. I didn't know you knew about this place. I've seen others mention you before. I think it was jack who keeps bringing your name up. (stilltrucking, gypsyjoker, and a couple of other screen names he has). Someone ... I think it's him... has said on here that they miss "the mingo." Did you have another screen name here or something? I see you mention renewing your account.

Anyway, this is more of a line, because as I understand that term, it's a letter of some sort and all I said at the beginning was that I liked your poem. I did like the lines in your poem. Very true. So in that respect, it was also a line, maybe but not really because a line is like something that someone says that's not true, like guys use lines on me a lot but what can you do? You know they're lines but you smile anyway. But in this case, I really DO like your poem, so it wasn't a line. It was true. And it wasn't a letter like this is which is more of like "dropping a line" as I said before.

Well, it's been nice but I best get back to it. To what?, you may ask. Oh a lot of things, I'd answer if you did. But if you didn't ask, that would be OK, also. Whatever you like. Enjoy our day.

Sincerely,
-doreen peri

[gypsyjoker]

I liked the poem
D
it put in mind of Lou Salome

"a woman of dangerous intelligence"

freud called her

the tracks go into her lair but none emerge

(quote from geezer memory)



I think you are thinking of TK, he mentions mr mingo a lot.

I have replied to a couple of his poems but I don't remember talking much about him.