“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)