old beetle
DA OLD BEETLE SINGS BACK
Heah’s da ting
avoiding being journalistic
wun layout is necessary dough.
Da crux of da mattah
in dis following
and meandering inquiry
going be near da end.
Knowing dat directive
I recall da line
“life is for learning,”
wun seemingly appropriate lyric by Joni
even dough she nevah go to Woodstock.
Da lyric going make sense
wen I tell you wat happened.
I just got turned on
from wun close friend
to something
dat belonged to her late braddah.
It was his musical collection
comprised wit some of his favorite
musicians and singers
dat he liked to listen to.
All da material
wuz on plain silver cds
having been burned from originals
and tucked into plastic sleeves.
Adah den da personal names
written on the cds
I need to play da entire collection
so I can know
wat is wat in content
and wat songs are really deah.
It’s wun very eclectic
assemblage of talent
from Diddley, Mozart, and Cline,
to Schumann, Brahms and Bach,
among Cash, Frampton,
and James Brown,
and many moa adah
well known recording artists.
Now da thread
and da pulling of it
dat eventually exposes
wun broad multiverse
to spark dis specific wondering.
On one particular offering
deah are unexpected
and different voices
performing da works
of wun brilliant female icon
as Herbie Hancock
featured Mitchell
on wun of da gifted
compact disc.
A certain voice
from wun single invited guest
in wun selected grouping
of adah notable people
suddenly rises into flame.
I’ve heard dis voice before
wit its deliberately slow
and leveled volume delivery.
Wheah?
I kannot place it.
Hmmmmmm?
Dis is driving me
crazzzzzzzzzy…
I’m left pondering
seemingly nowheah
and yet everywheah.
It’s wun joy
wen da persistent mind
eventually prevails.
Banzai!
I finally found it
in my very own collection
on wun shelf in da living room.
The voice is you red flea
on your very own cd!
So now dat we are reacquainted
lets contemplate da bridge togettah.
In listening
to dat familiar voice
wit virtual ears
no wonder
I made da possible connection.
Previously already feeling
foa awhile
dat I am now
at da top of my game
I digress to da ongoing process.
My arrival on da summit
going lead to anadah apex
as soon as tomorrow.
It’s like
I’m wun smooth humming engine
at da most prolific time
in my elderly life
wit all of dis happening
while I stay pushing seventy.
So many ideas in da ocean
and only so much watah
can find its lowest level
to den transform even furdah
and swiftly change direction
to elevate like wun rising tsunami
into liquid mountains.
As I speak
moa added stimulus is coming
from da dusty cultured rain
dat wen start way ovah deah
on anadah continent.
Are you tinking
and experiencing
similar creative tings too?
Immediately
aftah speaking dat
in my head
I realized
I really didn’t have to ask.
Curiosity dough
behind da twitching whiskers
of wun intensive cat
tugs at its own tail.
red flea
inform dis old beetle
rolling his giant ball
of magnificent dung
by answering
da primary question.
Wuz Leonard Cohen
wun influence on you?
Lets get back
to planet earth now
and I’ll await your reply.
red flea is content to be a flea
virtual fleality: the album
old beetle spends a lot of time rolling his giant ball of magnificent dung