a profound whatever

I would never normally do 2 posts in a day, but this is more than worth watching:

Mormon Love, or Something, Something.

from this year's NaPo. April 4th's to be exact:


Mormon Love, or Something, Something.

Poeticks in water, string-finned
and swimming, Tawdry gills
pluck breath from seas
as lint from mothed scarves.
But you said, “You see,
quite simply, the sea,
has nothing on the stars”

So you dragged fish knuckles to the shore,
left scales behind like sinners,
dropping off and drifting
between Knock knees,
Knock knees,

Who’s there?


The ground, though,
had a rope hugged your ankles,
called it ‘gravity’
And drove a stake through to keep from air.

Listen;
after 2000 years of lidless days, spent
like foodstamps on dirt
You softened to the thought of stars,
not only at night, but all the worthless while.
So held a poesy rope ‘round your poesy throat
and once tied to a kite,
pressed it to the winds and begged
(On Knock knees, Knock knees,
--There.)
To learn to swim that height.

I'm not the only one

at least I hope not.

Any of you watch the Presidential Debate? I know, I'm that weird kid that comes home and watches CNN instead of MTV or whatever it is you kids are watching these days, but it's more discouraging than anything. The media is a tool, nothing more, nothing less, and if you think anything it shares is objective, you're wrong. But that's not what this rant is about...


So, the debate. I'm not going to endorse one of the the little party effigies that cause such ruckus, because there's no point in it. Our democratic process serves one purpose: To throw the American people a bone every four years and make them feel like they have a say in something. That's it. Ever wonder why election after election, we're forced to pick between the bad and the worse? Because this isn't a democracy.
The line between Government and Business has been blurred to the point where they're indistinguishable: The recent buyouts and push for regulations are just examples of this fact finally showing its ugly face. We're in a cash-fueled aristocracy, with our supposed elected representatives all bought and sold. The part that really makes me sick is that they pretend like they care. They still keep up the pretense that this is all for you. So just go to your room and let mommy and daddy decide what's best. Why? Because we said so.


There's still some hope, though. People like Ron Paul help remind us of the ideals this country was founded on. People like Mike Gravel are actually in politics to make a difference. But, Media is a tool, and an effective one, so election after election we're lucky if we even know their names. Forget actually seeing one in office.

Whatever. I'm not being particularly coherent in my arguments tonight, so I'll end this one. Just remember that Big Brother's got one hand in his pants and the other in your pocket, and that it's not about to "change".

"If you've nothing nice to say, come sit with me"

I press chalk to the street and draw a door
made of blue oak and chicken bones, but
you only pour laughter from your lips and
scrape the knob away.
Heel toe, heel toe.

A mother calls in her child, with
a voice like the earth leashing the sun
and dragging her by the collar to the basement.
Peddlerman mutters something like “Hell
hath no fury--”
You interrupt, nodding, high-browed,
with “No, none at all.”

But all I can think, as I spray my longhand
over the walkway and side, is that
writing is like coming home to find the fish is dead.

all the cool kids were doing it

So I just randomly decided to make a blog today.
I figure at best, it'll be an interesting outlet, and at worst it'll be a handy place where I can keep track of all my poetry/whatever, since that's kind of a problem I have.

I can't guarantee how often I'll be on here, since my writing comes in waves (usually). I might put lyrics up, too. Oohh, and songs and pictures. And rants? And random wuotes and stories I like.

So....basically just your average blog.
Fun fun.

For now I'll leave you with this:

Merre drew that. Lovely, yes? I especially like the detail in the herpes.