ROOTS

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“It’s the dams …”

  1. not the abnormally warm water, in some cases giving spawning salmon heart attacks
  2. not the nasty shit falling from the skies
  3. not the lack of predictable or consistent snow pack

nope …

it’s the DAMS …

(which is partially true)

(but that’s WHY this is a limited hangout)

Link: https://www.king5.com/article/news/investigations/investigators/seattle-fish-passage-investment-skagit-river-investigation/281-6a700eb6-a546-4733-b74d-a96be5692498

Where are my roots?

IRON EYES CODY found his place,
safe among the human race,
I see dots on a biology chart,
you tell me about the ancient cart.

Your canoe swims far and wide,
with prideful screams for WOUNDED KNEE,
I can't find my CELTIC DREAMS,
lost in the seams,
to ENGLISH SLAUGHTER,
and you get hotter dancing with wolves,
and I am left wondering,
slumbering,
lost to history.

You have stories and songs,
your homes are full of blood dried past,
and at last you speak your tome,
all alone,
I am left with,
"where are my roots?"

Your museum of steel and bright,
the light shines on a myriad of books,
looks,
the authors fight to be seen,
known,
for history's LOST ONES,
but I'm still in the shadows,
waiting,
wondering,
"WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK HAPPENED TO MY ROOTS?"

I call it quits,
kaput.

At 18 they said go away,
"we'll keep an eye on things,
till you return one day",
I come back after a few years,
houses sold,
rust and mold,
strangers stand instead of friends,
land sold and sold again,
an empty global nothing place,
a home lost to outer space,
but at least the ONE TRUE RACE abides,
my roots buried under landslides.

White trash and the landfill,
spilled memories,
POP CULTURE and spiritual diabetes,
in my Mercedes,
racing for the stars,
devouring cocaine,
driving insane,
from nowhere,
to nowhere.

Roots severed.

World empty.

But I'm so fucking happy for your Iron Eyes Cody.

For your Chief Seattle.

For your casinos.tome

I just want to find my fucking roots.

TODAY-YESTERDAY-TOMORROW

Today feels like "Monday".
Tuesday felt like tomorrow.
Tomorrow, comes yesterday.

In the morrow,
the day-break realm,
in that world I will find
my forgotten tomorrows.

In a world of perpetual farce.

The charnal house of history.

POW

Alone,
but still standing.

Broken,
and still together.

Afraid,
but not consumed by fear.

Brothers and sisters,
in green,
and loam,
and black,
and gold.

We are all different,
but we remember the promise.

You stand with others,
and are surrounded by guns,
wire,
pain,
sadness,
regret,
questions.

Your captors torment,
vile,
piercing eyes of hate.

Their hate came from somewhere,
but not from you.

We just want you home,
brothers and sisters.

We want you back,
with family,
love,
and peace.

We just want the wars to end.

Sailing

Tempest spray,
worn sails,
genoa forgotten,
and my love lost.

But the sea remembers,
gently,
that boastful act.

With Irons fore,
aft are the sins of youth,
terror felt in failure,
as the jib gave way.

Uncontrolled jibe,
spinning,
the boat knows its way.

Uncontrolled,
bailing,
the boat will go to rest.

Somewhere kept for courage,
in cold vaults,
manifold dreams.

CUBICLE LAND (from the YEAR 2000)

I have spent many hours,
passing my glass of existence,
around the table to those next door...

Burning up what life has left,
burning up life...

The office worker becomes mystified,
the mystification extends past the line.

The white-collar mystification
portends something new,
something as yet untold.

The amazement at bureaucratic poetry,
the amazement at structural dishonesty,
being amazed by institutional chaos.

Passing my glass of life,
Next to my cubicle.

Breathing and carrying-on,
talking,
chatting,
waiting for the next break.

A copier machine sends false light,
shedding copies,
shredding freedom,
echoing promise,
releasing energy of pent up anger,
at forces all too well known.

Idle time is spent like this,
wandering corridors of my spirit,
looking for multi-tasking conversation,
to guide me home.

The Hospital’s Guest (from 2012, when my sister died)

I remain.
Monstrous forces beckon
on the periphery of spirit.
Jaundiced faces,
with bodies cloaked in white,
awaiting the mistress of bile.
Creatures without solace,
growing within,
never to be satiated till finality is met.
And each day's bill must be paid.

I remain.
Not without merit and seeking only compassion.
My friends and enemies mixed company.
My wallet heavy with paper and light with wealth.
I will not dispel the witch's glance.
I shall,
instead,
curry favor with the devil
in defense of good health.

I remain.
Steadfast and ill.
Blood stained and soulless.
Comprehensive and narrow-minded.
Death to the participant
and director of this farce.

So, go ahead.
Check-in to this factory.
Make yourself known to fools.
Allow their wretched hands to wrench your body.
Make merry in their medieval dungeon.
They remain.
They will stay.
Their God or gods are not your forebear;
they forsake even the light.
The pain you suffer is not theirs.
The drugs they dispense are not for you.
No comfort,
because...

I remain.
Awake and emptying out slowly.
A soul's distance
no further than the door.

I remain and hope that
some loving angel takes my breath.
That this same angel may usher me home.

“ARISE, ARISE! IT’S X-MAS DAY!”

Arise, Arise, it's Christmas morn.
This is no time for watching porn.
Shuck the crab and crack the corn.
Passout where you lay.
It's Christmas day!

You threatened your boss cuz you have no say.
You were fired and receive no pay.
Now you can't buy that special wine.
It will all be fine.
It's Christmas day!

Your neighbors,
you see,
moved yesterday.
There's copper to gather - don't throw it away.
Copper tubing is money and that's OK.
It's Christmas day! - Peoples...

That girl you know,
who lives down the street.
She surely thinks you are quite neat.
I know she said, "you have stinky feet".
Stalk her anyway, it's Christmas day!

That cheap whiskey is just sitting there,
staring at you from the TV tray.
Finish it off - that's the only way.
For lonely drunks - it's Christmas day!

Your ex-wife has the kids today.
"Were the hookers worth it?",
is all she could say.
Vodka lingers on your breath.
Next comes death...
It's Christmas day!

Merry Christmas peoples!