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Mindless Rantings of an Insane Louisiana Boy Exiled in the Northeast “I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me, and my enquiry is as to their working, and my problem is their subjugation and victory, downthrow and upheaval, and my effort is their self-expression.”-Dylan Thomas

January 25, 2009 - Sunday 

Category: Writing and Poetry





NOTE: I wrote this as a single status every day for the last three weeks. This is all of them in order and collected. I wrote them in hopes of one big poem but without really regarding the last one. What do you think?

In the stepping stone path through the forbidden neighbor’s garden on your short cut home for no reason at all find your Friday enlightenment easy like sunshine through your hair or the taste of the orange on your lips


Swallow it all to spit it out a sin once again

Saturday starts with glaring light, awakened is the excited child’s soul to dark evening glow and the wicked temptation that defines the human adult

Sunday speaks of cello songs in the high divide of blue Heaven and dead Earth. God's voice forces a breeze somewhere between those borders

On Monday we redefine success in the Golden Calf idol of man-made theology, denied by lunch for another intentional transgression...The wicked smile one by one

And Tuesday was the best day for the green bees to make honey because they had no hope for much more than that. Tuesday, always forgotten by Saturday 

The Kings and Queens get lost in their choices and Wednesday brings hope of days less served or decided

Thursday and the poet wish themselves the muse for once. Your Hanging Christ is my Buddha...7 pieces of love

And of Friday’s long road home through the brier patch stung with each step, yet upon arrival it still feels nothing like you remember. And on that path all the homes are built of matchsticks and wood glue, better kept in their box than misused

In memories Saturday is sky blue, but today it is white and the bite reminds me of Rilke. There are puzzles in the details of a pearl, each one leads you back home. 

Haunted by words that bang their chains like some storied ghost at the foot of the bed…against the old wooden floor; still the silent walls keep my mind at peace...stealing sleep, the page you write is torn 

And Sunday is a day to serve, yet the caveman and his captives still only consume in the eyes of well scripted Gods. In it all the woman maintains her innocents

Monday begins a new struggle for the self important man yet the wild animal knows it as just another day in the sun. Sometimes civilization made no sense to the kill of crows that forever watched it

On Tuesday they all hear Dylan’s Jokerman song. They achieve simultaneous self meaning, drawn through a single line as every man was once thought unique

Pains of thirst turned the tears to scorn, turn calm waters to chaos and in Wednesdays wicked confusion, still the rain of Tuesday never fell home


Thursday was like bitter chocolate with sweet chartreuse mint, eaten till smeared on finger, Alice still felt tall as the trees

And on Friday the tortures are spent and they pray alone in the cool night of forgotten response and still the wine kills the
newly named disciples slowly


Saturday’s reminder of high grown cotton fields squared in perfect measure. Still he could only see Wyeth’s America when he looked at the empty frame, his mind 

Feet buried knee high in the Earth, the struggle reminds the dead men of their place and yet Sunday allows them to dig out one spoon full at a time

And sad as the thought, some Monday's had more hope than others. A shooting star from her smile often got caught in my memories eye; still I hear the ocean near in every whispered promise   

High in the Sycamore Tree he claimed his own, the Cheshire Cat put on new glasses today and realized he was not invisible you were. Tuesday’s toil was hidden from him only by the buzz of the captive green bees he stole for their song

Dressed in winter’s mottled sunlight, streets seem so depressed yet their whispers were heard for miles. Wednesday kept the world so hidden. Each better at keeping secrets than at keeping promises

Unstitching the seams of reality the blue boy God & his bicycle seat hat watched the 10pm news at noon. Thursdays never called for a sponsor, only a lemon tree divine

Friday fell from the sky faster than the setting sun but the crash only destroyed two of them. The astrology involved often let the rest of the world step without care





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Oblivia Neutral Command
Olivia NeutralCommand

 
Wickedly brilliant
 
Posted by Oblivia Neutral Command on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 10:24 AM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
Thanks ONC, yep, you are first lol. You were up early today.
Early Saturdays rock
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 4:43 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
Your hangover or mine?
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 6:14 PM
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Oblivia Neutral Command
Olivia NeutralCommand

 
Oh my gosh! Was I first? I can't believe it! I'm so excited - you are so great and I love your poems.
This is so cool!
 
Posted by Oblivia Neutral Command on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 10:41 AM
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Lacey
Lacey Willis

 
Your usual brilliance here.

