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1977-02-27

Sunday, February 27th, 1977 
 
        once I was younger and cut a broader stroke
         but the years wait insidious against these attacks
         and now I've come groveling back.

         I came from their service
         to slay the dragon of philosophy - 
         how came I here then?

         Here, where the shutters swing vacant
         against the midnight blackness
         and I'm starting to become somebody by default.

                              gallagher
                              02-29-77

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

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1977-05-03 Helen

Tuesday, May 3rd, 1977 

                       Helen

      The passage ended in our dance of form and enlightenment.
      In the afternoon, over tea cups,
      our warmth pressing us, without clinging,
      we spoke and smiled there, felt and saw feeling there
      and with simplicity, we never hid or hurt each other.
      Open and centered, the meal had been served.

                              gallagher
                              05-03-77 - helen k.ends us
                              long beach

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

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1977-05-07

Saturday, May 7th, 1977 


         Here, where the center most gears spin,
         here is the distillation of what I'm doing here
         and I carry that moment timeless within me,
            though my passions may rage a thousand times,
         always ... it is like a spark.
         A bit melodramatic, now that the band's past,
            but there is something there.

         Else why can I here the winds go whistling
            in the midnight hour freight trains running
         through my soul?

                              gallagher
                              05-07-77 - acid tripping
                              long beach

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

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