Today is the 60th anniversary of ground breaking album Rubber Soul. Also today, this rubber soul broke upon the ground. Coincidence? I think not.

The storm is coming Is it the first snow or the last autumn day The first kiss or the start of the last goodbye A new song for the coming day The last echoes of notes fading The first drops of fresh spring rain The last breath before flood waters Take us all away #vss365 #last

I won't judge on your hair your weight Your clothes color sexual tastes I won't judge if you roam the streets With tattered clothes and broken heart I will judge on your actions taken When shadows of evil blot the sun What really #matters is your character When there is a call to arms #vss365

I measure my health not in heartbeats at rest But how fast it races when I see your face I measure my health not in sit-ups per minute But in how long I can sit silently with you in my arms I measure my health not in how long I will live But in how much of my life can be given to you #vss365 #health

Preparing for some Indian food as part of an unconventional Thanksgiving. This album by an obscure Scottish band has become a favorite. One of only 2 they released, it's a mix of folk and rock with 21st century sensibilities. Lead singers voice has a haunting resemblance to Sandy Denny. 2009.

I say come to me son In your eyes I see a #reflection Not of what I am now But what you remember me as Serving as a reminder of times forgotten You are #learning to adjust Moving forward as I move back You say come to me mother I care not what you have become As long as I can hold you close #vss365

Really Biscuit? This is kind of a private moment.

51 years ago Nick Drake died by suicide. He was enigmatic reclusive and had severe depression. He recorded 3 albums before retreating from public life. They sold poorly during his life and one can only wonder if had he achieved the success while alive he has since things might have been different

My book of poems with cats. Some silly some serious some more about the humans that the cats allow into their lives. Just the kind of entertainment we all need today. #cats #catsofbluesky www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXB3RCF...

Mother said when to be home Life #timed by bedtime Leaving for school Waiting for punishment to begin Slow click of the second’s hand Never clock watching at 3AM Dreading the nightmare I knew would come Measuring an hour with mother That she would not remember Her time sliding to the end #vss365

Fog doesn't lift Course correction not #relevant Tunnel thoughts The path goes just one way I don’t know what to say Watching you slip away Into mists of words that won't come out Thoughts elude, slip away Sun breaks through for a moment Then settles to the ground Drops of mist, mental decay #vss365

Escape the cage that’s Erected around your soul By one who claimed to love Let not your existence remain A silent tale of terror Screams only heard on the inside Your heart unseen Unleash your voice to echo In halls that once were dreams Destroy it that holds you in its teeth #vss365 #terror #unseen

3 years ago this weekend I had the honor to have dinner with @thekatemulgrew.bsky.social. She'd come to Bloomington to see the statue of Captain Janeway that I and a dedicated team had designed, financed and erected. I can attest that Kate was genuine, funny, and a joy to spend time with. #startrek

You I can fight An enemy known If I still have the energy A lifetime spent Battling demons’ unseen You come for me in light Masked minions who bleed I prefer this over the shadows That stalked my night You threaten to take me whole They drained my will to live Bit by bit #vss365 #unseen #energy

I know you loved me once More than a passing fancy Less than a gateway to a different time and space I don’t want you to suffer I loved you too But I do wish As I sit with my dog and my whiskey That my face hovers on the edge of your life Telling you I am the one that got away #vss365 #hover

Boygenius. In their solo careers they were constantly encouraged to collaborate with men because the men were such a boy geniuses. Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus. In college a roommate pointed out that my album collection was virtually all men. He was right. I've come a long way Tony.

Terrorists!

Captain Antifa!

Stopped in to see the Captain on my way to the No Kings Rally. I'm sure we have her support. #nokings

Just played an album I have not heard in 40 years. It has a truly haunting song about Anne Frank. How have we forgotten? How is it that some think that the Diary of Anne Frank is fake news? How have we gotten to where we are today? No Kings! Never Forget! Never Again! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSUf...

In the midnight reading light dust swirls Motions of a lone dancer with a tale to tell Particles flaked from bark that coats your arid heart Every time I feel it beat A little more is sent spinning into the air I inhale all I can to help me sleep The only way I can hold a part of you #vss365 #arid

This cat's tired of your shit I'm no photo prop I refuse to be trotted out To your wine soaked friends Playing fake witchy games Dressed like Stevie Nicks I won’t summon an #unearthly spirit Just for your amusement But push me I’ll conjure one for mine I'll bring on a demon to eat your face #vss365

Children bounce when hitting the ground Held together with rubber bands and chewing gum Traumas faced down Buried beneath smiles and trading cards Time dries out the ties that bind Elastic dreams becoming broken seams Wisdom the illusion of age Hard earth waiting to greet you again #vss365 #elastic

Once upon a time hits from this album were overplayed. Listen closer. Martin Barres's guitar is amazing. Ian Anderson wrote lyrics capturing hypocrisy of a system we still live in today. Wonder'ing Aloud is a masterpiece in the simplest of forms. We have not progressed in 50 years. God save us all.

