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by the mingo » May 7th, 2017, 10:22 am
the brain
exists in
a house
of living bone
In the opening episode of Deadwood a man behind bars says to the sheriff, "Is that right ? No law at all in Deadwood?" Zuihitsu is like Deadwood, no law in Zuihitsu, no rules to break - zuihitsu cannot fall short - zuihitsu cannot fail - I love zuihitsu -
"Drive my dead thoughts over the universe,
Like wither'd leaves, to quicken a new birth!"
- PB Shelley
Shelley, that sad bastard! How dare he waste my time with his dead thoughts! Well, I've got three singing frogs here made out of wood - that will teach that Shelley sockcucker not to mess around in these parts.
I knew a girl named Shelly, no second "e" - she didn't have dead thoughts - she wasn't a poet either thank God - she's as old as me now - stayed in her hometown her whole life, still there - come to think of it maybe there was a second "e" in her name - 3rd generation from Italian immigrant grandparents is my guess - and beautiful
People gone fishing - sleeping on the road - they show up at my door sometimes in the middle of the night with their kids and go "Can we sleep here ?" - I never say no - they camp out on my floor - next morning I make coffee and walk over all their dreaming minds with my coffee cup delicately held in my hand -
237 words here so far -
... by my grandfather's time
all the Indians had shrunk
until they were 3 to 4 inches tall
they were all made from plastic
they had all turned blue
/ where there had been thunder
there was now hush
My neighbor the river is over its banks again this morning - I don't fish in it, I don't fish, never cared for it, my mind more inclined (or bent) towards movement, walking the woods & fields, biking the backroads - only fishing I ever had anything to do with was trout fishing,
apologies, Mr. Brautigan, because it had some action - you have to work the stream, work the fish, you have to get in there -
Some of my neighbors think I don't do anything - I'm retired, such as it is, and I can do what I want - they think I'm living off my woman and they shake their heads - my landlord thinks I should "hustle" more - "you got to hustle in this world" - I never had time for that kind of luxury brand behavior, I was always too busy ducking the incoming - the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of King Solomon said: "God created man upright but he has gone in search of many schemes." Nothing's true if that ain't.
One of the few things I've learned here that has any value at all in practice is this: - I know when the moment becomes ready and what the difference is between my business and anyone else's business.
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.