24.4.20


Millennials pretty much on par with Baby Boomers
                                                       they know when theyre being shit on now if only they were threatened by a Draft then theyd probably swing a hard-on in the governments face a stinking government housing different people but inhabiting the same mentality and focus and policies that told him Relax relax Just relax while it tried to fuck him in the ass whether when he refused to step forward at the Draft Board or was on the streets demonstrating against Nam
                              he still had three cop hats on the shelf in his closest his pride and joy is the pale blue helmet he yanked off a Chicago cops head who was beating him with a police stick it couldntve played out well for the cop a longhaired freak appropriating his equipment that was Grant Park '68 it still brings tears to his eyes reminds him of his healed welts and grateful his reoccurring tears werent caused by the chemicals in the tear gas


he did however have a gripe with his familial millennials 


they knew he was full of shit


yet they also knew better than try to malign his memory of music and films  hell art for that matter

his niece asked him What film was “squeal like a pig” from?

Deliverance

No. No it wasn’t.

Deliverance Ned Beatty Burt Reynolds

No, no, no. That’s not it.

she began fingering her cellfone they all didall millennials gotta know immediately
NO
     What film do you think

Definitely Deer Hunter.

Deer Hunter With DeNiro Walken directed by Michael Cimino Academy Award Best Filmfuckin Meryl Streep about Vietnam

Definitely.

Go to the kitchen and grab your cousins Maybe collectively theyll or at least by odds there will be a brain in there  and bring them out

Okay, Uncle Joe. You’re just going to embarrass yourself.

Wouldnt be the first time baby

she went in and in a heartbeat returned with five of them  four nephews and a niece

Okay girlie  Ask them

she turned to her cousins  The old man’s losing his mind. What was the name of the film that the line “squeal like a pig” was in?

they all burst out laughing
                             Ryan the junior of the groupthe smartest of the group asked What did Uncle Joe say?

Nope he cut his niece off Yadont get that Answer the question

five voices chimed Deer Hunter

he rolled his eyes  Im fucked Im absolutely fucked  Youre the millennials who are supposed to comfort me in my old age Im fucked

the six went after their cellfones

he figured they figured one of them couldnt wait to be the first to laugh in his face

six faces screwed up as they looked down into their fones

Survey says he taunted

in the dull quietin the blue or yellow light from their fones washing their faces Ryan finally asked his sister What did Uncle Joe say?

He said what are fones are telling us.

Yah  Better you believe your fones than me  At least for this one  Im sure youll get me some other time

I recall perfectly because a couple of friends and I were making a canoe trip the week following the release of Deliverance 

Hell we even determined who among us could squeal the best Always alwaysalways a competition among guyswho can piss the furthest First place was agreed Actually it was unanimously But probably no one was thinking except me perhaps But first place earned the right to take it in the ass for the team  

Hilarious


Although not as hilariousyoull excuse my humoured bluntness  not as hilarious as you sorry motherfuckers thinking it was from Deer Hunter  Christ

I love yahs
Thursday evening,  12  12. 19
1602,  Thursday,  23  4. 20
Widespread Panic  Tall Boy  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtUVn9CafyY

23.4.20



                  some things are never forgotten


as a boy he learned that when theyhis family were heading out for a Sunday drive in the countrystopping for a picnic lunch his old man would holler at him and his brothers Time to tap a kidney, push til you blow air, boys. I’m not stopping the car because you have to go to the bathroom.

kinda like a hymnal  preached to him and his brothers
                                                           anif they had trouble going because they were told his father walked up behind three of them gathered around the commode and turned on the sink spigot just right  letting the water flow

it never failed
               they peed to their little hearts content or their bladders were empty  whichever was the matter

he wondered what his mother told his sisters  he never asked



raising his girls it was the nearly same before a roadtrip Time to hit the headthe bathroom girls an dont come out til youve blown air Ill be outside the door listening

they were funny little girls in turn as they finished on the pot they whistled and coming out into the hallway they said You heard, Daddy. We went!  

Goodness such talented little girls I bet youse could make some serious money if you went professional

his wife gave him a chuck in the ribs with her elbow Stop. They’re little girls.

