Monthly Archives: February 2024

Jane and Laurie

She loved Jane’s Addiction and I loved her all too recently so in her honor I went to the Jane’s Addiction show at the Colosseum. I was feeling lonely and I wanted to remember and maybe to dance. This was … Continue reading

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Tape Deck Gigs

I’m tired. I’m ready to quit this life, give up the ghost and return to some sort of stability but I don’t think I can. Painful as it’s been, the rewards are too great. For we are stereonauts, sailing from … Continue reading

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Old and Young

In an early poem wherein I tried to woo the entire populace by claiming to be a poet I suggested that “no poet will ever make it.” In content, it was supposed to be a selling point. I was much … Continue reading

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At the Clubhaus II

I’ve been trying to puzzle this out: I’m chatting with this sweet Israeli star who asks me to read my poetry to her but the bar is too noisy and I can’t hear my own voice and maybe the accents … Continue reading

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Dance on Your Knees (a New Decade)

Dance while you’re able. Dance while you can. Dance with abandon. Dance like a man. Dance like you’re children; a squadron of ’em causing chaos cross the county making mostly mayhem! Dance as a woman, whatever you are! Dance really … Continue reading

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Lies and

If there’s one thing here today I can offer up to you it’s there’s nothing that you are unable to do if you lie. This is true! It’s my mantra of honest advice that’s been due since I chose to … Continue reading

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The Lesson and The Listening

– Really, you must stop speaking for me. – she said. – If I don’t speak for you, nobody speaks for you. – I replied, – the speaking doesn’t get done. – – I speak for myself, – she answered, … Continue reading

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It Ain’t Pink’s

You have come from a great distance and you find an obstacle before you of some substance. Say it is a wall. You think of all the obstacles that have been placed before you the distance and the threats and … Continue reading

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A Short Poem About Living Together

Three days later the burnt smell has not yet escaped. It is far too cold out there to truly air the place out so the results of my last errant attempt to use the kitchen remains, a reminder as to … Continue reading

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A Short Poem About Assignations

I am not quite sure how this will go. The last time we saw each other started out with an awkward lunch at a mediocre diner and ended with an overnight visit to the hospital. No permanent damage but still. … Continue reading

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