— Tuning Up —

Michael has strange currencies.
John passes funny papers.

The werewolf’s outside Trader Vic’s,
hand-sampling Now & Laters.

— U2 (Live in Tarsus) —-

Lucifer and Ariadne —
Virgil, Mentor, Paul.

Mentat —
Quizatshad-r-ach.

All one,
so follow all.

— He Is Dead —

I could live ‘til 64,
never knowing how old Paul is.

Obla di obla
and coo-coo-ca-choo —
Tag!
Now you’re the walrus.

— You Two Live (in Tarsus) —

Berlin. These boutique references
confuse, and who to call?

The song says we’re all prisoners,
here, so — better make it
Saul.

— Song & Such —

“I guess it’s not our day”, she said,
still watching. No whales surfaced.

“At least not yet”, I thought. She smiled.

Her hair was future perfect.