The silent pimpernel
Lacelike, escapes the air,
There will be fame fair
If can thou reverse the expanding universe
then I will give thee verse.
or not.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Opinion: Human rights 2011
Somnia/psych
Heathcare
Education
Chapter one:
Somnia /psyche
Just as children should be kept frpm physical harm, they should also be protected from trauma. Traumatic upbringings must be given due dilligence. Insomia among children must be followed and monitored, as it may lead to all manner of psychological problems. Children who suffer from insomnia are more likely to develop future psychiatric issues.
Chapter two:
Healthcare
A child that is denied heathcare is more likely to seek it out as an adult, or utterly reject it. Both leading to potential health issues.
Chapter three:
Education
A child denied an education is more likely to obseess, or utterly reject it. Both leading to potential lifestyle issues.
Living wage
Human registry/missings persons
Monday, October 31, 2011
Wage Slavery
Wage slavery as a concept can be a general criticism of capitalism, defined as a condition in which a capitalist class (a minority of the population) controls all of the necessary non-human components of production (capital, land, industry, etc.) that workers use to produce goods.
Wage slavery also refers to a class condition resting primarily on:
Though stock ownership remains highly concentrated in capitalist societies, some workers complement their wage earnings with stock market investments. This can create a conflict of interest when stock profits require outsourcing of jobs or lowering of wages and other benefits.
Wage laborers and their families incur debt from financial institutions to compensate for insufficient earnings. According to economist Steve Keen, the "deleveraging" moments when they (or the governments they live under) pay down debt instead of spending on consumption or investment in real-economy infrastructure, result in economic crises or even depressions (such as The Great Depression). The lack of aggregate demand caused by low wages and low unionization, as well as the higher wages that create inflation--as capitalists pass increased labor costs onto consumers-- are important factors in the the creation of the business cycle.
Via Wikipedia
Thanks to HiLobrow
Wage slavery also refers to a class condition resting primarily on:
- the existence of property not intended for active use,
- the concentration of ownership in few hands,
- the lack of direct access by workers to the means of production and consumption goods
- the perpetuation of a reserve army of unemployed workers.
- the waste of workers' efforts and resources on producing useless luxuries;
- the waste of goods so that their price may remain high; and
- the waste of all those who sit between the producer and consumer, taking their own shares at each stage without actually contributing to the production of goods.
Though stock ownership remains highly concentrated in capitalist societies, some workers complement their wage earnings with stock market investments. This can create a conflict of interest when stock profits require outsourcing of jobs or lowering of wages and other benefits.
Wage laborers and their families incur debt from financial institutions to compensate for insufficient earnings. According to economist Steve Keen, the "deleveraging" moments when they (or the governments they live under) pay down debt instead of spending on consumption or investment in real-economy infrastructure, result in economic crises or even depressions (such as The Great Depression). The lack of aggregate demand caused by low wages and low unionization, as well as the higher wages that create inflation--as capitalists pass increased labor costs onto consumers-- are important factors in the the creation of the business cycle.
Via Wikipedia
Thanks to HiLobrow
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Live #OccupyWallStreet:Sunday Updates
Sunday 10/9/11
Reuters: Chavez slams "horrible repression" of U.S. protests
Although still convalescing from cancer surgery in June followed by four rounds of chemotherapy, the 57-year-old Venezuelan president is quickly returning to the tough rhetoric and strong views that have made him famous worldwide.
Not surprisingly, Chavez expressed solidarity with American activists who have been staging rallies and marches against what they view as corporate greed by Wall Street.
Saturday 10/8/11
ABC: An expedition of protesters from the Occupy Wall Street movement is scheduled to hold a "general assembly" at 3 p.m, in Washington Square Park . Which they describe as an opportunity to recruit new supporters and share ideas.
BC News reports that GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain reiterated his criticism of the Occupy Wall Street protesters Friday, saying the groups are “anti-capitalism” and “anti-free market.”
Connecticut's version of "Occupy Wall Street" had its largest gathering to date Friday as more than 200 people joined an "Occupy Hartford" march through downtown and prepared to camp in a park.
Ben & Jerry’s made the following statement:
"We, the Ben & Jerry’s Board of Directors, compelled by our personal convictions and our Company’s mission and values, wish to express our deepest admiration to all of you who have initiated the non-violent Occupy Wall Street Movement and to those around the country who have joined in solidarity. The issues raised are of fundamental importance to all of us."
The company specified:
- The inequity that exists between classes in our country is simply immoral.
- We are in an unemployment crisis. Almost 14 million people are unemployed. Nearly 20% of African American men are unemployed. Over 25% of our nation’s youth are unemployed.
- Many workers who have jobs have to work 2 or 3 of them just to scrape by.
- Higher education is almost impossible to obtain without going deeply in debt.
- Corporations are permitted to spend unlimited resources to influence elections while stockpiling a trillion dollars rather than hiring people.
Opinion from NYT: The Occupy Wall Street Quiz
"If you look at the results, you’ll see a sort of historically familiar pattern: Democrats sympathizing with the protestors, Republicans railing against them and Michael Bloomberg worrying about his city’s tax base."
Friday 10/7/11
Day 21
CNN Tweeted: Press Secretary Carney is expected to discuss the #OccupyWallStreet protests at today's White House briefing.
CBSNews Photo gallery
The Guardian also has a photo gallery up.
Friday Fun: 1% of the population (the cookie monster) eats 100% of the cookies.
Wednesday 10/5/11 Day 19
Washington Post: Who are the 99 percent?
“I am young. I am educated and hard working. I am not able to pay my bills. I am afraid of what the future holds.”
Who are the 99 percent? Part 2
“I did everything I was supposed to and I have nothing to show for it.”
NYDaily Mail reports that approximately $35,000 has been raise by the protesters so far. "Some money will be used to pay bail for arrested demonstrators."
From NPR: The Occupy Colleges movement called for a "nationwide college student walk out" at noon today, their website lists 75 colleges where walkouts are expected to happen.
Gothamist reports that Jeff Mangum played at the protest last night
The NYCLU Tweeted that they are sending a team of legal observers today.
From Politico - Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren came out swinging against the financial industry in her first U.S. Senate primary debate, arguing that “the people on Wall Street broke this country.”
From CNN - Transport Workers Union Local 100 spokesman Jim Gannon says, 'Their Goals Are Our Goals'
The Massachusetts Nurses Association says "hundreds" of the city's nurses will rally with the Occupy Boston protesters on Wednesday.
Protesters have begun publishing The Occupied Wall Street Journal, NYT reports.
Protest FAQ's by The Nation
Fox Footage on YouTube interview with a protester.
The "Occupy Wall Street" protests "appears to be settling in for the long term," NPR's Jeff Brady reports.
Retro: Wall Street Protest, Circa 1967
Tuesday morning 10/4/11 Day 18
Anti-Wall Street protests spread to South Florida
NYT: Wall Street Closes Sharply Lower
10:20
CNN: Demanding Accountability
10:15
Warren Buffett: Wall Street doesn't feel loved
Bloomberg: Anti-Wall Street protests spread nationwide
9: 57
Baltimore Sun. Occupy Wall Street protests spread to Baltimore, other cities
9:48
CNN Occupying Wall Street, demanding accountability
9:25
BBC: George Soros' sympathy for Wall Street protesters
WGA East Endorses Occupy Wall Street Protests
Daily Kos - Three Concrete Demands
Monday morning: 10/3/11
- The New Yorker on Rational Irrationality
- In Arabia news: protests have spread to cities across the country as well as overseas in London and Germany http://bit.ly/njd2Pb
- Dangerous Minds shows footage of the arrest of a 13 year old girl.
- How to Occupy an Abstraction Opinion
- Occupy Wall Street Protesters Coming To Providence
- Albuquerque protesters
- St Louis protesters
- Virtual March by @moveon (This coming Wednesday) http://bit.ly/o4cEct
@OccupyWallStNYC
@jalfordfowler
12:00
- Occupy Wall Street Protesters: We Are Americans (ABC)
- Protesters ask New Yorkers: We need blankets, water and food.
- Mashable photos
- Wall Street protests gain steam | Detroit Free Press
- NYPD accused of heavy-handed tactics | World news | The Guardian
- MSNBC Reporter SLAMS NYC Police Brutality! http://youtu.be/meT8CJgEBQw
- "There’s been class warfare for the last 20 years, and my class has won" - Warren Buffett http://wapo.st/rpQi4h
- More than 700 arrested in Wall Street protest | Reuters http://reut.rs/qomSGL
- Declaration of the Occupation of New York City | NYC General Assembly http://bit.ly/pLf0sL
- The Marines are Coming to PROTECT the Protesters - YouTube bit.ly/nDwyki
- Protester describes NYPD Brooklyn Bridge Bottleneck. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og_o4krKRMA&feature=related
- NYT changes the Brooklyn Bridge Bottleneck story http://bit.ly/nkjJUh
- Fox's Faux pas http://bit.ly/nPfD6P Ouch!
- According to Gothamist, the police officers have arrested NYT contributing writer Natasha Lennard. @natashalennard
- Occupy Wall Street: Interview with Chris Hedges Part 1/6 - http://bit.ly/o0lXZW
- I see: (blogger Interviews)
- July 13: The Canadian magazine Adbustersmakes a call to Occupy Wall Street.
- August 30: The hacktivist collective known as Anonymous releases a video answering the call and encouraging others to follow suit.
- September 17: Nearly 1,000 gather to protest corporate greed and begin occupying the financial district in New York City.
- September 19:Roseanne Barr is the first celebrity to lend support to the so-calledNYC General Assembly.
- September 20: The NYPD starts arresting protestors for wearing masks, citing an arcane law that prohibits masked gatherings of two or more people with an exception: "a masquerade party or like entertainment." The police soon become more forceful.
- September 22: Demonstrators interrupt a Sotheby's Auction, "in a show of solidarity with the art handler's union that had been locked out." This is the first instance of labor unions and the movement locking step.
- September 24: 80 protestors are arrested during a peaceful march; a video of a policeofficer pepper-spraying a nonthreatening woman goes viral.
- September 26: Anonymous allegedly leaks the name and details of the police officerwho wielded the pepper spray.
- September 27: The Occupy Wall Street campaign comes out in support of postal workers who are protesting their reduced five-day work week.
- September 28:Transport Workers Union votes to support Occupy Wall Street; over 700 Continental and United Airline pilots demonstrate in front of Wall Street.
- September 30: More than 1,000 demonstrators march on NYPD headquarters, protesting the police response against the demonstrators.
- October 1:Over 700 demonstrators are arrested for marching across the Brooklyn Bridge and blocking traffic.
Live updates by Alex Akesson
alex@hedgeco.net
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Teh Hope Zeitgeist
The burning sunrise
was visible
to me for the first time
today.
Somewhere between Miévill's Embassytown and Huxley's Island
I felt happiness
Is this the thing you call hope?
there is a chance
there is a smile
something has happened.
I am alive!
Excited.
Until I finish the book
was visible
to me for the first time
today.
Somewhere between Miévill's Embassytown and Huxley's Island
I felt happiness
Is this the thing you call hope?
there is a chance
there is a smile
something has happened.
I am alive!
Excited.
Until I finish the book
Plan a little plan.........
Attack of hope
was bound to throw up not only a cross
but a couple of gadabouts with goads,
a couple of gadabouts at a loss
as to why they were at the beck and call
of some old crock soaring above the culch
of a kitchen midden at evenfall,
of some old crock roaring across the gulch
as a hanged man roars out to a hanged man.
Now bucket nods to bucket of the span
of an ash yoke, or something of that ilk ...
Now one hanged man kicks at the end of his rope
in another little attack of hope.
Now a frog in one bucket thickens the milk.
- Paul Muldoon
Mitochondrion
Please remember that all visitors with a penchant towards reason
scanned, yet not mitiochondrioniaticaly cleared
will please leave this mammal forsaken area immediately
the last warning was delivered yesterday
Glory Bee
scanned, yet not mitiochondrioniaticaly cleared
will please leave this mammal forsaken area immediately
the last warning was delivered yesterday
Glory Bee
Weasly woo
One conceptual evening
one red night
two key fritters
reversed to fight
manic though nimble
with uncreased bouffant
the derelict key weasle
blocked the artist
easle and all
one red night
two key fritters
reversed to fight
manic though nimble
with uncreased bouffant
the derelict key weasle
blocked the artist
easle and all
Unquestioning
To dream the impossible dream
to fight the unbeatable foe
to try when your arms are too weary
to reach the unreachable star.
