A song for a broken heart, a work in progress

July Eighth
It was a Tuesday a terrible Tuesday the wind blew as it was suppose to as they told us it would 

wooden houses dry grass didn't stand a chance

water for the rich, drought for the poor

the heat the wind the apocalypse 
the dismay the hate that smeared the kill be or be killed 
he zoomed by on a dirt bike after moving his boat and I was stuck to die in this car (or my car)

as the cloud engulfed us and everything turned black

a coffin on Front Street

(Pre-Chorus or chorus) August slipped away like a moment of time, this life was never mine

he speaks to the pictures on the fridge asking if they are alive to please come home

please send a sign

she can't stop crying, they will get away with it all watch and see

the liars and thieves the speculator the investor the builder the wrecker

Chorus: am I dead mon, yes mon

have I died here, yes mon

will I rise here, yes mon

will they build here, yes mon

they tell stories about Hallows Eve when people would walk up and down this street 

in costumes sometimes naked come say hello to my grave

green grass of the golf course 

the breadfruit that once grew the pond that once was

a woman wearing slippers walks through the ashes of her home 

it's probably the only shoes she owns

you were flown here I was grown here

I don't own here, I just died here

it is what it is

it's fucking unbelievable that's what it is

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"MAALAEA — Walking along the shoulder of Honoapiilani Highway, a man shouts at a caravan of cars ferrying Gov. Josh Green and FEMA officials into Lahaina town on Saturday morning. 

“I know this is a f—— motorcade!” he yells. “Open it up!”"  Excerpt from an article titled, ""Placard system aims to answer West Maui’s access woes". Program rolls out today; cards can be obtained at Napili, Keopuolani parks." The placard program lasted 4 hours because people couldn't help themselves and walked amongst the dead. 

11:30 a.m.

"The Maui Police Department announced as of about 11:22 a.m. today that the placard program for travel into West Maui has been suspended due to overwhelming demand from “non-essential individuals” and non-Maui residents."

Articles: 

Mauinews.com/news/local-news/2023/08/placard-system-aims-to-answer-west-mauis-access-woes/ by Colleen Uechi, August 14, 2023. The Maui News.

An updated blog about Maui: staradvertiser.com/2023/08/14/breaking-news/aid-pours-into-maui-as-search-for-victims-continues-in-lahaina/ The Honolulu Star Advertiser.

Maligayang Hanukkah

Hanukkah 

Chanukah 

Hanukah 

Hannukah 

Chanuka 

Chanukkah

Hanuka 

Channukah

Chanukka

Hanukka

Hannuka

Hannukkah

Channuka

Xanuka

Hannukka

Channukkah

Channukka

Chanuqa.

a verse...in progress: there are sixteen ways to spell magic come November, December 

sixteen ways to spell magic month eleven and twelve

sixteen ways of miracles, anxiety, and fighting oppression

sixteen ways to drive me insane

and I got latkes for you gelt and guilt to go along with it

you bring the matches and I'll bring the wildfire

you bring the prayers and I'll mouth the words

(chorus) hanukia, menorah, candleabra

this minor holiday on a major street

got me spinning and dancing and declaring my faction

what do we got to lose? (or what have we got to lose?)

(verse 2) depeche mode and hanukkah maligayang to that 

I got wrapping paper I got socks and socks and socks

blue everything statement jewelry like Bialik

don't mess the vibes don't even try it

every upload of enjoy the silence on youtube

I prefer the live in Berlin version how fitting

reading the plot against America and I don't know if it's a Hannukah book guess I'll never know

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Out in Bourne and Alleged Mojito Man - songs

All these songs have hockey guys in 'um. Too much hockey. Not enough hockey.

