Long winter weeds of disarray this summer’s day— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
our lady of confusion’s in town and Rose, as always
seems to have her way
I’m too much here … I want to get away
I need to run in the morning’s cold crisp light
I need to sit alone in the evenings, hold my emotions tight
I’m getting too torn apart
by all these plays of love.
Sometimes I wake up and wonder
how did I come to be here where the hours can turn
each days another confusion, pain in my mind
I think that I am getting a little worn.
gallagher
09 september 78
Archive for the ‘Places’ Category
1978-09-09
Saturday, September 9th, 19781978-09-10 KA again
Sunday, September 10th, 1978KH again *— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
You can feel through her like glass
her empathy is so natural
you can feel her womanliness
and little girl
whenever she looks at you
She’s a siren and I’m so easily hypnotized
she virtually pulls men to her
for the feel of her is … genuine, is woman,
is passion, is sensuous
Something to covet, to possess
if only for hours
To touch her deep sultry womanliness
through her transparent empathy
through those brown eyes windows
of her made to be loved soul
is a joy to make simple sex pale.
gallagher
09-10-78 – about kathleen a.
long beach
1978-09-11
Monday, September 11th, 1978The concert continues … the players rearrange themselves— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
careful not to lose your identity as the roles change
what you are must be independent of who you’re with
or you can lose yourself if they leave.
The evening allowed me my time alone
the music, the running, the book by Irwin Shaw
that Kathy gave me … I think on every page…she read this.
I’m thirty … is it so bad … I love … am loved
if someone comes, stays or leaves … is it so bad?
can it be so bad if I am constant, if I can resist
the maddening urge to ‘need’ love in order to feel OK
resist the urge to invest myself
at the first sign of acceptance from another.
Just love them as they are, as they come…
am I a coward … Kathi said I hedge my bets
but she says this from inside a marriage
I just don’t know … I’ll invest all I can
without losing myself or my beliefs
and if its too hard, I’ll pull back.
I cannot do better
win or lose
and so the concert continues….
gallagher
11 september 78