dr_con Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Blowback And so the dance begins with murmuring shuffling to and fro spirits and thoughts whirl through the Bony Calcified Halls whose arches peer in awe at all Heavens and Hells forgetting they are follies gilded buttresses against the unknowable Night Here the warmth burns bright Intimate messages from Fireflies and Lovers -- Be wary of anything making you feel Normal whisper disembodied Freaks dumb struck by the Abyss Summarizing my relationship to alcohol And I practiced the Two Step and the Slam and the common Polka back room deals loud street fights trying to beat Potential into submission Having seen the Ships behind the Moon eventually barking becomes boring new dances are sought with Masters of Craft Belly Dance Martial and Marital Tangos Flamencos Modern and Tribal Testing the hypothesis of Meaning One finds themselves squared and rounded with Ancestors Who insist that everything has consequence we are all responsible for everything Every Thing Happening And Friends and Strangers speak Prophecy’s -- None of us will be homeless unless we choose to be or the ever astute A Black Bird flies at Midnight And its enough to be believed intention and choice become all important and then less so blowback the wrestlings of revolutions our essence becomes part of the Eternal Return Ecstatic covered in sweat just for a moment -- What it Is i cannot say And like all Great Dances Back to the Beginning Again and Again Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger11 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Be wary of anything making you feel Normal The creed of the individual, but don't tribes survive on conformity? enjoyed badge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Thanks Badge for the response! Yes, i would say that may work as a generality, but on the other hand, Tribes imply fairly small, which in some case implies for a greater allowance for variation than let's say countries, where a certain 'invisible' norm is established and everyone unknowingly is expected to conform... Many Thanks for reading & responding! Juris Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Much more to assimilate here than a single reading can do justice to. St. 5-- "Testing the hypothesis of Meaning.. etc" endorses your astute "invisible" norm comment. Also enjoyed. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 Thank you G.! This is my favorite of my more recent spate of poems, I'm gratified you gained something as well;-) Juris Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Many of your works take me to Horsehoe Canyon, Utah and its panels though I've never been: an open sky with billions of stars in an endless universe, images of ancestors, those who have come and gone, and the remnant, if only the speaker, that one lone voice, working with what has been left to make sense of it. This is another one of those poems, and I enjoyed it a lot. Tony PS - I know you just posted a new one as I'm finally getting to this one. Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 No worries Tony and I'm glad you enjoyed and it took you there! ;-) Juris Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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