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Praise The Lord, and Pass The Mustard

A sad thought arose
as I genuflected with a cup of Black Forest:
If you were to throw words into a bucket
and dump them over a railing
let them scatter amidst the wind
and have a blind man put together
strings of fallen random fragments
his end product would make more sense
than our politicians




edit 5/4/10:  Total overhaul.  Removed the three-line-per-stanza formatting, as it was unnecessary.  "Dabbled with a comparison" didn't really make much sense, so ditched that, too.  I figured the blind man putting together a string of words from the pieces in the bucket was a more powerful image, and really drove the point home. 
And for those asking about the title:  When I first looked back, I couldn't remember why I had chosen it.... well, I remembered - it's designed to highlight random words thrown together.  Knew there was a reason for it! 



 


— infinite_dwarf, Jan 15, 2010

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Region, Country: North Carolina, USA, USA

Favorite Poets: E.A. Poe, Lewis Carroll, Charles Bukowski, Michael McClure, Lawrence Ferlenghetti.

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poewriter58

16 years 4 months ago

Jess

You had something great going there but it ended way to soon "I want to hear more boom boom boom" lol your firs two stanza were great Good to see you posting again Mom
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orgami

16 years 4 months ago

I like this muchly

so true its the voice of the poet artist that gathers up the brew and taps the voice for others to agree upon Here here DwarF!!
weirdelf

weirdelf

16 years 4 months ago

Loved this! Till the last line

oh, it's a fair comment but I was hoping you might wander off into literary peregrinations. Remember William Burroughs and the infinite number of monkeys pitching their script for Hamlet. Cheers, Jess, reprehensibly irrepressible
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orgami

16 years 4 months ago

Again

had to come back again!!!! I borrowed "mustard" line from you and strange that Burroughs is always nearby I find your poetry most provoking like this strange what appeals to me perhaps its in a voice that I know or want to know well done
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Dalton

16 years 1 month ago

the only criticism is that

the only criticism is that it's too short. but maybe you said all you wanted too. i don't want to say take it home and try again because there is much here that deserves saving. i like the stark descriptive lines: "take a bucket of words and dump them over a railing let them scatter in the wind..." but i still think this work deserves lengthening. it's not quite finished. but it's your decision in the end. as usual it is a pleasure to read your work and offer my two cents. love and well wishes john x
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Dalton

16 years 1 month ago

didn’t reall understand

didn't reall understand the significance of the ttitle. is that an american thing. i no doubt have to concede my ignorance. john x
infinite_dwarf

infinite_dwarf

16 years 1 month ago

John

Meh, just a play on words, really. I oftentimes have no idea what I'm writing about - usually just little fragments here and there that are thought up and demand to have themselves written down. =) Everyone: thanks for the visits and the comments... as stated above, I don't really remember what was exactly floating through my mind at the time I was writing this, and, as such, have no idea how I would continue the thought. ~Jess K. ----------------------- "Life is the sun, and the show must go on and on; make it come true. Life is the sun, and the road goes on and on; paint this song any colour but blue." - Don Ross
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 1 month ago

Sorry I missed this then and

Sorry I missed this then and happy to have come upon this now. It's three months later, and nothing has changed... but the wind now blows warm air. lol. Outstanding intelligent scripting here, Jess! ~A "The plain man is familiar with blindness and deafness, and knows from his everyday experience that the look of things is influenced by his senses, but it never occurs to him to regard the whole world as a creation of his senses." ~ Ernst Mach
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Jess-Dwarf

You just said a mouthful! I'm wondering about the picture of the black and white kitty. Is he/she a new family member? Beautiful cat. Always, Cat
infinite_dwarf

infinite_dwarf

16 years 1 month ago

Cat

That's Mahi Mahi. He's an 8 y/o semi-feral tuxedo Norwegian Forest cat at the animal shelter where I volunteer. I've absolutely fallen in love with him, and I'm one of the few that he'll allow pets from time to time. We're only allowed one kitty at the apartment, otherwise I would have adopted him. ~Jess K. ----------------------- "Life is the sun, and the show must go on and on; make it come true. Life is the sun, and the road goes on and on; paint this song any colour but blue." - Don Ross
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

16 years 1 month ago

:)

He is absolutely lovely. I can see why you would want him. I wish I could rescue more, but Steve says that four are enough. So I must console myself with donating to the shelter. I like the changes you've made. Always, Cat