Wednesday, May 31, 2023

In the House of Atreus ~ Wednesday, May 31, 2023

I become not-I
not whole and without a soul
in the summertime

nothing is easy
in this life with Anattā
Teufel on my back

trout jump off the hook
el algodón es bajo
you feel my blood boil

hush little baby
you ain't rich or good lookin'
but once in your prime

end your tears, don't cry
once a crybaby, always
a crybaby, Bess

High-rise Chicago
long ago, watching the news
snow-blind almanac

old scores play new songs
boring ancient grudge matches
long feuds full of toil

under the mattress
feathers to rise, spread your wings
voler dans le vide

sky-red in orbit
Tantalus mourns the morning
when he must confess

eternal river
rises up singing of thirst
hunger the strange fruit

obey not the gods
take to the hills, run away
harm stands by to charm

forget the shoulder
fashioned from ivory tusks
forgive the old coot

Atreus trembles
not, the company he keeps
fearless smoke alarm

truculent family
ties know no peace, only war
this much I confide

reason sets to test
my faith in δαιμόνῐον
over disbelief

emptiness allows
the real world as illusion
knock on marble floors

underneath the dead
interred await the rapture
but not the trap doors

silence is golden
stillness in meditation
lose myself in grief

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