Out in Bourne 

(v1) I got a new lover 
and he treats me real fine
lying on my back giving him f me eyes (bedroom eyes and sighs)
left a few men high and dry
this ones a keeper
got me singing Pocasset lullabies

he's a tall glass of water

big hayes-y worth the trouble

thirst trapping him in the bubble

now here we are in one and out of one, boy got me undone

(chorus) told him if the Celtics win I'll marry him

told him if the Celtics lose I'll marry him

let's hope it doesn't get to that the losing not the wedding (guess I ain't marrying this one. but we'll figure all of it out and out and out)

these teams done control my life

Cam Newtown bring back the lights (Cam Newtown big stage big hat smiling in the bright lights) Stidham, Hoyer my bald brother, Cole McDonald figure it out. (notes: I know he isn't on the team but wishful thinking)

(v2) Bostober drakesgiving seasons greetings in our feelings

bye twenty twenty got me lying in the sand with my new man

in the Caribbean for the weekend

pedicures and problems for me

deconstructed Señorita for you

ain't no shawn mendes (liam helmsworth, chris evans, michael b. jordan, henry cavill, taylor kitsch, anton khudobin) but you'll do

just kidding ily marry me in July (sometime)

(break) our baby on the way and our lawyers have final say

quick jaunt down the aisle 

fall flowers on a flower wall

June in January come dance away

*****

alleged mojito man

(intro or break. Don't know where I'm putting this part, yet.) sequin known you since you were 18

ladies man then ladies man now

tattooed love machine

playboy bunny still wants your heart

camouflage fuel gauge burning candles on both ends

(v1) flown in six weeks ago with a plan

selling mojitos on the sand

booked and fined, on the decline 

Radulov lives on another planet

backchecking divorce gymnastics

he just wants to love 'um all

article: capelino.com/a.radulov-divorced-his-wife

I want a salad, a ditty

To the tune of "Beauty school dropout" by Frankie Avalon.

I want a salad

(wants a salad)

but there's ice-cream in the freezer

that isn't a salad

(not a salad)

make due with what you have right now

do I breakdown and call Domino's?

be a traitor to my sister  

enjoy my salad with AEW

and she'll kick me in the kisser (superkick party)

wrestler, wide receiver, actor, rapper, goalie, a song in progress

(v) congratulations you've been selected and I hope you will accept it
checkmate lust a mate thinking of whilst 
and out of all the gin joints in the world you're welcome
5, 5's a good number like Nomar
stable, rotation, deck
line up boys keep me in check
made a taylor swift playlist that I'll remix and cover my declaration over a video application
end game, king of my heart, dress, London boy, I think he knows, call it what you want, new year's day
I hope I make it to New Year's day
and then head to the Tokyo dome singing I did it my way
an analyst refers to him as a Kazakhstanian scorpion
show off splits on pillows historian
Toronto has to stay in Toronto my caddie says from across the room 
we are a pro-blank household wink over Zoom
bubba will break out of Atlanta and shut it down
keep watch on the border so stud can't come around
hiking runyon view askew
Jenna Jameson B's tattoo 

(c) never know what Harvard gets us
oh, we know

I didn't drop my Rusev knowledge on 'um

I cancelled a membership and spoke to someone in Bulgaria. My initial thought was vampires. I now shake my head at the fact that I didn't immediately think about Rusev the wrestler. No Rusev Day, denied. The customer service representative told me that around 100 people have died in that country from COVID-19. An interesting tidbit. God bless them, God bless us all. Stay safe.

*****
I was humming a gospel song that came to my head. I may add that here. I forgot the lyrics that I came up with. Of course. The lyrics that I do write down are trash. For example:

trash lyrics, a song
(v) There's a demon inside this house 
what does he want, where is he going?
why is it a he? demons only males?
don't answer that, I don't want to know
I already know 
why, why Sway
i'm tired of men writing the stripping anthems
rigging the system radio program ransoms
what do you know about conning men?
boot on breaking down like big ben
dolphins, sharks shaking dem tales
angels falling from ceilings, epsom salt healings
house mom keeping order
Mount Doom is a volcano in Mordor
in this time of chaos, in this time of need orc landlord wants sexual favors to cover the rent
I said I read about this in the hunger games you've been exposed sir and I'm hell bent
no thank you I'll take my chances living in a car
then succumb to satan and his cigar
what happens next month when I still can't pay
he'll only up the ante and up the fray
and I don't want to live my life that way
is this what we've come to what district am I in?
shadowboxing, in the Wu-tang sword style Shaolin
I think about my brothers and sisters who have no choice
viral infection sensation causing a hoarse voice 
I'm not naive this happened in Les Misérables, Great Depression, Recession
backpage onlyfans meet me at the corner confession

