July in conjunction,— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
node on the run
Somedays just seem to be conjunctions
wring you out and test you functions
comes the ticking of the clock
calendar pages…
the motion just won’t stop
And its here that things collide
you’re forced to tell the truth…or lie
its here you come to find the blame
moments cross like arrows in flame
you can’t remember your name
you can feel the days are walking’
expectation/promises talkin’
and you know you’re going to fall
you can here you echos call
your appointment’s up against the wall
so you wait …
so you wait …
and listen to the murmur of your fears
the empty moments shocks are near
and it ALL becomes so clear
you’re here again at the crossroads
you couldn’t let it alone
and now you’ve planned the future’s coming’
but someone else is coming home…
but someone else is coming home…
gallagher
7-29-83 – about Kathleen A.
SJC
Archive for the ‘People’ Category
1983-07-29 July in conjunction,
Friday, July 29th, 19831983-09-13
Tuesday, September 13th, 1983Patterns seem to be forming— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
and I begin to fear War
I read ‘The Clowns of God’ by Morris
and now the real Pope announces
that he feels War more immanent
because of the rising cries for peace.
And some where in the last few days
I read that someone (the Pope?)
feels we’re leaving the ‘post-war period’
and entering a ‘pre-war period’.
In Beruit 28 men out of 90 survived
a hand to hand attack with hatchets
and, then, the Korean flight, 007,
was shot down this last week.
The faces of Danny and Chris swim before my eyes
against the back drop of nuclear conflict
and the inescapability of Los Angeles
in wartime.
The only thing that comes to mind
when I try to imagine War as not inevitable
is the sheer stupidity of it.
But, somehow, that seems small defense
in the world of ever lessening resources
and ever growing competition for them.
Children, families, neighborhoods, blood lines
toys, momentos, health, life, and life works
are all irrevocably torn asunder by War …
Where will I hide a little boy
who says, ‘Daddy, I love you, so much.’
and hugs me with such simple trust…?
gallagher
13 September 83 – Irvine, CA
1983-10-28
Friday, October 28th, 1983People who go on looking for something— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
can and do find it.
Freddie said I’d always had a hole in me
where Rajneesh or something else
would have inevitably come along and filled it.
And I saw Christians finding Christ
and spiritualists, spirits.
But do self-fulfilling prophecies
invalidate subjective experience?
We each contribute our part
to painting the world we live in
irrespective of why we’ve come to our style of painting
or our motives or our beliefs.
gallagher
28 Oct 83
Irvine – when Freddie spent a weekend