The Signs of Decay

[the mingo]

The signs of decay
usually show themselves
first in the teeth

Its a strange thing when
the body one is living in
begins to visibly show the
call of what is to come
small things breaking down
while spoiling

going to seed is one way
of saying it
going to the dogs is another

decay is fantasy proof
deception proof
illusion proof - but, most frightening of all,
decay is a verb.

I once heard a famous songwriter say
that all you can do is to keep on keeping on
It is one of the most powerfully stupid &
profoundly heartless statements
I have ever heard.

[mnaz]

Well, as my dad always said, "it's better than the alternative".

And if I could find a space ship fast enough, I bet I could live for a good long while...

There can be no decay in the spiritual search to understand dealing with decay..

[Doreen Peri]

Yeah, this mortal shell ain't gonna last, that's for sure.

Everything that lives, decays and dies.

Guess we'll just have to have fun until that happens.

It usually doesn't happen all at once... it's a reasonably slow process and I believe that certain actions like eating right and exercise can help the process slow down some.

Of course, there is no fountain of youth, but hey, doesn't hurt to take care of yourself.

I agree that's a profound and heartless statement. Truth is like that sometimes.

[Lightning Rod]

this is a very apt subject and a neat poem, mingo

I think that this should be the theme of the next studio eight book
aging
it seems to be a subject on which we have many experts in this community

we could probably get a government grant as an assisted living facility

there have aready been many posts here with that topic

let's do a book called 'Over The Hill' or something like that

Or we could call it Finite Tide

[constantine]

my toe nail just fell off.

[stilltrucking]

I am a toothless tiger and a one horse shay mingo
but like the jitterbug said
I don't mind the decay
because my brain was the first thing to rot.

Have you ever wondered if the dead really do know something

Bertrand Russell is sure they don't
But he is dead now
I wonder if he has changed his mind.

sometimes all you really can do is keep on
keeping on
I guess you are refering to the dylan song
entangled up in blue.

Clay wrote:

I think that this should be the theme of the next studio eight book
aging

Geez clay
I don't think an old geezer like you has another book in him? do I need to use a winkie?

[judih]

and a lost and found dept might be required.
has anyone seen my right eyebrow?

oh & the poem is fabulous.
what's tooth enamel between friends
but when the bones go, i'll believe that finite tide awaits

[stilltrucking]

the poem is fabulous
and I am an old fucking fool for rambling
I just keep on keeping on

and I think but am not sure
that decay is a noun also
or at least it should be.
I will have to check my dinosaurus

[panta rhei]

"I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth."
~ Henry Miller

[the mingo]

lightning - thats a good idea, lightning, but you'll have to get it past the proposal stage yourself - I'm getting too old for this kind of thing,
though I do like the ring behind "Finite Tide"

mnaz - let me know how its goes with that spaceship

doreen - I hear what you're saying,and I'm sure you're right, but another voice speaks louder to me...if I had the fountain of youth in my hand I would trade it in a new york minute for eternal life. I think everyone one would, no contest.

cons - I'll send ya some buffalo glue for that toenail, made from the hoof of a real live buffalo, that wandered up to the side of a shack owned by Bill Birdhead, and died there. Bill's mother was hidatsa & his father, cheyenne...he knows things about buffalo glue.

st - I think the dead do know something, and if the Book is right, they will know something more before all is said and done. Bert probably has changed his mind, he did that while he was still among the living from time to time.

judih - If I find your eyebrow I'll let you know, I'm sure I'll recognize it because it will be beautiful.

st - I checked my dinosaurus - decay is a verb first, then a noun, at least according to the crew at Merriam-Webster. That is if you put any stock in their outfit.

panta - I forgave Henry Miller everything when I learned he knew Anais Nin.

[mnaz]

well, it's a good news/ bad news sorta thing on the space ship.

if I remember correctly from general relativity (or was it special relativity?), one could travel quite a ways into the future (earth's) if one took a nice long ride in space and came back. however, I think you'd have to travel at the speed of light or something like that... I'll get back to ya on that one...

ahh yes... wandering off on another tangent... sorry...

[Arcadia]

[mtmynd]

i find it difficult to look at decay straight in the eye. i have cataracts in my right eye that causes a decay in vision... the dirty glasses view that are permanently out ow whack. left eye is relatively good... i drive. but using prescription sunglasses aids in the vision-trip considerably.

and decay to the overall well-being - double angioplasty last october was a sure sign... especially the preceding chest pains and pain in both arms at times. decay indeed.

new me to outwit the decay... and perhaps suspend death for a bit longer. using anti-decay methods : walking daily, controlled diet, two drink limit with meals and, of course the big one, no smoking. i would've thunk all that would improve my sex life... it didn't. dammit.