And this is my quest
to get beat down on twitter
by some chevalier with a good name
and lots of followers.
No matter how hopeless
no matter how far
To fight for a spot
on invisible software
that will never be sought
by you, me, or anyone else.
Ever!
to fight the unbeatable foe
to try when your arms are too weary
to reach the unreachable star.
And this is my quest
to get beat down on twitter
by some chevalier with a good name
and lots of followers.
No matter how hopeless
no matter how far
To fight for a spot
on invisible software
that will never be sought
by you, me, or anyone else.
Ever!
EZee
The poor cummin scented bison was caught in a blender with an isometric swiveling triangle.
She got a lilly looking sunstoke before coliding with the Inca zenith.
Her lily while lips were last seen: eating homemade musli in a scientologist gazebo, with some guy from some "Heroes" shit: Panettone, or something.
She got a lilly looking sunstoke before coliding with the Inca zenith.
Her lily while lips were last seen: eating homemade musli in a scientologist gazebo, with some guy from some "Heroes" shit: Panettone, or something.
Maternal?
Paternal?
or is it a mix
had Icarus a stint with Phoenix?
No one noticed
as a child spiraled into the sun.
Quite out of reach
the people did preach
as child after child disappeared in their midst
They never did notice
the future repeated
Untill
the children began to dream
Each dream did sing, then took wing
escalating further and further
until each time
in loxodrome rhyme
they too
fell into the flame
This time the child,
in a flicker of thought, remaind aloft
For Icarus' ashes
exhaled a sigh
which returned to the sky
Meanwhile
the child remembers
Birds are flying
Skies are crying
for this occasional improbable mind.
and so the myth goes
changing in time
untill
new heads turn
to the stars to learn
again
Through the guise
of children's eyes
scouring the skies of destiny
to burn
they return
rebirth is in their blood.
or is it a mix
had Icarus a stint with Phoenix?
No one noticed
as a child spiraled into the sun.
Quite out of reach
the people did preach
as child after child disappeared in their midst
They never did notice
the future repeated
Untill
the children began to dream
Each dream did sing, then took wing
escalating further and further
until each time
in loxodrome rhyme
they too
fell into the flame
This time the child,
in a flicker of thought, remaind aloft
For Icarus' ashes
exhaled a sigh
which returned to the sky
Meanwhile
the child remembers
Birds are flying
Skies are crying
for this occasional improbable mind.
and so the myth goes
changing in time
untill
new heads turn
to the stars to learn
again
Through the guise
of children's eyes
scouring the skies of destiny
to burn
they return
rebirth is in their blood.
Tideland - a review
If grown up's were emptied
and put into bed
how would our pretty little heads be filled?
Would it be new
or would it be daft
The emptiness of the shaft
(tee hee)
What could be more chilling
Than death unfulfilling
As the abyss has been known
to be
Could we
through staring:
be lightening the load
of the abyssmus
reflected, refracted
through innocent eyes
liberating the loneliness staring back
Could we be friends
with the endless is...
or must we grow into the world?
as is.
and put into bed
how would our pretty little heads be filled?
Would it be new
or would it be daft
The emptiness of the shaft
(tee hee)
What could be more chilling
Than death unfulfilling
As the abyss has been known
to be
Could we
through staring:
be lightening the load
of the abyssmus
reflected, refracted
through innocent eyes
liberating the loneliness staring back
Could we be friends
with the endless is...
or must we grow into the world?
as is.
Interface
The day.
functionality stopped.
The way.
redundancy appeared.
Had naught to do with the day or the way.
Yet remains the end of many a day.
the last we saw, of
that last black dawn,
my son will never see.
Praise be.
For there was never one.
Jesus is in my Basement
Because he is:
boring
repetative
talkative
odd
makes up shit
gets the cleaning lady to follow him around
Believes somekind of "force" is with him
Gets drunk on water
Trys to crack open the concrete basement floor
to let his: "brothers" out.
"This is getting a little odd," I screamed down the hole.
No respect, or response.
later....
He nearly poked my eye out while handing me his cross.
boring
repetative
talkative
odd
makes up shit
gets the cleaning lady to follow him around
Believes somekind of "force" is with him
Gets drunk on water
Trys to crack open the concrete basement floor
to let his: "brothers" out.
