Kurt Philip Behm

\'Writing The Storm\' (+1)

“Replay the riff in G,”

Robby said to Ray

 

“Come in a half beat behind,”

they both said to John

 

Then the three looked at Jim who said…

“Lay it all down,

turn it all over,

and pull it all back”

 

(8901 West Sunset Boulevard: West Hollywood California, 7-21-1966)

 

 

 

Apex Predator

 

To run from today

or hide from tomorrow,

the ultimate hunter,

time waiting downwind

 

Each day a stalking,

your tracks to betray you,

escape out of season

—the wolf closing in

 

(Sacandaga Lake, New York: January, 2022)