Archive for the ‘Long Beach’ Category

1980-03-12 to the tune of

Wednesday, March 12th, 1980

to the tune of
Kenny Roger’s
“The gambler”

There seems to be a fullness
that’s rising up to meet me
a flowing field of fondness
that seems to know my name.

Its Rose and all her babies
and love with all its names
its Danny with his flaxen hair
and its me who loves them all

I wake up in the mornings
the smiling day to greet me
so tangible beyond my touch
the truth is plain to be.

gallagher
12 Mar 80

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

1980-04-01 Aprils fool

Tuesday, April 1st, 1980

April’s fool

Hard running … flat out working
on a Maya high
lost in the computer’s labyrinth logic

Making it work … for some ego trip?
for the joy of creation
for the passage of unconscious time … ?

Virginia, Washington D.C., Portland, Maine, and Quebec
Rose and Christopher
Work’s cresendo … time’s almost inaudible
laughter.

gallagher
1 Apr 80

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

1980-04-29

Tuesday, April 29th, 1980

Oh, what dancing arabic eyes speak to me now?

as dark as the crusades and balustrades and minarets

high noon over Mecca and Mohammed’s’s sandal

they echo here to me in these Lebanese eyes…

04-29-80

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —