 Well when Danny called me if I would open the show here, I said I'm really honored He said no, I'm honored we went on like this. Let's just let the whole thing go So he could have picked another log player too, I mean I Brought him all the way out of the woods. So please don't mind his manners. So I did There are two poems. They're both new Here we go The gate is open The palace in light Gate is open the palace in light The warrior has freed his princess All is all right King of the beast orders the feast Celebrate the August moon invites the sun to join the fun Venus visible in the morning sky rules The heart through the third eye of Danny Nicoletta Four wanton ladies Find a noodle call it fun Swimming in clear soup The mask we wear Reveals the real the mirror reflects the mask we are Indelible legends petroglyphs on rock Tattoos on skin in indelible legends The colors of the rainbow sing in the wind Making room for love It's a merge city built of guilt Surfaces and clears the gate is open We have come to the last gate We have to unlock the bells are ringing The bells are ringing No more procrastination Bells are ringing No more procrastination The bells are ringing We have to unlock We've come to the last gate The gate is open Surfaces and clears the merge city built of guilt Making room for love Sing in the wind the colors of the rainbow Indelible legends Tattoos on skin Petroglyphs on rock Indelible legends The mask we are The mirror reflects Reveals the real The mask we wear Swimming in clear soup Find a noodle call it fun For wanton ladies So Danny says extend the time a little bit I'll tell you how I met How actually uh Danny and I met it was in 1980. It was actually august 8th 1980 they forget that mona mandrake and I were having a show at the uh It was a club right off the preview of uh Polk Street anyway So Larry Pete Who actually uh produced that show that mona mandrake and I did Had asked several other photographers to come and record it and one of them was was uh Danny nicoletta and we've been friends ever since And uh he invited some other uh photographers to what is Bill Westwick who I've also known since august 8th of 1980 Here's I wanted to do a real short sentence about About bill westwick So bill westwick and I met the same day I met Danny And West so through the years he would take photos of mean different venues And one day we're just sitting there and talking. I said, I don't know if I ever told you I was in a movie with carol doda and he's And I said and I can't find it. It's all he said that's the film that I edited he's It has disappeared together. I did see carol before she went And she said she couldn't find it either Anyway, uh as we say now isn't the slideshow coming I'm looking