"This is getting a little odd," I screamed down the hole.
No respect, or response.
later....
He nearly poked my eye out while handing me his cross.
Mouthwash
The popular cardboard popupsdemand
the mincing of ideals
Curry and poppadoms
overwhelming
the realm
on cardboard signs
the establishment
is water
refrigerated thus
The End is near
so mince your words
Or shut the fuck us.
Antidisestablishmentarianism (read some Rushdie)
the mincing of ideals
Curry and poppadoms
overwhelming
the realm
on cardboard signs
the establishment
is water
refrigerated thus
The End is near
so mince your words
Or shut the fuck us.
Antidisestablishmentarianism (read some Rushdie)
Baby Spider
The spider hid:
inside a book
inside your towel
under a hook
In your popcorn
under your shoe
maybe the spider
is inside you!!
Can I have my cookie now?
inside a book
inside your towel
under a hook
In your popcorn
under your shoe
maybe the spider
is inside you!!
Can I have my cookie now?
RIP
Dead
ahead
Underground
I watch the tattoos
shrink
dehydrate
get chewed at
In my head
I see the disinktegration
ahead
Underground
I watch the tattoos
shrink
dehydrate
get chewed at
In my head
I see the disinktegration
Twins
My legs are heavy
so I walk
on my hands
I get lost
upside down
the people look the same
an illusion perhaps
although their smile's look relaxed.. collapsed
The story goes:
They wore the clothes
Inadequately:
"What is that?" said Smithe. "What?" said Smithe, with his hands behind his back. "Dude! This isn't fight club, don't pretend to be half a person."
"But I wasn't." Whined the youngest.
"What a baby." said the older brother.
The ball flew...
"you go"
"no, you go"
"Stupid baby." muttered Smithe as he tore through the shrubbery.
The muddled crunch
of the shruberry
decided
on which lunch to munch...
Gahhhh............
Although not the first choice
there were two.......
one boy and his joy
were replicable.
so I walk
on my hands
I get lost
upside down
the people look the same
an illusion perhaps
although their smile's look relaxed.. collapsed
The story goes:
They wore the clothes
Inadequately:
"What is that?" said Smithe. "What?" said Smithe, with his hands behind his back. "Dude! This isn't fight club, don't pretend to be half a person."
"But I wasn't." Whined the youngest.
"What a baby." said the older brother.
The ball flew...
"you go"
"no, you go"
"Stupid baby." muttered Smithe as he tore through the shrubbery.
The muddled crunch
of the shruberry
decided
on which lunch to munch...
Gahhhh............
Although not the first choice
there were two.......
one boy and his joy
were replicable.
Feathers
The big feather
decided
that
the little feathers
werent really feathery enough
So
he opened a
pillow shop.
decided
that
the little feathers
werent really feathery enough
So
he opened a
pillow shop.
smoke grass blouse box bulb chime
The bulb blew
So did the boy
My box smoked
chiming as it blew
His grass will never be as green.
...........again?
Is that my blouse?
So did the boy
My box smoked
chiming as it blew
His grass will never be as green.
...........again?
Is that my blouse?
Reaching for My Head - Soylent Green
Too many books, too many rooks
to fill these empty nooks. They are too square
To put them there
or in any other mind landfill
around
The dogs are weeping
Cats are screaming
wilting cocks are seeping
here
sleep is a dream
there
where
elevators
only go up
The horses steaming, the hunt is over,
nothing left to kill in Dover
sup at the stuff left over.
Mad cows and lovely sowes are coming over!
to fill these empty nooks. They are too square
To put them there
or in any other mind landfill
around
The dogs are weeping
Cats are screaming
wilting cocks are seeping
here
sleep is a dream
there
where
elevators
only go up
The horses steaming, the hunt is over,
nothing left to kill in Dover
sup at the stuff left over.
Mad cows and lovely sowes are coming over!
Stupitity squared
The ocean was something
clean, linear, persistent..
I went home
away from the sea
to his caress, persistent, linear, clean
crass, jumble
jumble, tumble
effervescent,
respiration,
makes air worth
breathing.
clean, linear, persistent..
