EIGHTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD ICON HAIKU

[derivative scribbled grooving to half-dead-Dylan obscure playlist as one grandkid drives bunch of us over Bay Bridge]

it’s easy to have
courage when one of your feet
boogies above grave

[after John Doe and sadly post stroke Lucinda Williams done opening, it’s freezing waiting to be in His presence]

Dylan’s Berkeley crowd
many men like me with grand/
kids makes me happy

[“Man in the Long Black Coat”]

black hoodie/ baseball
cap shield frail Bob from cold/us
…Bob was my rabbi

[enigmatic to the end]

shrunk behind keyboard
like last concert, no guitar/
crowd words/ intro band

[3000+ performances later]

obscure playlist ‘cept
opening/closing numbers —
zilch encores – bedtime?