(c) this isn't a gospel song at least I don't think it is
they say there's a glitch in the matrix
they say a lot of things now
Lord show me the way
Lord please show me the way 

the scarecrows have come out to play, a nursery rhyme

the scarecrows have come out to play
the scarecrows have come out to play
the bones are being stockpiled and the scarecrows have come out to play
the clown is in the sewer
the clown is in the sewer
they left him tp and a balloon and the clown is in the sewer
the dj plays by the pool
the dj plays by the pool 
what a pool, what a view "miami we are titanium", he says
and the dj plays by the pool
the billionaire is on his yacht
the billionaire is on his yacht
Mayer wrote a song and the billionaire is on his yacht
the ex-royals are somewhere elsewhere 
the ex-royals are somewhere elsewhere 
run as fast as you can from that house, run as fast as you can and the ex-royals are somewhere elsewhere 
Affleck likes necking and coffee 
Affleck likes necking and coffee 
he was the bomb in phantoms yo and Affleck sure likes necking and coffee 


*****
I bought one bag of potato chips when I went to the grocery store. I think that is very optimistic and mature. Fast forward to tomorrow when I'm wishing I had more chips to eat. You get what you get and you don't get upset. I have one bag of chips and I am appreciating each and every chip. Listening to Guetta's set, watching the sun set in Miami, eating chips, and drinking ginger ale. What a good life. Be safe and well.

4.18.2020. Still Here.

last call has an all new meaning and I like this didgeridoo

I wrote a song about life want to hear it? Here it goes.

(v) if it's my time to die Lord, it's my time to die
I will abide death, I will abide
you have no choice says death, you have no choice
swaying to a christian nodal song in the meantime, christian nodal
play it again this song to a billion views
escaping to a better place far away from this disaster
my friend mel sent me a card with a dream catcher on it
is it working, it's working
scrolling through max's discography
no wonder all the songs sound the same

(c) a johnny sins video playing, not that kind of video
hello eerie bike ride through a deserted strip 
I've played this video game before
trees are growing taller and the days are getting shorter
they want the blowhards out in the storm
protesting to go outside, while they hoarded away a month ago
three dollars for a can of tuna on a delivery app
I can see the store from my balcony
crescendo and fanfare, I'll stay inside
I broke a petal, I broke a nail
I broke the fridge now in despair
be like water or summer of george

(v) listening to music I would never listen to
I would rather read a cat trivia comic book than a book
about how life is better now
life is better now, so reinforce it by reading
mountain dew and power through
scratch that dunkin' in times of crisis I dunkin'
poor sam stuck in Hawai'i swinging and missing
porn stars coming back from the dead like taker
McMahon's carnival is on the list
it was always on this list, I just have to reinforce the list
dream catchers and evil eyes
chinese spies lost in the pacific blue
interested to see if they show up to watch the display
tomorrowland black bandana but I want it in pink
black goes with everything

*****
Whilst reading the comments on the Sins video. I came across this one: "belizeguy: This is absolutely scary!  Thanks for documenting it.  We were there in Vegas from March 9 to the 13th (2020).  It was already reducing then, and the Airport was not yet crazy.  Lucky.  My favorite story about the shut down was I think about the Tropicana.  It had not closed its doors in 30 years and no one could find the keys, so a locksmith had to come and help them close down!  "Last Call" has an all new meaning.  What a dick at the Venetian.  I kept looking for you when we walked around.  I had hoped for a fist bump or hello.  No Luck!!"

