DISAPPEARING LIGHT
we have become so enthralled
self-absorbed in our own light
when we look up at the night sky
we cease to see the stars
fleeing
from our own manufactured urban brightness
when all we do is watch
we’ve stopped looking
we are trapped by the light of our devices
and all that we see stops us from seeking
Stars have disappeared
City lights prevail at night
Leaves fall from the tree
*el camino translated to english means “The Way” – more than a vehicle.
EL CAMINO
Out in the wilds
in my rusted 1969 El Camino
pulled off the side of a desert road
the only light
a cigarettes glowing ember end
the stars my only friends
“Buenos Noches From A Lonely Room”
on the radio
quiet like
listening outside to inside conversations
yet here I am alone
staring off into the night at
a glow
far off on the horizon
the site of an alien invasion?
just another boring city
that never sleeps
I decide to NOT “go toward the light”
comfortable under the shadowy blanket of night
resting in my inspired darkness
sitting in the bed of
El Camino
Well the headlines keep getting worse – stranger and stranger – like the story of the Michigan Militia group Wolverine Watchmen arrested for a plot to overthrow the government in Michigan by arresting the Governor and trying her in the groups own makeshift court. The Michigan Militia has been troubling to the history of the state that goes back decades. Formed in 1994 by a former US Air Force veteran. First made the news in 1995 after the Oklahoma City bombing carried out by members Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols.
Militia activity is increasing and is linked to white supremacy but the federal government has repeatedly failed to dismantle and disband these organizations with their “criminal” ideologies and activities. We now pay the price – forget about terrorism from abroad. We create our own!
Canadian music group, Moxy Fruvous, known for their ability to mock, attack, chide, parody, satirize and lampoon life’s insanities, wrote and recorded a song titled Michigan Militia in 1997 after the Oklahoma City bombing. Sadly it continues to be relevant – maybe more so – in the trump era. I’ve always loved this music group and I post this song here (lyrics below).
... on being and becoming ... 