The Essence of IT!

(6-22-99)

by David B. Rhaesa

Thelonious Monk here there everywhere not there mistake don't proofread just go flow with the go Round Midnight we swing low very deep in the Chariot seats Making Out like a couple of damn Teenagers singing each other's praises to friends and grapevines from here and there to a mistake no not that one that one was intended intentional not intentional find the sentence between those two lines and you'll understand inside and out what loving her like a teenager is all about what loving her like a wild beast is all about outside and in inside and out the game to mate don't be late or switch it up and swing real low and start it all up again don't collect your two hundred dollars and don't pass GO! a mistake those damn dice IT is those damn dice Same as Yahtzee just another verse Ruby, my Dear Ruby Tuesday you inner girlfriend of mine We know what your name is And who you are And how wet met Long long ago on another planet swinging round midnight on a moonbeam that we didn't even have to wish for The songs of our connection passed down through muses to the living and we meet in a Park with a symphony of Mountain Air singing the song of our separation and the journey come hell or high water for our friendly relationship to come Criss Cross Strange how we meet who we need to meet just when we need to meet them antelopes and does in Parks and Cities above the treetops and in the basements we all meet the ghosts of those we've met before and we wonder Just which freeway we're all stuck on tonight. In the back seat like a couple of teenagers turned wild beast and back again.