Abyssinia, Larry

In Belated Memory of Larry Gelbart:

George waits “U assumed central casting?”

Plautus sings “Comedy@Last”

Mac says “ICU got the fax”

Danny makes room

as Johnny deals cards

 

Tweeted: November 13, 2009   4:23 pm CT

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Air Show 2

Diving perfect victory form

Whorling left right

Helix flawless flight

Vortex virtuosos

Precise landing

atop phone wires

Tweeted: November 1, 2009  7:03 p.m.

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Air Show 1

After-burner rattles Earth

Punches cloudless sky

Envy of Pegasus

War raptor dives low & children squeal

Spirals up into blue peace

 

 

Tweeted: November 1, 2009  7:03 p.m.

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Speeding Ticket

I plead guilty

I drove warp speed in a twilight zone

failed 2 merge memories

or stop 4 dreams

Ignore ticket

I paid my fine miles ago

Tweeted:  October 30, 2009  (:28 pm CT

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Sorry

Sorry

You confuse me w/someone I never was

Mirrors reflect deception

Shadows stalk pseudonyms

Dreams suffer amnesia

& tears evaporate

Tweeted:  October 28, 2009  9:28 pm CT

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Death Mask

In Memory of Joyce

Mouth agape

w/spectral howl?

“Hellalujah’ of salvation?

A penitent “NO!”

Or the final redeeming

Exit for the soul?

Tweeted: October 26, 2009  9:345 pm CT

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Death Watch

For Joyce:

Leaden clouds shroud sun

humidity smothers breath

waiting storms rale

thunder moans

while light flashes on horizon

before darkness comes

Tweeted: October 24, 2009  7:15 p.m. CT

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Mighty Oaks

About family, immigrants, Galveston, Hurricane Ike and destruction:

Mighty oaks greeted

Zayde’s Galveston landing

All survived violent furies

’til Ike’s blitzkrieg released acrid death

& oaks fell

1 by 1

Tweeted: October 21, 2009  5:33 p.m CT

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Ella’s Songbook

’tiskit’taskit lost

my man

somewhere o’er the rainbow

here’s that rainy day

don’t worry ’bout me

it’s only paper moon

follow yellow

Basket

Tweeted: October 8, 2009 9:58 pm

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“The Velvet Frog”

For Mel Torme:

I called U “The Velvet Frog”

Sorry but

U sing mellow & jazz riffs raspy

like Bro Ray

Nite fog rolls off Gulf & tree frogs

croon me 2 sleep

Tweeted: October 8, 2009 9:57 pm CT

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