I wish I could open my eyes into all of those years
Where my whole existence wrapped around sounds of
Sinew wrapped bones’ cracked open surprise
To the tricks of marrow drawn slick and so broken,
And I’ll gaze back on you so I know how to lean
While subtly sinking the followed bones down.
Fearful though you still keep watch for the buried horrors,
And you seem so much to thrive in lies and sock footed dreams,
You can’t see next time; light will rob us till we’re grown.
Quelling repetitions of consoling lacerations doesn’t happen.
Aberrations dip down beneath the unifying surface of glass
To cast reproachful reflections back twenty five years.
You’re saying you don’t want to know these schemes,
I’m saying that I can’t tell anymore just who to abhor.
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Don’t ever wish I could open my eyes
Just so I could be seen without my skin.
Sinew wrapped bones’ cracked open surprise
Tricks of marrow drawn slick and so broken,
To gaze back on you so I know how to lean
While subtly sinking the followed bones down
To hell or Dover or some heaven in between
Decay; next time light will rob us till we’re grown.
Seeming to thrive in torn lies and sock footed dreams,
Would you ever keep guessing if horrors loitered here?
You’re saying you don’t want to know these schemes,
That it’s just another ending on the road to nowhere,
That dips so often into the depths of the mirror
That it’s often hard to know just who to abhor.
Just so I could be seen without my skin.
Sinew wrapped bones’ cracked open surprise
Tricks of marrow drawn slick and so broken,
To gaze back on you so I know how to lean
While subtly sinking the followed bones down
To hell or Dover or some heaven in between
Decay; next time light will rob us till we’re grown.
Seeming to thrive in torn lies and sock footed dreams,
Would you ever keep guessing if horrors loitered here?
You’re saying you don’t want to know these schemes,
That it’s just another ending on the road to nowhere,
That dips so often into the depths of the mirror
That it’s often hard to know just who to abhor.
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Ode to Rufus Wainwright... perhaps
Vicious pretty things say
Bye-bye beautiful, but I
Don’t see why you couldn’t inspire
The lungs. My narcoleptic muse
Poses for a bit of you. Gives
Herself to the pieces of me
Littered brittle on the canvas
Of a damned white page stretched
Vulnerable on a bone-brown frame.
Settle down, don’t jump around like
You know it’s not a mask, why can’t you
Wear it like a face. The lies are
Faster than you or I. So
Rip it out, tie it tight; fuck it up
Why don’t you.
Bye-bye beautiful, but I
Don’t see why you couldn’t inspire
The lungs. My narcoleptic muse
Poses for a bit of you. Gives
Herself to the pieces of me
Littered brittle on the canvas
Of a damned white page stretched
Vulnerable on a bone-brown frame.
Settle down, don’t jump around like
You know it’s not a mask, why can’t you
Wear it like a face. The lies are
Faster than you or I. So
Rip it out, tie it tight; fuck it up
Why don’t you.
Friday, November 05, 2004
17 Reasons Not to Slit Your Wrists...by Michael Moore
Dear Friends,
Ok, it sucks. Really sucks. But before you go and cash it all in, let's, in the words of Monty Python, “always look on the bright side of life!” There IS some good news from Tuesday's election.
Here are 17 reasons not to slit your wrists:
1. It is against the law for George W. Bush to run for president again.
2. Bush's victory was the NARROWEST win for a sitting president since Woodrow Wilson in 1916.
3. The only age group in which the majority voted for Kerry was young adults (Kerry: 54%, Bush: 44%), proving once again that your parents are always wrong and you should never listen to them.
4. In spite of Bush's win, the majority of Americans still think the country is headed in the wrong direction (56%), think the war wasn't worth fighting (51%), and don’t approve of the job George W. Bush is doing (52%). (Note to foreigners: Don't try to figure this one out. It's an American thing, like Pop Tarts.)
5. The Republicans will not have a filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the Senate. If the Democrats do their job, Bush won't be able to pack the Supreme Court with right-wing ideologues. Did I say "if the Democrats do their job?" Um, maybe better to scratch this one.