I went home
away from the sea
to his caress, persistent, linear, clean
crass, jumble
jumble, tumble
effervescent,
respiration,
makes air worth
breathing.
The Crow
I stole a dress
when I heard of Joy
but not till after
Division broke into song
A son, a master
both
chastised
by a back story
one wise
one silent
Suicice in disguise
there is no life for those who choose to lead.
when I heard of Joy
but not till after
Division broke into song
A son, a master
both
chastised
by a back story
one wise
one silent
Suicice in disguise
there is no life for those who choose to lead.
For: @MeWriteWords
My cash cow blew me away
The right rite was written in white
The previous words were prompted away
as tremours shook the Scottish highlands,
I'm glad I took the lowlands.
The word was poem,
Outlandish freak as I am,
I couldnt bring myself to use it.
The right rite was written in white
The previous words were prompted away
as tremours shook the Scottish highlands,
I'm glad I took the lowlands.
The word was poem,
Outlandish freak as I am,
I couldnt bring myself to use it.
(unknown) or Dictonius
If I could be where I would be,
Then I would not be where I am
But here I am where I must be.
So where I would be,
I am not
Etc......
____________________________________________________________________________
- Heard it somewhere, (I think)
Can one commit plagiarism against oneself's own dreams.
Timing is everything
When I was young,
I thought;
it is stupid to think of things that have never been thunk.
Once you think
the thought is out there
available to be seen by all other thoughtronauts
so I spent my yout (Pesci)
holding in ideas
never formulating
now Im older
I know everything
time to buy a pencil.
Then I would not be where I am
But here I am where I must be.
So where I would be,
I am not
Etc......
____________________________________________________________________________
- Heard it somewhere, (I think)
Can one commit plagiarism against oneself's own dreams.
Timing is everything
When I was young,
I thought;
it is stupid to think of things that have never been thunk.
Once you think
the thought is out there
available to be seen by all other thoughtronauts
so I spent my yout (Pesci)
holding in ideas
never formulating
now Im older
I know everything
time to buy a pencil.
Pete and Repeat
Pete and Repeat walked up a hill.
Pete fell off.
Who was left?
Repeat.
Pete and Repeat walked up a hill.
Pete fell off.
Who was left?
Repeat.
Pete and Repeat walked up a hill.
Pete fell off.
Who was left?
Repeat.
Pete fell off.
Who was left?
Repeat.
Pete and Repeat walked up a hill.
Pete fell off.
Who was left?
Repeat.
Pete and Repeat walked up a hill.
Pete fell off.
Who was left?
Repeat.
Stupitity squared
The ocean was something
clean, linear, persistent..
I went home
away from the sea
to his caress, persistent, linear, clean
crass, jumble
jumble, tumble
effervescent,
respiration,
makes air worth
breathing.
clean, linear, persistent..
I went home
away from the sea
to his caress, persistent, linear, clean
crass, jumble
jumble, tumble
effervescent,
respiration,
makes air worth
breathing.
The Crow
I stole a dress
when I heard of Joy
but not till after
Division broke into song
A son, a master
both
chastised
by a back story
one wise
one silent
Suicice in disguise
there is no life for those who choose to lead.
when I heard of Joy
but not till after
Division broke into song
A son, a master
both
chastised
by a back story
one wise
one silent
Suicice in disguise
there is no life for those who choose to lead.
Paul Muldoon
Only now do we see how each crossroads
was bound to throw up not just a cross
but a couple of gadabouts with goads,
a couple of gadabouts at a loss
as to why they were at the beck and call
of some old crock soaring above the culch
of a kitchen midden at evenfall,
some old crock roaring across the gulch
was bound to throw up not just a cross
but a couple of gadabouts with goads,
a couple of gadabouts at a loss
as to why they were at the beck and call
of some old crock soaring above the culch
of a kitchen midden at evenfall,
some old crock roaring across the gulch
as a hanged man roars out to a hanged man.
Now bucket nods to bucket of the span
of an ash yoke, or something of that ilk…
Now bucket nods to bucket of the span
of an ash yoke, or something of that ilk…
Now one hanged man kicks at the end of his rope
in another little attack of hope.
Now a frog in one bucket thickens the milk.
in another little attack of hope.
Now a frog in one bucket thickens the milk.
