Arts + Letters from the Bay Area & Beyond
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way down deep in dinjyville
waitin for a train
stumblebum plinkin phone
beneath monster office tower
people stuck in mires
worlds away from real fulfillment
in the maelstrom of each day
everywheres another cranky
smart device encrusted soul
sinkin down into some hole
nuthin much to say
bleary eyed and far away
disappointed also
danglin’ off this hapless joe
grinding metal corporate teeth
that don’t let go
Drawing above by Frost Newton
© 2022 by bob plainwilder
//for Ken Freedman
tuning into old skool style
dial catching FMU
broadcasting essential spew
WFMU
uniquely quirky radio
a pillar of community
home to surreal flights uh fancy
FMU’s the best
celebrating east and west
ingeniously inventive
tuneage that inspires
fires all new takes on life
wiring up communities
FMU unmatched
espousing cool inventive ways
WFMU
© 2023 by bob z plainwilder
//The following tracks are performances by author Robert Lane Wilder with music by Anthony Sepulveda.
To check out free audio clips from this author, click here
//Sidney P. & Tony C. playing
Da Defiant Ones!
a tres significant filmic comment
1950 Jim Crow south:
one man black, one man white
a desperate bedraggled pair
In a tawdry deep south chain gang
racing off one day
brutal lawmen closing in
aiming to blow out their brains…
Sidney P. & Tony C. playing
Da Defiant Ones!
Insane existential threats & terror
dis film did address much that’s still not done…
sadly social problems
keep so many on the run!
Hats off to its shiny points
Hollywood’s inventive drum,
dis shtory told a poignant way…
Sidney P. & Tony C. playing
Da Defiant Ones!
© 2023 by bob plainwilder