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Put Away Those Foolish Thoughts
Put away those foolish thoughts, and hide from sight your vain ideals! Instead, seek what the world enjoys: love what beseems a proper role, or find yourself a friendless fool. Survive! Just learn to subliminate; one must pretend, or play-act, … Continue reading
Posted in Statements
Tagged conformance, expectations, friendship, illusions, society, thoughts
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Gospel of the Jester
Sometimes, you write something that still resonates no matter how much later you rediscover it, or in how different a frame of mind you are from when you wrote it. The Gospel of the Jester is such a song for … Continue reading
Posted in Songs
Tagged disillusion, hope, illusions, inspiration, mass media, radio, Van Morrison
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Beyond Hope
Abandon Hope, all ye that enter here; forsake that vain and selfish childhood bride to drown her sorrows in a stale warm beer, and unencumbered, dare to step inside. There are no maps, no hackneyed turns of phrase, to guide … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged disillusion, expectations, hope, illusions, maps, responsibility, vanity
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Salt of the Earth
Imagine a person made completely out of salt. If that person chooses to be immersed in the ocean, their very being is absorbed by the sea. Once their head is beneath the waves, no distinction can be made between their … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations
Tagged illusions, infinity, oceans, parables, Ramakrishna, salt, substance
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The Bluebird of Happiness
You can lay down all the money you like on redwood gazebos, those big platform feeders; put out the best blend of customized seed, and he won’t show a figment of interest. Cut up fresh fruit and array it on … Continue reading
Doing Nothing
Got up before seven, fed the dog and combed my hair, put a pot of coffee on to brew; spent no time deliberating what clothes I would wear: some jeans and an old t-shirt ought to do. Stood out on … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Songs
Tagged achievement, expectations, illusions, peer pressure, self-determinism, self-respect, success
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Beyond the Salad Days
If these are our salad days, when does the entree arrive? Pretending that greens are a meal sounds contrived; and furthermore, not quite enough to survive throught the supper tonight. If these are the best of times, why bother with … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Songs, Statements
Tagged dissatisfaction, hunger, illusions, optimism, salad days, sustenance
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