twenty-four years

Jeremy1012
Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
edited March 2007 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
Today,
constantly risking
self-alienation
and the like,
I discovered something new,
something I'd suspected
but never sought to bear witness to,
and I had my "crossroads" moment.
Never saw him
and maybe never will,
for perhaps my soul
is not mine to barter with?
"I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
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  • DopeBeastie
    DopeBeastie Posts: 2,513
    You've read Ferlinghetti's "Constantly Risking Absurdity", I assume? ")
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    PastaNazi wrote:
    You've read Ferlinghetti's "Constantly Risking Absurdity", I assume? ")
    busted :)

    hey, I'm 18. I still have formative years where I rip off my influences left right and centre before I have to find my own voice :D
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • DopeBeastie
    DopeBeastie Posts: 2,513
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    busted :)

    hey, I'm 18. I still have formative years where I rip off my influences left right and centre before I have to find my own voice :D


    You can't do better than that guy in my book. He's my favorite. Ever. Period.


    I steal lines all the time. Well, I used to. But it was always to add the flavor of the source of the line into what I was trying to say. It's still thievery, but whatever ;)
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    PastaNazi wrote:
    You can't do better than that guy in my book. He's my favorite. Ever. Period.


    I steal lines all the time. Well, I used to. But it was always to add the flavor of the source of the line into what I was trying to say. It's still thievery, but whatever ;)
    :) I don't really see the problem with a bit of thievery to be honest. I think I prefer Ginsberg to Ferlinghetti but I still love his poetry. Pictures of the gone world is one of my all-time favourite books.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"

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