A Nice Pair: Piper + Saucerful = ♥ 

Syd Barrett as symptom and metaphor
Lucifer the fallen cherub/seraph, Icarus, Orpheus,
the dissolution of society through Dionysian mysteries
degeneration of High Classical art into Pharmakeia and Gnosis
An acid casualty/psychotic misperceived as revelator
Lost generations / Lost souls
Siren songs, waves crashing on the Rock
Youth wandering a kaleidoscopic labyrinth
Unearthly desire
The celestial tones of madness and doom
Epiphany where the Flux of Eternal Becoming is glimpsed
The fear that one may never come down again
Clashing symbols & portents in storm-clouds
Idealizations of childhood
the Beauty beyond the Beyond...

P.a.t.G.o.D.

Wayfarers All

♗

Why is he Vaticanizing

when he could be catechizing ?

This silly man with a funny hat
this doddering puppet
with his dead Jesus on a stick
this irrelevant vestigial organ
this geriatric Marxist-Lite:
outdated Liberationist
terminal Global Warmist;

no wonder the World
heeds his incoherent discourse.
No wonder they
listen to him
but hate the Truth.

You want the high lonesome brought down to earth –
the value of gold – devoid of its worth.

Like herbless reggae – or atheist Bach
like love without romance and time with no clock –

it’s smokeless jazz without the snap
buried treasure without any map.

It’s Andean flutes without the coca
Moon with no shine – un Raton sin Boca

You can’t have your culture without the Gospel
like rain without water, it’s simply impossible.

You can’t keep the tree without having roots
or gather a harvest without the fruits.

So get the hell gone with your atheist bluegrass
lest someone imply you’re an unsaved jackass…

come on over ↓ 
⊕

...is a cool site. Easy, and fun to post (just like Song Meanings)

http://hellopoetry.com/

Now - where did I put my black lily? Ah here it is...
tucked into my cashmere cummerbund. Ahem:

Thou, dusky gem of poesy -
I surf the Net in search of thee.

The problem of trash removal in lower socioeconomic status neighborhoods is a growing issue in the US and the world. Garbage and waste in many forms can be seen collecting on sidewalks piling up on street corners, and lying around or sitting on benches in parks and public spaces. Human debris congregates on streets and in alleys. One notes the lack of efficient waste-removal services in the most under-served areas of our nation’s breeding grounds. It is understood by most human beings that garbage is unsightly and smelly, but it is also a risk to other life-forms. Animals may be endangered by human waste products which also pose a health menace to others in the vicinity. Children can be hurt by some forms of solid waste such as glass or jagged plastic and the people who strew it around. Noise pollution is also a form of audible waste which must be processed; the smell and tone of voice of most urban garbage is a powerful deterrent to enjoyment and recreation in our city spaces, and results in delinquency and greater police presence as a consequence. It is unwise to befriend garbage, or even to get too close to it in dysfunctional neighborhoods at certain hours, particularly in the heat of summer.

Lighter-colored garbage must be separated from dark in order for sustainable community growth and renewal to occur. Contrary to popular belief, all garbage is not equal – and some garbage cannot co-exist with other forms of waste matter, due to inherent differences in biodegradability and elemental/organic limitations. Before garbage can be effectively sorted and redeemed, it must be recognized and classified as truly being useless and serving no positive purpose.

Garbage that is not removed and transported to an appropriate waste rehabilitation/disposal facility can cause ghettoization of entire communities and drain additional funds that could be better spent on human issues (such as social justice and yoga/mindfulness training for law enforcement, for example). Humans need to occupy the space now monopolized by garbage, because if not, radicalized community organizers from the sanitation committee will begin to stir up the garbage and make the garbage feel justified in claiming more space for itself.

When garbage becomes aggressive, human beings need to resist. They must affirm, in the face of a mounting foul-smelling tsunami, that waste still needs to be disposed of - as before, so now and forever. Garbage is meant to be thrown out - not celebrated. A daring thought, perhaps, but one which served anterior generations well and made for clean and welcoming urban spaces.

Let’s all work together to put the garbage where it belongs.