IMPROVISATION # 217
STORM WATCH INTERVIEW

Picture this
  a fellow shopper
  says he/ she only watches
    to channels
 one with weather
another with food,
 says it's a feather in a cap
   between  sleep
at night
and waking up
from a nap
here at first light
   no news is best,
it doesn't  second guess me
it's mostly lies on t.v. or radio
 with headlines for  the worst
   it's all  for power's sake
giving me a head ache
 here I am free
 in my own calling
as a poet in any mood
 sharing my words to relax
   in a sound proof studio
  playing my alto sax;
be my guest, have a blast
in the city or country
which will preserve
            the present from the past,
choose only the food
             from a refrigerated can
from what you have got
to bring (if you are able)
      a creative plate for table
            with a delightful original
 menu of choice to eat:
animal, meat or vegetable
                that only you could create
with what will preserve
in your taste buds,
something like chicken
 will hit the spot
as you chew your cud
and have a  light beer
 or  red wine to share
and if you try to bake
   choose a chocolate cake,
  for desert, flirt
or listen to the forecast
watch and catch the stars
before you knot off
 you are already in bed,
put on the Philharmonic
    with some classical music
and  sway to your solo
 take a shut-in chance
to push a button  on your radio
  with any budding romance
by arranging
 the sheets on the piano
     to change your mood
(with Beethoven
 as in  the German dance
   no. 10)
if and when
    you take my advice
   think twice,
it's not for the multitude.