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Me posing with Dore Kraus, who played Jack Shindo in Ultraman: Towards the Future (aka Ultraman Great), at the Japan World Heroes convention back in 2019.

My Ultraman suit was loose because the air conditioning wasn't working well in the hall, so I left it unzipped so I didn't get heat stroke. Plus, I didn't have anyone with me who could zip/unzip the suit when necessary.

Pasadena Fire Dept. 1909 Seagrave Model AC40 Chemical Pumper

Bird Circus

.

Swoop and swirl

aloft they own the sky

.

mass calligraphy

sharp grass-green disappearing ink

punctuated scarlet

.

great swaths of brilliance

here and gone again

circles

loop-de-loops

.

perfectly choreographed

no visible conductor

.

green red green red

as wings in gleeful company

flash their greeting,

.

“We’re here! We’re back!”

.

rustling

raucous cawing and crowing

in all tones beyond the scale

all sharps no flats

.

an occasional “Hello Pretty Polly”

from a gloating escapee

.

and the crowd of hundreds

the flash mob flashing

green and red and green green green

settle and natter

in the nut trees

as dusk falls

.

dinner time

each with a walnut or pecan

clutched in a clawed fist

.

as the powerful jaw and beak

could slice a finger

but

caps a nut instead

.

delicately picking out the meat

discarding the shell

far below

.

comparing notes

bragging

scolding

expounding

loudly

joyfully

.

we own the air

we own the trees

we eat the nuts

.

try and stop us

.

as night settles there is

a welcome brief silence

and at daybreak

.

they help it break

with loud exclamations

plans for the day

nuts for breakfast

and gossip

forgotten overnight

.

and the last word

which must be had

.

before

Hey, Whoop,

Up and Away

.

swooping

slashing the sky

written music

incomprehensible

to primate hearing

.

and a lucky child below

finds a green feather

and perhaps

.

rarest treasure of all

.

a red one

from under the wing

.

flash on flash off

loud and bright

bird circus

come to town

Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO at Cruel World Festival

Read more at http://www.soundbitemagazine.net/articles/heat-wave-goth-fashion-and-live-performances-by-devo-the-damned-public-image-ltd-and-more-at-los-angeles-cruel-world-fest