IF YOU WANT TO BE
A KNOWLEDGE STAR GAZER
GOT TO TAKE THE TIME
TO CONNECT THE DOTS
CONSTELLATIONS DON'T EXIST
TILLWE NAME EM
TILL WE CONNECT THE DOTS
TO SEE
WASHINGTON PARK
PIGEONS, GULLS, DOGS, LOVERS,
TOURISTS, OLD MEN, YOUNG LADIES
LITTLE BABIES
DOIN CHI KUNG
RUB THAT PALM BENEATHE
THE THIRD FINGER
HELP DIGEST THAT DUCK
HEARIN ABOUT CHINESE MEDICINE
WITH YOU
AND THE MEDICAL STUDENT
SITTIN WITH HIS LAPTOP
LISTENING
DON'T JUDGE YET
CAN'T OPEN THE DOOR
TO A CLOSED MIND
WE'RE THERE IN THE PARK
AND THE OLD MAN
WITH THE DRINKIN PROBLEM
FINDS AN AUDIENCE
OURS
YOU ALL UNDERSTOOD
THAT THERE'S THIS ANCIENT MEDICINCE
OLDER THAN THE WEST
OLDER THAN THE EAST
CALLED A LITTLE DIGNITY
A LITTLE LOVE
A LITTLE LAUGHTER
MAKES FOR A STRONG IMMUNE SYSTEM
EVENIN'
WALKIN DOWN COLUMBUS
BLUES HARP
WAFTING OUT OVER THE CROWD
THE DIN
GOT TO GO IN
GOT TO
URINE AND BEER STENCH
PLACE IS A JOINT
ROUGH CROWD
BUT THERE'S SOUL THERE
THE MUSIC SWINGS
YOU KNOW
MUSIC EVEN CALLED OLD SOCRATES
FORE HE DIED
MADE HIM THINK
ONE LAST TIME
BOUT THE PRIMACY OF REASON OVER FEELIN
THAT MAYBE HE FOLLOWED
THE WRONG MUSE
SO YOU GO IN
CAUSE IF ITS NOT CALLIN YOU
WHO IS IT CALLIN?
COURSE
WHEN YOU GO INTO THE CAVE
DANTE SAID
GO IN ALONE
YOU DON'T ASK FOR NO IMMUNITY
>FROM EXPERIENCE
THE PLAY'S THE THING!
WISH YOU COULDA BEEN THERE
NIGHT BEFORE
WHERE EINSTEIN AND PICASSO
MET IN A BAR
THEY NEVER MET IN IN 1905
OH YOU WERE THERE WITH ME THOUGH
IN MY MIND
ALL RELATIVE I GUESS
ALBERT AND PABLO
DISCUSSIN TIME, SPACE AND LIGHT
UNIVERSE OF MIND AND MATTER
AND THEN ELVIS SHOWS UP
WHO ARE YOU? THEY SAID
TIME TRAVELER SAID ELVIS
AND THEN THEY ALL LOOKED UP
AT THE MARQEES
SAW ALL THEIR NAMES LIT UP
ELVIS'S ABOVE ALBERT AND PABLO
THE MAN HAD
PICASSO AND EINSTEIN
ALL SHOOK UP
AND ITS GOT EVERYTHING TO DO
WITH 4000 YEAR OLD JADE CARVINGS
WITH THE PAINTING OF THE MONGOL
RULER ON HORSEBACK WITH THE BOW
TRYIN TO LET THE PEOPLE BACK HOME KNOW
HE DIDN'T BECOME NO CHINESE
CALL THAT 14TH CENTURY SPIN DOCTORING
AND HOW ABOUT THE CALLIGRAPHY SCROLL
FRESH AND SPONTANEOUS
AND WHAT WAS WRITTEN?
A LOVE POEM OF DESPAIR
OR THE METAPHOR OF BAMBOO
RESILIENT
BENDABLE
HOLLOW AND PURE INSIDE
AND THE LITTLE MONK LOOKING
DOWN FROM HIS MEDITATION
AT THE PASSERBY'S BELOW
THAT GLANCE WAS THE MOMENT IN TIME
THAT STRAIGHT LINES CAN'T CONNECT
MOMENT BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL
AND THE MUNDANE
GOT TO KNOW HOW TO SEE
DIFFERENT REALITIES
DIFFERENT LAYERS
PAIR OF DUCKS EQUAL MARITAL HARMONY
PEACH BLOSSOMS MEAN LONG LIFE
AND THAT THERE'S HISTORY
IN THE EMPEROR'S TREASURE BOX
OF MINIATURES
NEXT DOOR
THE BEATS LIVE ON
HIP
IMMEDIATE
TOUR GUIDE'S GIVEN A STACCATO JACK KEROUAC
THELONIUS MONK LIKE DELIVERY
BOUT THIS PAINTING BY JACKSON POLLOCK
HOW HE POURED AND DRIPPED THREW AND SMEARED 
THE PAINT WITH HIS BODY
JUST THREW PAINT DOWN ON THE CANVAS
AND YOU JUST CAME FROM THE ROOM
>FROM CHINA
WHERE YOU COULD SEE, FEEL, ALMOST HEAR THE
PAINTING OF THE TINY DELICATE WHISKERS
ON THE EMPEROR'S COURT CAT
DIFFERENT STROKES
GOT TO SEE
OPEN UP
CONNECT THE DOTS ANYWAY YOU CAN
DON'T NEED NO MONEY
INSIGHT AIN'T GOT NOTHIN TO DO
WITH THE DOW JONES AVERAGE
NO BABY
NEED ONE THING
IMAGINATION
IMAGINATION IS THE COMPOUND INTEREST
OF THE MIND
THAT'S THE TAO OF THE DOW
CREATE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING
THAT'S GENIUS
THAT'S LIVING LIFE
AS ART
LAST METAPHOR
SIMPLE
OLD AS GEOLOGIC TIME
STONE FOR CALLIGRAPHY
TWO PROPERTIES
HARD ENOUGH TO CRUSH THE INK
SOFT ENOUGH NOT TO DAMAGE
THE BRISTLES ON THE PAINTBRUSH
LIGHT DARK
YIN AND YANG
ELVIS AND EINSTEIN
NI TSAN AND POLLACK
A ROCK
A PAINTBRUSH
SOME INK
IMAGINATION
YOUR LIFE
MY LIFE
ON THE SILKROAD
BEST WISHES,
DICK