a song for midnight in April - work in progress

i love you Corah
i wish I could be there
remember me dearly
i'm in the clouds and clovers
starlight chandelier 
batmobiles and jokermobiles
afrojacks levels drop
alice found wonderland

forget the times I let you down
forget the times I clowned around
you have my attention now
Dia de los Muertos marigolds
all the stories retold
images set in plexiglass
the rain's come
I wish I had time to sing you a thousand more songs
I wish I could give you a better tomorrow

singing in the rain
I would recite you quotes from little women
jane austen to harry potter
rhcp wrote good death songs good life songs
taylor wrote the love songs

will there be fireworks again - a song in progress

will there be fireworks again?
hold me close take my hand
will it be in this life or possibly the next
note of C please Sam go on now start up the band
alms for the poor praise for the weary
i love you and I love my city (me and my city)
new orleans, new orleans 
go on show 'um what we're working with
hilo by the bay
bolinao dance the night away
all this time Kokomo isn't a real place
iceland lagoon dominicana sands
maui fields endless blue salem legend
paris, ma belle dame
kingston you got me
london you made me
toronto keep him safe
the raptures come no one to see the green leaves
no one to raise the cup to see the boys of summer
one last autumn winter's come the boy is done
no hope for the hopeless no f's to give
I'll be here in the rain playing this here piano
come find me a Papa King book in hand Zihuatanejo 
one last laugh one last hurrah one last ride let's get into it
if you ain't dancing now you ain't never gonna dance
if New Orleans hasn't hit you by now, you'll never gonna get it
put on your Sunday's best and make this one last, where you at?

*****
different day same b.s. concept of lyrics. City, city, city.  Take 2.

te amo mi amor
(why is it te amo and not te quiero?) 
este camino seguro es brillante
regado con amor
eres todo lo que siempre he querido
tu y yo y las estrellas

will there be fireworks again? 
hold me close and take my hand  
(from across the room hold me close and visually take my hand)
Sam go on now start up the band  
think of me every now and then 
borrowed time tell me when 
in this life or the next 
doesn't have to be complex 
words just make 'um upset 
breathe in breathe out forget 
just stay here and dance with me 
remember forgotten memories of how it used to be 
from the front to the back 
read the signs read the zodiac (ginger spice's union jack) 
you can't take it with you, no no you can't take it with you 
say it with me Zihuatanejo 
they used to play livin' on a prayer and pause after halfway there come find me without a care 

some say vahalla some say utopia  
far far away from this dystopia 
away from the crowds and noise where you can look up and see the stars 
lying on our backs in this meadow of ours 
silent spring endless to forgotten summer 
no beat no soul no use for a drummer 
mama rupaul says you better work 
just another perk 
on another level on another plane 
another dimension now hit the refrain

death triangle - a song in progress

(v) hands in your pockets
hearts on your sleeve
orange cassidy knew all along
cabana will stay grounded
nakamura sends a silent prayer
boss man doesn't believe in getting sick nor unions
his empire is tumbling without an audience

(pre-c) on a lockdown and it's all so surreal
i'm in a dali painting floating with chagall
my life is in the hands of a walking doctor zombie
who hasn't slept since life before medical school
learn tagalog or ilokano and speak to the nurses
they are our only hope
treat them with kindness
nhl be transparent for once are you taking care of the boys on the ice? have they been quarantined and tested?

(c) we're all screwed let's be screwed together
they tell me to keep calm and bergeron but
mama told me to raise some hell and fight till we see the sunlight
you singing birthday songs while I'm rapping to Juicy
my neighbor klinghoffer playing guitar
playing drums, maracas, piano
kuya drake, this you? make the call to get me through customs

(v) I don't know if I'll be able to just breathe
what the craic? is fergal stuck out of the country
everyone's got a cameo
we're all cam girls now
welcome to Boston now use can't leave
don't forget what Tuukka Rask did for this team
blank he's elite
I have some questionable premonition tweets I can't help but think about
2020 Bruins scorched earth tour
did you really have to bring this much heat, guys?
mc's tell them I lived during the time of pastrňák 
are you willing to die for it, asks jaylen brown
tell north korea, she ready
well she ready 
I've made peace with I gotta go will you be okay?
Oh, Lord
let's scat away dave matthews yippee ki yay