Yes Thats why Im saying it now Theyre little Its going over their heads in one ear and out the other I guarantee therell be no side effects our girls wont be turning tricks for money
Would you shaddup. 

sometimes she didnt have a sense of humour



yup his little girls thought they were awfully damn funny

after a little while riding in the car he started whistling absently  not continuously

which provoked them absently theyd start whistling
                                                        and before they stopped he suddenly swung the car to the side of the road jumped out run around the front of the car to their side door and yanked it open Out Quick Dont wancha wettin the backseat

first couple of times they stumbled outnot really listeninghearing what he said not knowing what to thinknot following what he was yelling about

but they caught on


they remember that



his eldest daughter called him one eveningchecking in just to yap shed missed a couple of his calls and emales  Dad.

Hey baby How are you

I’m fine.

then they rambled about herabout her life her husband and children her business then ramble about him if he was taking care of himself

Youre sweet love You know Im taking care of myself Im all on me I havent a choice

Just checking, Dad, just checking.

Thank you

Yes.  You're welcome, I’ve been meaning to ask.

Whats that

Piano music. Could you shed some light on why I get sleepy when I hear piano music?

Yes  I could


And?

I thought if I gave you a moment youd recall on your own

I have a suspicion.

Its unlike you not to act on your suspicions

Yes. Which is another reason why I wanted to call tonight. Could you confirm my suspicion?

Im sure I can  Unfortunately the buck stops with me

Yes. Unfortunately.  I suspect it has something to do with me when I was young.

Yes

Really young.

Yes

Really, really young.

Yes when you were a baby  When you were a baby and I bottlefed you early mornings I found a public radio show that played solely piano music I fed you burped you made sure you were dry or clean then Id walk around the livingroom you on my shoulder rub your back stroke your head You didnt last too longknocked out real quick So for as long as I fed you early mornings that was our time our time together our time digging piano music


Yes.  Yes, that’s what I suspec . .
. . Suspected what you knew You remember correctly Good thing Im here on this one to answer youMom wouldnt have known as I wouldnt know the things you did alone with her

You remembered

Thank you for confirming my memory.

Im happy I could love  But then you always make me happy 



some things are never forgotten


1029,  Saturday,  14  12. 19
1248,  Thursday,  23  4. 20



his experience  time could devolve

its churning plowing straight ahead running over the helpless the hapless the well-healedwell-heeled  the entitled  ceaselessly
                it slowed in his eyes
slowed slowed
                crept to a stop


time  still  ticked on the clock  if someone listened

they werent


time devolved in that four-cornered room  which he never imagined

a cell
       where too many who he loved would inexorably end up  inexorably inhabit
held

contained


time sat in an obscure corner quietly  and watched

and in its arrest 

its patient exhale

it smoked the room

and those inside it

they could smell it on their skinsomething  something   something they couldnt identify

and they found themselves meandering 

falling free through time

untethered

amoebic



his loved one laid before him

sometimes animated

most of the time still  breaths aided by a ventilator

and before him also  a fine fabric  gossamer   where images of his remembrances flickered slyly

as they were in the past

their varied wheres

showering like confetti  stirred with grist    and passion



time devolved
                and revealed his relationships with the three beside him  inside the four-cornered room  in slow-motion  stutteringstammering  with notions of rainfall 


sometimes he thought time was being cruel
                                              or because he was sensitive  unable to take his eyes off the screen

he watched themlet them fall  possess his eyes   his senses
                                                                 like voluptuous drops of rain on a thirsty pavement  blotched  pitiless statements

or like snowflakes hoveringcaught on updrafts  delicately whirling   hangingdancing on his breaths


if time was being cruel  reminding him  he would always alwaysalways be grateful for its snapshots reinforcing his memory 

0813,  Saturday,  14  12. 19
1854,  Day-between-Two-Ts, 22  4. 20
Fiona Apple  Heavy Balloons  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT8HHHuvfK8   

22.4.20

Undefeated



first it took her voice

                         then it took everyone elses

her voice was mutedmouth gagged
                                     her eyes then wandered the room keeping the house in order

it disabled her muscle by muscle

she lost her arms

her hands

but it failed to take her legs
                           that must have miffed it


sense by sense it weakened her

it weakened her

                   but it didnt defeat her


she would die undefeated

0158,  Saturday,  14  12. 19
1253,  Day-between-Two-Ts,  22  4. 20
Timi Yuro  Make the World Go Away  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u40r9dBEQtE



