be reasonable
demand the impossible
utopia now
or
dystopia forever
is the only platform
on which to party
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at first
the Camilla tree
you never noticed blooming
sheds its leaves in a wind that springs back into a pre-pubescent winter
you enjoy the moment as if it never happened before
but you let it go
even if it will never happen again
if there is a next time
you ignore it
almost incapable of seeing it
fixated on:
ambition
desire
regret
panic
and many other things that are not falling blossoms
but it will bloom again
and you will slow down
contemplate
over-intellectualize it
and turn it in to a bad poem
and
if you are lucky
blossoming camilla
wind
raining delicate pink
could be spring
years ago
i went to see mike watt form san pedro play the thud staff
many great people were there
the gentle Thor for one
and many best friends i did not know i had
we wore plaid
watt came on stage
and before he played a single note he said,
john coltrane
john coltrane
john coltrane
and then we all
began to ascend
at the end of this mighty happening
watt suggested we,
start
our
own
bands
and then we all
ascended
about
to drink a coffee
as the burning fog is
about
to reveal the golden gate bridge and alcatraz
into my view
high up on the berkeley hills
a perspective
so removed.
meanwhile, a young american serviceman is
about
to self-immolate
for a cause I care deeply
about.
there has already been enough death
do not let his,
obscure the view
of those who did not choose to die.
live and do more,
is all i am
about
to think.