*****
I gaze at the screen and declare, "This may be the last of wrestling as we know it."
I also said, "What are we going to do if they close the libraries?"
Back to wrasslin'. I'm glad the Jericruse (Jerico Cruise) occurred earlier last month. I hope you don't get it but....I hope you survived the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before you actually knew it was Covid-19. (edit. We are all going to get it. Survive baby, survive). Death Triangle is a name of an AEW wrestling faction.

Royal T, part dos

The Man, Woman mashup

(v) they'd say I hustled, put in the work
they wouldn’t shake their heads and question how much of this I deserve
what I was wearing, if I was rude
could all be separated from my good ideas and power moves

(pre-c) and they would toast to me, oh, let the players play
I’d be just like Leo in Saint-Tropez
(c) I'm so sick of running as fast as I can
wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man
and I'm so sick of them coming at me again
'cause if I was a man, then I'd be the man
I’d be the man
I'd be the man

(v) i'm a motherfucking woman, baby, alright
I don't need a man to be holding me too tight
I’m a motherfucking woman, baby, that's right
I'm just having fun with my ladies here tonight
I'm a motherfucker
Mmm, yeah
let's drive around town in my Cadillac
girls in the front, boys in the back
loosey as a goosey and we're looking for some fun


(v) I'm a motherfucking woman, baby, alright
I don't need a man to be holding me too tight
I’m a motherfucking woman, baby, that’s right
I'm just having fun with my ladies here tonight
I’m a motherfucker
Mmm, yeah

[Bridge] Mmm, yeah
don't buy me a drink, I make my money
don't touch my weave, don't call me "honey"
’cause I run my shit, baby
('cause I run my shit, baby, I run my shit)
don't buy me a drink, I make my money
don't touch my weave, don't call me "honey"
('cause I write this shit, baby, I write this shit)
I write my shit
don't buy me a drink, I make my money
don't touch my weave, don't call me "honey"
('cause I run my shit, baby, I run my shit)
don't buy me a drink, I make my money
don't touch my weave, don't call me "honey"
(don't touch my weave, baby)
'cause I run my shit, baby, I run my shit
('cause I run my shit, baby, I run my shit)
don't buy me a drink, I make my money
don't touch my weave, don't call me "honey"
I run this shit, baby, I run this shit
('cause I run this shit, baby, I run this shit)
don't buy me a drink, I make my money
don't touch my weave, don't call me "honey"
('cause I write this shit, baby, I write this shit)

(o) well I didn't write this but Drew Pearson, Wrabel, Kesha, Joel Little and Taylor Swift did
Ms. Swift if you're nasty
Free Kesha, please

Royal T, part uno

Bohemian it's the end we are forever

(v) is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
caught in a landslide, like fleetwood mac no escape from reality
open your eyes, look up to the skies and see
i'm just a poor girl, I need no sympathy
because I'm easy come, easy go, little high, little low
any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me

(c) it's the end of the world as we know it 
it's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine
cause tonight we are young, forever young
so let's set the world on fire we can burn brighter than the sun

(v) now I know that I'm not all that you got 
I guess that I, I just thought maybe we could find new ways to fall apart 
but our friends are back so let the Bruins raise the cup 
'cause I found someone to carry me home

(v) where is home, is it with you in the six
add me to the two things you love
where is home, boat on the Charles
practicing my swing you in a suit jet skiing around
rhapsody of the world young young
where is home, surrounded by books
by your love
gaga has the cure we are blessed to have these days before 

(outro) so many adventures couldn't happen today
so many songs we forgot to play
so many dreams swinging out of the blue
we let them come true
forever young, I want to be forever young
do you really want to live forever?

