New Poem; DON AND CHARLIE ARE GONE

 accomplishments before frailty and finality

 music lives forever on different formats

 plus video clips both professional and cell phone jitter

 stories told before are exhumed on social media

 Warren Zevon discusses Don and Phil’s calm on storm tossed plane

 Keith Richards on how Charlie punched out Mick for condescension 

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 younger people may have momentary interest

 older folks see time passing too rapidly

 so they turn on radio and TV for official confirmation 

 and communal mourning from musical peers

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 all over the world, silent prayers beginning with

 please don’t let anyone else die this week

 

New Poem: ANDREW CUOMO’S LAST DAYS IN ALBANY HAIKU

 shred shred shred shred shred

 Shred Shred Shred Shred Shred Shred Shred

 shred shred shred papers

New Poem: FLORIDA COVID RAMBLE

Ron De Santis letting the virus burn through his state and being blind blind blind to science to schoolchildren and to how Donald Trump—the man De Santis has seen the intestines of more than once—staked his re-election on shoving COVID aside and lost decisively to Joe Biden—Ron learns nothing, thinks he’ll jump over the canyon Trump couldn’t 

Merchant of pestilence speeding towards a truck stop in Sarasota 

Will anyone be there to greet Muster Death?

New REVIEWS AND OTHERWISE episode on McCARTNEY 3 2 1

The summit meeting between Paul McCartney and famed record producer/podcast host Rick Rubin is discussed, with some side detours into upcoming Beatle legacy projects like Peter Jackson’s GET BACK miniseries for Disney+ and Paul’s two-volume collection of song lyrics.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2qHMfHTdsGYcwRoU3Tzzfg?si=h3djX0PdRJuNGhttuw1Krg&dl_branch=1