On the Prowl

Hot or cold

I'm snug

under my lamp

My non-redneck neck

of the concrete jungle

Join me in my curiosity shop

Voodoo Ranger

Shrouded in commerce

and construction

White picket fences

hop-scotch and

lemonade stands

Chased by a Voodoo Ranger

 

Can't stop the carrots

carotene helps you see

them coming up

and going down

Clouds doing their job
cooling
 the Port of Oakland

A sweet new Irish spot

on lowest Broadway

photo of Oscar Wilde

that sort of place

Slainte

a bottom's up

blessing from Eire

Look for ward to a visit

someday soon,

join me

A grid-map

to remind me

it's again precisely

that time of year

 Get me off my velvet throne

and out walking

Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

when I pass it by

after twilight descends

I get a sensation

that someone is watching

from within

 Ship window

in an office arcade

social well-being and

public defense

A nice feeling

in the dry garden

sidewalk

Bullshit artists

post styrofoam

dialectics

in serial form

Local critics obliterated

each and every one

 Shout out to Seymour!

We need more

near-sighted cannoneers

like him today

He's still around

making the scene

Such as it is,

An insufferable elitist

next door is attempting

to snuff out the

Opera house

Time to return

to my rocking chair

and my classical radio,

to a jar of brandy

and a big fatty

May-June 2017