from notes

i am old
i am old like dad was
just before he died
he died at 73
i will be 73 in about two months

i hope that this will do the trick

opthomistic
opthomitrust

cymbeline
cindilynne

hamlet the hamstrung hamster

ash can van gogh show

the hippocritical biggots whom

snarliin like a caged possum
marlin texas

white light

white crismus

hedda hopper w/a hedda hair

i remember the chrismus when
crismus carol came to stay

the sun risin
a scarlet rose

salt risin bread

melanie butler

mount  sinai china

alexander socceroff

runnin like a good clockworks

the green tea
charlie geren
the geren tea

when you caribou to send the very best

under a canopy of oak
the delicate traceries of branches
mottled shade

dirty mountain boys

binary canary

close to finnish
costa rico

sick eggs
soft boiled,
mashed with butter and
salt and pepper
served by mother
when we were sick

now we are sicks

who is buried in grant's tomb

it's ten o'clock
do you know
what time it is

h. allen smith
g. allen george

the price is white

two women
eloise and nora

pedersen hawk

bloggins and messina II

from notes

roofers twofer

poem about stuckey's and aunt edith robb

o mama o papa

phi tappa keg

black poly titians

attack dogs

bush clinton

al franken stine

olivia j. whitechurch

fatten the flocks

batten down

dale tucker

jimmy ng

rosie's brother

stanis lauski

western hills bible clinic

clinique

cliniqueastwood

equal soquel

heaven: the ultimate gift

narrow tease
tif

lord mountbatten

stanford freud

little room for
sex alienation or
frustration

episcopal church reformed

fox faith news

the skeletal remains of
empire

arch demon

demon strata

denim striata

la strada (strata)

precise
not precious
precis

30 years old
18 years old
young jimmy
swaggert
fair game

that hard tack will
give you a
heart attack

mutiny on the bounty

broad but skinny

jim swearinggem

built to last

opthomistic

after mass/acre

what remains and
what is lost

a lot of response
lottery sponsor

ridership
watership
down

fleck sable
flexible

queen latifa

the amazon open

and all that

the empress carlotta

minnie malice

feminism
m and enims
symo nisms

in discretion
indus crechun

8-4  the best eight hours
of the day, the 8 hours
when we get  fed

the egg hamlet
danish ham

historical
hysterical

bien venuto
cellini's cup

fatty gai

ko)como

sutherland's

wilma fey

people we know

ain gels over armorika

jack omo
casa nova

caval canti

slave mansell

which doctor
witch doctor

disable
unstable
out of the
stable

tim seibles

something to write
home about

full of phila
delphia
creme cheese

not too bright
brighton rock

swisher sweets

man's odyssey

tile and  grout
dick degroote

leito punch

ravaged with age
remnants of acne
carried high
into the world

polyeurethene pol

benny fits
(bennie and the jets is playing
fit to be tied

emmmiges
emma gray

ruby south

for Raina Lea

Raina Lea, the famous drag queen
and drag impressario, who was
twice Gay Empress of Fort Worth.
advised me if I ever took up her trade
to shave as close as I possibly could.
I liked to watch her put on her makeup
like I used to like watching Jerri Reidy
my mother's childhood friend, who had been
Gus Wortham;s personal secretary, Gus
of the Wortham Center in Houston.  I met
Mr. Wortham at Jerri's second wedding.
Jerri would take me to the Inner Circle
at the Wortham for musicals and I met
Juliet Prowse there.  But, Raina Lea...
I had to hide from him one time when
I disappeared with his lover for an afternoon
and he threatened to castrate me with a
broken beer bottle.  But we were good
friends and had lots of good times.  He
has been dead with HIV for twenty-five years.
The wonder is I am AIDS free.  Gary,
that was Raina's real name, once loaned
his tiara to Ruta Lea, the Hollywood star,
not to be confused with Ruta Baker,
for a production at Casa Manana.  Raina
took her stage last name from Ruta.  I
saw Raina retire at least three times.