AGONY AND ECSTACY IN THE YELLOW
HOUSE
gestation and
cross pollination
combustible elements
volatile combinations
gaugin a wild animal, whoring and partying
alive in the language of the world
vincent like a monk with laser intent
hitting the canvas with fever dream furor
vincent the idealist where the man who threw the book away
walked into an arrangement with the man
who had no idea there was a book to begin with
masterpieces and insurrection
mangled body parts in
a house of cards
collapsing
2/16/17
THE STRAIGHT MAN'S BURDEN
(for Theo)
when the fits have been thrown and the
brawls have been won or lost
that one human alarm clock pulls us
back in despite constant protests
when the parties and the dutiful
gatekeepers let out existential sighs
take out their brooms and start in on
the broken glass
it's these straight men in our
respective routines
the ones who mop up after our
collective disasters
who take the brickbats, who shoulder
the burden of our crazy
babysitting us for little to no payoff
who suffer through our mood swings, our
drinking and drugging,
our bipolar crests and troughs
who are there even when we're not
the good conductors who do their best
to make sure the trains hit
the station on time
2/11/17 rev. 2/16/17
STENDAHLING
lost in
firestorm representation
hails of
orange and yellow as trees
i can see
the rage and obsession
gesture art
my tradition i look at
how the
paint lands on canvas
that's
where i go first
brushstrokes as a sickness makes
me sick you
could say i'm
down with
that sickness and i
know,
vincent, i know
figures
emerging from a sheet of oil and
what the
hell were you thinking
how did you
arrive at this?
the cosmos
spins and roars while a
tiny
village sleeps
i
know---how can they sleep?
hexed by
crows in a cornfield,
gun to the
heart
i know,
i know, i know.
i know,
i know, i know.
2/16/17 rev. 2/18/17
BLACK SABBATH-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
BLACK SABBATH-Sabotage
GHOST-Meliora
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND-The Velvet Underground and Nico
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