20160210 (May Day)

Feast of Beltane. Ours didn't have a pool.
But the lady's dress was spot on.

I thought I had a better pic for my May pole. Imagine green and
spring as in the image above-left.

The guy I sort of bought my house

From had a Wikipedia entry which

Was actually quite flattering to him

Self-serving if not self-submitted.

I printed it out soon after I found it

But on later searches found that it

Had been removed for “insufficient

Significance.” I never met him. The

House was deeded to his main 

Squeeze of his later years. She told

Me he died of complications from

Drug abuse. Aside from the 

Aspersions to be cast Wikipedia’s

Way the elision seems to support

Wiki’s claim to self-correction.

He was unique in the usual sense

That each of us is unique but atop 

That were other factors that

Marked him unique into which 

I shall not venture tonight. What

I find noteworthy is the unreliability

Of our own and the world’s

Evaluation of our significance.

His father had been a politician

Of better than slight fame in

The county’s growth during the

Late ‘50s, early ’60’s, and a 

Short court in the neighborhood

Bears the father’s name—no home

Addresses—an alleyway to

Garages on adjacent streets. The

Neighborhood abounds with 

Tales of his parties based on

His belief in wood nymphs,

Druidic practices, and the easy

Availability of good weed.

There’s an old street pole in

My patio-like backyard, both

The pole and the bricks garnered

No doubt from county street work.

Attendance at his Maypole blowouts

Was boosted by the promises

(Often fulfilled I’m told) of

Scantily-clad young nymphs

(See above) prancing to the

Hypnotic thrum of Druidic

(See above) drummers. How 

Were they able to reproduce

The music of the wood-ancients?

Who questioned it—the air being 

Thick with second-hand highs?

Sometimes the reputations get

Enhanced in the retellings. This

Story is better than anything he

Put in Wikipedia. Maybe I’ll

Be the last to know of these 

Orgies—so many of his 

Contemporaries having already

Left this vale of tears (Could 

Have been the smoke).

I  may have written of him

Before. If so, please excuse.

I’m getting older. Besides,

The story only gets better.

Who’ll be left to question it?

c. J.S.Manista, 2016