Your own hall of fame--closed on weekdays, shut for good

raymi,

is that me with the cigarette?

trying simultaneously to look and shield my eyes

from the lit-up krakatoa of your return

(blow the lid off this mountain)

or maybe i'm the gaze of the camera eye itself

steady on the action

an unblinking

device

(and yr thoughts they start a-turnin'
lessons that yr learnin')

no one has a clue



while i've got the chance I'd like to say thank-you,

quentin tarantino

a white boy using the n-word,

first cinematographer of how a high really feels

thank-you, moby

we love the innovator failures

I'm feeling so real

thank-you, andy kaufman

for mighty mouse

and thank-you, the rock band pavement

for everything

especially your glass house.