they don't call me Elizabeth anymore

v1 to the next town to the next city 
off-shore thunder strikes
when the wind stops and the afternoon glows
pinks oranges and reds
midwest lightning bugs at twilight
soprano in a muʻumuʻu
spot on girls day card
i miss you already, darling

(pre-chorus) i'll remember you will you remember me
will you see me hesitating 
and come holler at me
greet me with a complaint 
cough, wink, smile
I just didn't have enough time
you'll roll your eyes
(chorus) i've got stories that will live forever
i've made up my mind we'll hit the ballgames
casinos and museums
offend the artist in the galleries
just you wait and see

they don't call me Elizabeth anymore

*****
When Dusty Rhodes passed away Fergal Devitt tweeted, "See you at the next 'town' Dream!" I'll say the same to you, my beloved Friend. I am so blessed to have met you. Here's to watching a game together in another dimension. I can hear you yelling at me to finish my books. Will do, Boss. Will do. I love you so much. Me ke aloha.

a song in draft

I'm going to figure out a song out of this:

It's the third night of Hanukkah and I want to spend it with you, Aubrey Graham. We can open up hockey cards and I'll let you have the Toronto players if I can have the Bruins players. Tomorrow at 7 AM, I already set my alarm, the Celtics play the dinosaurs and we can watch the game. Alright, I'm going to watch the ending of the Hawai'i Bowl and I hope Cole McDonald can prevail. 8 years ago my brother-in-law and sister got into a car accident. Thank you God that they were not seriously harmed. Thank you miata, and air bags, and seatbelts for saving their lives. I went to midnight mass and said thank you for watching over them. I sat outside today to tan but I don't think anything happened. 

and Cole and Celtics and Hanukkah
i got my sister premium orange soda it sits under the tree
where a catnip cat hides ornaments between
third night of Hanukkah let's open up hockey cards 
trade me the black and gold
tomorrow we'll watch the Celtics
Edelman's yule log video in the background
marry me under the mistletoe .....no

and Cole and Celtics and Hanukkah (take two)
(C) happy hanukkah colt cabanna
happy hanukkah aubrey graham
happy hanukkah cats and llamas
great to be chosen amongst palm trees and sand
l'chaim aloha
how's the knee and shoulder? 
happy hanukkah to you, jules edelman

a song in draft

V1: imma gonna hang up this windsock flag once they throw you out of office
anytime now I've been saying for these past three years
Bob says no one writes songs about the times anymore
calls out the rebel rousers with pink hair
sage wisdom gone silent and prophets MIA
just an impeachment song to hang your hat on to

C: old glory what's your story?
agree that these are peculiar times
bohemian grove's sorting hat
in a snow globe lies us all
you mean tonight, Boo Boo?
what I should be declaring
instead of dealing with toxic masculinity
that a guy in Winnipeg doesn't believe is a thing
mansplain it to me once again
stay saved and do God's missions, God's missions

Royal T, part Uno - work in progress

From a youtube comment:
"Eero Kekäläinen 3 hours ago (8/25/2019)
I just realized: Royal T is an anagram of Taylor
And now that she owns her songs, she'll get all the royal Ts."

Let's re-imagine your first five records...
1989
Welcome To NY, Your Love Is My Drug

(pre-chorus) You don't remember me
but I remember you 't was not so long ago
you broke my heart in two
tears on my pillow, pain in my heart, caused by you, you
if we could start anew, I wouldn't hesitate
i'd gladly take you back, and tempt the hands of fate
(c) welcome to new york, your love is my drug
welcome to new york, your love is my drug
welcome to new york, your love is my drug
welcome, welcome, welcome is my drug
is my drug

(v) it's a new soundtrack I could dance to this beat, beat forevermore
the lights are so bright but they never blind me, me
i don't care what people say
the rush is worth the price I pay
I get so high when you're with me
but crash and crave you when you leave
welcome to new york (new york!)
it's been waitin' for you
welcome to new york, welcome to new york
like any great love, it keeps you guessing
like any real love, it's ever-changing
like any true love, it drives you crazy
but you know you wouldn't change anything, anything, anything

