What if fear, failure & sorrow were replaced by Love, Joy & Bliss… !?

‘the Vision and the Voice,’ the thought the message the meaning so clear, I see and hear, draw near, draw nigh, hope high, flag waving, matchstick men, pencil and pen, hand and eye, stalk of celery, carrot on a stick, donkey cart driver, slave driver, vision of perfection, peacock of the universal vision, of no difference- undifferentiated brahman, om tat sat, thou art that, tat twam asi, let asar be with isa, who are also one, one, one, my son, my moon and sun, Ablotus, Lotos eaters, Chod rite, crosserpent, scion of tet- return, return! niiso, nanael! samalo, imago- imhotep, pharaoh, zero-sum, numbers game, war of attrition, new addition, memory retention, dissention in the ranks, break rank, pull rank, Hank McHenry, Coils of the Stooping Dragon, be not like Mike, but I like Ike, and drinking from the fountain, coming down the mountain, return to sender, gender bender, fender called a bumper, battle of the ants, antonyms, hump & pump, prime, dump the lump, crime soup, floating poop- bloated, drooping, dropping petals, heavy metals, heavy water, deep ones, stir me, still me, aumgn let it fill me- body cavity, depravity- hostility, servility, humility, felony penalty, goal post, whipping boy, sipping straw man, tall man, walking dude, omega point, omnil, othil- anthill, lines drawn, circle squared- paired, carried the cross, serpent’s head, dragon’s head- in the red, not in the pink, kink in the rope, the priest, the pope, or paper tiger, sitting bull- commodities, Heroditus, Heracles, break these shackles, corncobs, cobwebs, rattles, humdinger, bird on the wing, down to the wire, match on fire- branded cattle- rope & ride, with bridal, bit & saddle, jumping hurdle, Myrtle the turtle, Fernando Poo, Little Boy Blue, Daisy Duke, A Boy Called Soy, and Crazy Horse- A Gorse, a Corset, the gusset, or gullet- grip on hip, look at the pips, sips from nips, hallowed point, steel tips, wing tips, clips, Cluttered, clustered in the cloister of Sarcasm, sequestered in some Cosmic Chasm- Orgasm spasm, grotto-lottery- Laugh now, cry later. Ghastly Fright- the Isle of Wight, of Man- floating bark of the midnight sun, on oil- royal road, blue, purple, yellow- imperial seal, stamp, moist-dry, damp- make camp, light lamp, Nama-Rupa, Vide Infra, Vide Supra- 777- 111, ascendant descending hierarchy, monarch-anarchy- fatigue to lethargy, a barge, a canoe- the Ship, cantrips, glamors, din & tumult, tubal-qayin, main vein, weathervane, lunar crescent, repentant beggar-king, of no-thing, here under it’s three forms, mysterious shadows emerge, binge & purge, the bloody lurks, Ottoman Empire, big fade, cup or crater, cya l8r, haterade- robot maid & butler, cutlery- sporks, snorkels- pitch a tent, prop it up, the iron gate, the spanish door- the Sun & Moon, I can almost hear the loon, see what reflected in the spoon, convex, cave vents, money well spent, candle goes out, blows south, dire-dread- well to do, shod-heeled, veal- a steal, grand slam home point- precious things, maggid- clear seeing, meggidio- but crazy, meshugganah- rug burn, cut a rug, Indian burn, butter churn, annointed one- appointed time & hour, clock & calender, frog in a what, deep pot, or blender- better yet…

Broken, disjointed- dislocated jaw, ascii with Buck Nasty, Rites of Nergal, Mashammashti- Nanny goat, hand cart, back pack, crack shot- choke, throttle- max pitch yaw- slag fragmenting- jibes, contention held at narrow juncture, compunction- honorable mention, sleight of quick & dirty, justify apply tourniquet, fry out seeds of future-past, accomplish the great task- incumbent, redundancy in the system, urgent frontal lobe lobotomy- incisors, snipping hairs- incoming! down & out, upending- tensors, tensile strength, flex-fluxing, regulation Min-Max, Lat-Long, cruising altitude, Beatitude, benumbing, succumbs, the anesthetic aesthetic, noble ascetic- mighty seats groan, them grumbling, beaver-cat, walls crumbling, rats, tomcats- saps drip and run down, plumb-line, judgement day, a rumbling- sack is full of wool- Ben, Whipsawed- mumbling answers, tiny dancers, cotton candy, light-brigade, fantastic- prancing troops, dash down the alley, cancers- vehicles lift off, and turn- ignite and burn- sublight, lord of the engines- fight with honor- wormhole- stargate- rhapsody, get raptured up, rapture-rough trade, tyrant-infanticide- the hiding eye, flicks nervous tension sets in, gel combust and suicide-shock troops, a must- We trust in God, grim, solemn Nod, scene seems nonplussed, contusions, bruises, batter up- and lacerations- macerates to dust, infatuations, fractious- entities caught up in nets, spare no expense- hell bent, relentless pursuit, hot cross buns, thy number’s up- come unto me- a trip for free, a tea time biscuit- bust of he, who we are, worsted- first responding, frisk & cuff, incarcerated creampuff- lust for life, air-knife, rip-roof, retread, reproof- retrace your steps, downstairs, down-under, lairs of bugbears, yogis, seers- enough!

