George Spahn bought a ranch,
a movie set,
In 1948.
When you take out the trash,
does it feel
like a date?
Without the pretend town,
cowboys would have nowhere
to go.
They would just keep riding
around.
The landscape, a familiar
character, romanticizes
the West.
Good verses evil,
the usual contest.
Twenty years and the set
comes alive.
Electric love and acid
buzzing like a
mad beehive.
Led by an angry clown,
outlaws run the town.
Cults are culture’s
guilty pleasures,
deviant, sometimes
dangerous; defiant
of norms.
A contrast
employing bombast,
offering hope and a
place to belong.
With a leader,
self absorbed and strong.
The damaged and discarded
find a home.
Organize organics.
Recycle when you can.
Categories of containers
separate us from our past.
A constant reminder
that nothing lasts.
Manson was a very sick man who brainwashed so many. Very scary! So glad his reign didn’t last.