6. Michigan voted for Kerry! So did the entire Northeast, the birthplace of our democracy. So did 6 of the 8 Great Lakes States. And the whole West Coast! Plus Hawaii. Ok, that's a start. We've got most of the fresh water, all of Broadway, and Mt. St. Helens. We can dehydrate them or bury them in lava. And no more show tunes!
7. Once again we are reminded that the buckeye is a nut, and not just any old nut -- a poisonous nut. A great nation was felled by a poisonous nut. May Ohio State pay dearly this Saturday when it faces Michigan.
8. 88% of Bush's support came from white voters. In 50 years, America will no longer have a white majority. Hey, 50 years isn't such a long time! If you're ten years old and reading this, your golden years will be truly golden and you will be well cared for in your old age.
9. Gays, thanks to the ballot measures passed on Tuesday, cannot get married in 11 new states. Thank God. Just think of all those wedding gifts we won't have to buy now.
10. Five more African Americans were elected as members of Congress, including the return of Cynthia McKinney of Georgia. It's always good to have more blacks in there fighting for us and doing the job our candidates can't.
11. The CEO of Coors was defeated for Senate in Colorado. Drink up!
12. Admit it: We like the Bush twins and we don't want them to go away.
13. At the state legislative level, Democrats picked up a net of at least 3 chambers in Tuesday's elections. Of the 98 partisan-controlled state legislative chambers (house/assembly and senate), Democrats went into the 2004 elections in control of 44 chambers, Republicans controlled 53 chambers, and 1 chamber was tied. After Tuesday, Democrats now control 47 chambers, Republicans control 49 chambers, 1 chamber is tied and 1 chamber (Montana House) is still undecided.
14. Bush is now a lame duck president. He will have no greater moment than the one he's having this week. It's all downhill for him from here on out -- and, more significantly, he's just not going to want to do all the hard work that will be expected of him. It'll be like everyone's last month in 12th grade -- you've already made it, so it's party time! Perhaps he'll treat the next four years like a permanent Friday, spending even more time at the ranch or in Kennebunkport. And why shouldn't he? He's already proved his point, avenged his father and kicked our ass.
15. Should Bush decide to show up to work and take this country down a very dark road, it is also just as likely that either of the following two scenarios will happen: a) Now that he doesn't ever need to pander to the Christian conservatives again to get elected, someone may whisper in his ear that he should spend these last four years building "a legacy" so that history will render a kinder verdict on him and thus he will not push for too aggressive a right-wing agenda; or b) He will become so cocky and arrogant -- and thus, reckless -- that he will commit a blunder of such major proportions that even his own party will have to remove him from office.
16. There are nearly 300 million Americans -- 200 million of them of voting age. We only lost by three and a half million! That's not a landslide -- it means we're almost there. Imagine losing by 20 million. If you had 58 yards to go before you reached the goal line and then you barreled down 55 of those yards, would you stop on the three yard line, pick up the ball and go home crying -- especially when you get to start the next down on the three yard line? Of course not! Buck up! Have hope! More sports analogies are coming!!!
17. Finally and most importantly, over 55 million Americans voted for the candidate dubbed "The #1 Liberal in the Senate." That's more than the total number of voters who voted for either Reagan, Bush I, Clinton or Gore. Again, more people voted for Kerry than Reagan. If the media are looking for a trend it should be this -- that so many Americans were, for the first time since Kennedy, willing to vote for an out-and-out liberal. The country has always been filled with evangelicals -- that is not news. What IS news is that so many people have shifted toward a Massachusetts liberal. In fact, that's BIG news. Which means, don't expect the mainstream media, the ones who brought you the Iraq War, to ever report the real truth about November 2, 2004. In fact, it's better that they don't. We'll need the element of surprise in 2008.
Feeling better? I hope so. As my friend Mort wrote me yesterday, "My Romanian grandfather used to say to me, 'Remember, Morton, this is such a wonderful country -- it doesn't even need a president!'"
But it needs us. Rest up, I'll write you again tomorrow.
Yours,
Michael Moore
Ok, it sucks. Really sucks. But before you go and cash it all in, let's, in the words of Monty Python, “always look on the bright side of life!” There IS some good news from Tuesday's election.
