soul sister Janis (Jan 19)

Northeast coffee shop time, every quiet street blanketed in the tunnels of lush spring green, I’m switching stations and there’s Earth, Wind, and Fire’s “September” and here’s the wickedest urge to pull over, jump out, the sidewalk becomes a field of wild dancing with moves so cool they’d make the Neverland kids blush. And so jealous to jump on in.

Dozens of downs and ups and ups and downs and so, so, so, so, tired, landlords down to check the kid’s moves, and the day’s just cranking up as a few hours later I’m off to a laundromat for the first time in about 15 years. And it’s cool, the woman staff person’s a bundle of gushing help, even a little handsy. All the while my computer’s crying mercy, You tube and Prime about all that’s left, and just like that, as quick as a dazzled-brained cat, I hit the “place order” and score a new one.

I’ll tell you, me and Janis Joplin – Get it while you can.