Each of us A cell of awareness Imperfect and incomplete Genetic blends With uncertain ends On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet

If you want something done right, just forget it.

You can't get wise with sleep still in your eyes no matter what your dream might be.

The Seven Cities of Gold always fascinated me. Southwestern U.S. history especially fascinates me. The whole spur of the Spanish exploration of the Southwestern U.S. was the search for these mythical Seven Cities of Gold.

Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand... prejudice, fear and ignorance walk hand-in-hand.

The tarot card 'The Tower' seemed a chilling reflection of the events of September 11, 2001.

Lotus-land as it appears in 'Free Will' is simply a metaphor for an idealized background, a 'land of milk and honey.' It is sometimes also used as a pejorative name for Los Angeles, though that was not in my mind when I wrote it.