I hardly remember the world before cats had wings I take comfort in the fact that They still think we are fun to have around Hairballs and rodent entrails are always raining down We were once the dominant species before this new regime Nowhere is safe from the little killing machines #vss365 #wings

Really excited to have in hand the latest issue of New Square from the Sancho Panza Literary Society. I am honored that they have included my poem Solitude of Two, which I feel is one of my strongest works to date, amongst so many great authors. #poetry #lovepoems

Happy #internationalcatday! Looking for just the right way to celebrate? Pick up a copy of my book of poems with #cats, Could Have Gotten a Cat. Mostly happy, a few sad, some just plain weird. You won't regret it and neither will the cats you read them to. #catsofbluesky #poetry a.co/d/bEGhk2x

An angel danced on the head of a pin I impaled it Stuck it on my lapel as a charm Turns out I was a djinn Offered me 3 wishes for its freedom But I was Aladdin Sane I wore it till it passed away I don't worry we'll meet again at the pearly gates I know I won't be going there #vss365 #angel #charm

I am really excited to have my poem The Scars Across My Thigh up at Spillwords, along with having my own author page. Check it out. #poetry spillwords.com/the-scars-ac...

I never know the words to say So I hum a pleasant melody Leap from high to low Show octaves range even when I barely know the tune I persist until the frown you wear Breaks like a fleeing storm And sun comes from your smile While rays of joy escape my lips #vss365 #hum

Time soldier Patrol the past Put up walls Keep out #crimson memories Fences make good neighbors Time soldier Dig up graves Make them deeper Botox won’t raise the dead Regrets don’t keep secrets Where were you in 1992 Distant yet always heard Buddha on a train Time soldier Cuts you down again #vss365

I so easily turn a blind eye To a world full of injustice and genocide I hardly notice the destitute Lining streets and alleyways Heads down just like mine But today I shed a tear Watching the bird with the damaged wing Struggling through the grass In search of only shelter and a meal #vss365 #tear

Is it better to have loved and lost? A promise was made and not kept A heart held then tossed away Good intentions don't cushion the fall Nothing mutes the voices saying rise up try again Pain is real bruises deep Stillness protects what remains You do not miss what you never had #vss365 #promise

Having purpose gives my action meaning Meaning leads me to deeper understanding With understanding there is dawning enlightenment So enlightened I am spurred again to action Onward I march to an imagined destination Circling ad infinitum I really need to cut back on the coffee #vss365 #purpose

I wish I’d not been raised a rational mind That I could pull together spiritual traces That guide so many souls I felt it in Glastonbury Upon the Tor At the red spring But with distance it faded away I pray that I will find a way to be at peace But I have no god that I can pray to #vss365 #spiritual

You ask me to smell a flower But my nose tells me nothing I can barely tell its color You want me to touch your dress Caress the smooth taffeta But my hands are numb as all my senses You ask me to bind with your emotions To share your love But I can not for I was made unable to feel #vss365 #taffeta

I stand a prism Feelings enter Impact fragmented Shards of emotion Wild responses Crashing outward Reflected again Ad infinitum Splintered soul #vss365 #prism

I tried to give the kids a sense of #nostalgia Made them watch Harold and Maude And the early works of John Waters But they weren’t my children And I'm told I took it too far When I had them all embalmed Put them in my man cave Played Careful With That Axe, Eugene Over and over and over #vss365

Drive by lovers Keep my heart racing Each one trip around the track Touching by body Never my heart I see you at the pit stop Hope you will leave me a space to park I’ll idle slow Hum gently as you tune me up I’m ready to take it slow Go from hot pavement To a cool country road #vss365 #space

Brief downpour from a sunny sky Smile flashed then hidden away Love passing in the far lane Existence is just moments Pieced together into memory Briefly lived slices of time Some shared in joy Some buried in solitude Some haunting forever Some desired Some lost Some hidden away #vss365 #moment

I keep a pet #enigma Buy it fine things But it sleeps in a box in the hall When strangers call it answers the door Checks IDs and the reason they called At night it roams Lures people from their homes Dances with them in the moonlight Returning before dawn To try to trip me on the stairs #vss365

Zen master Lursa Deeply in tune Taker of summer heat Keeper of mental cool Guru of weather Joy of lonely hearts Felinus undeterrus In her 18th summer Love me or leave me Pet me or feed me Leave all doors open Take me as you are #vss365 #guru

Fate follows me In #parallel but slightly behind I take to the ocean Fate is not deterred I sail toward the horizon I see the earth is flat I steer for an island on the edge Summer home of a giant cat She spends her free time Casually knocking wayward travelers Off the edge of the world #vss365

I could have been a father to you You welcomed me in Placed me in your art I tried to show you how to be yourself But I drifted away Took our time and made it about myself It's no wonder you turned your back on me Though I still have the pictures you drew Before I pushed you away #vss365 #self

I painted the car in rural Ohio Shaved my hair on the banks of Lake Erie Cut my nails at the Finger Lakes Made a wish and tossed them in #Shed my skin entering Massachusetts Drove till the ocean let me go no further Went to see an old friend She hardly recognized me But still welcomed me in #vss365

Joni Mitchell thunders in my head Not music but a #single set of footfalls Back and forth she paces across A Laurel Canyon home Not a #small women Still I would have thought her light afoot But force crackles with each step As she puts the finishing touches On a song we will all come to know #vss365

I don’t want to be a figure for the masses To be recognized in the crowd A fleeting slice of fame I wish only to be #someone For a person that really needs me A hand held beneath streetlights Together watching The blank faces passing by Intent on striving to be something They can never be #vss365

I dread going on I can’t go back The light is always flashing The flow always pushing Gravity fighting back Pain punching forward I know nothing but to maintain Till pavement turns to gravel Turns to sand turns into sea Your voice forbids me to stop It is the only way #vss365 #stop