New poem: MY SIXTIES.

Here's to memories:




twelve-ounce ten-cent cokes



in paper cups,



the giant-sized Superslide in Wichita Falls,



a copy of RUBBER SOUL



my mother bought me



for Valentine's Day,



Saturday (and sometimes Sunday) matinees



at the Grand Theater,



a rare dinner at the snack bar



of the bowling alley



across from the old Methodist Church,



occasional punishments,



an older brother I was too young to know,



teachers who liked me,



teachers who didn't,



true friends,



bullies in both child and adult sizes,



swimming lessons,



father who survived



an on-the-job accident



and had to have



a plate in his head,



comic books, candy and Fanta Orange



at the drugstore,



waiting downstairs at the Bethania Hospital



while my grandmother was dying,



listening to 45s of "Heroes and Villains"



and "Sunshine Superman" far away



from contact with the Summer of Love,



being loved more than I realized at the time.

Re the second Beatles reunion.

Here's Steve Marinucci's take on the recent Paul-and-Ringo-reunited-onstage happening at David Lynch's NYC benefit for the cause of TM ( a couple of years ago, I attended something similar at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood--consisting of Lynch conversing with Laura Dern--plus a Donovan concert with a surprise appearance by Beach Boy and TM practitioner Mike Love): http://www.examiner.com/x-2082-Beatles-Examiner~y2009m4d5-Lynch-concert-update-And-in-the-end-the-love-you-make?cid=examiner-email

As I alluded to in the header, the only other "Beatles reunion" involving a live audience took place about thirty years ago, when Paul, George and Ringo played at the wedding reception of Eric Clapton and Pattie Boyd Harrison.

Hopefully, the Lynch benefit show will either receive TV broadcast or DVD release for those of us unable to be there on the historic occasion.

[UPDATE 4/7/09: Here's a link to the press release announcing remastered reissues of The Beatles catalog in stereo and mono versions--on 9/9/09, the same date as The Fab Four-themed ROCK BAND game: http://www.examiner.com/x-2082-Beatles-Examiner~y2009m4d7-BREAKING-NEWS-EMI-announces-Beatles-remasters-to-be-released-in-September?cid=examiner-email]