Neo a cappella

(V-36) THREE H-CLUB

 

hazy atmosphere

high humidity at seventy degrees

portents high heat index

river runs down my back

salty swear stings my eyes

 

where is that old work song

that eased my load in days gone by

 

got one more row to go

before the sun go down

 

got one more to go

before the sun go down

(V-35) SUMMER IDYLL

 

nearly ripe on the vine

seasoned slices in hot oil

green fried tomatoes

bacon and Texas toast

black coffee without sugar

 

later iced tea

chicken fried steak and corn

seedless watermelon

swinging on the veranda

passing the latest gossip

 

are Auntie's words true

heaven's sake my child I hope not

soon a full moon

what say the dream book

nothing is itching on me

(V-34) RESEARCH

 

in a library

Dewey decimal labels

dusty references

no talking or eating snacks

wearing bifocal spectacles 

(V-38) PARADOX

 

the truth will st us free

if we act in accordance with it

the truth will paralyze us 

if we do not act in accordance with it

(V-33) ARS POETICA II

 

the language is prosaic

 

the reflections break white space

into patterns rigid or free form

for the active eye and the inner ear

 

the refection's break up the ether

into patterns of sound and silence in time

for the active ear and the inner eye

 

we are forced to stop and wonder

(V-32) LIVING WITH IT

 

revenge

immortal grieving

justice?

(V-31) GROWING UP

 

once I sang soprano

the aging process did its thing

basso profundo  now

the choir director did scream

it was an awful duet 

(V-30) PRESERVATIVE

 

in the counting room

condiments from around the world

salt used in exchange

(V-29) TO BE CONTINUED PART IV (lines 222-300)



practical precision                                 222

along with ipod and ipad                       223

photos by ones and zeros                      224

 

touch screen cellphones                         225

radiating into the ear                             226

 

landlines passé                                       227

instant connectivity the fad                    228

loud conversations                                  229

 

private matters overheard                       230

one dared not to listen                           231

 

they are uttered  aloud                           232

on the street and in the store                 233

no effort taken to be quiet                      234

 

the talk about privacy forgotten              235

a rude talker and listener                        236

 

the new paradox                                      237

what now amounts to hearsay                  238

such speech is unavoidable                       239

 

ubiquitous cellphone users                        240

Bluetooth instead of ears                           241

 

 Spock’s ear exemplars                              242

 new devices for a new millennium            243

rigorously logical systems                         244

 

thought to be purely deterministic             245

theory satisfied by probablilty models       246

 

model dependent reality                            247

must measure stability  of state                 248

trace created in                                          249

 

hi-energy  particle accelerator                    250

what about the uncertainty principle           251

 

We’ll muddle through                                  252

some say there is no heaven                        253

a boy has been there                                   254

 

that is the counterexample                         255

that is all that is necessary                         256

 

and stufficenct                                           257

knew of events ere his birth                       258

was in a state of  innocence                        259    

 

to perceive the grail                                    260

to get where none have reached                  261

 

except in a myth                                          262

 the green knight was prideful                     263

it was left to Sir Percival                              264

 

to be dazzled                                                265

as Arthur was pulling the sword                    266

 

Camelot was born                                         267

 the myth of a round table was began            268

enduring until Genevieve strayed                   269

 

such is human fragility                                  270

as in the Garden of Eden                                271

 

an apple hit Newton                                       272

 hanging gardens in Babylon                           273

deforestation in Brazil                                     274

 

death of many species                                     275

source of medical cures forgone                       276

 

increase in climatic warming                             277

 icebergs melt rising sea level                           278

snow coverage, the jet stream                           279

 

el nino and la nina                                            280

unusual ocean temperatures                              281

 

barritos the new hamburgers                             282

tequila the new vodka                                        283

we speak Spanish here                                       284

 

Tex-Mex the new take-out                                 285

honey can take away the heat                             286

 

African bees and red ants                                  287

pray (preying) mantsises v. wasps                      288

ladybugs v. aphids                                             289

squirrel proof bird feeders                                290

diagonally mowed fairways                                291

maze v. labyrinth                                               292

cries of "fore"                                                    293

slicing on a dogleg                                             294

chasing a little white ball                                    295

wearing argyles and plus fours                           296

 

 

(V-28) LUMBER YARD

 

stacks of wooden planks

imagination running wild

stock sizes fit nothing