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bigfoot in a band

26APR26

spinnin’ the sticks

bigfoot travels the land
like a big Hummer
if he were in a band
he'd be the drummer

just because you don't see
doesn't mean it's not true
he'd be bigger than Tommy Lee
in Motley Crue

he's hard to sight
when he's standing still
wearing tighter tights
than Vince Neil

the midnight oil burns
as bigfoot roams
knowing he'll always return
to "Home Sweet Home"

Years ago I was stationed at Fort Sill Oklahoma for the Field Artillery Basic Officers Course. That was back when MTV was popular. It was back when they actually played music videos. At 5pm they would play a list of the most heavily requested videos. The video “Home Sweet Home” by Motley Crue won it for what seemed like forever. I just googled it and it was the most requested video for over 3 months. Because of this MTV came up with the “Crue Rule” which meant that videos could only be eligible to win for 30 days. Hope this explains where some of the imagery for the poem comes from.

There is probably an Allman Brothers Influence in the last stanza from the song “Melissa.” “But back home he’ll always run To sweet Melissa.”

Enjoy your Sunday. Do not remain aloof from the goof.

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learn the bigfoot smile

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10APR26

for your own good

spend a while
in the woods
learn the bigfoot smile
for your own good

like the temple
of Kwai-Chang Caine
make things simple
for your brain

listen to your soul
lose your phone
take a stroll
into the unknown

learn to mix
with the unseen
forget your clicks
on a screen

things that matter
the birds & the bees
as the rain pitter patters
on the trees

Kwai-Chang Caine was a character in the TV series Kung Fu. The series ran on network television starting in 1972 for 3 years. It was a magical series that managed to teach a lot of life lessons about morality. You can still see clips of it on YouTube. A lot of people have purchased the shows on DVD. I am one of them : )

I have written in the blog about this before but I will mention it again. One of my favorite stories about the Kung Fu TV show is that the Allman Brothers Band would have to wait until the show was over to rehearse because Dickey Betts refused to miss an episode of the show. That story is kind of like bigfoot. It always makes me smile.

Enjoy your Friday. Do not remain aloof from the goof.

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following the thunder claps

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02APR26

might be the best

let's just suppose
there is more to find
better not to close 
the door in your mind

Wide Open Spaces
the Dixie Chicks
meet new faces
learn new tricks

throw away the maps
and the GPS
following the thunder claps
might be the best

It's a New Day
the morning sun
as Springsteen would say
we're Born to Run

Morning Has Broken
the dew glistens
bigfoot has mind spoken
will you listen

the Allman Brothers howl
on about Dreams
"the owls
are not what they seem"

I may be guilty of littering this poem with too many pop culture references. For that I apologize. For the readers that might not be familiar with some of them I will attempt to list them.

Wide Open Spaces is a song by the Dixie Chicks.

It’s a New Day is a line from Feeling Good by Nina Simone.

Born To Run is a historically famous song by none other than the “BOSS” Bruce Springsteen.

Morning Has Broken is a song by Cat Stevens. I think he now goes by Yusuf Islam. I just learned that this song was originally written by Eleanor Farjeon in 1931 as a Hymn. (Wikipedia). This song has a unique memory for me. My freshman year in college I had a psychology class that started at 8AM. The professor would always have this song playing in the classroom as we arrived and the class started. It was like he was providing this peaceful space in this wild and crazy experience.

Dreams is a song by the Allman Brother’s Band. Their music has this other world quality to it a lot of the time. I have read that they wrote a lot of their music sitting in the Rose Hill Cemetery between tombstones overlooking the Ocmulgee River. I am pretty sure that the name Elizabeth Reed was taken off of one of the tombstones. Some of the band members are buried there today.

“the owls are not what they seem” is a famous line from David Lynch’s TV show Twin Peaks. You can google it. There is a lot of information about it on the internet. All of Lynch’s work definitely has an other world quality running through it. MUCH RESPECT.

And as far as an other world feeling goes the thunder claps have always kind of seemed like a phone ringing from somewhere else.

Enjoy your Thursday.

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not called grasshopper

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20FEB26

by a wisdom teller

bigfoot does not explain
what is true
he is not Kwai-Chang Caine
in Kung Fu

keeps an oath
he does not lose
and they both 
don't wear shoes

he is a hill topper
and a mountain dweller
not called grasshopper
by a wisdom teller

he did not start this
to try to trip you
not a martial artist
but he can whip you 

but they both roll
on a path true
& seem to know their soul 
better than we do

One of my favorite stories is that the Allman Brothers Band used to have to wait until later at night to start their rehearsals because Dickey Betts had to wait until he had watched Kung Fu before he could show up. Kung Fu was a really neat show that tried to teach lot of lessons about life and people.

Enjoy your Friday!