tonight my friends and enemies

my fears and expectations

longings and memories and premonitions

could i make peace with you?

there is a place a space of strength

i remember communication shared expression

the joke’s on me, on all of us

i forgot to breathe, to laugh for a minute

but it all happened

just in time, casual/causal

slipped out repeat

precious value of friendship

shouldered burden borne

groove worn necessity

gentle certainty fused creativity

reaching back and through

ancestral path future past present

not so heavy, lighter in the passing

similitude déjà vu bien parecido

the seven hells machine madness

pumping blood rush

but to forge from these shattered pieces

natural realism, protagonist-driven pragmatism

prognosis praxis wobbly axis

adjust belt tension guide reset