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1973-06-07 The photograph album

Dennis — Thu, 07 Jun 1973 08:00:00 +0000

                       The photograph album
            Looking at the photographs
              I could sense the number of times
            her eyes and hands had passed here
              on baby pictures and friends long gone.
            As if she had written them there,
              her feelings came to life in me
            and stopped my eyes
              on those moments of time...
            I wish she were here now to hold her
              and her dreams.
                              gallagher
                              7 jun 73
                              Long Beach

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

1973-07-07 Acid again

Dennis — Sat, 07 Jul 1973 08:00:00 +0000


                         Acid again

            Psychic or what...when I can look in
              at cupboards and feel love.

            Laughing in the face of joy
              I've turned away so many times
                 to find it just there...

            Insanity comes in a pill
              but why make it real?

            I saw the spokes of the wheel coming together
              witchcraft...intellectualism...egotism...
            all lead to what we keep
              in our pills
            and we can't quite wait to get there,
              can we?

            Insanity at 10,000 watts, just another
              weapon in our arsenal.

                              gallagher
                              7 jul 73
                              Long Beach - acid tripping

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

1973-07-07 For Rose

Dennis — Sat, 07 Jul 1973 08:02:00 +0000

                          For Rose
         There's a woman who loves me pure and clear
         and that's fine
         though sometimes I don't know why
         she'd want such a hassle as loving me,...
         Me, who wants to be free
         and sure and wise and strong...
         she loves that...the prideful stupid fool...
         and me, I'm just amazed at my grace
         to have such a woman.
         Ah, but love's so simple,
         why, she's been whispering it to me
         for years at night
         and I'm just now getting wise...
         going on to do it myself I was....
         and she was patient.
         Love is my gift
         and its fine.
                                 gallagher
                                 7 jul 73
                                 Long Beach

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

1973-10-02 Before class

Dennis — Tue, 02 Oct 1973 08:00:00 +0000

                          Before class
         I saw a look I never saw before today...
         on the face of a man
         who was pumping the heart of another man
         who probably wasn't going to make it.
         Sadness there, self consciousness,
         the chill of the ultimate reality,
         they all blended on his features
         for the amusement of the gathered crowd
         so tired of T.V.
                           Gallagher
                           02 Oct 73

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

1973-10-04 Denise

Dennis — Thu, 04 Oct 1973 08:00:00 +0000

                          Denise
      ....Denise said that religion wasn't important.
      She wasn't sure if there was a God or not
      nor that it mattered save that she was a bit of 'God'.
      "Living is creating yourself, loving life is learning
      to believe you can cope with all of it."
      "Learning this until you get to the place
      where it doesn't matter, learning this
      until you learn what non-sense is and dig it."
      "The master plan, if such a thing could be so called,
      is that ultimately everything is without sense or reason
      and struggle represents the untogetherness
      of believing it otherwise...."
      I told her it must make sense
      cause it seemed to work for her
      and she laughed at me....
      I felt better, though.
                              Gallagher
                              4 Oct 73
                              LBSC

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

1973-10-04 Harvest

Dennis — Thu, 04 Oct 1973 08:02:00 +0000

                       Harvest
            Gathering light I am the lens...
            sometimes I'm watching it
            sometimes I'm lost in it
            but few times, I am it.
                           Gallagher
                           4 Oct 73

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

1973-10-10 Grace

Dennis — Wed, 10 Oct 1973 08:00:00 +0000

                       Grace
      Perhaps I'm foolish to believe
      I understand grace
      but when she comes to me
      there's no doubt
      and when she leaves
      no mistake
      I mark her presence by the absense
      and absence by the presence of life's cares
      She comes when my best is realized
      and yet she's not a steady mark
      for she'll run one step ahead of understanding
      and fade with time unfulfilled.
      She enfolds you unasked
      and hides when sought
      I believe she is the reward,
      undefined as it seems,
      to those who seek truth and love
      by creating and living their best dreams.
                           Gallagher
                           10 Oct 73
                           LBSC

1973-10-12 Carla

Dennis — Fri, 12 Oct 1973 08:00:00 +0000

                             Carla
         Carla, the direct experience girl,
         blew some of my fuses
         when I fell into her eyes...
               It was when...
               looking at her gave way to
               seeing into her which gave way to
               understanding her which became
               loving her which was the direct knowledge
               of experiencing more than
               I could cope with...
         It was then that smoke
         began to coil out of my ears
         that curiosity gave way
         to overload .... Zap!
                           Gallagher
                           12 Oct 73
                           LBSC

1973-10-13

Dennis — Sat, 13 Oct 1973 08:00:00 +0000

            Peace floats in my soul
            like slow liquid notes.
            Encompassed in a universe
            that gives answers
            to those who seek,
            I am the circle, complete,
            once more.
                           gallagher
                           13 Oct 1973

1973-10-13 Brother Unknown

Dennis — Sat, 13 Oct 1973 08:02:00 +0000


                       Brother Unknown

         My brother Elmer is such an enigma;
         he says things which I'd call unreasonable
         for anyone else and I'm swayed.
         If its intelligence, its not my kind....

         If its leadership or charisma, its impressive.
         And if its my misconception, its durable.

         All in all I can't think of anyone
         I'd rather drop acid with
         than my brother.

                           gallagher
                           13 October 1973
                           Long Beach