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'no metaphor when wrapped'

timothy r gates, 4/26/2009 inspired by Muddy Waters 'Champagne & Reefer' Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHowqKYSXNI

metaphoric and euphemisms,
for me,
these days

still
Champagne & Reefer
embraced by your lover
never lonely
even if there's no bong
the pressing of her
frame
better than
strawberry wine
or the gold from my youth,
no metaphor
when wrapped.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoGdx3I3dPE
Patty Smith' timothy r gates, 4/29/2009

her

own

person

wo-man, fe-male

contrarian

gender,

sometimes androgynous

always

her

own

person:

poet

artist

singer

songwriter

activist

still, like

Dylan but

not a gender parallelism

nor an equivocation

minstrel

player of heart

strings,

her own:

person.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoFJKqKHnxQ&feature=player_embedded

'Daniel Johnston' timothy r gates, 4/25/2009

little off, tunes

pitch-y

upbeats, without downbeats

walking straight lines,

uneasily known

apocalyptic obsessions

with others,

paranoid free-form

Casper, the friendly Ghost

near, dear

far, only to non-seeing

his time and space

a rhythm of strolls

angels and imps

his friends

mine too.