Tuesday, July 13, 2004

I have no idea what possessed me to write this poem, but it's the first one I've written in months, so I decided to post it. It ain't good by any means, but at least I'm compelled to do something after all this time. (Update 7-15: For some reason the comment link hasn't been working on this, can't find URL. I'll see what I can do about that.)

I want to die on a cold day

the smoke of my bones
sullying a leaden sky
my soul clinging fast

to the wheels
of heaven

groaning over stars
seen from the
backside
light reversed

black holes
whirring like saucers
in a b-movie

riding the tunnel
of light through
a prism bent in
shades of gray

diffused melodic
dispersal of
protons

shotgun approach
to universal nothing

boom scatter
boom scatter scatter

a silent rock band
of negative matter
windmill on strings
of rays

solar wind tooting
the horn of
silence

it's like jazz in
the void

yeah jazz in the void

all that noise
and nothing

much





5 Comments:

At 7:10 AM, Blogger Jazzbo said...

Well, don't know what was wrong with original link, but this seems to be working. Thanks Carter and Ben for the emailed comments.

 
At 8:49 AM, Blogger Ben L. Hiatt said...

Well, hell, Jazz. Might as well let the bunch in on this.


for Jazzbo

"Nothing much"
my Ass.

My man, you keep us
centered
& just a little
off balance
in a world gone
berserkeley

your work
(& I mean ALL of it)
gives some of us
a toe-hold
on reality
that we might not want
to live
without

You've been to a very dark place
& the burden of light
you carry
can get heavy
that's why we all share the load.
Thanks Man.

Ben

 
At 8:21 PM, Blogger Tim said...

this is a fine poem, selling yourself short as always

 
At 5:16 AM, Blogger 2gunBob said...

i like this one too, i like the common words that are sort of uncommonly used, like "sullying"

 
At 5:17 AM, Blogger 2gunBob said...

good poem, i like the last part the best.

 

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