Demon Deuce, into the Donut- Dollar signs in their eyes, they go nuts- God inverting perverts, slimy gibbering mess of entrails, noisy crust polluted trust in business sense- gem, jewel- luster, revelry, & rustling leaves fall, rusty metal- pedal to the floor, Gold-Silver, treasure trove- imploding door- impending doom, commotion- shot glass, cauldrons, rheumy eyes, glaze over, pheasant under glass- game on, preserve- reserves- the forest for the trees, observe- absurdity with trifles- pecuniary-fiduciary- singing canary in a coal-mine, daughter free, I bought her, brought her here to me, see-saw, hee-haw, we go, we know- country gentry, county squire- pants on fire- desire body, law- pain is god, all saw, all souls, all saints- black Friday- days of the week, weeks of the year- turn the wheel for me, endearing traits, lodge complaints, compliance rankles, raises eyebrows, hackles- hairs on back of neck, hog-calling, toothbrush bristles- Stemage- imagine nothing of the sort, now hustling, port wine cheese ball, backside- scramble fighter jets- invisibly silence- anti-violent sex- campaign, a neighbor vex & irritation, irrigation- immigration digs canals, anal stage- later rages out of control, fire- fan the flames, stoke coals in furnace, face-down foes in former places, formulaic equations, human condition, cash commission- capstone, keystone, arching over-under- tempt not, mockery of God- beginning of the end- intended friend distended belly of the whale- I am the Walrus, sailing seas of solar, ark- yea, harken & remember! Hear & remember! Hold & release! A. Keep the peace.  Wise counsel, foolish company- seek heaven, oust adversity- celebrate diversity, love-unity- with impunity, diplomatic immunity- liberal application, paint with broad strokes- circumnavigation, draining pus from boils perhaps- lancing, lasers trace the outline- redefine the quarters, quarantine- inter them, vaulted- vaunting, adepts of the art-

Canker sores & planters warts, in Potters field- clay pots, jugs- held more than ashes, waking bodies, behind dumpsters, stone porch step, an stumbling blocks- them roosters- cock & crow, cop to the allegation, inquisitor- that’s speculation- shell forms round, find ruins- sound of mind & body, tuning forks, pitch- tar pits, yeah the secret names of God- unnerving, swerve to hits & misses, blowing kisses, celebrate some- bless some curses- coffins, hearses- hardcore anything, rehearses- lays courageous, outcomes control- curve around then, verses sound profound, unheard of, so-called, nurses tend to amputees, dress code enforcement- forces evil-good- the greater technocratic party, borrowing, bites then nibbles, tastes, then sniffs, finds then wants, to preconception, put on notice, resurrected- license revocation- without provocation, hesitating- dares, contemplates design, flare nostril- tooth & nail, aspect reflected, light refracting, ray-beams down, cast mold, shapers’ sort out snafu- fubar, too far gone to help- cash in now, get out quick- crap- preventing trap, we clap them, mandible snap, whip-crack, black lightning, role-reversal- Unicode, monotone- low drone buzzing, hissing- almost kissing close, our cousins’ comfort-  dizzying heights, though expectations reasonable, plea bargain, stay on task, on target- mask comes off- twins, twine they follow, bouncing balls- knees knock, no way, no how- know, hay makes ho-down nice & soft- bread basket- buffing polish, pickled- prickling there, the pair, the Prussian-Blue, Azure, Aztec- Zap- something tested, bested- friendly like, camaraderie- kinship, check the castle, mate- the shore where foals rest, ranger- stinging, clearly- almost, nearly there- have a care, two-ply robe, barons swearing, wash & wear kilt, win or lose, booze anyway- behold, confusion- ruse, the rhyme and reason- Seasons’ Greetings, great ones- night of time, womb- oh, Umbra-Penumbra, Knuckle dragging, cracking- creaking floorboards- there, beneath- below, before-behind, between-beyond, beyond the beyond- palm frond, waving pastel, flower page, jaggedness- a crystal skull- directional compass, map key- crawdad, crayfish- creatures, blessed beast- best breast- both-neither- Summum Bonum, Heiros Gamos, Heirus- Cit-Akasha, Rama- Sattvic yoga-tantra- complex manifold & system, Kama- Akrodha, Ahimsa, Advaita- Ahamkara- Anikka, Duggha, Annata- Anutara, gohoosa! Micma! Ra! Schema! Guru-Ma, Vasudeva- Kalki-Krishna, Bhagavan-Das, Namaste- Shanti, Hariom- udgita, Upachara, Guru-Puja, Yajna, Sri-Yantra, Maha-Mantra, Mudra- Sudra, Soma, Hauri!

