FOLK REMEDIES

in another dream(all that was)now retro
came alive in the IMAX of mind's eye midnight
between the peephole of memory and the telescope of forgetfulness-
folk wisdom shared round fires,laughter and goodwill
when dangers were external and our defense improvisation
Now stack these firewood sticks that used to be branches of trees
The trees are burned,the remedies memories
and we are only what we can recall
and what sings to us in dreams

WATCHING THE RADIO
in Defensive Driving class,warned against hands-free phones
"your eyes tend to gravitate towards the source of sounds"
Remembering nightgown nights watching the radio
12 inch walnut cabinet speakers,big British voices booming
McKacky Mansions,Blue Hills,Goon Show-
My eyes still tend to gravitate towards the source of sounds...
bring back conversation! Strengthen Community Radio!

EVERY THING STILL EXISTS
IN Third Worlds-handwashing of clothes,vegetable gardens,
sharing as antidote to poverties,-Law Of Conservation of Matter
and we combine like harvesters,co-operating scientifically-
Law of Conservation of Energy.

IN A MUSEUM
i saw our lLfestyle of Childhood.As iff Science and Progress had abandoned
artifacts along the Information Highway ,and all that was Small
(is still Beautiful)-while Billion Dollar Budgets burst with corruption
from Church to Baghdad,weapons to banks-our Little Worlds
survive Emperors and Bankruptcies,in a Time Capsule
Awaiting Wakefulness!