God bless us, every one

God bless Neil Young and Crazy Horse; long may they roam. God bless Paris
and London (especially British poets) and Athens and Rome. God bless the
brand names in search of a breakthrough, the dot-coms that laid off, the
market laid waste to. God bless John Cleese and the Knights that say "Nee."
God bless Wo Ping’s wires and also Ang Lee. God bless the rappers who talked
about booty, the Cape of Good Hope, and the coast of Djibouti. God bless
Brooklyn, Manhattan, Astoria (Queens). God bless San Francisco and points in
between. God bless the subsubpoets who yearn for "subleem". God bless the
patient monk Geraldine.

God bless rotary engines, electrical cars. Bless Mission of Burma (freedom
fighters kicked Brit ass) and Mission to Mars. God bless Tom Hayden, Tom (or
is that Michael?) Moore, and Tom Hanks. God bless the blessings for which we
give thanks. God bless the Web sites we number among -- Slate and
Alt.Culture, Jiscmail, and Salon. God bless the brothers, both Coen and
Brooks. God bless David Bircumshaw and Tim Allen, who write about crooks.
God bless the workers. God bless the sea. God bless the people who shaved
their goatees. God bless Cambodia, Laos, and Korea. God bless the good folks
who work at IKEA. God bless the footballers, here and abroad (especially any
side who beats England). God bless the waves off the shore of Cape Cod.

God bless Isaac Bashevis Singer, who does death withstand, and Ethan
Nosowsky, who edits Spectacular Diseases. God bless Salman Rushdie, who
Fatwas survived, and God bless Sylvia Plath who once was his bride. God
bless Uma and Ethan and Gwyneth and Brad. God bless the kids in Rwanda and
Chad. God bless the sick, and the hungry and poor. God bless the homeless
and victims of poetry war. God bless the depressed, the lonely and dour. God
bless the birds and the bees and the flowers. God bless braces and bushes
and mirrors and floss. God bless Jordan D. who is visionary as "Stroff". God
bless Alexes Star and Ross. God bless both chicken and matzo ball soup. God
bless those poets who post and it's moot. Bless Madonna’s new baby, and also
Kid A, and bless every pilgrim that’s lost on the way.  God bless Pashmini
wool, keeping us warm. God bless what shelter we have from the storm. God
bless Road Rules and Real World and Jackass and Cribs. God bless chitlins
and collards and baby-back ribs.

God bless Sonic Youth, both pre-and-post Goo. God bless Charles Bernstein
and the Langpo igloo. God bless the Penguins and Mario Lemiuex. God bless
the Mets and the Cards and the Sox. God bless the bagels with cream cheese
and lox. God bless gravity, sunshine, and rain. God bless pleasure and
happiness, numbness and pain. God bless the Pilates method. God bless Henry
Gould and all his periwinkles. God bless Tai Chi. God bless Alan Sondheim
whoever the fuck he be. God bless tall people with wobbly knees. God bless
the Andes, the Alps, and the Rockies. God bless darts, ping-pong, and also
air hockey. God bless the dolphin and tuna and whale. God bless all boats,
both motor and sail. God bless projectionists in old movie houses.
Especially the ones who do blow jobs on mouses (I was going to say peacocks,
but it didn't fit). God bless heroes and heroines, black hats and louses.
God bless mildew and maggots and rust and decay. God bless the twilight and
God bless the subliminal day (to understand this reference to the sublime,
you would have to check into the current discussion at subsubpoetics).

God bless sex and food and good cheer. God bless Steve Ellis and Dale Smith
and Jackie Litherland. God bless whiskey and microbrew beer. God bless the
livers that wither and rot, and Svetlana Khorkina for yielding her spot. God
bless Dubya Bush and the horse he rode in on. God bless Ralph Nader for all
coming eons. God bless John Lindsay and dear Andy Logan. God bless the
Rogers, both Angell and Clemens. God bless the memory of Leon Trotsky and
his book Literature and Revolution. God bless Jason Robards and good
Lawrence Upton. God Bless Quimby and Flanders and Krusty the Clown. God
bless Tom Petty for not backing down. God bless TV shows, for better or
worse. God bless mal occhio and the Kennedy curse. God bless invertebrates.
God bless crustaceans. God bless young poets struggling against something
they cannot name. God bless the DJs at radio stations. God bless Napster.
God bless MP3s. God bless all industries brought to their knees. God bless
the Arabs, Palestinians, and Jews. God bless America. God bless the FARC.
God bless Gabe Gudding and Maria Damon, and I mean that. God bless you.

FEED Magazine and Kent Johnson wish you a happy 2001.

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