 
Posted by Lacey on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 11:20 AM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
Thanks Lacey, you rock!
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 4:50 PM
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Jinx

 
Ah, the week came together nicely. I wondered about those status messages. I'm a Thursday's child...likin' the chocolate mint. This one strayed from your usual...& I like it heaps!!!
 
Posted by Jinx on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 12:42 PM
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Amber SeaMonkey Slayer

 
WTF?! MFCSSOB!

My comment from yesterday morning is gone!

Anyways, this is SO you- different everyday & the same, all at the same time;-)
I'm really digging this~

"Thursday and the poet wish themselves the muse for once. Your hanging Christ is my Buddha... 7 pieces of love"

And I have a new idea, Cabbagepatch Christ for the living room!

p.s. Mondays are my favorite days, Saturdays kinda suck... just sayin'

 
Posted by Amber SeaMonkey Slayer on January 26, 2009 - Monday - 6:39 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
Yes, a few people caught on to my strange comments every day lol. Glad you figured it was going somewhere, though most were complete random and usually not connected.
Glad you dig it
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 4:51 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
Thanks Hortio
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 4:51 PM
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C.C.

 
Ah, Poe wrote of Israfel, too...

In Heaven a spirit doth dwell
Whose heart-strings are a lute;
None sing so wildly well
As the angel Israfel,
And the giddy stars (so legends tell),
Ceasing their hymns, attend the spell
Of his voice, all mute.


I think Poe would have been proud to claim your lovely poem as his own...


 
Posted by C.C. on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 2:34 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
That is the first time I learned of Israfel, I was probably in 6th grade. I asked my brother in law who is Muslim about him. It was interesting to learn he is not in the Qur'an. I loved the idea of this angel overlooking the lost. I also love the idea that in a way, this is our first judgment...yep, mixing theology like DJ Scott La Rock Mixing AC/DC and hip hop;-)
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 5:01 PM
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C.C.

 
Great way to look at it! :)
 
Posted by C.C. on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 6:35 PM
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Jessie

 
I went on a journey here this morning..thank you
 
Posted by Jessie on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 3:16 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
Thanks, hope it was too crazy of a journey. It's random thoughts poetry at the least lol Thanks Jessie
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 5:01 PM
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mike
mike cronan

 
I think its pretty good. A little disconnected but that's to be expected. Everyday is something new.

 
Posted by mike on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 3:30 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
Thanks for stopping in Mike. Yep, disconnection is good for me. I have trouble staying on subject too long in life.
Everyday is everyday right
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 5:02 PM
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C.C.

 
Mike, you ROCK!!

Killer comment! Ain't it the truth? :)
 
Posted by C.C. on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 3:40 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
Thank you Nicole, that means a lot from you. I am glad it came together and I am glad I know people like you.
If Poets not to love each others poetry then who will?;-)
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 5:04 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
What is funny, I wrote a status a day. Didn't give much thought to the day before and little to continuity. Last night was the first time I read them all in order (copied and paste them in a file daily.
It was kind of cool, though I don't want my therapist to come anywhere near it;-)
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 5:05 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
And how did I leave out Peter Pan? Thanks Angel
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 5:05 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
It is odd i did not have that in there in any way lol
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 25, 2009 - Sunday - 2:23 AM
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Milkthistle

 
I love them all, but I love this.... "Feet buried knee high in the Earth, the struggle reminds the dead men of their place and yet Sunday allows them to dig out one spoon full at a time" ....Often death is where the hero will rise. Let us find it here and now in life while alive!
 
Posted by Milkthistle on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 4:47 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
"Sometimes you have to lose everything to gain anything" - Palahnuik, Fight Club
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 5:07 PM
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Milkthistle

 
:) Yes. And then.....the BUTTERFLY!
 
Posted by Milkthistle on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 5:34 PM
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*~ DOLL ~*

 
You needn't ask, you are brilliant -
my fave
"Haunted by words that bang their chains like some storied ghost at the foot of the bed…against the old wooden floor; still the silent walls keep my mind at peace...stealing sleep, the page you write is torn"
:D
 
Posted by *~ DOLL ~* on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 5:16 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
It is my reality most weekends. I have had to discipline my weeknights...or drink or exhaust myself to the point of not writing lol
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 5:20 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
Thanks Tim, you rock my man. I am with you, it felt cool to have it come together. I probably will dare not try it again for a while because i would not want to break my rules.
Thanks again
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 5:32 PM
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Joko

 
Very original and effective concept!
 
