marsha said: Can't some of you brainiacs put your intellects aside for a few moments and add to the Poetry thread?
dmb says: Here is some anti-Platonism for the people, courtesy of a beautiful, evil genius by the name of Rennie Sparks. She's the lyrical half of a band called The Handsome Family. OUR BLUE SKY... why do you dream of pearly white gates high in the air where no bird flies no tree grows beyond the sky our blue sky why do you dream that worms and dogs hills and clouds are not like you burning light that never dies our blue spinning sky why do you leave a trail of death air turns brown trees fall down burn green fields and drive on by our blue sky could you love god if he didn’t love you more than rivers snakes or wind could you share heaven with black buzzing flies our blue spinning sky what if this dream you dream with pigs you dream with dirt and this is home is it so wrong to love this light our blue sky Your Great Journey... like four million tons of hydrogen exploding on the sun like the whisper of the termites building castles in the dust you’re no longer leaving foot prints you left your wallet on the bus Your great journey has begun When automatic sinks in airports no longer see your hands and elevator doors close on you when buses drive right past when the only voice that answers is the whir of a ceiling fan Your great journey has begun staring out hotel windows at planes taking off walking round the parking lot you will never find your car you’ve begun to dance the ghost dance stray dogs gather in your yard Your great journey has begun _________________________________________________________________ Peek-a-boo FREE Tricks & Treats for You! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
