Sunday, May 29, 2011

May Flying Carpet


Leonard Cohen was growling, “I have tried in my way to be free.”
as the Flying Carpet rippled
through the mist of Angel Fire


The Rags and Feathers Choral harmonized “Hallelujah”
as the Flying Carpet rolled
past the Wagon Wheel Roadhouse
and a junk shop surrealist’s dream in Trinidad 


A million 50’s songs played on the memory jukebox
as the Flying Carpet slurped nostalgia
at the I-70 Diner in Flagler Colorado


Bob Dylan sang, “Soul of a nation under the knife.
    Death is standing in the doorway of life.”
as the Flying Carpet yawned
across miles of flat green dollar signs in Kansas 
(agribusiness aggravation)

Tom Waits accompanied squeaky door blackbirds 
and water-throated meadowlarks
    on his celestial glockenspiel
as the Flying Carpet beheld
8,000 tools, war hero portraits, and beauty queens
at the Crossroads of Yesteryear Republic County Historical Society Museum



Fado music whispered and sobbed
as the Flying Carpet approached
the Denver Scooter Museum
where excessive grandmothering occurred


Imaginary harp music filled breeze balloons
as the Flying Carpet was strewn with petals
at the Denver Botanical Gardens


Strains of John, Yoko, and friends 
“All we are saying is Give Peace a Chance” 
as the Flying Carpet
navigated homeward


The Music of the Spheres crescendoed
as the Flying Carpet 
was abducted by the crew of The Due Return

Gadzooks!!!!!!!

Special thanks to my co-pilot Zachariah