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Close Shave

3/31/2025

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How dry I am,
Layed out in the street.
How dry I am,
Six gun at my feet.

They call me Denton.
Second chance bid.
Potion tinker,
Quickdraw kid.

Time enough.
No time at all.
Time enough.
No time at all.

Quickdraw counter,
Henry J Fate.
Tme for a shave,
But don't be too late.

Both drink the potion.
Panic and shoot.
Don't fire out of anger.
Don't fall in pursuit.

Did you get him, Quickdraw?
You finally free?
You get him, Quickdraw?
No more than he got me.


3/5/2019
​Zone S1E3
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Across the Pond

3/30/2025

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Picture

2023, oil on canvas, 48x48"
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Lunch at Launch

3/29/2025

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Dibble dab it
Force of habit
Torn asunder
Going under

Under a minute
Caught within it
Bought a ticket
Sticky wicket

Whisk and splash
Grind to ash
Resolve to find
A solvent mind

Don’t mind if I do
Dislike the hue
It’s like a brash,
Sartorial sash

Saintly Sally
Calls to rally
Cry for justice
Know they must kiss

Kissing cousins
Baking dozens
Making biscuits
Tonight they’ll risk it

Kit and kaboodle
Lose yer noodle
Excuse your conscience
Countdown to launches.


2/8/22

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After Hours

3/28/2025

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Picture
2016, oil on panel, 11x14"
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Challenge

3/27/2025

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Scattershot
Icy hot
Tater tot
Melting pot

Reading rainbow
Make the pain go
Round and round
In Liquid Draino

Dasher dancer
Aching cancer
Echo answer
Sailing lancer

Of course, I miss you
Every issue
Elmer's igloo
Grab a tissue

Falling plaster
Alabaster
Legs with casters
Feats go faster

On your honor
I'm a goner
Nothing on her
Party Donner

Let go, lightly
Shiny, brightly
At the finish
Eat your spinach


2/21/22
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South of Market

3/25/2025

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Picture
2024, acrylic on canvas, 18x11"
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Bad Reception

3/24/2025

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Off and running
Conscious cunning
Sticky wicket
Poke and prick it

Eye for ire
Qualifier
Sir and Sire
Muck and Mire

Smooth, delicious
Making wishes
Doing dishes
Snarky, vicious

Vitamin K
Break of Day
Snort and bray
Salome'

True intention
Apprehension
Soul ascension
New invention

Clever tactics
Prophylactics
Bubbly sodas
Falling quotas

Easy peasy
George and Weezy,
Olsen, Nelly
On the telly


2/21/21

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Wherefore

3/23/2025

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Kite's Tale

3/21/2025

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"Come one,
Come all."
Chimes the carney
Down the hall.

On empty throne
A child is born.
At the bar,
My heart is worn.

Another round.
Another drink.
Another reason
Not to think

Or weep into
The arms of God.
Salvation lady
Thinks I'm odd.

Reach into my bag of tricks.
Nothing here I had to nick.
Just one gift I hide and seek.
That love and joy befall the meek.

Small beneath the lamp post light,
Focused on a silent night.
From the stoop and from the gutter,
Can we learn to love each other?

Joy and tidings I wish to you.
Not just nothings to accrue.
Blessed those who want to feel
A holy night means something real.


12/23/24
ZONE S2E11
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Casper

3/19/2025

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Picture
2020, oil on panel, 8x10"
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Shoot Your Shot

3/18/2025

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Shooting arrows in the air
For who
Would notice
Or who
Would care.

Sending signals.
Flash of light
Through the darkness,
Out of sight.

A hopeful journey
Of seek and find
To feed the spirit
And quench the mind.

But plans fall short
Or crash and burn.
Dream investments
Without return.

From the wreckage,
What can we learn?

Set out on foot,
Making tracks.
One step forward
Don’t look back.

In the distance,
The unknown goal.
An eager, willing
Aching soul.

A new beginning
Another shot
The dice will roll
The fever’s hot

Gamble on your lucky star
Wherever you go, well, there you are.
Tonight, it's bright lights of casinos
On this wayward path to Reno
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5/2/20
ZONE S1E15


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Happy Mother's Day

3/17/2025

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Picture
2002, B&W reversal film on photo paper
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Deliverance

3/16/2025

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Inglorious
Laborious
Notorious
Sartorius


A blister, blinding ray
Breaches the lip of day.
Silence calls to play.
Si vous ecoutez.

Basking in its' moment.
Sonic, scenic foment
Warming, welcome grooving
Keeps the blood cells moving.

