81 Ways of Looking at Bob Dylan

On the Completion of His 81st Revolution

RIP: Bob Neuwirth

I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendos,
The blackbird whistling
Or just after.

Wallace Stevens

81 Ways of Looking at Bob Dylan

I

In the North Country,
In the sunshine of Malibu, and along I-61,
There dwells the blue eye of Bob Dylan.

II

A man and a woman are one.
A man and a woman listening …