minutes
in the company of
someone I greatly
admire
before
either one of us
dies -
my recent petition to the Universe
and Golda Meir
comes to mind
but is she still alive ?
Or perhaps Dale Chihuly
whose Art Glass greatness
gave us
Flowers
gracing
one petal at a time
a ceiling
at the Vegas Bellagio Hotel -
( I had the chance to see it
when a friend offered to take me there !!! )
and Celine Dion put on
a fabulous show
as well
while I marveled at and admired Las Vegas
excellence - ( arete' !!! )
Or how about Megan Mullaley
aka Karen Walker -
a most amazing character
from Will and Grace -
Ms. Beaverhausen
extraordinaire
and just 5
minutes
with Karen Walker
brings life
some fresh air -
despite her
keg on tap at all times -
it doesn't matter
if you're
drunk -
when you're
right
you're right -
and when you're not
you're not -
and stone cold sober holds
no guarantees -
not when I can be as wrong
as the day is long
without
a drink -
and along with that
change
many other things became
different
so
now I
can pay closer
attention
to your
projection
and
maybe
not do the
dumb thing
in response to
insurrection -
recognizing
error
mine
more quickly
over
time
and more easily
free
me
with my admission - PARDON MOI !!!
and then go to work on
restoration
cuz when ya break it
ya gotta fix it -
so
now today currently
there's no need to get
belligerent
and swear like a truck driver
like I did sometimes
when I was
drinking -
and Karen Walker is
my favorite
alcoholic
fictionally speaking
but
Megan and Golda and
the artist Chihuly are
real
and so is
the blind Mathematics teacher
at a local Community College
and so are
the Foster Parents
down the street
and so is the
struggling
Single Mother = Everything you take for granted
in your comfortable life -
provided for by your significant other
who is subsidizing your
existence -
is not - repeat
NOT
available for her !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NONE of it . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . so she
gets her GED ANYWAY ( bar the door ! )
to begin
freeing herself from
the SYSTEM
she's caught in
while the deadbeat Daddy
goes free -
and she even goes to College
eventually -
so just give me 5 minutes please
with any of
these
brave and
incredible
souls -
gimme 5
minutes with anyone who
trudges the road
unstoppable
to get where they need to be
be -
for peace comes
to those who know love and labor
and
perservere -
and just 5 minutes with
my Children
is a balm unto
my Spirit
for they are the folks
I admire
most
above any and
all in the world -
I admire creative
genius
at work
and the fortitude
required to
rise above the
" life is hard " part poor me/you
and go to
where " lemons " get turned into
juice and
pies
and other good
stuff
and I can't say enough
about how they don't use me
as an EXCUSE for
anything -
unlike some of us -
and grew up to be - ANYWAY ( despite anything and all y'all )
decent
productive
lovely people -
three boys ( aka THE MEN when they were 8 and 10 and 11 )
and my girlie - eldest and only one
but
I may have had a hand
in that
through many years of raising them
single-handedly
although
my battle cry
in those days was
give me 5
minutes
alone . . .
Domestic Violet
Semper Vi ~
Survivor . . . from the VORTEX
