Forget Yourself

IT WAS A DAY
TO REMEMBER
KNEW IT WOULD BE
HOW COULD IT NOT
A DREAM FROM
YEARS AGO, COME
TRUE,
PERFECT WEATHER
COOL COMPANY
GREAT CREW
JUST ME
AND YOU,
PLUS SOME
CARROT BOMBS
DIVINE ROASTED ALMONDS
COOL TECHNICIANS
THE FAMOUS VIRGIN
COCKTAILS
ENJOYED ON THE SAME
PORCH WHERE HE
HIMSELF SAT DURING
MANY SOIRIEES
I’M GUESSING,
THE MASTER WITH
HIS DOG AND MASSIVE
STATURE LEADING
THE CHARGE,
HENRY WOULD HAVE
ENJOYED THE
BACK AND FORTH
THE TALES OF
INDECENT ACTIVITIES
IN THE OLDEN DAYS
OF THE BIG SUR
LEGEND, MOSTLY
PROBABLY REPEATED
A MILLION TIMES,
BUT IT IS TRUE
THAT THE BAD BOY
OF LITERATURE,
WAS A MAN WHO TOLD
IT LIKE IT WAS
AND IS,
UNAFRAID OF NAYSAYERS
OR ANYTHING
AGAINST HIS
RADICAL TALENT,

JW SIGNING
 
IT IS THE STORIES
OF HIS PERSONAL
ACTIVITIES THAT
TICKLE ME MOST,
HAVE YOUR CHOICE,
THE VOICE OF THE
MASTER MILLER
REMAINS IN THE BOOKS
AND STORIES
THE LEGEND
NUDGES US TO REVEAL
OUR SCANDALOUS
WAYS, JUST A BIT
WHILE IMBIBING
DESCRIBING
EMBELLISHING
RELISHING THE TALES
THAT LIVE IN THE LIBRARY,
A FAVORITE PLACE
TO READ MY BOOKS
BRING DYANNA TO LIFE
SOAK IN THE SUNSHINE
AND SALTY BREEZE,
FEEL THE PINE DUST
ON MY TOES,
AND DWELL ON THE
MYSTERIOUS MAGIC
THAT LIVES IN HIS FASHION,
THE ELEMENTS
GIVE US AWAY,
SO FORGET YOURSELF
AS HE ADVISED, FOR
“THE WORLD IS SO RICH
SIMPLY THROBBING
WITH TREASURES
BEAUTIFUL SOULS
AND INTERESTING
PEOPLE”…
NO TIME TO WASTE
HAVE A BIG TASTE
OF LIFE,
YOU HEAR?
NOW!

©J.W. WINSLOW 8/1/16