Hawks start swirling, circling.
Huntsmen crawling, lurking.
Scopic pinpoint vision
Talon tear incision.

Bleeding, brightly blessing,
Wounds bubble, effervescing.
Leaves lie frigid fainting
In frothy, frosty dressing.

Mental clatter clearance
Chatter interference
Tuning out the static
Focus automatic.

From this moment,
I embark.
Hauling twilight
From the dark.


2/1/22
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Mr. Pickerel's Holiday

3/15/2025

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Picture
2006, oil on panel, 12x16"
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Fancy Free

3/14/2025

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Ties that bind
Tangle the mind.
There's a hitch
On Highway 9.

Something happened.
Something dark
On the train tracks
Near the park.

When it was over,
I was caught.
Wrapped and wrangled
In a knot.

Crossing over.
Crossing back,
On each side
Of every track.

Lost caboose,
What will it be,
Once you’re footloose
And fancy free?

Find a payphone.
Make a call.
Nothing comes
But caterwaul.

They all miss you.
Since you’ve gone.
Tried to accept
Your moving on.

You must face it.
Today’s the day.
Just follow me.
We're on our way.

6/6/20
ZONE S1E16
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limelight

3/13/2025

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Picture
paper on paper 24x20"
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short circuit

3/12/2025

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Happy days are here again,
Since I can’t remember when.
Though life has tried to intervene,
I concentrate on something clean.

It took a wreck to hash it out.
Days like this don’t come about.
From here on out, our luck will change.
The puzzle pieces rearrange.

Off to the races, we’re on track.
Recycled faces looking back.
Our luck has changed. We’re soon to find
Time on our side, the fortunate kind.

Flip a coin and call its’ name.
At Bay Meadows, I’ll do the same.
We’re just three lemons, squeezing juice.
Don’t try to tell me about the truth.

I know it doesn’t always last.
The candle's bright and burns too fast.
Hurry now and then it’s gone.
The room, the joy, the right that’s wrong.

Listen honey, I need a fix
Of luck and timing, dirty tricks.
None the wiser. Get the goods.
An ounce of gots over a pound of shoulds.

Well enough ain’t good enough
When you’re bound to lose.
Make a wish for power
Then blow out the fuse.

2/3/25
ZONE S2E21

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lone palm

3/11/2025

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Picture
2006, oil on panel, 8x10"
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'73

3/10/2025

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On a pedestal
He stands.
Respect
He commands.

Time has tarnished.
Dulled the varnish.
Commemoration
Veneration

Clacky clack.
Smack of balls
Echo stained
Cigarette halls.

On forest felt
And chalky blue,
In the corner
Waits my cue.

Deeper pockets
Fire rockets.
Rack em up
Winner’s cup.

Little kid
Red Roy Rogers.
Trails he hid.
This tiny todger

Now looks back
His shoes won’t fill.
The walls don’t crack
The windowsill.

Inside the view,
Beyond the crying
His father's heart
A prideful lion


04/12/22​

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Stugatz

3/6/2025

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Picture
2020, oil on 6x9" panel
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Ashes

3/5/2025

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Tutankhamen
And Top Ramen
Follow fever
Eager beaver

Tidy epic
Epileptic
Fashion forward
Just rewarder

Follow leader
Parking Meter
Tiny tots
Astronauts

Hog the room
Doom and gloom
Things grow darker
Without Bob Barker

Acting fancy,
Walker Nancy
Finds her way
Every lady day

Towards the spot.
Starts to blot
And dab the stain,
With hope's refrain.

But truth will out
And run about.
Are we willing?
Not really feeling

Times are tough
Off the cuff
Holes from ashes,
Floating camel sashes

To singe our feelings,
Find us reeling.
But we wish
You would quit.


10/23/20
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Ti Ricordo

3/5/2025

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Picture
2002, oil, 6x9"panel
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Needy

3/4/2025

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Tempered with ice.
The nibbles of little mice.
Crumbs left on the carpet.
Bums outside the market

Chew what you will spare,
Dusty fingers in the air.
I give and yet I cough
Knowing it’s not enough,

But will have to do
While struggling to pursue
More to life substantial.
This subscription has been canceled.

The vile left with poison.
Spooning to the boys in
Fluorescent tile dormitory,
Repentant and reformatory.

Take heart, little child,
The penance has been mild.
The sting and bruise will heal.
Leaving nothing to conceal

But the shiny inner plate,
Empty, because you ate
All your butter beans,
Knowing that this means

Nothing more is coming.
Push off the table, running.
Leap for an open door.
Here there is no more.

Your apple has its’ core.
Take it.
Plant the seeds

In soil that meets your needs.


2/7/22

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