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08 Dec 2024

When I’m sixty-four


Back in junior high school
way back in seventy-four
we practiced this McCartney song
until our voices bled

I vaguely recall performing
this piece in public
and as far as its reception
I imagine it must have been
lukewarm at best
—I mean at that age
are you kidding me

Now that I’m less than
a year away from the milestone
I’m beginning to suspect
Sir Paul had me in mind when
putting together his little ditty
now that I’m an old boy
staying out till quarter to three


december two thousand twenty-four
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03 May 2015

The One and Only Billy Shears


I heard this song by Billy Shears
on the AM radio the other day
and could have sworn
it was the Beatles all over again

It was high time the lesser frequency
hit the air with such determined soul
competing against the likes of
American cricket and European football
Limbaugh and Beck
agrinews and golden oldies

This old thumb or forefinger
or whatever functions best on
any given night
dials in with as much precision
as humanly possible
hoping to catch a southward wave
back to nineteen sixty-seven



may two thousand fifteen
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19 Oct 2013
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revolution number nine


row after row of desktop
computers play leapfrog in a
pentagon controlled pole barn

outside angry peasants wave
baseball bats and throw
expletives at robotic guards

as night collapsed into chaos
revolutionaries trade flashlights
for burning man torches

lights darting above oversee
armed forces hellbent on
accelerating the tipping point

morning fog surrenders to man
and his drum machines
moving on to the next outpost



october two thousand thirteen
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