Beat Evolutions

imitators
spontaneously
obscured them

form trumped
substance
so

you'd hear
wall street
suit and tie man
saying "far out"

see children
in junior high
wearing
blue jeans
and smoking dope

madison avenue
pounced upon it
like hawk on
dove

suburban housewives
viewed sex and
janice in feathers
with dismay

while human
manifestations
on the haight,
in East Village,

on roads
across america
in every small town

beaten and bludgeoned
and fired like ancient
porcelain

flashing through america
with young legs and
long hair

their stories
still untold.

Other than Blue

Three ayem ,
feeling
worn out as
old shoe.

Red satin,
rhinestone
stiletto heels

That kind of
worn out shoe.

Got my burden,
like every
living soul's,
it grows heavy

Violet clouds
and emerald
leaves on
summer laden trees

Beat
but
other than
blue.