POETRY FOR BREAKFAST AND EVENING

Cafe Caffeinated South Austin morning.Leslie is lounging
Engage him over tacos/migas as to when
he came to old Ruta Maya and recited INVICTUS from memory.
Note perfect,he delivers those lines again(performs them
with panache and aplomb-shares that his Scottish father reminded him
"no matter how low someone may seem,there is always
something to be learned from him.."We learn from him
invite him to the Million Musicians March for Peace celebration
Sunday March 21 from 2pm @Cafe Caffeine.He reminds me
he forgets things easily-like peace,and stories,jokes..
hands me his phone number to remind him
He is an original for Austin(was not from here
but his presence adds a quixotic charm unique as peace-
we do not want to lose him.He will not forget this.

POETRY FOR EVENING
SXSW-a live film in progress.HIDEOUT Monday 16
lines of laminates stretch along Congress
Parking is impossible .Traffic gridlock.Chaos!
We are alive on stage in the midst of this...Poets.Musicians.
Bemused,these laptop dancers withdraw from us
They slip into borrowed darkness for their illuminations
for which they have paid a pretty greenback or three.We are poetry
report back their consciousness within a dance of words
Soon this world of image will need a soundtrack
We supply it!Free of charge,we range within and around-
Lee on the streets with her Native American Flutes
Chris bemoaning these temporary Austin imports
We are poetry.They are film.And a film will never be made of this evening
unless and until we remember to remember
both the verbal and the visual!