~ Once bitten, thence smitten, it’s said, but not written, in the Land of Enchantment, of New Mexico. From Tesuque, a Pueblo, to Mescalero, White Sands, which stands near Alamogordo: The Sunshine State – ‘til as of late; the Land of Enchantment, called New Mexico. Four Corners are calling, the Pecos is sprawling, and the […] Continue reading
~ So different this New Man, The Blue Man, These Dragoons of Kearny. I see him – But he, He doesn’t see me! A New Man, This Blue Man, Pale-faced as white sand, A fraction of men, Sent here by Kearny. A Blue van Of New Men, The Blue Man new army. He comes at […] Continue reading
~ A high school reunion where people trade names and stories of glories, enamors, and days of spent youth, by mistruth – The past is all changed. “But, Mary was hot! Is Mary the same?” I play fool’s dominion and give away not, that Mary and I were close in close ways; but, I went […] Continue reading
i …and when it came time for gods to then eat Prometheus hid the delectable meat, and gave to the gods inedible bones! Man got the best pick, but all knowing Zeus, he knew of the trick. To placate his ire he took from the man all of his fire – No culture,for man; no […] Continue reading
~ A young mother walking where young mothers go, she passes me by, my two dogs in tow. While talking to someone by cellular phone, a wide wake awakens the space from her home. She doesn’t go far before hears the cry, a young tot at window is wailing Goodbye. […] Continue reading
~ A shadow shows A shaky figure; A bird above Impedes the flight Of light That flows In rays below, And falls about Upon us there, My dog and I, With […] Continue reading
~ Here’s to the Day! (the only Day) The few, if at all any, will have. Old men wear school caps, aside from their naps, Remember the Nothing that might’ve been Something – Making Hay is just Memory Salve. ~ This One’s for […] Continue reading
~ Here is a story that needs to be told: Eternal Recurrence, gets lost in the fold. This story begins at the end of a war, the war we would win, before would be more. As spoils go to victors, the mantle was […] Continue reading
~ In public bathrooms, The washing machines, We find here the fossils Where Others have been: The instants of imprints From some human scene; Shards of the nonce when Some human scene Were once things, but […] Continue reading
I don’t know, but think so. I don’t understand. I’m slow on the up-take, But fast with a hand To help a good neighbor, Or helping a friend – I glow in the up-beat, A latter day man. What Charlie hath saith I dare countermand, But Natural Selection? It’s more […] Continue reading
~ In Charlottesville there are four seasons; For Farmington, less so. Equidistant more than reason; For Farmington, more snow. I live apart, two separate worlds – One, in culture, East Coast finds; Another features high terrains. Of which, does Nature or human creature, […] Continue reading
~ Someone complaining of recent affairs: “The country was ‘falling apart.” He was airing ‘our’ laundry with someone else there – a Jan Van Someone, not from ’round here. “There isn’t one race that runs the whole place. That is your problem I fear. […] Continue reading
~ There’s just so much non-sense a soul can endure From the trivial minded, decided, obdure. I met one once lambasting for sure The current administration: denigration, impure. Oh sure. They do it. Again and again. Forever and ever, and on to no end. Things are […] Continue reading
~ Alvin Valdez and I would wend Our way down main at lunchtime. A bookstore in store much long before The store became such the main focus. A conglomerate deal With central appeal To the coffeehouse weal, The Barnes and Noble house status. A long tall hall, poor light and all, […] Continue reading
~ Out in the country, a man forms in line, at a store to pay for his gas. I stand behind him, making the line; another, falls in close behind me. The man in the front hands a Fifty Dollar bill to the clerk. She holds it on purpose, up to the light, and marks […] Continue reading
Tink's ChapBlog ~ Tales of the Tribe. Mythopoeic Verse 