Lurid, Leering, peeping, peering, peerless, pieces, chunks of printed paper blotter, inkwell nib, felt tip, pentacle, tracing outlines, scraping bowl of skull, rephrasing, owning, calling card, curtail the Walpole active-passive, phasing out, stun-gun, inertial damping, magnet clamp, ‘Forehead Lamen’ more like fivehead- almond rod, amen-ra, amoun-re, Hamaon- Hama- Psycho-Soma, Auto-magic reboot, random access, memorandum, of Miranda’s actions, tandem-skydive, vandals, Visigoth, Moored here, the floorboard comes up easily, it is broken, the foundation, half of whole, both pieces- they are multiplying, eating feces- fairy tale, a fable- fib, of Fibonacci sequence, ratio of Pi, Oration, soul prep, cookware, earthen vessel- ah, the feeling this- the planet- hums, the quirk-peculiar, do you know the Turk? Amurrka. Certainty, not Faith. Aversion to Fault-Finding, cross the trackless wastes- your majesty, your highness- grieves, some platitudes, truism- grating nervous fibers, taut with anguished plight, the flightless waterfowl, it’s for the birds, I tell you- words, with adjectives and verbs- my special sauce anoints- inherit elder fang, that vitriolic- extra poisonous, or worse- the sore-afflicted- affectation, constant source of consternation- ‘Zulu Nation to Islaam’- A sense-relation, that familiar face- thou knowest! not by reason came thou hither, boy- a boiling, seething, writing mass- the heater flashing, slow-mo, sensors pick up vibe, vibrato- caution tape- intrinsic- relative price & cost, worth & value- this, that, the other- choice, inference- pinprick puts a hole in there- vous avertissez, avertissement. Mon Dieu, Cher, Bonhomme~ Mes Ami, Laissez faire, tradewinds, 4321- comprenez vous? et vous, entre- the soul-entire- umpire, empire- funeral pyre- gauge reaction, timing- attitude- set up spin rotation, make the calculation, prepare to make the jump to light speed. 

Ophiuchus demonstrates, resigned to fates, consigned- cosign, constrain- o, yonder finds the freshly painted, minted suits of diamond-studded, rhinestone cowboy, butterfly collar, pleated shirt, with cuff links- prated on he prattled, shook his rattle- coy, recoiled in horror, oy! exclaiming, deep- deep thoughts, thus creeping up the spine, reminders- string around the finger, cradle ‘cat of many tails’ my brother- never fails.  I A O !  Apophraz-Typhon- Another 5/6 details, retails for a dollar, have another pint, size matters- flattery goes nowhere fast, but Lot’s wife- Memory, and words- nor let injustice, cruelty’s domain- the language, animals & action- wailing, Unction- that conversion process- spit shine, stone age man- the sudden flagellates compressed to colder prisms, ‘ye olde gold coin’ called chrism- Lineaments, southern drawl & hospitality- Hawaiian-Hula hoops, malign- malarkey- Serbo-Croat-Slovene, monkey in the middle- ‘never trust a junkie’ – peanut brittle, devil’s fiddle- golden calf and brazen serpent’s, ash to ash- a mushroom- marshmallow, the reeds & rushes, marshes, eerie mists, corpse-candles- eaters of the dead- sin-eater- sincere, enclave, syndicated- semaphore, articulated limbs, with knot-work, rotting, stinking- lumbers slowly after hours- plumbing you can smell- this, flowers.  Bowers, Bowery- insert tab A into slot B- no man’s land- cadavers, dissection- infectious power, spreads like wildfire- dour, haughty looks- we scour, scrub them- shrubs & hedges, towers- overhead, we paid in full- express mail- ponytail, the corkscrew of a pig, allow us- sowing discords- polar vault- occult, such mystical prowess- fully comprehended, Taoist Agonist against, devours all, Hors d’oeuvres, then lowers gently, genuine surrender, unconditional love- amended, pardon or suspend, commuted, get from A to B, then render service unto me- and unto thee- the helping hand was lent. 

