Ghost Train RadioPower Towers
Posted on January 18, 2022
Up upon the ridge
Two Towers form a bridge
At sunset beautiful
January's not so dull
I'm finding new use
For something so obtuse
Like liking January
Before I liked it nary
Knowledge is the power
In this golden hour
Experience is the key
New meaning comes to me
British Accent
Posted on January 18, 2022
Twenty years ago today
You left this crazy place
Personally I'm doing just fine
America's a sad disgrace
I miss your sense of humor
Your hidden British Accent
After you passed away
Four years till Dad's Descent
The girl from Hele Village
Now part of Torquay
Grandparents were Londoners
During WWII left that place
I hope you're doing well
Wherever you are
If there really is a heaven
I know you're at the bar
I lift my glass to you
On this day in time
No one lives forever
We're all queued up in line
Symbolic Logic
Posted on January 18, 2022
Symbolic Logic
Really means Code
It could be Morse
Which is really quite old
Music is also a Code
Its notes staff and lines
Its been here forever
The beginning of time
Computer programs
Also are Code
With many flavors
COBOL is old
All of these things
I find very nice
I've done all these things
In the time of my life
In Art We Trust
Posted on January 18, 2022
In Art We Trust
It brings us joy
Artists create
While others destroy
You get what you pay for
Is not always true
We get much more from artists
Than vapid corporate tools
In Art We Trust
Artists tell the truth
Politicians tell lies
To get you in the booth
If there was real justice
In this fellaheen world
Artists would rule
Destroyers would eat dirt
Free Speech
Posted on January 17, 2022
My Dear Father you were right
Do unto others as they might
Do unto you
You were right when you said
If you can't say something nice
Keep your lips glued
Just because free speech is a right
Doesn't mean use it to start fights
Free Speech isn't free
Try being gentle and kind
Or listeners will give you no mind
Freedom From Speech is That Key
Metaphorically Speaking
Posted on January 17, 2022
Beyond the land
Of the Colloquial
Lies Strawberry Fields
For you to see
Speaking Metaphorically
Let's go on a trip
You Can Drive My Car
Step through the gates of time
For you to see
Speaking Metaphorically
It isn't very far
Because time goes so fast
It seems just like Yesterday
For you to see
Speaking Metaphorically
If all the world's a stage
Are we just Puppets on a string?
Whose running the show?
For you to see
Speaking Metaphorically
A Really Big Shoe
Posted on January 17, 2022
Gather round, little darlings
You're too young to know
About Ed Sullivan
And his very fine show
He introduced The Beatles
Of all his guests he would choose
No one else came close
On his "Really Big Shoe"
I was too young to remember
Most of his guests
Except a man spinning plates
On a stick on his chest
Those were the days
The early sixties
I liked the 80's better
When I was in my twenties
Shades of November
Posted on January 17, 2022
High above the telegraph wire
A Winter Moon that does inspire
Familiar, and as I remember
I saw the same thing in November
I never liked January
It always seemed bleak to me
But now I've opened my eyes
To this beautiful new surprise
Every month has it's gems
Just look round the bend
Take your camera and look
Round every cranny and nook
Inner Space Age Rendezvous
Posted on January 17, 2022
I had a rendezvous
With myself
I took old me
Off the shelf
Old me was young
Let's not split hairs
It really doesn't matter
How we got here
As I was saying
I'm writing new songs
Having the time of my life
Don't get me wrong
I might be old
But that won't stop me
I feel just like a kid
So happy and free
One in Five
Posted on January 16, 2022
I've surveyed my scene
Counted my song hive
The songs I'm proud of
Is One in Five
One in Five
That's Twenty Percent
You have to write a lot
To make something decent
Some are decent
Some on the descent
Some are hell bent
Some seem heaven sent
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