The Free Radical

(Author Narration with musical accompaniment: Marie Celeste excerpt by Sahara)

Dear Earth–
motherly provider of damn right everything–
I sincerely hope that it will suffice,
that when I say things like
“Oh man! That is so fucking good!”
and endlessly repeat
“Oh my God! That is so delicious!”
that in such utterances
the implication is clear:
There are great horkin’ gobs of total gratitude
built right in to such exclamations!
I may not come right out and say “Thank you”
all that often,
But what I continually do express
is like a core nugget of gratitude…
all dressed up with frills… and bombastic attachments…
Ah well, in any case,
The gratitude is heavily implied–
if I haven’t been clear enough
in my appreciation.

I came to this crazy planet
for the food and the music;
The variety and refinement
of these arts which feed my Being
on all levels
Are more than enough to make up for
this living with lunatics!
And besides,
Too often it’s the craziest ones who can really cook!