SamadhiMuse

                           Naegeli
         John told me, abashed I thought,
         that he was becoming part of the establishment;
         he was buying a house.
         I'm still thinking about that, I guess...
         about growing up and settling down
         and slowing down and getting older.
         Part of me believes that if I don't acknowledge it
         it might go away.
         Part of me knows it won't
         and I'm just wasting time trying.
         I guess John's going to quit fighting
         and simply settle in to watch time pass.
         I wish there was a moral to this story.
                           gallagher
                           31 October 1973
                           Long Beach

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

                       -- coming up ---
            Coming off a cold I'm strong
            coming off the cold I'm up
            mind and muscles realized.
            I'm wired on returning vigor
            a happiness based
            on the relative change fills me
            and I know it for what it is
            and then dig it.
                              gallagher
                              14 November 1973
                              Long Beach

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —