gestures

Gestures
11-28-09


May us learn of the gestures
Of Greece and Rome
May us have dignity
In our new car
Of our polished chrome
May us learn of the history
Of France and Spain
May us see our pleasure
In our affliction and our pain
I'm needing some assistance
To set up my tree
And I must have completion
In order to be free
May us learn of the ways
Of Corinth and Madrid
May us learn yet much
In what we already did...






























Genet
11-28-09


We can make a comparison
Between Shakespeare and Jean Genet
As if one artist ceases
We need not call it a power play
May us make a distinction between jazz and blues
May us consider what goes on and call it news
May us make a compromise
Between spirituality and art
May us consider our freewill
That blows the whole place apart
As production will pick up in its pace
And more so it made by God's grace.....










In The Eye Of The Hurricane
11-28-09


We consider the viverid
To think of the civet
The genet and the mongoose
As we consider the wicked king of Herod
To look upon the thread that is cut loose
As all music has its calm and its storm
As we study these patterns
In the confines of a collage dorm
We consider the viverid of the mongoose, the civet
And the genet
And all we know to say of such
Is that we can still make it work....
















Two Hundred Dollar Investment
11-28-09


My tree is almost set up
I see this as the latest miracle
The project is almost complete
I count this as lyrical
Two hundred dollar investment
I see it as worthy of praise
As in this I am taught of faith
To get me through the rest of my days
The tree is almost set up
Filled again is my cup
As I absorb the multicolored lights
When in Christmas
I have my share of smells and sights
The tree is almost complete....










Arbuthnot
11-28-09


We consider the history of John Barleycorn
And John Bull
As we thing of all that differs
Yet we find it cool
And we consult the chief character
In Arbuthnot's allegory
As we take but one verse
To come up with an entire story
And I look for the Lord
To light up
The upper layer of lights
As I have faith in the Lord
To illuminate these upcoming nights
I consider the history of John Barleycorn
As in our side so is pierced our thorn...










Snivel
11-28-09


And so we will snivel
And run at the nose
As we are glad to be pricked
By the thorn of the rose
We set a date on Friday night
But we stay awake until the morning light
We agree to keep it up till the light of day
And in this repetition we find a new way
As so we snivel as we pretend to cry
As so we weep until it is time to die
And so we snivel....