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Counterpoint: Domestic Strife and Miles ’64
A flurry of words assaults the ear as she storms back in the room, alto voice filling the space left by the withering blast of the horn; the false lull breaks as the drum, relentless, kicks forward the time, and … Continue reading
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Tagged arguments, domestic relations, logic, Miles Davis, partnerships, relationships, strife
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A lover’s question: a débat
He says, “I cannot find the words.” She says, “Well, you just did; and furthermore, it’s very clear what’s been done and been hid. There is no sense in acting like you’d sooner up and die; it is not poison, … Continue reading
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Tagged conversation, daily poems, débat, debate, dialog, love, poetic forms, relationships
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This is Bliss
I don’t know what you know, I only know what I’ve been told; I don’t know just when this thing started, I only know it’s getting old. I don’t know where we’re going (barely remember where we’ve been), but I … Continue reading
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Tagged apocalpyse, knowledge, lyrics, relationships, responsibility, sacred cows
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Super 8
Cheap hotel, out on the turnpike between come and gone; far too late for sleeping, far too early to be getting on. Who can tell? Sometimes the line between what’s right and wrong fades into nothing, like an old fashioned … Continue reading
Lowdown Existential Blues
Just like everybody, I try to get along; but I can’t win for losing, things always turn out wrong. Need to have a membership, but I have an objection to the dues. I’ve got the feeling non-essential, clearly quintessential lowdown … Continue reading
Grounding
To find again the solid ground, the pulse beneath the surging song that lends its subharmonic sound to all that hear and sing along; To seek the strings that touch the heart, that plucked, would shake the listening spine and … Continue reading