Bubbling with Seventh Day Adventist joy
They had left their children with their husbands
and were holidaying together (two college friends)
for the first time in many years.Conversations between us
Southwest is a cheerful airline/holidays a reason to be positive
Her mother writes childrens' books/plays music
has a novel under her belt and more books on the way.
Retired from career /decided to have her life's work in play
now she is successful in a creative and personal way
and her daughter is so very proud of her-and aware
that life can get in the way .Time must be tithed for Muse
She smiles as we land,awake,aware,knowing i will write this
and she will dream her way into future expressions of...
REHEARSAL
Twenty years of BLISSNINNIES means empathic connections exist
Start with a note/a chord/each smile and launch
into revamped DEAD,Dylan,Band,Beatles,originally laundered
into a new brighter process/tonight in this garage
they beam with laughter/Mark is back from his alcohol holiday
Each has professional success in their own way
and they come together to play with a power and passion
that defines this as more than band-it becomes a work in love
demanding,petulant,astonishing,original in this-
their reason for playing...is bliss!
BROOKDALE LODGE
Lodged within redwoods in the hills above Santa Cruz
Haunted by ghosts still active as tarantulas
Blissninnies had performed here many owners ago,
and wanted to link again with this celebratory space
where band and vibe tribe might park overnight
and party without fear of driving while
Now the band is professional,loadup clear and conscious
Friends and allies volunteer for sound and lights
CORDUROY JIM begins,as tiedyed smilers dance in
Soon the Bliss will begin-everyone smiling and dancing
Together for two decades.Vibe Tribe survives!
SATURDAY NIGHT
and the word is OUT! The band is BACK! The music is TIGHT!
More folk filter in to fill the hall.They all want to dance!
GRANDPA's CHILI leads the night -did i mention
that members of Blissninnies were central to both support bands?
One of the great initiatives of Vibe Tribe shows was the rotation of headliners
and bands that shared members and jammed like Heaven
Tonight is no exception-by the time Blissninnies begin
the joy level has risen to SPECTACULAR PROPORTIONS!
Folk who have known each other at Festivals for Grateful Dead and Phish
weave with their children and parents among the consenting dancers
Multiple encores later,the band has cemented goodwill with everyone-
Brookdale,Vibe Tribe,volunteers,support bands,dancers
all agree-the energies were positive and sweet
BLISSNINNIES means dancing feet
and new adventures will soon levitate
those whose need for joy
brings out the bliss in every one of us!
POST SCRIPT
Two more angels visiting Round Rock
laughed all the way to Austin from San Jose airport
They had come from Burbank to visit sisters
who had lost jobs,mothers ,fathers
Their sweet pilgrimage enlightened the return
when we re-learned-adding to joy is easy=
"Add your Light to the sum of light-
and never forget your dancing feet beneath!"
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