as we act, let us not become the evil we deplore (for Barbara Lee) the boy from down the hill who ran round and round gentle summers adventures fiercely shared zappa arabesque ribs grilled rare orthopedic claw deeper into the hot cloud sentimental mathematics pretend that nothing has changed tobacco twilight note splatter watery-red flames the mirror halo this idea of summer, again she’ll hear the music through your ears dim the sun sharp vision of youth spring is on its way (to confuse the heart and melt the snow) anti-assimilationist shared joy is double joy, shared sorrow is half sorrow taut stockings and the wicked shall flourish more an echo of the thing than the thing itself (epic music) a draft in every corner keep going fire historian pulled from the bog protective coloring