Posted by Joko on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 5:21 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
Thanks man! I have enjoyed your blogs lately. I was reading one to Amber last week via cell browser in the car and we both stopped to compliment what a good writer you are.
Much enjoyed as always
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 5:33 PM
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Pharaoh with the Vicious Tongue

 
These R some good snap shots Sol! Yeah it is a good idea it shows how the mind can twist and turn N some respects predictably and N many others not so predictably. Its like seeing random patterns of clouds N the sky.

 
Posted by Pharaoh with the Vicious Tongue on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 5:24 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
It also allowed me to see moods, not at a moment but over a collection of days. SOme status were written in the morning, some at night...so you got a bit of it all.
Thanks man
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 5:34 PM
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Joko

 
Doesn't have the same continuity when you use it woth other people's status updates. Here's the last ten status updates on my Home page from other people...

Thankful for the hurts of the past.

tried to post a blog but myspace stalled.

Three weeks of status collected into a single poem, check it out on my blog!
Staying in bed with C.
C
"If you didn't go, you wouldn't be who you are.
" - Lucian / Sonja
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
getting ready to go out of town... leave me a message!
awake and trying to stay that way!
relaxing
slept through her morning plans.
damn

Then again, that does kinda make for an odd snapshot of the human condition.

 
Posted by Joko on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 5:26 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
MAN THAT IS FUCKING BRILLIANT! Wasn't it Henry Rollins who on his spoken word came our and lines from every commercial he heard for a day. This reminds me of that but without anal fist puppet marketers writing them.
Hell this is a great idea blog
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 5:35 PM
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Joko

 
If one could edit it a bit... Maybe take like 5 out of every 10 status messages, one moight stumble on some interesting combinations.

 
Posted by Joko on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 5:40 PM
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Mystery

 
Your creativity knows no boundaries... I read a few of these along the way, but love the collection.
xoxo
 
Posted by Mystery on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 6:08 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
Thanks Mystery! Glad you like it together;-).
I owe you some jesus art lol
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 6:13 PM
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Mystery

 
I'm making my Grundy Jesus into something "special" ...

;)
 
Posted by Mystery on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 9:32 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
Grundy Jesus lol, that's a bad mix
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 25, 2009 - Sunday - 2:35 AM
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~MnM~

 
Wow! Very cool. I like it! xo~
 
Posted by ~MnM~ on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 6:44 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
Awesome! Hope you are doing good my friend
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 25, 2009 - Sunday - 2:35 AM
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~Kristine~

 
It may have taken awhile to finish it, however, I felt it was well worth the wait! Penned like the Master we all know you are! Brilliant!!!
 
Posted by ~Kristine~ on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 6:50 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
Thank you Kristine, I am no master, but you guys make me feel pretty cool;-)
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 25, 2009 - Sunday - 2:35 AM
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~δαωη~

 
amazing as always! makes my saturday worth waking up for.

 
Posted by ~δαωη~ on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 8:00 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
Thanks Dawn, glad you like it
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 25, 2009 - Sunday - 2:38 AM
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Kim
Kim Owens

 
I remember ---- "And sad as the thought, some Monday's had more hope than others. A shooting star from her smile often got caught in my memories eye; still I hear the ocean near in every whispered promise" ---- especially because it made me smile ON A MONDAY! Have a great weekend... peace~
 
Posted by Kim on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 8:04 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
yes Kim, i think i tipped my hat that it was gonna be a big collection
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 25, 2009 - Sunday - 2:38 AM
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Ms. Americano
Heather B.

 
Wull, aren't you clever. ;) These three are my favorite... In the stepping stone path through the forbidden neighbor’s garden on your short cut home for no reason at all find your Friday enlightenment easy like sunshine through your hair or the taste of the orange on your lips Saturday starts with glaring light, awakened is the excited child’s soul to dark evening glow and the wicked temptation that defines the human adult Dressed in winter’s mottled sunlight, streets seem so depressed yet their whispers were heard for miles. Wednesday kept the world so hidden. Each better at keeping secrets than at keeping promises ~H.
 
Posted by Ms. Americano on January 24, 2009 - Saturday - 8:12 PM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
I get clever, but trust this just worked out
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 25, 2009 - Sunday - 2:39 AM
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Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience

 
Thanks man, yep it is a bit of a roller coaster
 
Posted by Solomon Grundy's Dharma Bums Experience on January 25, 2009 - Sunday - 2:14 AM
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