David Van NuysGreased PigMaybe you find yourself shy In certain situations In my younger days I sometimes tried to overcome that by Sheer bluster Like when I…Jun 29, 2020Jun 29, 2020
David Van NuysTHE LEAP50 years ago At age 19 Intoxicated by Kerouac’s On The Road We went down to the Railroad tracks Behind the University And the Graveyard…Jun 29, 2020Jun 29, 2020
David Van NuysHAM RADIOWhen I was a boy My radio shack was A laundry room off the garage A magical universe At 3 am Purple gases in vacuum tubes Lighting the…Jun 19, 2020Jun 19, 2020
David Van NuysTHE LOST SONGBIRDS OF MY YOUTHGone are the songbirds of my youth They’ve lost the tune Their melodies drowned in the mechanical noise of a nearby highway These…Jun 18, 2020Jun 18, 2020
David Van NuysI tried to give big applause but it tells me I cannot applaud a draft.Jun 14, 2020Jun 14, 2020
David Van NuysTHE GARDENERBuried beneath The particulars There is a seed In each oneJun 14, 2020Jun 14, 2020
David Van NuysMY DREAM OF SOAPFirst contact. A bar of soap In a dish Bathed in a funnel of light Channeling to distant ETs Something essential about Us. Here on earth.Jun 13, 2020Jun 13, 2020
David Van NuysSTEROIDS ON STEREOThey put me on prednisone For a bumpy itch All overJun 13, 2020Jun 13, 2020
David Van NuysAN UNEXPECTED AFFLICTIONAt age 80 In that first year of the Pandemic That 2020 eyesight year That swept the board of lives Like so many chess pieces And upended…Jun 13, 2020Jun 13, 2020