Dear Lawrence,
I'm impressed by the way there's so much going on here in terms of
content yet the lines are so smooth.
So smooth the phrase "mind suicide" is a real slap in the face.
best
Randolph
On 28/05/2012 10:00, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> Where have you been? asked the governor.
> "Up and down," replied Saint Elid.
> Up and down? Just what does that mean?
> Elid was startled; and was afraid.
> "I do not understand. I speak
> with a common phrasing, clearly.
> The people comprehend my words.
> I've been wandering, many places."
> You said up. How high did you go?
> "As high as I may."
> How high's that?
> "Not high. A few small hills."
> Flying?
> Elid laughed: "Not yet, Sir, not yet
> till the good Lord gives me strong wings;
> and I do not think he will. So never."
> Yet you speak as if he might do.
> "It is in his power. He could.
> I do not think he will. I doubt
> that it would be that good for me
> to fly."
> You doubt?
> "I doubt myself
> and my own spiritual strength.
> I do not doubt or question god."
> How low do you go?
> "My soul's depth;
> and sometimes to the low tide line."
> To Hell?
> "No. I do not go there."
> And in your dreams?
> "In dreams? Visions,
> which, I believe, do come from God,
> and ideas and imaginings.
> My body though stays in my bed."
> You do not fly within your dreams?
> "You say it well: I do not fly."
> Some say you are a witch, Elid.
> "Some are deluded by desire
> and their greed, in combination,
> which lead them to say untrue things,
> as a pair of horses might pull
> a carriage that we could not move.
> If I do not deny the charge
> it is because it is insane
> and uttered in bad faith by fools."
> How so insane, if it's folly?
> "Foolishness is abdication of mind.
> Bad faith is mind suicide. They are
> responsible or complicit.
> All know, or did, what they have done.
> They've destroyed themselves quite knowingly."
> The governor stare at Elid.
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> Lawrence Upton
> Visiting Fellow, Music Dept,
> Goldsmiths, University of London
> New Cross, London SE14 6NW
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> Goldsmiths, University of London
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