Dear Alessia 082221
Not even three weeks old and you slept in your first parking lot We drove upstate to Hudson valley And attended a small festivalBenefiting The Children’s Health FundMy friend Gordon from the city invited usAnd it was an excuse to take a drive to the country and test out the baby seat we gotKinda like […]
Dear Alessia 082321
Hard to believe you’re only three weeks oldIt’s hard to remember life before you were hereOr not so hard to remember itAs much as it’s difficult to identify with it I’m sure every parent can relateThere is before your child was born And after As if you’ve walked through a supernatural vortexPermanently transformed Today I’m […]
Dear Alessia 082121
Good morning Homeward angelLet us pray away the fearAnd spin the wheels of loveInto the mechanism of our consciousness There is a relief to being cast outTo being an outcastIt gives you space to dreamAnd becomeA different kind of thingThere is no stipulations on your originalityYou leave the vortex of group thinkBecause there is nothing […]
Dear Alessia 082021
First let me just sayYou are an evolving love beanDay five or so cluster feeding machineSkin aglow with wild perfectionAncient grey blue eyesSeeking answers to unformed questions Uncle Ehud came by to see youYou were sound asleep But you are playful when dreamingWe take you on space ridesYour tiny but strong spine archingInto levels of […]
Dear Alessia 081821
This really has been a challenging weekA gig I was looking forward to at a great venue just outta townCancelled the showTelling me it wasn’t what they wanted to do but what they were forced to do from the reaction they got from the hit piece that came out in the LA TimesSpeaking your mind […]
Dear Alessia 081721
The world is mentalVaccine passports are required in France to go on the beachAnd in supermarkets They at least have been protesting for their freedomSo far in America the protests seem light And once again I’ve been asked to be silent about it allA new requestAn email from a rather important character out of my […]
Dear Alessia 081621
The world is fallenBut we are notWe are rising yet againA constant rising A deep breath inThe will to seek your wordsAnd follow them into new worldsBuilding themselvesA different kind of heavenBishop BaronSaid the dark night of the soulWas there to illuminate the heavensHe said you are put through challenges Where your structures deflate and […]
Dear Alessia 080921
This begins your second week of lifeHere on the earthly plane I had a dream you were a teen And an outspoken warrior for freedomAlready making an impact Waking up this morning with you crying for milkYour mama adjusting and changing you For the third timeIt’s six AmYou alright I ask her?Yeah she says immediately […]
Dear Alessia 080821
Today is SundayAnd you’ve made it through your first week A week agoYour mama was edging towards the end of seventy hours of laborAnd I was soon to be catching your head Popping into water With bloodAnd possibilities filling up the tubFor us this seemed naturalDoing it together Just me and her Guided by our […]
Dear Alessia 080721
Choo Choo CharlieAnd raggedy Andy Travelled through timeThrough strange vortexes to meet us at the apocalypse Choo Choo CharlieWas my first dollSomehow it survived On a shelf in Akron OhioAll these yearsAll these stationsThe trainYou could here from the bedroom where I grew upThe whistle blowing a poem into motionA dream of AmericaBack then the […]