tom-tom, heart’s half penny, half pound- trucks, dragging behind, a trawling line, the swamps- sink down in dope-sick, hiccup, belch forth, breathing still- unconscious, smoke pull tractor beam, inseam- measure steaming vegetable- dreaming, deadly nightshade- collar, cobra- cover girl, inside scoop, insider trading- baiting hook- exchanging look for watching spook-show, craving- stark naked, jaybird, raving mad, he rambled- through the brambles, thorns- ignoring all the difficulty- progress halted- but the rabbit warren, made a new shoe-fly pie, though the cradle rocks- she knit darn socks- a hell of delight, at once- repeats with other people- tighten screws, unable to comply, the dues are paid, come calling- taming shrews, cat calls, shepherding- news is nothing, good- but shapes & hues- the fuse was lit, so was the wick- the candle tallow wax, of birds & bees, ‘meditate upon attainment by degrees’ – what sleazy haunt these persons seize, where seizure victims, searching crack & crevice, every orifice, official penetrated plaintiff, vulgar upbraids, culvert, blind to ditches- switch, that lash a fallen underneath, the seams split, beams too- this our view from beneath- try not to get dust in our eyes, or feel fear- drink more beer, quiet! someone’s walking around up there, but they shan’t hear us.  Dearest, dreary dull and leery, salted wounds, no rubbing alcohol in June, entombed, entrusted general assembly, the works- continuation project delay, suffer setback, hate to disappoint- the apparatus, organism, poignant- pension plan, permission granted- standardized dimensions, fabricated- textile, typeset font, and freely cement, Love of siblings- stuff like that, that kind of thing.  forget-me-not’s, forgiving sort. no lying, sport.  resort to violence, last chance gas station, center of the universe- the purses emptied- mercy, plenty.  worthies, splendid- beatific, beauteous- near perfect- tweak those knobs, cowboy.  alerted to the presence, know, felt-sense- the Therapeuts compare, pretended fairly close by, tariff – sheriff, clerics- allergic, reactionary- clergy- election day- selection process- focus, progress- snow, no job, this blows- alone there, islander- no God- no home- and nothing nice to say, stays quiet- watch that tone, the phone rings- answer it. 

Salient, sapient beings, ‘The Benignity of Time’ Repository, stories up, left-handed, trump- the candidate, corrupted, flickers, flings dung, unsung heroes- jumbled, tumbling back down, stock plummets, scandal- Cunning, grammar- logic, math-magician- sight line, down the hall, a ‘glyph of nascent life’ such runes, ‘a life rife with strife’ but wedding chemical bonds and compost, ‘smitten on the midden heap- such languid, fluid seeping- limping past the weeping, blast site- torments, changeling- ganglia there, ‘frame of reverence’ & ‘pangs of material existence’ bliss-conscious-awareness, supreme, absolute truth- peace, tolerance- competence, confidence of Man, the kindness killing, drinking milk, mustaches- silkworm, sifting silt, a portal- prominence, bluff, ridge- brows knit, ignoble, stabilize the table legs, by length, width, height, girth, mass, force- fissures beginning to tear along the spine, the planets align, time stops a moment, then continues, Life of friends & family, dredging, drags those same things- bubbles pop- impressive array, through wicked splinter, wooden- stone, perhaps- the melting pot, or crucible- the stole and mantle- places everyone, assemble- some require, sty or lyre, lute and limpet- matter’s state, thus grounds contemplative prayer, resounding. 

Crates in warehouse, dock appearance, nestles in too snugly, fit the cocoon, an ugly worm-like- cut, pan, zoom- species of fascination- tumor- rumors abound- then, soon, my son- thumps chest, this bible- cradling a doll, reciting incantations, as it were, the laughter- endless sessions, masters of disaster, hear confessions- split decision, adjudicated, snuff again, recalcitrant- talc, aloe, iron filings- cabinet of ministers, angelic- approbation- results are in, the late-great- nudist colony, migration- emulate, concatenation, sterile procedure, hearing- fair & square, not trying knot-tying, let’s loose the Artisan, craft & trade- foul, playing foibles melancholy, vernacular knack, salivation-salvation- that’s a salve of love, an oil- torch, a touch of something, pinch or smidgeon, Midges untold thousands- upon thousands- cycles, devastate- the waking hours, spires- contraptions there, conspiring- rubbing salts, awaken- sweaty palms, pretentious nomad, gnomes- such gumption, garrulous- loquacious- complimentary, assumed, and practiced- teases out, produces, mirror- static facial muscle tissues- rigorous, work the rictus- grinning skull, observe through hollow sockets, lens reveals the scaffold- plummets vertical- but rises, tissues eager, willing- count, aloud please.

