COOKING WITH INDIRECT HEAT

GRILLING BEFORE NOON

Working a gift-bag of Kiawe Charcoal,

kee-ah-vey, from Hawaii, hard-wood,

the chicken goes on just after breakfast,

nobody's coming, trying to shorten

words simple. To say,

My hair is not on fire, or, My hair is on fire,

and know the difference.

(This, a praise song to the Senator from Montana.)

Weber Kettles have three vents that turn down heat,

and I'm a small part of Weber nation.

Jubilee Year for Karen and I,

reunited between Panama and Vietnam

during The Summer of Love. All debts off.

Van Morrison's Brown-Eyed Girl.

Making love in Karen's Chevy.

Where I started for this morning

when responsibility and chaos

broke through my fire-wall.

Those new digs you're in, Google                                                                                                      

has photos of that grand park.

Lucky strike, your image for this life.

Transistor radios. Remember?

Music we hear, not fit for the oval office.

Jim Bodeen

18 July 2017