dr_con Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Stolen By Birds The Latvian Mother Trickster Feminine tells the innocent If you put salt on a bird's tail it freezes and you grab it little crystals keep the weeds down more than once shakers in the sandbox Just before dawn among redwood giants a barrel-house cacophony pins me to the floor singing Wake up Wake up sawing pitch steals sorrow trills take joy swoop and loops pull anger caws cancel hope The chorus cleaves both future and past Leaving nothing but now In the evening among the river rocks or the great green lawns they might pass back parts of this story more truthful than words. Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Old World meets New World? That's what I get from it. I'm in the New World, but I have tangible Old World roots. Tony 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 June 1, 2012 Author Share Posted June 1, 2012 Interesting reading Tony! Thanks for taking the time to engage! My take is more: Old Self/New Self/No Self ;-) But then again we're equals in interpreting some of Dr. Con's Madness;-) Juris Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdelano Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 The myth of salt on a bird's tail was wide-spread, even in my youth. I remember asking my grandmother how I could get close enough to sprinkle salt on a bird. She gave me a quick look and said, "Ah, that's exactly the point." A quick turn to sleeping off a binge, (perhaps a mental one) and waking to the destruction of ancient redwoods (symbols?) falling into the future, leaving its residents to circle empty space. Still, the residue of the giants add/change the future. Hell, Dr., just ruminating but very much enjoyed the tenor of the poem. I was once stupid enough to enjoy driving my car through a tunnel cut into a redwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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