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Murmurations
Visitations

Until

6/9/2025

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Nice to see you.
Thanks for showing.
My troubles sharing
And in the knowing

You are with me,
Guiding steps,
Calm reminders,
Familiar reps

Of moods and moments
We've shared as family.
Flickering versions
As through a homily

Of lessons learned
And quiet comfort,
For which I've yearned.
And sought to bundle.

Now together,
To face the challenge
Makes me stronger
Keeps me balanced.

Though I've wandered
This way and that,
I haven't wondered
Where you're at.

I know you're with me
As we go.
Lighting lanterns
To and fro.

Still I miss you
And I treasure
Times remind me
We are together.

Please keep showing
Your presence near.
Through it all,
I'll bend an ear

To the birdsong
And the wind,
Roaring oceans
And call from friends.

Please wait for me.
I know you will.
Please comfort me
Along, until.


10/7/20
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self (for Daddy, 27 yrs passing)

6/9/2025

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Picture
pencil, sketchbook
My dad, Edmondo, was strong as the hills and quiet as a lake. He seemed resigned to live the life put upon him and roam his mental slopes, foraging for chestnuts and memories that brought him warmth and a place in the world.
Our squawks and chirps would occasionally penetrate and perhaps irritate his rhythm. But we gave him the opportunity to love in grounded gestures, rather than flighty, flapping sparkles across the water. He was the tide, the ripple and the occasional white-capped rumble.
Though mostly, he was lonely and stoic until the late Spring day he convulsed on the table and burst from within.

11/28/20
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geranium (for Nonna, 15 yrs passing)

6/7/2025

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Picture
2025, watercolor 
Did you find some satisfaction in life? What would you change if you could?

Nonna tells me such thoughts are useless and waves me away with her flour coated hand, then dusts her temple as she wipes the moisture from her brow. Without pause she continues kneading the dough. As she stares at the doughball and flour-coated workboard, she sees herself dressed in a beautiful suit and skirt, escorted off a boat or train and into the welcome warmth of her family, who beckon and hold her in highest esteem. They will take her for coffee and cakes, doing all the preparation and clean up. She loves that kind of attention, indirect and inclusive. An unspoken, respected and integral part of the whole.

11/21/20
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Peek a Boo

6/6/2025

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Whatever happened to
Lucky you?
Peek a boo.
Good as new.

Where the hell is
Nice and easy?
Neat and nice.
Corner store.

Bag of ice.
Pack it in.
Pack it up.
Reach within,

Fill your cup.
Don't think twice.
Have some more.
Roll the dice.

Raise the score.

Ask for seconds.
Call and beckon.
Helping helps.
Hurting hurts.

Wash your shirts.
Press your pants.
Time to die.
Time to dance.

If we try
To tip the band,
They'll play a waltz
Fine and Grand.



5/27/23
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Holidays

6/2/2025

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Rerunning

5/30/2025

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Wake up, wake up!
I've had enough.
No more replay
That fateful day.

Why oh why?
Same alibis.
Same sentence passed.
We're all aghast.

We'll be your fate
If you're too late.
I beg your pardon.
Go call the warden.

Sandra, darling,
Our lives at stake.
Just desserts
Are still half baked.

Instead, I'd like
To propose a toast.
My mind's arrest
Becomes a roast.

Behind green doors,
A simple chair
I've manifested.
We're all there.

A mask to cover
All I know.
Are you ready?
Here We Go!

4/6/25
ZONE
S2E26#B


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Time and Tides

5/29/2025

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Picture
Ocean Beach, San Francisco
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Warm Up

5/28/2025

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Venus/Mars
Shooting stars
Won't you stay?

Hot plate today.

Tomorrow's another way.
Another find
In this Twilight
Of the mind.

Coffee diner, cozy corner.
Idle hands are getting warmer.
Inside glowing from the out.
Interstellar gadabout.

Down here somewhat run of mill.
Perhaps you'd like a small refill.
We don't always feel this shy.

Among us sits a sipping a spy.

I spy with my third eye
A place to land.
Hide on the sly,
With whipping cream on apple pie.


Reinvent ourselves today,
As they move to get away.
Outer signal's getting strong.
Best you'd better get along.

On your way, then.
Time to go.
Across the bridge,
Seems apropos.

Tonight they'll drip
Into the water,
As the cup
Spills on the saucer.


5/20/25
ZONE S2E28


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Birthday Neckbrace

5/27/2025

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Picture

pencil, sketchbook
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Winding Down

5/26/2025

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Nothing but static,
No longer romantic.
What is it with you?
A typo redo.

Pour me a drink.
Then flush me down the sink.
Let them tell you
What they think.

Get out of here, Finchly.
Why don't you just leave.
Get out of here, Finchly
We're up past our sleeves.

The clock keeps on chiming,
Dusk mighty dawn.
You've lost your good timing
And wits now sit on

The mantle. You're a
A heartless, cleaving
Candle, with
Castanets and bon vivants.

Down the stairs, clacking,
A crackle buzzing haunts
The crashing scoundrel
To the floor.

Bring me panic,
Nevermore.
Call me, my dear, now
Through the wire's bending ear.

