~~~~Reflexive Rainbow Gift~~~~


~~~~~~~If I could give you~~~~~~~
~~~~~the giant spray rainbow~~~~
~~~on the leeward side of the jib~~
~~~~~which  can  only  be  viewed~~~
~~from the wave-tumbled bowsprit~
~~~maybe then you would know~~~
~~~~how ecstatic I am that you~~~~
~~~~~~~~have given me it.~~~~~~~
I surveyed all the parade
entrants from beginning to end
but I couldn’t find my samba friends ...
The people at Spontaneous are GREAT
If you just show up at the last minute,
like I did, They still love you ... 
Even when you’re late 

I brought my costume gear
from the previous year. 
It was white tyvek jumpsuit. 
It said PEACE in huge letters 
On the back
"Peace and Poetry" over my heart.
Now That’s my idea of art. 

(photo from first night 2006)
Pretty soon, people down the route
are expecting me. 
And I hear someone shout.... 
"Hey, PEACE! over here!" 

and I when I realize
they are calling to me... 
Calling for Peace.  
My spirit is lifted up 
I forgot what they can see
Because I’m not watching my back 

People are calling for Peace... 
and I wonder... why 
didn't someone think of this before? 

But there needs to be more...... 
To stop this war
(photo from First Night 2005) 

 CALLING FOR PEACE 

It was Dec 31, 2002
Just weeks before W
bombed Iraq to start the war

On that New Year's Eve
I wanted to be 
In Boston's First Night Parade again
Play with my friends in the
Junk Percussion samba band 
from Spontaneous Celebrations
There was a gap in the show
In front of  the big blow up dinosaurs 
who were clumsy and slow...
But reflections are so ethereal;
Untouchable, unreliable;
The mirrors themselves hold their secrets close;
And a mirror cracked is rarely healed.
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild 
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.

~The Stolen Child by W. B. Yeats
~~~~Reflexive Rainbow Gift~~~~


~~~~~~~If I could give you~~~~~~~
~~~~~the giant spray rainbow~~~~
~~~on the leeward side of the jib~~
~~~~~which can only be viewed~~~
~~from the wave-tumbled bowsprit~
~~~maybe then you would know~~~
~~~~how ecstatic I am that you~~~~
~~~~~~~~have given me it.~~~~~~~
~~~~Reflexive Rainbow Gift~~~~


~~~~~~~If I could give you~~~~~~~
~~~~~the giant spray rainbow~~~~
~~~on the leeward side of the jib~~
~~~~~which  can  only  be  viewed~~~
~~from the wave-tumbled bowsprit~
~~~maybe then you would know~~~
~~~~how ecstatic I am that you~~~~
~~~~~~~~have given me it.~~~~~~~
~~~~Reflexive Rainbow Gift~~~~


~~~~~~~If I could give you~~~~~~~
~~~~~the giant spray rainbow~~~~
~~~on the leeward side of the jib~~
~~~~~which can only be viewed~~~
~~from the wave-tumbled bowsprit~
~~~maybe then you would know~~~
~~~~how ecstatic I am that you~~~~
~~~~~~~~have given me it.~~~~~~~
See photo in original gallery.

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