The Electric City revisited

The Electric City

Took a drive down through the Electric City.
Some Kenwood 2 meter transceiver tech,
146MHz and a .5w input SMC-30 mic check.
Non-ionizing radiation, beef jerky gritty,
an appeal to their dynamic committee.

CQ CQ CQ this is Blackwater,

do you copy?

Half-assed half-studied,

Over.

We met the Hams,
we took the Ham test,
we shook the Ham hands,
we became ham-handed Hams in hand.

Impedance and resistance, Ohm I God!

They radiated in from far and wide,
curiosity frequencied at the speed of light.
They said ‘hello’ with their mouths,
‘who is trying to join our club’ with their stares.

Took a drive down through the Electric City.

O’Hare Motor Inn terminal Sip’n’Dip,

Rainer and MGD, large bill larger tip.

Ashtrays and repeaters, gettin’ shitty

shorting grounded regulations no pity.

KF7TBR this is KF7TBS,
Mission accomplished,

Over and Out.

Human Efficiency

Not Human Efficiency:  3 lbs of spinach artichoke dip for 5 people.

Human Efficiency:  The lone Christmas tree in the tree discard lot at 9:30 pm, December 25th.

Write something Randy

Something in here wants to come out.

I just don't know what, or when, or why.

Midnight Her

There she sits in her twilight world,
no drink, no company.

Wrinkled and stained, her face
bleeds and drips as an
ashtray coffee stain on the morning paper.

She watches and waits for me,
for us,
for him,
for anyone.

She delays at the ready, legs crossed
hands politely folded on lap,
a lady at one point perhaps,
this posture does not suit her.

"Excuse me, do you have...?"

A dollar, a drink, a moment?

For you no.  For her yes.

Tried

Yesterday it tried to snow in Missoula.  Tried like a young underweight red-head with glasses tried out for the football team.

Good effort kid.

Nice grouping

Was able to plant 5 out of 5 rounds into a pizza pan at 20 feet away with my Desert Eagle.

Nothing remarkable, but a big improvement from 0 out of 5.