Wednesday, February 03, 2010
* If You Were Coming in the Fall
Emily Dickinson *
If you were coming in the fall,
I'd brush the summer by
With half a smile and half a spurn,
As housewives do a fly.
If I could see you in a year,
I'd wind the months in balls,
And put them each in separate drawers,
Until their time befalls.
If only centuries delayed,
I'd count them on my hand,
Subtracting till my fingers dropped
Into Van Diemen's land.
If certain, when this life was out,
That yours and mine should be,
I'd toss it yonder like a rind,
And taste eternity.
But now, all ignorant of the length
Of time's uncertain wing,
It goads me, like the goblin bee,
That will not state its sting.
Emily Dickinson *
If you were coming in the fall,
I'd brush the summer by
With half a smile and half a spurn,
As housewives do a fly.
If I could see you in a year,
I'd wind the months in balls,
And put them each in separate drawers,
Until their time befalls.
If only centuries delayed,
I'd count them on my hand,
Subtracting till my fingers dropped
Into Van Diemen's land.
If certain, when this life was out,
That yours and mine should be,
I'd toss it yonder like a rind,
And taste eternity.
But now, all ignorant of the length
Of time's uncertain wing,
It goads me, like the goblin bee,
That will not state its sting.
*A Poem*
Honesty breaks the glass under its feet at a Jewish wedding
The place holder takes up horseback riding
And becomes bowlegged in the wind of Aeolus
Commas and punctuation reflection
Aborigine armchair angel
Again with the angels
My spirit guide, my guardian angel.
Broken angel, resurrection Mary
"Place holder will you take up mine"
I am free of myself
Now if only I can free myself from you
God you are my mind
God why did you leave me when I was 16
And why did I find you in a dark alley behind a porn shop?
Why did I find you in endless drinks and candy?
Where are your soldiers?
Where are your myriads of locusts?
When will the resurrection be?
Are Howard Zinn and J D Salinger in heaven?
Traveling in god's channel
(I spell god with a little g because I don't know if there is one or many)
Where are your disciples?
Where have all the Christians gone?
The ones who ignited revolution against the Romans
The ones who engaged in peaceful rebellion
Stephen Stills said Jesus was the first non-violent revolutionary
Where is the king the of the Jews now?
Why have you left us to work out our own problems?
When will the kingdom of heaven come to the earth?
Why have you forsaken me?
If you want, remove this cup from me
And I will embrace the golden bough
On watch for the ineffable golem
Honesty breaks the glass under its feet at a Jewish wedding
The place holder takes up horseback riding
And becomes bowlegged in the wind of Aeolus
Commas and punctuation reflection
Aborigine armchair angel
Again with the angels
My spirit guide, my guardian angel.
Broken angel, resurrection Mary
"Place holder will you take up mine"
I am free of myself
Now if only I can free myself from you
God you are my mind
God why did you leave me when I was 16
And why did I find you in a dark alley behind a porn shop?
Why did I find you in endless drinks and candy?
Where are your soldiers?
Where are your myriads of locusts?
When will the resurrection be?
Are Howard Zinn and J D Salinger in heaven?
Traveling in god's channel
(I spell god with a little g because I don't know if there is one or many)
Where are your disciples?
Where have all the Christians gone?
The ones who ignited revolution against the Romans
The ones who engaged in peaceful rebellion
Stephen Stills said Jesus was the first non-violent revolutionary
Where is the king the of the Jews now?
Why have you left us to work out our own problems?
When will the kingdom of heaven come to the earth?
Why have you forsaken me?
If you want, remove this cup from me
And I will embrace the golden bough
On watch for the ineffable golem
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Monday, February 01, 2010
Tolstoy - The Kingdom of God is Within You
- I was thinking while reading this that JW's are have a lot in common with Christian anarchism. Perhaps that's why my "conversion" to an anarchist was so smooth. When I was about 16 I started reading anarchist literature and it struck a chord in me that I then thought was compatible with JW theology. Of course, the so-called "neutrality" stance put me off and eventually I left the religion due to its incompatibility with my belief that "you can't be neutral on a moving train" as Howard Zinn (RIP) said. But, I still maintain my belief that no human government can ever steak a claim to justice as imperfect human institutions are ultimately coercive and no human has a right to command another.
- I was thinking while reading this that JW's are have a lot in common with Christian anarchism. Perhaps that's why my "conversion" to an anarchist was so smooth. When I was about 16 I started reading anarchist literature and it struck a chord in me that I then thought was compatible with JW theology. Of course, the so-called "neutrality" stance put me off and eventually I left the religion due to its incompatibility with my belief that "you can't be neutral on a moving train" as Howard Zinn (RIP) said. But, I still maintain my belief that no human government can ever steak a claim to justice as imperfect human institutions are ultimately coercive and no human has a right to command another.