Friday, January 12, 2018

My Father was a Badass

My Father was a Badass, born in 1921.
My Poppa was a Badass;
World War II Veteran.
My Daddy, he would be aghast
if he were around to see
the complete and utter mess
we have made of democracy. 

My Father was a Badass,
Electrical Engineer.
My Poppa was a Badass;
secret missions at Hughes 
Aircraft.
My Daddy, he would be aghast
if he were alive to see
the blatantly unruly test
of this twisted demagoguery. 

Fear-mongering, race-baiting, soul-sucking kleptocracy.
Gas-lighting, pathologically lying conglomeration monopoly.
Mind-f*cking, Fake-Newsing,
Orangutan-run total lunacy.
Demented, cemented,
stuck-in-the-Mud autocracy. 

My Father was a Badass,
a cattle-ranching Texan.
My Poppa was a Badass;
he would stand with those who’ve been hexin’
the patriarchy as it stands
on a canopy of flowers over Hell.
My Daddy, he would be aghast
at all the little-boy men in their little boy pants. 

My Dad would bust a gasket,
roll over in his casket
If he had one,
but he’s got none
to contain him,
who could blame him
if he persisted and resisted? 

Fear-mongering, race-baiting, soul-sucking kleptocracy.
Gas-lighting, pathologically lying conglomeration monopoly.
Mind-f*cking, Fake-Newsing,
Orangutan-run total lunacy.
Demented, cemented,
stuck-in-the-Mud autocracy. 

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Bud and Violet, or Lots of Flowers in the Garden

Bud is in love with flowers! He loves everything about them...their scent, their shape, the way they stand up straight in the sunlight and vie for his attention; it satisfies him on a soul-level. Bud is in reverie.
Violet is in love with this flower-obsessed man. (Bad idea. Not good.) She contemplates him, as he contemplates his latest freshly-picked flower. Violet has (finally) reached the end of her vine.


Words & photo by Linda Benskin

Friday, September 22, 2017

My Little Dummy

New Red Felt Heart song:
"My Little Dummy"
(by Linda Benskin)

I swoon for you, my Little Dummy.
You sway for me, in your own special way.
I come alive, when I am with you,
and I can see that you feel the same way, too.
My Little Dummy...my Little Dummy.

Some may say that it's forbidden,
but knock on wood, they'll just go away.
Into your arms I will run to,
where I'll be safe until my dying day.
My Little Dummy...my Little Dummy.

Dummy don't fake for no one,
he don't shake for no one.
Dummy don't shake, he don't ache,
Dummy don't fake for no one.
Dummy don't wake for no one,
he don't quake for no one.
Dummy don't quake, he don't ache,
Dummy don't wake for no one.

Mortal men, they tire easily,
your will is strong, on this I can rely.
Your case is bare at any given time,
upon my lap is where you reside.
My Little Dummy...my Little Dummy.


Saturday, August 19, 2017

Angelyne

Angelyne is a symbol, a sign for me.

She is the Goddess, incarnate.

She is surrounded by a pink-golden light; her aura stretches out over the entire city of Los Angeles.

When I entered the "Win a Ride in Angelyne's Pink Corvette" contest at the CD Trader, I said to the Universe, "Universe, I should totally win this contest! I want it so badly! I think I should win, and you could show me that you hear me asking for it."

Well, lo and behold...it did.

Synchronicity. Coincidence. Blessings.

I am tapped in.

I'm not bragging; just observing.

I have never been this tapped in before, this connected, this "in-the-flow".

Angelyne is a representation of that, in physical form.

Friday, August 18, 2017

Snake-Oil Salesman

Lyrics for a new Red Felt Heart song:

You fill up all the spaces with people and endless places; photograph it, Instagram it, try to mark it up as profit.

You smiling Snake-Oil Salesman -- you and your fancy tailcoats -- you never got the love you needed, now everyone is left depleted.

You know all about it...you're on top of all of it...you, alone.
You know all about it...you're on top of all of it...you, alone.

You fill up all the spaces with gossip, slander, and rigged horse races; you never got the love you needed, now everyone is left defeated.

Your grand facade is blatant -- you cultivate it daily -- but night-time rolls around too soon, and your tarnished heart is exposed to the moon.

You know all about it...you're on top of all of it...you, alone.
You know all about it...you're on top of all of it...you, alone.