A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

so then why does my HOA keep asking me to park my M1 Abrams tank elsewhere?

quote unquote

and these children that you spit on
as they try to change their worlds
are immune to your consultations
they're quite aware of what they're going thru

--david bowie 'changes'

marvin gaye's question resonates so vividly today 
what the fuck is going on?



& it will be the children that will teach us to outgrow our madness

roberto bolano's business card: 
poet & bum

on the subject of the sac 6 drive ins 

the weirdest thing i saw

in the lot for cars

a portable swimming pool

filled with water

& two kids kitted out

with life vests & swimming goggles

nick & i drove past the sac 6 drive ins tonight & i wonder who would brave a california winter thursday night to see a movie under the stars

but sure as shit we saw lots of vehicles there

i love the drive ins these places are the happiest places on earth at least for this middle aged punk rocker

so i go to google to see what i can see for pics of my beloved sac 6 drive in theater

loads of pics inside the snack bar & out

how things have changed with mobile devices for you cannot stop people from whipping out their phones & snapping photos

but before mobile devices social media & broadband internet b. & i took our digital cameras to the sac 6 went inside the snack bar and started snapping away

we got a couple of pics before the manager stomped toward us & demanded we put our cameras away

we grew up at this drive in we protested we only want to preserve for posterity the beauty of its form before it is bulldozed out of our present era

our protestations were for nought the manager walked us to the door

the drive ins are still an endangered species but with the totality of mobile phones the managers could not police any pics taken

hence my recording of my delight in the abundance of photographs of the sac 6 drive ins

& my bemusement of what was once a digital novelty that was at the time shunned & ostracized 

zig zag man

i've lived in this city
all my life
50 years
and there are lots
of nooks and back streets
to be explored
i walk to and from work
i've been walking to and from
work for many many years
lately i am altering my route home
to break the monotony
to surprise myself
to discover those nooks
and back streets
my route is a straight line home
west to east
it takes about 45 minutes to complete
now i zig west to north to east
or zag west to south to east
or west to north then south
to east
following no set pattern
but the folly of my own feet
i get surprised too
e.g. i walked east on e st and 16th st
waiting for the light to change i looked
to my right
and saw h. salt esq. a  fish&chips shop
that went under so many years ago
and yet this h. salt esq. fish&chips shop
is lighted and open
where do they get their food and supplies
who owns and operates the shop
i had to turn south to walk
past the shop
it was filled with customers
again i walked past it tonight
going north on 16th st
there were no customers
i am anonymous
i see it all

2 anti-haikus

1.
another day another walk
it stopped raining

2.
what's that you say
spring pollen

two didactic poems & one nihilist line

1.
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who gives a shit, it's your life

 And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
 Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

ABSOLUTE MUSIC
 
life is a system of conveyances
and a series of mistakes
the question is always
how did i get here
make it real
make it your chance to fuck it up
know life by its bones
fuck it up real good