Brian Turner – The Visions

Brian Turner The Visions             If I took LSD, I’d be talking to every blade of grass, like Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!                                     —Robin Williams I’d be lying if I didn’t admit to feeling sound, not exactly from the outside in, but feeling it within the very core of my body, the body signaled to perceive it this way, rather thangiven wavesContinue reading “Brian Turner – The Visions”

Brian Turner – Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud

Brian Turner Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud Where he gets the mud is a secret that’s been kept over 80 years,since the days of the old timers. And now Jim Bintliff parks his truckin the shade of a treeline along a tributary of the Delaware, drinks coffee from a thermos and listens to the black-throatedgreen warblersContinue reading “Brian Turner – Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud”

Joseph Rios – In the Beginning

Joseph Rios In the Beginning  For Alana I lived in a windowless room above a nightclub in Downtown LA.Afterhours we would dance with the music loud, loud as the the colored lightswe bathed in until it was time to visit the Pantry and spin on the chairs watching the cooks make French Toast in Dodgers capsuntil even the coffee couldn’t keep us awake.  TheContinue reading “Joseph Rios – In the Beginning”

Brian Turner – Instant Replay

Brian Turner Instant Replay The ruling on the field has been challenged     and now the crew in New York studiesthe moment in slo-mo, nearly frame by frame,     the bang-bang play a difference of milliseconds, camera angles, a decision     on when the ball enters the glove. History will be surprised by its own error     should the call be reversed, the runnerstayingContinue reading “Brian Turner – Instant Replay”

Joseph Rios – Jensen Junk Yard

Joseph Rios Jensen Junk Yard I’m kicking rocks at the junk yardafter a heavy rain that took out the powerat my house and has filled the trunksof these old cars, all picked cleanlike roasted chickens and left floatingon jack stands made from welded rims.Younger dudes are carrying tool bags for their dads, tios, grandpas. I’m jealous. OldContinue reading “Joseph Rios – Jensen Junk Yard”