The Iliad

 "If only conflict were eliminated

from gods and human beings! I wish anger

did not exist. Even the wisest people

are roused to rage, which trickles into you

sweeter than honey, and inside your body

it smells like smoke..."

- Achilles

Don Quixote

 I am I, Don Quixote

The Lord of La Mancha
My destiny calls and I go
And the wild winds of fortune
Shall carry me onward
Oh, whithersoever they blow
Whithersoever they blow
Onward to glory I go!

https://youtu.be/yEnDOXmyU-o?si=0XcsFm5I28-wJ79v

Bogart and Bacall

Humphry Bogart & Lauren Bacall movie night.

We had it all
Just like Bogie and Bacall
Starring in our own late late show
Sailing away to Key Largo
Here's looking at you, kid
Listen to all the things we did
We can find it once again, I know
Just like they did in Key Largo...

- Bertie Higgins

https://youtu.be/Ru2tsT32pHA?si=LTocuj0l08Rdi-Sq

Moon Shadow

And if I ever lose my eyes

If my colors all run dry
Yes, if I ever lose my eyes
Oh, if, I won't have to cry no more

Yes, I am bein' followed by a moon shadow
Moon shadow, moon shadow

- Cat Stevens

My Heart Will Go On

Near, far, wherever you are

I believe that the heart does go on
Once more, you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on

- Celine Dion

https://youtu.be/F2RnxZnubCM?si=bQFmqv72qRGnNBGl

Peter Rabbit

My apologies that our beagle 

caught your sibling or cousin.

I did my best to give it 

a respectful burial.

And I really didn't mean

to chase you out of the bushes.

How was my lawnmower to know

you were hiding in there?

While I know it is not original,

I've decided to call you Peter.

I prefer that to Paul. 

Stayin' Alive

 Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother

You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive

- Bee Gees

Like a rolling stone

 Once upon a time you dressed so fine

Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People call say 'beware doll, you're bound to fall'
You thought they were all kidding you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hanging out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging your next meal

How does it feel, how does it feel?
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone

- Bob Dylan

A.M. Pacific

The morning ocean

startled by the infant sun

rests under a blanket 

of a million silver coins 

Elsewhere enraged

she tosses native fishing boats

like popcorn.

Note:

Just after the April 30 fall of Saigon and in the first week of May 1975, on board the USS Parsons somewhere in the Pacific near Okinawa.

Fast Car

"You got a fast car

I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we can make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere
Any place is better
Starting from zero, got nothing to lose
Maybe we'll make something
Me, myself, I got nothing to prove..."

- Tracy Chapman

https://youtu.be/AIOAlaACuv4?si=reNpI0u4FUSXUSWA