warrior

[constantine]

there is nothing to compare
with tapping that vein
watching the rose grow
deep in the barrel
pushing the plunger, down
down into the warmth
now i am ready
now i can breathe again
now my bowels have tightened
i gird my loins for the cyclic revolution
the passage of day into night

[stilltrucking]

john prine song about a dead warrior

Sam Stone came home,
To his wife and family
After serving in the conflict overseas.
And the time that he served,
Had shattered all his nerves,
And left a little shrapnel in his knee.
But the morphine eased the pain,
And the grass grew round his brain,
And gave him all the confidence he lacked,
With a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back.

Chorus:
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
Little pitchers have big ears,
Don't stop to count the years,
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios.
Mmm....

Sam Stone's welcome home
Didn't last too long.
He went to work when he'd spent his last dime
And Sammy took to stealing
When he got that empty feeling
For a hundred dollar habit without overtime.
And the gold rolled through his veins
Like a thousand railroad trains,
And eased his mind in the hours that he chose,
While the kids ran around wearin' other peoples' clothes...

Repeat Chorus:

Sam Stone was alone
When he popped his last balloon
Climbing walls while sitting in a chair
Well, he played his last request
While the room smelled just like death
With an overdose hovering in the air
But life had lost its fun
And there was nothing to be done
But trade his house that he bought on the G. I. Bill
For a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill.

Repeat Chorus

[constantine]

i like prine. phil ochs was hip too. i miss the activist element in music, or perhaps i'm not aware of contemporary shit in that vein.

[stilltrucking]

Who remembers Kitty Genovese anymore?
Phil Ochs walks tall for me
In my small circle of imaginary friends

Not much I could say to the poem,
So Visceral. it Scared me.
I hope you are ok.



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[constantine]

the kitty genovese story is a haunting one. it doesn't speak well of our society. i'm fine, jack. really. cincinnati is a neat town and the university is very cool.

[the mingo]

WWhhhoooeeee. Righteous, Dino.

[constantine]

thanks mingo. it's nice to have some distance from those things - at least the substances anyway. good to hear from you. hope things are going your way.