Friday, July 14, 2017

You'll Have to Have Your Escape Plans with You at All Times

I need you to put on your headphones, go here, turn volume up full, and click Thank You for the Path, which rescued me yesterday. When I hear a song the very first time and after one bar it's an integral eternal anchor song and soul-saver whenever I've needed? I think, faith.

Don't know that I've skirted Dark, but at least I've swerved around Shut Up, sorta. Thanks too for recent Kindnesses.

More anchor shit:






 THE ICE CREAM MAN

James Tate


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3 comments:

  1. mistah charley, ph.d.July 14, 2017 at 11:48 AM

    speaking of poetical ice cream, i found austin allen's essay on wallace stevens interesting and persuasive

    https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/70138/wallace-stevens-the-emperor-of-ice-cream

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  2. mistah charley, ph.d.July 16, 2017 at 3:01 PM

    i read this in a book

    In the Parables of Leadership, Chan Kim narrates a parable that he first heard as a youth from a Korean master in the temples of Kyung Nam province of Korea. As the parable goes, to prepare his son to succeed him, the king sent the young prince to a renowned master to learn the fundamentals of being a good ruler. The master sent the young prince alone to the local forest and instructed him to return in a year and describe the sounds of the forest. When the young prince returned, the master asked the prince to describe what he heard and the prince replied, “Master, I could hear the cuckoos sing, the leaves rustle, the hummingbirds hum, the crickets chirp, the grass blow, the bees buzz, and the wind whisper and holler.” On hearing this, the master sent the young prince back into the forest to listen to the unheard sounds of the forest. The young prince wondered what else there was to hear, but he followed the master’s instructions and he began to listen more intently to experience the sounds of the forest. When the young prince returned, the master asked him what more had he heard. The prince replied, “Master, when I listened most closely, I could hear the unheard—the sound of flowers opening, the sound of the sun warming the earth, and the sound of the grass drinking the morning dew,” and the master nodded in approval. It was only by cultivating mindfulness that the young prince was able to hear the unheard.

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  3. mistah charley, ph.d.July 16, 2017 at 3:26 PM

    and while i'm quoting

    Bleezer's Ice Cream by Jack Prelutsky

    I am Ebenezer Bleezer,
    I run BLEEZER'S ICE CREAM STORE,
    there are flavors in my freezer
    you have never seen before,
    twenty-eight divine creations
    too delicious to resist,
    why not do yourself a favor,
    try the flavors on my list:

    COCOA MOCHA MACARONI
    TAPIOCA SMOKED BALONEY
    CHECKERBERRY CHEDDAR CHEW
    CHICKEN CHERRY HONEYDEW
    TUTTI-FRUTTI STEWED TOMATO
    TUNA TACO BAKED POTATO
    LOBSTER LITCHI LIMA BEAN
    MOZZARELLA MANGOSTEEN
    ALMOND HAM MERINGUE SALAMI
    YAM ANCHOVY PRUNE PASTRAMI
    SASSAFRAS SOUVLAKI HASH
    SUKIYAKI SUCCOTASH
    BUTTER BRICKLE PEPPER PICKLE
    POMEGRANATE PUMPERNICKEL
    PEACH PIMENTO PIZZA PLUM
    PEANUT PUMPKIN BUBBLEGUM
    BROCCOLI BANANA BLUSTER
    CHOCOLATE CHOP SUEY CLUSTER
    AVOCADO BRUSSELS SPROUT
    PERIWINKLE SAUERKRAUT
    COTTON CANDY CARROT CUSTARD
    CAULIFLOWER COLA MUSTARD
    ONION DUMPLING DOUBLE DIP
    TURNIP TRUFFLE TRIPLE FLIP
    GARLIC GUMBO GRAVY GUAVA
    LENTIL LEMON LIVER LAVA
    ORANGE OLIVE BAGEL BEET
    WATERMELON WAFFLE WHEAT

    I am Ebenezer Bleezer,
    I run BLEEZER'S ICE CREAM STORE,
    taste a flavor from my freezer,
    you will surely ask for more.

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