December 08, 2024

Gospel is the Blues, the Blues is Gospel,
and it's all the Buddha and the Christ,
you and me--
life at its truest and best.

Classic Gospel and Blues
were never about making money.
They were about being real.
About being alive.

The same goes for Buddha and Jesus.
They were just two guys being real
walking through the world,
peaceful abiding here, now.

That is all that is asked of any of us.

What's up?

My heart's all tattered
and my dog's run off,
my spirit went with him
while my pancake mix splatters
in the grease.
Just splatters in the grease.

My life's like that
somehow here, now,
I guess, maybe, 
but I don't know,
I sho don't know, how--
do you?
You're lying 
if you say you do!