II
Now a frog in one bucket thickens the milk
as it tries out for the sublime
from chime to birch-wood chime,
a frog thrown in with no more thought as to whilk
as it tries out for the sublime
from chime to birch-wood chime,
a frog thrown in with no more thought as to whilk
way he was geen
from the hussy turned resourceful housewife
than she gave to where in Ayreshire or Fife
her beloved spalpeen
from the hussy turned resourceful housewife
than she gave to where in Ayreshire or Fife
her beloved spalpeen
might fetch up as a tatie-hoker,
a tatie-hoker revealing a lining of red tatted silk
to his sack-cloth, so to speak,
a tatie-hoker revealing a lining of red tatted silk
to his sack-cloth, so to speak,
just as it’s revealed our stockbroker
is creaming off five hundred a week
while the frog in one bucket thickens the milk.
is creaming off five hundred a week
while the frog in one bucket thickens the milk.
III
Now a frog in one bucket thickens the milk
as a heart might quicken behind its stave
at the thought of a thief who bilked
us of our life savings himself being saved.
as a heart might quicken behind its stave
at the thought of a thief who bilked
us of our life savings himself being saved.
Only now do we see… How spasm and lull
are mirrored somewhat by lull and spasm
when the nitwit roars out to the numbskull
thinking he might yet narrow the chasm
are mirrored somewhat by lull and spasm
when the nitwit roars out to the numbskull
thinking he might yet narrow the chasm
between his own cask and the other’s keg,
thinking he might take the other down a peg
if not leave him completely in the lurch…
thinking he might take the other down a peg
if not leave him completely in the lurch…
Leave him to ponder if it’s less an ash
yoke tipped by his bucket of balderdash,
less an ash yoke than a cross-bar of birch.
yoke tipped by his bucket of balderdash,
less an ash yoke than a cross-bar of birch.
IV
Less an ash yoke than a cross-bar of birch
from the single birch that insinuated itself into the grove
of oaks sacred to Jove
and took him in as from his perch
from the single birch that insinuated itself into the grove
of oaks sacred to Jove
and took him in as from his perch
the nincompoop who’s churning our account
took in the other knucklehead
with the proposal that our aversion to being bled
is pretty much tantamount
took in the other knucklehead
with the proposal that our aversion to being bled
is pretty much tantamount
to the old crock being averse to paying his ransom,
the bucket where you would search
for the significance of a frog taking the plunge
the bucket where you would search
for the significance of a frog taking the plunge
proving to be less cask than keg, the transom
from which the old crock offered his vinegar-sponge
less an ask yoke than a cross-bar of birch.
from which the old crock offered his vinegar-sponge
less an ask yoke than a cross-bar of birch.
V
Less an ash yoke than a cross-bar of birch
and a birch-wood bucket where a frog breasts
the very milk we feared it would besmirch.
Only now do we see we’re at the behest
not of some old crock kicking the beam
but ourselves. We balk at the idea, balk
at the idea of a frog no sooner opening a seam
in milk than it’s… Surely not caulked?
Only now do we see how it’s ourselves who skim
determinedly through the dim
of evenfall with no more regard for our load
and a birch-wood bucket where a frog breasts
the very milk we feared it would besmirch.
Only now do we see we’re at the behest
not of some old crock kicking the beam
but ourselves. We balk at the idea, balk
at the idea of a frog no sooner opening a seam
in milk than it’s… Surely not caulked?
Only now do we see how it’s ourselves who skim
determinedly through the dim
of evenfall with no more regard for our load
as we glance up through the sky-hoop
than the ninny who roars back to the nincompoop,
“Only now do we see how each crossroads…”
than the ninny who roars back to the nincompoop,
“Only now do we see how each crossroads…”
Paul Muldoon
Fever dreams
In the town I know
each street is mapped
from square to beaches
It seems impossible not to exist
And yet each day
I awake
unable to shake
The City off my back.
I know the coasts, the names, the books,
yet
I forget
There is music and stories,
history and ruins
which I am part of
no two dreams are ever the same
only the City doesn't change
so much
Everyone I know
is there
in the City
I know where they are
mostly I choose not to visit
There is always a storm,
as in
my memory.
There is:
StPaddie
Mardigras
Festival
Holi
La Tamatina
Midsommar
and
El Día de los Muertos
never a reason not to go.
