Astrology letters

or how cartoons changed the traffic in my brain.

At 8:00 o'clock AM in 76 the "Harlem Globetrotters" taught me that Black men could tell their own stories.

At 8:30 the "Popcorn Machine" taught me that good men could be green; that difference in this world

of sameness doesn't mean you kill yourself.

At 9:00 "Pebbles and Bam Bam" showed me that the vulnerable could be captured in the body of a child and that

real strength was only a stones throw away.

At 9:30 "Bullwinkle" made the prednisone I would take 40 years in the future unmask my inner fear

of pain and loneliness.

At 10:00 "Scooby Doo" made me laugh out loud at my prom date when her legs closed tight

as a witches a*s.

At 10:30 "Porky Pig and Friends" showed me that I didn't have anything but Polaroids of flying things

in a room full of ludicrous, cheap spins, where romance was a rich and abounding love poem

stuttered out in a sty of profound ache. 

At 11:00 "Josey and the Pussycats" taught me that 'a green thumb is not a Goldfinger' and that good looks

was the crime, so quasi episcopal/ so susceptible to where you come from/ what your zip code is/ who you eventually want

to marry that nothing else matters much other than if you have nice legs, a nice a*s and could walk a straight line in heels.

At 11:30 "Tarzan" showed me that you could love the jungle without really loving the natives. 

At 12:00 "American Bandstand" taught me that the circadian rhythm was off a tic and that dance was this insoluble progression of cardboard cutouts to mordant morals and that Chubby Checker wasn't chubby at all by 2020 standards..

Reviews

[Arundass TP]

intuitive and imaginative, very well written. good one.

[h d e rushin]

thank you my dear, new friend....Welcome.....dana

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this was a total nostalgic trip for me, thank you.
Grew up with all of these...and Chubby Checker, yes...not Chubby at all.
But we sure loved doing the twist...maybe we were all just dumb cutouts who didn't eat enough spinach...but really thought we could pull a rabbit out of our hats..
or maybe a squirrel.
j.

[h d e rushin]

thank you my friend for this review....dana