Here are 17 reasons not to slit your wrists:
1. It is against the law for George W. Bush to run for president again.
2. Bush's victory was the NARROWEST win for a sitting president since Woodrow Wilson in 1916.
3. The only age group in which the majority voted for Kerry was young adults (Kerry: 54%, Bush: 44%), proving once again that your parents are always wrong and you should never listen to them.
4. In spite of Bush's win, the majority of Americans still think the country is headed in the wrong direction (56%), think the war wasn't worth fighting (51%), and don’t approve of the job George W. Bush is doing (52%). (Note to foreigners: Don't try to figure this one out. It's an American thing, like Pop Tarts.)
5. The Republicans will not have a filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the Senate. If the Democrats do their job, Bush won't be able to pack the Supreme Court with right-wing ideologues. Did I say "if the Democrats do their job?" Um, maybe better to scratch this one.
6. Michigan voted for Kerry! So did the entire Northeast, the birthplace of our democracy. So did 6 of the 8 Great Lakes States. And the whole West Coast! Plus Hawaii. Ok, that's a start. We've got most of the fresh water, all of Broadway, and Mt. St. Helens. We can dehydrate them or bury them in lava. And no more show tunes!
7. Once again we are reminded that the buckeye is a nut, and not just any old nut -- a poisonous nut. A great nation was felled by a poisonous nut. May Ohio State pay dearly this Saturday when it faces Michigan.
8. 88% of Bush's support came from white voters. In 50 years, America will no longer have a white majority. Hey, 50 years isn't such a long time! If you're ten years old and reading this, your golden years will be truly golden and you will be well cared for in your old age.
9. Gays, thanks to the ballot measures passed on Tuesday, cannot get married in 11 new states. Thank God. Just think of all those wedding gifts we won't have to buy now.
10. Five more African Americans were elected as members of Congress, including the return of Cynthia McKinney of Georgia. It's always good to have more blacks in there fighting for us and doing the job our candidates can't.
11. The CEO of Coors was defeated for Senate in Colorado. Drink up!
12. Admit it: We like the Bush twins and we don't want them to go away.
13. At the state legislative level, Democrats picked up a net of at least 3 chambers in Tuesday's elections. Of the 98 partisan-controlled state legislative chambers (house/assembly and senate), Democrats went into the 2004 elections in control of 44 chambers, Republicans controlled 53 chambers, and 1 chamber was tied. After Tuesday, Democrats now control 47 chambers, Republicans control 49 chambers, 1 chamber is tied and 1 chamber (Montana House) is still undecided.
14. Bush is now a lame duck president. He will have no greater moment than the one he's having this week. It's all downhill for him from here on out -- and, more significantly, he's just not going to want to do all the hard work that will be expected of him. It'll be like everyone's last month in 12th grade -- you've already made it, so it's party time! Perhaps he'll treat the next four years like a permanent Friday, spending even more time at the ranch or in Kennebunkport. And why shouldn't he? He's already proved his point, avenged his father and kicked our ass.
15. Should Bush decide to show up to work and take this country down a very dark road, it is also just as likely that either of the following two scenarios will happen: a) Now that he doesn't ever need to pander to the Christian conservatives again to get elected, someone may whisper in his ear that he should spend these last four years building "a legacy" so that history will render a kinder verdict on him and thus he will not push for too aggressive a right-wing agenda; or b) He will become so cocky and arrogant -- and thus, reckless -- that he will commit a blunder of such major proportions that even his own party will have to remove him from office.
16. There are nearly 300 million Americans -- 200 million of them of voting age. We only lost by three and a half million! That's not a landslide -- it means we're almost there. Imagine losing by 20 million. If you had 58 yards to go before you reached the goal line and then you barreled down 55 of those yards, would you stop on the three yard line, pick up the ball and go home crying -- especially when you get to start the next down on the three yard line? Of course not! Buck up! Have hope! More sports analogies are coming!!!