The wheels are turning ought
Towards the terror thickened plot.
Across the grounds
And in the pool, swimming

Swell that swallows a fool.
Now, at the bottom
Holding court,
A man, machine and Rappaport.


4/1/23
​ZONE S2E4
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After Hour

5/25/2025

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Picture
2017, oil on panel, 8x10"
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Sublime

5/24/2025

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Force fed
An alphabet.
Wined and dined
On Pacific time.

Romanced by
A plot of grass,
This shifting mass
Runs out of gas.

So it seems,
These laser beams
And twice stitched seams
Have found the morning.

Don't cry,
It's swarming.
I hear the buzz
Now, just because

I'm hoping.
Enough of coping
With second string.
And another thing,


I think I've earned
What's now my turn.
Now turning faster.
The fasting chapter

Comes to an end.
I've got the bends,
But never mind,
It feels sublime.


3/19/20
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Bandshell benches

5/23/2025

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Picture
2025, oil, pigment, wax, 8x10"
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Familiar

5/22/2025

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Someone's coming.
Someone Who
Scared you silly,
Made you blue.

Remember Marky?
Remember Me?
In the dark, he
Came to see.

Helen, honey,
Here I am.
Get my money,
Then I'll scram.

You look familiar.
Yes you do.
Maybe cuz
I am you too.

Let's go playing
In the park.
Let's chant sing songs
In the dark.

Someone's coming.
Someone Who?
Someone's naughty
Through and through.

Remember Marky?
Remember Me?
In the dark, he
Came to see.

Pick up a lamp
Or grab a rope
He's at the door
Don't be a dope.

He'll jog your memory.
He'll chase your dream.
Up on the landing,
He'll make you scream.

I hear you, Helen.
Loud and clear.
I am in body,
That which you fear.

Try to remember.
I think you can.
That glowing ember
Just needs a fan.

Brighter, stronger
Braver, true.
Recall the past
Has room for two.

Wake up, darling.
Wake up, dear.
No longer need you
Hide your fear.

11/8/21
ZONE S1E29
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Iochroma

5/20/2025

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Picture
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In Dreams, We Sleep

5/19/2025

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Time is the enemy
Time is on my side
Time is riding next to me
On this rollercoaster ride

Up and down we go.
Dancing toe to toe.
World that spins us round
Finds the clock unwound.

If you dream, you'll sleep.
Go floating in the deep.
A window or a door
Go through and dream some more.

Inside,
The cat girl growls.
"Come with me"
In omnipresent vowels.

The fluorescent moon
Hums and glows.
Chasing after,
There he goes.

Off to another date.
Hold my calls,
This one
Can't wait.


11/5/19
ZONE S1E9

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Esmerelda

5/17/2025

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Picture
2006, oil on canvas, 36x48"
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The Club

5/16/2025

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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
Sputters through
Cigarette halls.

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

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

Little kid
And Red Roy Rogers
Whose heart he hid.
The tiny todger

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

Behind the memory
Aches the song.
His only father
Could do no wrong.


04/12/22

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The Golden Hour

5/15/2025

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Picture
2020, oil on canvases, latex on panels, 16x20", 14x10"
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You've Got Time

5/14/2025

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Fair?
What's fair?
Without us here
To smirk and glare.

I see you here.
I see you there.
Contended worlds
Of savoir faire.

We plod and trudge,
Nod and judge
Why you're not us.
Our live's a fuss

Of busy nothings
In folded order.
Time's getting shorter
With meanings shallow.

Our hearts are hollow.
They'll blow away.
But yours would stay
Content and self reliant.

Because loneliness
Is a giant,
Free of tangles
And nagging strangles.

Just when we've found
Your inner peace,
You reel the catch,
Unhook and release.


ZONE S1E8
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Time What Was

5/13/2025

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Picture

2006, oil on canvas, clock on wall, 24x36"
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What Once Was

5/12/2025

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What once was
Isn't now,
Just because.

When we were
Fuzzy, funny.
Still a blur.

How it went.
No longer
What we meant.

Who, they say,
Fallen.
Gone away.

Where we used
To keep lying.
Lies asleep.

The way we used
To go, now runs
Along the main road.

Why I chose that life.
I couldn't cut it
With a knife.

Where we all went
Wrong.
Expecting we could get along.

How the roof came down.
No support
In that lofty town.

What to do now?
Raise our hands
Above our brow.

Why didn't I see before?
Too young to open
The other door.

But i see it now.


4/`12/22


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Carnival

5/11/2025

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Picture
paper cutouts, 14x11"
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no reason

5/10/2025

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Rambling reason
Blinding discourse
Open season
Falling field force

One more time
For good measure
Perhaps discover
Buried treasure

Nothing lost
Something gained
Say it loudly
Speak it plain

Words redundant
Like a chant
Over, backwards
Wail and rant

Hope does fall
On blanket ears
Catching open
Hearted tears

We pray that future
Changes course
The way a river
Carries force

Let's float on
The current's strength
And calmly drift
Ourselves awake.


5/31/22
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the reviews are in

5/9/2025

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Picture
pencils, sketchbook, 14x11"
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