Michael said that Feynmann
     uses ideograms to create
     imagistic angels, which
together with systematically
     assigned symbolism
     provide us (them!) with
snapshots of reality.
 

3/20/1979
 
 

Breakfast in a Greek diner;
         the old kind, dirty; no
            Mediterranean sun here;
                 fully ignoring Henry Miller's
                    Warning...

And...

Lunch in a downtown delicatessen;
         the pastrami fatty and tough,
            the rye bread fake,
               filled with Artificial
                  Flavoring...

And...

Dinner at the suburban motel;
          flat, dull, overpriced seafood,
             a cognac at the bar, and
                return to the glib room, with TV,
                   Indigesting...
 

On the Road,
5/15/1979
 
 

A grimy sort of dirtiness
  seems to hang in the air,
     to trace the surface
     of buildings,   bridges,   cars   and
streets...

The bus pursues its course,
    now over the river;
the Hudson less than scenic
    through late-November mist
    that makes it hard to see the city.

The city, Albany,
    so changed in forty years;
We arrived mid-winter,
    February '43.

Stopped at the Wellington,
     now confined to
     seniors and students,
'till we found a place to stay.
All changed now.

But for work;
 that still goes on
    and on and on...
The drudgery of need
     hacks and presses one
     nearer to the
grimy surface of things...
     visible in a bleary way
through the late-November mist.
 

11/29/1982
 

1/31/1983
 
 

 
Concerto daCamera
-dedicated to Jack Montrose,
Bob Cooper, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
and Greg Donovetsky-

Blend lyricism and rhythm,
add tonal range and beauty, and
spice with intervals of interest.
Spread over previously prepared
harmonic base.
Cook! First over high flame to
fix mixture, then reduce heat, and
simmer, before bringing to a
frothy boil.
serve hot, in appealing volume.
 

11/17/1983

11/22/1983