Saturday, September 30, 2017

Healing light in western Kansas



Oh the sun in western Kansas is a healing light
It bounces through manure piles
 feedtanks, hay bales, wheat fields
Old stone outbuildings and cattle's anuses
Buffalo grass on the school yard 
Oh, it is a healing light

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Monday, September 4, 2017

What's wrong with this picture?


Nothing, that I can see.

Here's what's right:

Iggy and Waits in a booth. I MEAN....
Bottomless coffee
Sturdy-looking coffee cups
Smoking. Inside. (note the accomodatin' ashtray)
Mustard and ketchup in squeeze bottles. (Making me so hungry for fries right now.)
Table is checked not in the traditional gingham but in a hypnotic, nearly Escher-like fashion.
Christmas lights strung up, with those fat, old bulbs that burn hotter than a mother.

Oh, here's what's wrong.  I found it:  I'm not there, joining the conversation! (The one from my imagination. Not the one in the movie.)

Sunday, September 3, 2017

Two Tear Jerker Cocktails Coming Right Up


When Jane's dream to be a soda jerk fell apart her true calling to be a tear jerker was born.