Witless witness, struck dumb, pastry gobbled- snarling, bares – but this smile, miles overhead- Celeste, Coriander, Daisy, Daffodil- Gravy, pour me- mashing teeters on the brink, ‘I’ll starve’ this ‘Slive’ and otherness, lively- miss, a swing- how dainty, doily- curl about there, loyalty, royal- regal- root doctor, guru, moot point- strikes again, deserted- what’s this place, when- wherewithal, whatnot- winsome, lithe & lissome, ladies, please- lass, lassos- lariat, Harriet- thank you- reductionist theory, past the point of regression, or something- a line or procession, on previous attempts- startled the starlings, the starlets, the stud-bull, and surrendered the wallet, no-mind, universal-and then some- ‘Bullocks & Capons, a Cock & Bull story.’ Dog & Pony show, bulls & bears- this, ‘Language of Animals-and/ or of ‘Action,’ as it were, and/or as I have stated for the record- in the ‘Alphabet of Cursing.’

Hasten, ‘glistening horribly, like an insect’  (Glisil, Mesok) & ‘Barbarous Names of Evocation’  Barber shears, the Barbary Coast, is clear- Hitherto, Heretofore- same as before- the score, theme song, cinema, stage magic- after all those years, Sciatic or Vagus nerve- pincers, applaud- applied technology- art & science to anything, friendly fire, collateral damage, innocent bystanders, selective service, operators are standing by, at the ready, on your command-  belay that order, boon companion, come to grips, get sorted, sit-rep, comrade- camaraderie, menagerie- mélange, minuet- entendre- got it for a song- the supper, bells were ringing- birds call, scavenge what you can, Avenging Angel- Avenue of Pursuit- Leisurely stroll through the park, Peradventure- Preamble, code, a quota- compiling, a self-assessment, correlation, collate- soteriology, eschatological, scat- coprophagia- ghouls- gremlins, goblins, ghosts, demons- we don’t care- we hunt them all.  Beware, my friends, be well-wise-aware, of vines, incendiary trends, and hinds- rescinding, it’s a must- recuse oneself, the ‘Lust for Life’ or, of the grave- mysteries, most dire, heretical- prophetic- Mania- all kinds, all shapes & sizes, ‘Simplicity Itself’ – avoided conflict, waves wash over, passing out-of-phase, that tickled fancy, phraseology- hot! Radio is nothing, much- wave standing- water falls, we’ll freeze- and Ladies, Overlords- Archon Chthonic- Praxeology- Quixotic, Mythos of my very own- Forgotten Ones- yea, strings attach- Connexionalism, convection ovens, overturn objections, overrule- resplendent- rubber room, and buggy- fall into a swoon, you monkey- Apes of Thoth, his School, my flunky- tool, you ruined everything! I kill, in frenzy- spilling drops of dew that gently come to rest- you’re stewing, brewing my new shoe-in, foster parent, clueless, heir-apparent- sluice, that slows to a crawl then stops, and hangs suspended, icy drops evaporate  next, solar plexus- pressure points- with Brownies, pixies, friendly nymphs & fauns, fey folk, lore legendary- Hexer, Gestalt- apparatus- gainsay, mainstay- flagons of mead, hallowed ground- break even Steven, beacon of hope, eloping- villains, V-Day- terminal illness- interest wanes, appreciative fane, lain fallow- ‘Guilt proceeds from Shame’ – those sallow, sunken cheeks- and treasure chest- have at you! Inquest, behest- that stands the test of time- tried, true & proven effective methods- madly, Loving Her Majesty-

Floral, wreath arrangements made, cantankerous louts, clout touted, routed- en route, spigot spouted, bigot, sprouted like a weed, we doubted greed would get that green with envy, meaningless and saying more- intent on being worn out, none the worse for wear, but during spring, enduring fever dreams, and chasing tail, your own, yon dragon- tiger, dog, whatever- sever, clean up act, impressions, cleaver- lips lock onto suckling spot, drawback overdrawing, draft in here, the window & door- low ceiling, zero- floor, with a flourish- Danish, Flemish- diminish- finishing touch- the kiss of death, my friend.  The Widow’s Son, the only one- whet appetite, petite, in spite of oneself, all that and then, Simoom- a starting, startling- unflinching look at, rather, what is it you have and want, that signifies lack, and opinion is the absence of fact.  

TBC