Rob Ayling writes: It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied with in seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not?"
Why not indeed!!"
THERE IS NO WELL (BUT THERE IS WATER)
TALES OF TEXAS FLOOD
& DROUGHT & FRACKING
Resurrect Stevie Ray Vaughn.Blues
riffs
over Katrina 's impossible
demands
still linger on Bourbon Street
Bars.
Black culture honors beat and speech and
song as art
Inflection as reflection.Each person as a
diary.
Memoirs later,you are one page in a wind of
leaves.
Music you grew to now "retro"or
"nostalgia"/'Golden Oldies"
You hesitate to ask for the Senior
Discount.Thin-haired and slow turtle
your time spent with others of age and
elders.How could this be?
Technology has claimed your children.Their
time is now.
You are stories you tell while they
text.(others)
Rely upon forgetting.Salutary medicine for
hard times
But these are different times.Grandfather
Depression,Father Second World War
You Vietnam,your children
Iraq,Afghanistan.Who do we die for next?
PTSD wants to know!
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