I however, am always running
down cobbled streets
towards the shipyard
I always miss the buss
I'm carrying heavy bags
my legs are leaden
the pain is sharp
sometimes the whole dream
is a packing nightmare
packing and packing
yet never packed
There are busses galore
the city is well structured
I have to catch 23 then 16
It passes my old house
the 23
The old house I used to live in had a bad landlord
the new one has a snob for it
but it came with an organ
I simply must learn
to play the harpsichord
the 16 buss is depressing, under duress.
I miss the cobblestones,
not to be played by the wheels of the express
Theres a liquor store next to the bus stop
but its always closed.
If I get from the ithsmus (downtown)
to the jetty (on the mainland)
I then always miss the boat
so renting a speedboat, a rowboat or wetsuit.
I try to cross.
Why am I leaving the City?
Connected to an airplane
my boat, not me.
Usually I end up on the other side of the bay
Missing the airport completely.
Once in a while I catch the boat, then the plane
it then bursts into flames.
Or sometimes it goes into space
or drops me off at my moms house.
I perfer the flames
or space
Oh yeah! there's always the parachute.
Doesn't work with mom.
Fevers are better than books.
each street is mapped
from square to beaches
It seems impossible not to exist
And yet each day
I awake
unable to shake
The City off my back.
I know the coasts, the names, the books,
yet
I forget
There is music and stories,
history and ruins
which I am part of
no two dreams are ever the same
only the City doesn't change
so much
Everyone I know
is there
in the City
I know where they are
mostly I choose not to visit
There is always a storm,
as in
my memory.
There is:
StPaddie
Mardigras
Festival
Holi
La Tamatina
Midsommar
and
El Día de los Muertos
never a reason not to go.
I however, am always running
down cobbled streets
towards the shipyard
I always miss the buss
I'm carrying heavy bags
my legs are leaden
the pain is sharp
sometimes the whole dream
is a packing nightmare
packing and packing
yet never packed
There are busses galore
the city is well structured
I have to catch 23 then 16
It passes my old house
the 23
The old house I used to live in had a bad landlord
the new one has a snob for it
but it came with an organ
I simply must learn
to play the harpsichord
the 16 buss is depressing, under duress.
I miss the cobblestones,
not to be played by the wheels of the express
Theres a liquor store next to the bus stop
but its always closed.
If I get from the ithsmus (downtown)
to the jetty (on the mainland)
I then always miss the boat
so renting a speedboat, a rowboat or wetsuit.
I try to cross.
Why am I leaving the City?
Connected to an airplane
my boat, not me.
Usually I end up on the other side of the bay
Missing the airport completely.
Once in a while I catch the boat, then the plane
it then bursts into flames.
Or sometimes it goes into space
or drops me off at my moms house.
I perfer the flames
or space
Oh yeah! there's always the parachute.
Doesn't work with mom.
Fevers are better than books.
The Atheist Carnival of Melbourne
Press Roundup:
Continuing to play to the stereotype of being scary and intolerant will not help anyone.
Although:
The Catholic idea of sainthood is "Pure Monty Python"
And:
"Atheists need more humility" http://bit.ly/9cp5x7
We also learn what "atheists scream during sex"
The consenus is:
atheists talk too much
or not enough
Keywords:
Militant
silly and dangerous
petty, unjust, unforgiving control freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; ... a capriciously malevolent bully..etc..etc....
Continuing to play to the stereotype of being scary and intolerant will not help anyone.
Although:
The Catholic idea of sainthood is "Pure Monty Python"
And:
"Atheists need more humility" http://bit.ly/9cp5x7
We also learn what "atheists scream during sex"
The consenus is:
atheists talk too much
or not enough
Keywords:
Militant
silly and dangerous
petty, unjust, unforgiving control freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; ... a capriciously malevolent bully..etc..etc....
cork rasp infection kneecap
There once was an old lead-filled kneecap
With an infection so deep you could fuckit
It said with a gasp
as you drank the last
of my schnaps
WTF are you doing in my oven
you just burned all your cork
in the oven
With an infection so deep you could fuckit
It said with a gasp
as you drank the last
of my schnaps
WTF are you doing in my oven
you just burned all your cork
in the oven
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