Spoken word poetry by Melanie G Mills with the jazz pianist my youngest playing It's a wonderful world to contrast the words spoken.  Inspired by a friend's poem, from long ago, so I hope he doesn't mind.  Dan Eaton. I am transcribing the poem below bc I stumbled on a couple words, and I want you to see them for what they are.  Cheers!

Man's Legacy by Melanie G. Mills

We covet devices for easy fruition:
a mouse-click distraction—
immediate satisfaction.

we teeter on jigsaw periphery
perspicacity long severed.
plasma-comprised lust endeavored.



                               Between links,
this gas-bound caravan 
heads under a mushroom-thick tapestry-
spawns who displace carbon soot at whimsy.



                               Between blinks,
cognition dissipates and humanity
strobes through eternally-shut lids.




Man's Legacy

A synthetic orchestra piece by my son, Parker, age 16

Song Of Another Country

A song written, recorded and performed by my son Jon Mills to a dark poem of mine. 

Lyrics: 

A Cave Plastered in Allegory

Move run they trip and
kick them stomp riot roar
No patience any more
Slice, rip bullet through
So much ado
So much ado

Throats stand out x-ray- I take
snapshots, collapsed gasps
Notes wet with plasma
Welcome to my miasma

Shins crumble, runner fumbles
Stop, begging prayers cascade
(Please no just...)
Skulls like paris plaster
Clots stick mark disaster
Steps thick from here and after 
So much ado 
(so much ado)

throats compress
Gurgling jugular comic punch
Gave you what you want
My teeth, shattering 
concrete pummels down

Toss your skull
Rot they stack my fall
Shit mildews.
Traced calmly across my jaw 
the tasty bones to gnaw.

Cobweb-line dust-cover memory
Leather-skin stretched scenery
Old now, the taste of dirt and rusted steel
Corner backed to the tattered claws
Ever-splitting
much ado

Found, tripwires alert
Far-flung agents hurt
Pieces, just feces covering
Choppers hovering with broadcasts 
To plastered tv lovers. 
So much ado.

Choppers hovering with broadcasts 
To plastered tv lovers. 
So much ado.

A Cave Plastered in Allegory

Jonathan Mills --drums & guitar
Parker Mills--keys
Melanie Mills--vocal puking

Little Wing Mills family

A fun challenge of death metal/prog rock cover of "We didn't start this fire" by billy joel.  (my son does not want to claim ownership)

I DIDN'T DO THIS COVER

Jon and Parker Mills
Parker on keys and vocals, bg vocals
Jon on bass, drums, bg vocals and mastering.


Coming Clean

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The House Burns Down Demo

former professional musician in between all the other creative crap (poetry, art) in my life...I've now retired the music and let my 2 extremely talented boys take over.   Still love metal and progressive metal, just don't wanna be like Ozzy and break my leg stepping out of the shower then lose my mind in pain when I try to scissor kick.  Just sayin. 