17. Finally and most importantly, over 55 million Americans voted for the candidate dubbed "The #1 Liberal in the Senate." That's more than the total number of voters who voted for either Reagan, Bush I, Clinton or Gore. Again, more people voted for Kerry than Reagan. If the media are looking for a trend it should be this -- that so many Americans were, for the first time since Kennedy, willing to vote for an out-and-out liberal. The country has always been filled with evangelicals -- that is not news. What IS news is that so many people have shifted toward a Massachusetts liberal. In fact, that's BIG news. Which means, don't expect the mainstream media, the ones who brought you the Iraq War, to ever report the real truth about November 2, 2004. In fact, it's better that they don't. We'll need the element of surprise in 2008.
Feeling better? I hope so. As my friend Mort wrote me yesterday, "My Romanian grandfather used to say to me, 'Remember, Morton, this is such a wonderful country -- it doesn't even need a president!'"
But it needs us. Rest up, I'll write you again tomorrow.
Yours,
Michael Moore
I know why the caged bird sings
You guessed it. I went to see Maya Angelou. She was phenominal. ;-) She's really funny, and really open, and very beautiful. She was joking about aches and pains, and said she had advil "and a little something," for her knees. She read some poetry, but later I realized, what she'd read to us had all been memorized, because she wears glasses to read, and did that maybe once. It was all from memory.
I'm not going to summarize. I won't take a beautiful experience and reduce it into words. I'm just going to leave it at that it was wonderful.
There were some pretty dancers at the end too... ;-) Good song too.
And a woman I called from work had gone too. I mentioned that Maya Angelou came as a thing the university did, and she said, "Yes, I was there." So that started a conversation, and I stayed a little late, but it's all good. She was really nice.
I also hate lawyers. Not going into that. Just, why gripe about the poor, how sad it is for the elderly in nursing homes, the horrible state of social security, how hard the times are, and then tell me you voted for your "frat buddy" Dubya? Did Dubya even GO to college? I'm amazed. But really. Fucking moron. IF YOU VOTED FOR DUBYA, STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NATION! I don't want to hear the whining.
I also think some ex's should stay buried. Nuff said.
I'm not going to summarize. I won't take a beautiful experience and reduce it into words. I'm just going to leave it at that it was wonderful.
There were some pretty dancers at the end too... ;-) Good song too.
And a woman I called from work had gone too. I mentioned that Maya Angelou came as a thing the university did, and she said, "Yes, I was there." So that started a conversation, and I stayed a little late, but it's all good. She was really nice.
I also hate lawyers. Not going into that. Just, why gripe about the poor, how sad it is for the elderly in nursing homes, the horrible state of social security, how hard the times are, and then tell me you voted for your "frat buddy" Dubya? Did Dubya even GO to college? I'm amazed. But really. Fucking moron. IF YOU VOTED FOR DUBYA, STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NATION! I don't want to hear the whining.
I also think some ex's should stay buried. Nuff said.
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
I believe in false pretenses, cheating the system, traveling alone, not heeding warnings, invincibility, victimization; I believe that sometimes one life must be lost to save another.
I believe we never have a choice even when we do. I believe in going too fast when you don't know where you're going but stopping every now and then.
I believe music is universal, so is death; I believe in the power of words, the strength of friends, the way it feels to drive with the windows down and the volume up.
I believe in the bottom of the fifth glass, the last tear you can afford to shed. I believe that everyone has a voice, but not everyone uses it.
I believe that refractions caught in the light make the sky blue, that some of the best masks aren't masks at all. I believe that some of the best faces aren't faces either.
I believe that it all turns out well in the end but we’re not even close yet; I believe some people are beyond saving. I believe in underestimating waterfalls and taking chances.
I believe we never have a choice even when we do. I believe in going too fast when you don't know where you're going but stopping every now and then.
I believe music is universal, so is death; I believe in the power of words, the strength of friends, the way it feels to drive with the windows down and the volume up.
I believe in the bottom of the fifth glass, the last tear you can afford to shed. I believe that everyone has a voice, but not everyone uses it.
I believe that refractions caught in the light make the sky blue, that some of the best masks aren't masks at all. I believe that some of the best faces aren't faces either.
I believe that it all turns out well in the end but we’re not even close yet; I believe some people are beyond saving. I believe in underestimating waterfalls and taking chances.
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