(v2) hey, so I gotta question
do you wanna have a slumber party in my basement?
do I make your heart beat like an 808 drum?
is my love your drug?
your drug, uh, your drug
uh, your drug, is my love your drug?
the lights are so bright but they never blind me

at beautiful Fenway

Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
there's a ballpark that I heard of
once in a lullaby
somewhere over the rainbow world series banners rule
and the dreams that you dare to dream
really do come true

take me to a great sports state
take me to Massachusetts, USA
but above all please take me out to the ball game...
take me out to the ball game
take me out with the crowd
buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks
you can't stop me from coming back
let me root, root, root for the Red Sox
they will win this game
for it's one, two, three strikes you're out
at beautiful Fenway

when you happen to be in Honolulu
do say hi to Alexander Cartwright Jr. in Nuʻuanu
thank you, Sir and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true

*****
@SoxNotes Oct 25: "The Red Sox have played 207 games in the last 245 days, including 2 exhibition games against Northeastern University and Boston College (2-0), 32 Grapefruit League games (22-9-1), 162 regular season games (108-54), and 11 postseason games (9-2). They are 141-65-1 (.681) in 2018."

More songs - a work in progress, songs

I wrote this ditty on September 9, 2017. I know this because I wrote it in my email to preserve this beauty: 
"tom brady it's 2:35 am and if you are thinking about cannolis so am I" or "I'm thinking about cannolis at 2:35 AM and I think tom brady is thinking about cannolis, too" (ha)

@StephenKing Aug 23 2018. "Red Sox and Cleveland playing in the sunshine at Fenway--the way the game is supposed to be there. God, I wish I was there, eating a hotdog."

cannolis comma too 
(v1) dear mr. brady 
it's way beyond early here in Boston
somehow the game was lost two days ago
blame mark and those towels but that's just me
to be here when the team played
down the road from Fenway
see the lights from the window of the laundry room

(c) ditch the snake oil salesman 
North End cannoli o'clock
cash only go on double-park
who else can get away with it
magic words it's on the house today
wouldn't have it any other way

(v2) bask in my glory sunshine in the stands
can it get any better, can it get any better than this
summer to fall on my boat
fireworks over the Charles river just like it's suppose to be
winter is on it's way
and the Red Sox win the game
and the Bruins win the game
and the Patriots will win the next game
and the Celtics win the game
and the Pride win the game
and the Rev's win the game
just like it's suppose to be
don't you wanna come with me?


*****
bury me in Bolinao

bury me in Bolinao
where I can gaze at the stars
country meets the sea
it would be so heavenly
eternal peace here in Bolinao

Songs, Songs, Songs - a work in progress, song

not the cart girl
(v1) I'm at the country club pondering where my ethnic people at?
caddie and I in a sea of white 
all the stars are nothing alike
he and she recently paroled 
so I've been told from the first Mrs. Johnson
has my back I should know
living her life in a mansion overseeing the 15th tee 
post divorce living with stoolie Henri

(pre-chorus) new money blending in with the riche
they say it’s the riche that counts
we gon find out what the riche is about
(C) not the cart girl
ain't your beck and call girl
make this shot girl
get it in for the win
flirting with the caddies 'n retires
air horn in the gallery
marshall tackling
driving the ball hard
ace, eagle, birdie, par


*****

Untitled
don’t know how long I’ll survive
some of us buried alive
enemy of my enemy no longer my friend, we ken
it just came to be
nothings changed
these lynchings, target killings
hate keeps manifesting...

*****
Mahalo ke Akua

mahalo ke Akua
mahalo nā Akua
mahalo ka ʻāina
mahalo ka wai
mahalo lāʻau
mahalo nā aliʻi
mahalo kupuna
mahalo kou ʻohana
mahalo koʻu ʻohana
mahalo iā ʻoe
mahalo ola
mahalo  mauli ola
e ola au i ke Akua