Janet good point! I was thinking García Lorca with all the grimness, but
looks like Bob had his hand in this list too.
it's a fascinating & visually enthralling poem Jon, great work. I'd try to
interpret each image/symbol separately, but I wonder whether you meant for
each one to carry meaning beyond the feeling or the concept or the link?
KS
On 21/12/06, Janet Jackson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall...
> (Is it just me that is reminded of Bob Dylan here?)
>
> Janet
>
> > An advent calendar
> >
> > the first is a golden skull
> > the second is a cobweb harp
> > the third is a machine that weeps
> > the fourth is a poisoned rainbow
> > the fifth is "send money to jee-suhs hal-leh-yew-lah!"
> > the sixth is a severed tongue
> > the seventh is a slaughtered dove
> > the eighth is an echo in a mirror
> > the ninth is an eyeball looking at itself
> > the tenth is "I've got blowdried hair adore me"
> > the eleventh is a spinning compass
> > the twelfth is Old Glory rippling proudly in the breeze
> > the thirteenth is a cobalt rose
> > the fourteenth is a siren in the night
> > the fifteenth is "we will pay without admitting wrongdoing"
> > the sixteenth is a psychotic captain
> > the seventeenth is a singing worm
> > the eighteenth is a leaking chalice
> > the nineteenth is a dizzy eagle
> > the twentieth is a baby on a cross
> > the twentyfirst is a soiled lily
> > the twentysecond is a murdered taxi driver
> > the twentythird is a bag lady waiting for nothing
> > the twentyfourth is a toothpick child
> > the twentyfifth is a black hole
> >
> >
> > --
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> >
> > Jon Corelis www.geocities.com/jgcorelis/
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