The attraction of committing crime, in one's neighborhood, and the real reason, of there not being glamour at the end.(One Day Book)
Standing, on the corner,
up to no good.
Trying to get paid, quickly,
from the neighborhood.
Imploring fear and persuasion,
to increase, an illegal need.
Onto misguided people,
for the sake, of their, evil greed.
Showing off, their expensive gear,
for all, to then see.
Getting a kick, out of all,
whom like them, want, to be.
Believing, their so untouchable,
that they, can truly, get away.
But caught, they soon become,
behind bars, they, then pay.
Spending a lifetime, of those years,
for a moment, of great bliss.
With all the time in the world,
to go back, to reminisce.
Eventually, becoming angry, at society,
believing their life, was in direct neglect.
But the actual reason, their where they are,
because, they sought out, the wrong respect.
David Hightower’s lyrically expansive meditation on the whims of fate and the unpredictability of the human condition fill the pages of THE HANGING MAN DREAMS with thrilling music and mesmerizing imagery. Hightower’s richly infused voice echoes the e
The songs and art in this book are about our collective emergence after the pandemic and trauma of the last few years - comprised of 5 collections: World as Refuge, Where We Live, In Our Hands, Rhythms of Change and What We See & Sow.
A further collection of poems, many from years in the Middle East, but also the California San Francisco and Central Coast areas (Santa Cruz, Carmel, Big Sur, Berkeley, etc.).