Skeleton Man before the haunted tug-boat era...



Cloud Shadow 46


God loves

Holy Mary

and

   so do I ~


You might think of

Him

as

   Father Sky ~


You might think of

Her

as

   Mother Earth ~


The most beautiful

woman to have

ever

   walked the turf ~


Of this

spin-

ning

   Earth ~


The reputed virgin

Mary

who

   gave birth ~


To Jesus, known as

the Son of God,

20

   centuries ago ~


And

the

river

   doth flow...




 



Cloud Shadow 47


Well

well

well

hello!


Well

well

well

what do you know!


There You stand

a

cloud in the

   Deep Desert glow ~


Smiling

at

me

   down here below ~


I

am

oh

   so ~


Rotten

and shame-

ful

   a hobo ~


And

yet

You

   allow meeeeeee ~


Oh

so

 tender-

   lyyyyyyy ~


Within thee

empty

 holes of my bone-

   head to see ~


Your sweet smile

sweetly smiling

down

   upon me...




Cloud Shadow 48


Drenched

in

a

   shower of rain ~


The haunted tug boat

in which I

seem to

   forever remain ~


Teeter

totters

n'

   plows ahead ~


At the cliff

of

many earth colors

   but mostly red ~


A-

bove

which

   stands ~


My Vision

with

Her

   imploring hands ~


My Vision of

Holy Mary

melting now

into these Deep Desert lands...




 



Cloud Shadow 49


Let the rattlesnake

cuddle up to me

to be

   warmmmmmmm ~


Let the killer bees

around my head

happily

   swarmmmmmmm ~


Let the scorpion

tickle my toe with

the stinger

   on its curly taiiiiiiil ~


And if I ain't right

for any jobs in the

next town

   just throw me in jaiiiiiiil...




The portrayal of Skeleton Man at the top of this page is via Rory Calhoun, a semi-famous American B-western movie-star...