Never again

                       never again  a Friday the Thirteenth such as this


having said that some people might provision hed have regret being unable to replicate it

of course they wouldnt know what they were talking about
                                                               but that never stops some people

itd never be recreated

its price was too high
                       a kind of price that one can barely afford  or suffer  once in a lifetime


it his second bout

his defenseshis heart harrowed

he could protest
                   but wouldnt prevail


he had to play the hand he was dealt



great gifts come at great cost


his greatest happiest cost him his greatest hurt

he had no idea that was the price

0038,  Friday,  13  12. 19
1238,  Monday,  20  4. 20

There's Bright, and not-so-bright


theres a bright doctor named Dr Bright who was directing the coronavirus vaccine effort when he was relieved of his post by the president because Dr Bright criticised the presidents decision to tout hydrochloroquine

Dr Bright deemed its regime medically unproven  and scientifically illegitimate

but unfortunately we have a not-so-bright president who removed Dr Bright when the America needed him most  


2304,  Wednesday,  22  4. 20

21.4.20

A number


he couldnt sit on it  the numbers were too glaring

this administration didnt value its Intelligence agencies report in November about novel coronavirus in China 


soldiers who died during the Korean conflict 33,686 from 1950 – 1953

soliders who died in Vietnam 57,939 June 8, 1956 – April 29, 1975 approximately 19 years

the first confirmed death in America from coronavirus February 29 and on-line as of 1837hrs today 45,297 approximately 2 months

we should be grateful that more havent died  

although we could suppose the skys the limit  therell be a second wave this winter  depending on what is done or not done very soon   a third wave?




usually he left the articles as footnotes
                                         Nah  not these   too important            

he wants to hear what the president might say about such comparisons  because he refutes anything that doesnt shine his buttons

1832,  Tuesday,  21  4. 20


Bob Seeger  Feel like a Number  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA1LJ3blITU


Reopen Americahuh
                       who wants it reopened now NOW! stamping their feet like vulgar spoiled children
who indeed
              Conservative groups FOX anchors Republican groups Gun Right Advocacy groups neo-Nazis



Gollygosh  those are people who werent invited to pool parties because rather than getting out of the pool and using a restroom  theyd pee in it instead

1543,  Twosday,  21  4. 20



without batting an eyeas a matter of course  belligerent They were busy   that out of their mouth


whos They

they didnt say
                if high State officials are allowedcan drivel “they” insist it cavalierly and are not challenged to reveal WHO they are why should he reveal his  they are of little or no consequence
when compared to State bumbling and conspiracies and fuckups

his they were beyond reproach and ought to be safe from affliction

he guaranteed themtheir authenticity legitimacy 

they werent State cunts and assholes



They were busy

thats all he needed to know




he didnt choose to be vague often

but now was probably a good time to be opaque
                                                    to protect his

began 0137 finished 0311,  Friday,  13  12. 19
The Kinks  Dead End Street  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NBDvXpsBzk               


“What do you have to lose?” March 21 he tweeted “HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together . . biggest game changers in the history of medicine.”

NOT A GOOD IDEA


hes not a doctor

hes not a president


he is not credible  hes Americas covidiot

1435,  Twosday,  21  4. 20



Yaknow wha Yawanna know wha
                                       Ive taken all Im goin to take from you
Which is a joke

Because youre the taker

It was my mistake believing our relationship went two ways  My mistake I own it

But I also own wha goes forth if I dont stop If I dont let you own yours

So have it  Im out Im done givin

Youll have to take from some else


she didnt say a thing


Nothin


she didnt say a thing


he stood up casually pushed the bill to her On you Thanks for the drinks he turned and began walking away

You’re walking out on me?

he turned at the waistlooked over his shoulder at her I am 

she leaned forward proudly providing him an ample display of cleavage You really want to do that?

Save it My hands an my mindmy imagination have brought me more pleasure than you in quite some time

Like my old man says Theres plenty udder fish in the sea
 
1339,  Sunday,  19  4. 20