Jalapeno Peppers

she was the new lady in town with
red-afro, twice divorced and sensitive,
who sat down beside him, he
the artist with ever-ready
drawing pad and pencil drew
a Picasso-like likeness even
a child could comprehend-
a simple face with curly hair
hearts bursting upwards
tears bursting downwards
and she walked into his web.
she learned and then reflected…
the River asked,
“Must great beauty always be birthed
out […]

for Harry L. Benjamin
let it be his epitaph
when he is gone
one day he was found in his studio
nearly frenzied in his furious work
lamenting all those Japanese potters
lost in the horror of Nagasaki
and Hiroshima.
another day he’d stop mid-painting
to answer a visitor’s question
“Are you busy?” and answered,
“No, no, come on in.”
he never married the girl
with the strawberry-curl
but […]

with all the hours rolling by
remaking the worlds
with all blemishes intact
while we all free fall into eternity
but refuse to remember
game end
and be one
if i don’t see you in this world
i’ll great you in the next
we’ll change faces
we’ll change sex
if you don’t see me in this world
meet me in the next
maybe it’s an act of will
maybe […]

the Lion roared and then he went away
humble as he came to be
one of us
his last request while still alive
that rules be changed to name his predecessor
is it to much for us to think
of a last wish we might have and
knowing it may be our last wish
to imagine what might be the very core […]

when the cow winks
milk stops flowing.
when a human winks
is it kidding or flirting?
when is agony ecstasy?
will December 21, 2012
be a global deja vu
or a global orgasm?
Aquarian Age.
will it make us or break us?
unite or divide?
live and help live?
best US or beat US?
will the itsy-bitsy spider
remember the waterspout?

bliss knows agony
as does agony know bliss
the heart knows of Acorn
that breaks to birth Oak
“so much depends upon”:
barrow
water
chicken
a heap of earth placed
on prehistoric tombs
drink
food
the Red & Cross
of life & death
birthing compassion
in a red wheelbarrow.

successfully dividing our country
now give us both a balance
give we the people
the percent of our tax dollar
going to one of the divides
for example funding abortion
have a place on our tax forms
that say we do not want to pay for abortion
where they can figure the percentage of their taxes
go for abortions and deduct it … yeah, […]

it’s only a fractile space
melded with moment
but it’s ours babe
how delightful!
a grown man
and an ol’ woman
know the love term “babe”
is generically neutral
and flowers somedays male
somedays female
somebody dancin’ now
6 a.m. here
6 p.m. there
between here and there
aloha
shalom
may good luck Charlie
be riding shotgun full of shamrocks
again
good night
Irene

the ’60’s revolution was
peace love flowers hope
with no blood shed
how will our current revolution be?
we see the gun toters in the streets
are they saying they are willing to kill
to get their way this time
the way they they didn’t get this time
in the voting booth?
the whole world is watching.

every which way under heaven
to show mug warts love?
those writing letters are the innocent ones
who know nothing else
but dried up dreams their anger
might shoot you in the face but not enough anger
to go hunting
oh under heaven we miss you
the holy spirit elders sigh
not to worry we can tell you
Bill Baily’s comin’ home.

and he did it for “the least of them”
left water in the Arizona desert
where immigrates were dying of thirst
and, like Jesus, he was prosecuted
why?
because “some” Americans prefer
to talk like a Christian instead of
walking like a Christian.
Bravo Walt Staton
Jesus loves you, this I know.

in spite of:
being commercialized, potted and hot housed,
no matter the bloom is smaller than it’s leaves
she remembers before the final curtain
he is still and yet
a rose

Operator!
Operator!
Call up the whole town!
I need to know if anyone cares?
The Holy Forest by Robin Blazer

the other guy was burned
because he turned his old clunker back when the price of gas was $4.00
did the “patriotic thing” and bought a car with high gas mileage
now those that didn’t do it then are getting thousands of $’s
he’s feeling father fucked
porque
he’s the only duck in the pond
quack quack don’t bother
telling him the clunker […]