Epic unbelievable…tonight— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
Rose and I…one last gasp
and then walking…pulling a beer from the bag
came Margaret…”Hey, got another beer?”
Joel’s party…the people…the girls played
karma turned so hard all the moments became grist
Margaret and Nettie from Eureka
dropped in like some karmic thunderclap
Husband with lost dreams
face tired welfare mother
under the thumb of an unhappy macho biker
I told her to leave him and gave her a can of chili
Six dollars and some freeway directions
unbelievable…Unbelievable
I was the instrument on the very day
when I was in such pain
The highway will swallow them and my can of chili
and all I have are Nettie’s drawings…
and her mother’s look as if I’d given her
the way to life abundant…as if I…
agony of two live wounds touched…and gone
who can know the wheels…
who can know….
gallagher
28 may 78
Archive for the ‘Long Beach’ Category
1978-05-28
Sunday, May 28th, 19781978-05-30 KA
Tuesday, May 30th, 1978KH— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
and as we meet … stop my lady … stop
and give me your eyes and soul for just a moment
not to hold or promise … but just now, here
where these moments wait like silver between our eyes
and time can pass unheeded for the space we look
release your soul and mine … that we might see
that the space lives yet between us that lies as potential
friends and lovers … best of friends … trust and love
can words capture what I want to share of you?
you … the most unreachable of my lovers …
show, buried so deep in your soul,
the part I want to share
I’m a fool, perhaps, to pursue you against your will
but love gambles everything for that something
so hidden in another
gallagher
05-30-78 – about kathy a.
long beach
1978-05-30 Kathi K.
Tuesday, May 30th, 1978Kathi K.— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
Confusion’s growing, just where my senses said …
Her feelings, her children, her husband, her law school,
her passion, her family, herself, and me.
The lack of conscious choice leads us
and our honesty into ever narrower passages
I truly care for her and, if she were free, I would love her;
her mind, her passion, her company are excellent …
but so much reality … so many lives … many she loves
and all of whom need her love … stand in the way.
And she … she just wants to let it happen ‘naturally…’
She’s honest and naive in such proportions I cannot grasp her.
I feel it all short lived … too finely balanced …
if she continues in a hurry.
Her problems are much more complex than mine ever were
and her approach less cautious
My eyes get bigger as we continue … and I hold myself
for once she told me I judged her too soon … far too soon.
Events are running … time’s running … she’s moving
school’s starting … Nichol’s ending …
and now she wants to go to Colorado with me
and she tells Chuck after Chuck’s displayed jealousy towards me
and she wants to mix Amy and Danny when Danny knows
she’s a girlfriend of mine … Lord!…
And she talks good philosophy
and has passion as good as I’ve seen
and she’s easy to be with and likes me
Lord … look out world … just look out world.
gallagher
Long Beach – about Kathi K.
05-30-78