tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post7787711428881666180..comments2024-02-05T15:01:44.563-05:00Comments on Cleveland Poetics: a place for cleveland's writers and readers: It's the end of the world! Let's dance!michael salingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717310933948991992noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-80882528454651702992013-01-01T11:15:07.076-05:002013-01-01T11:15:07.076-05:00Thank you for this- I love (and have always loved)...Thank you for this- I love (and have always loved) Sara Teasdale. Dianne Borsenikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03228377373966856818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-25820923339788630432012-12-21T10:51:00.621-05:002012-12-21T10:51:00.621-05:00And today's New Verse News:
New Verse News
&...And today's New Verse News:<br /><a href="http://newversenews.blogspot.com/2012/12/apocalypse.html" rel="nofollow">New Verse News</a><br /><br /> "...Let all expect a magical ascent.<br /> The End is now an annual event."Geoffrey A. Landishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04518496779546782434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-69320110488396500152012-12-20T23:56:24.301-05:002012-12-20T23:56:24.301-05:00Mayan Doomsday Calendar Blues
The air is poundin...Mayan Doomsday Calendar Blues <br /><br />The air is pounding on my skin<br />the sunlight hurts my hair <br />to rub my fingers on my chin <br />is racket I can’t bear.<br /><br />This wouldn’t be the Armageddon <br />aftermath I’d choose – <br />I’ve got the Mayan doomsday calendar blues.<br /><br />I did the lines, I smoked the pot <br />I fucked what I could seize,<br />and now the doctor says I’ve got <br />a dozen STDs.<br /><br />So now my only hope is to <br />convert all the Jews – <br />I’ve got the Mayan doomsday calendar blues.<br /><br />I maxed out every credit card <br />I spent my pension plan <br />I’m stupid as the avant garde <br />and poorer than Sudan<br /><br />And what the hell are all of these <br />exotic tattoos?<br />I’ve got the Mayan doomsday calendar blues.<br /><br />When some prediction picks you <br />belief that really sticks you <br />anxiety can tighten the screws – <br />and then you start depending <br />on universal ending <br />instead of on your rational views.<br /><br />I hope that you avoided this <br />and thought it was a hoax <br />and stayed as neutral as the Swiss, <br />and laughed at Mayan jokes -- <br /><br />instead of peeing blood like me, and <br />bleeding chartreuse. <br />I’ve got the Mayan doomsday calendar blues: <br /><br />Those feathered-serpent stone-carved long-count <br />calendar blues -- <br />the news was all over the news. <br />Yes, Q'uq'umatz may now consume the world <br />and then snooze, <br />But Mayans only brought me the blues – <br />Those hooker-making, mushroom-taking, <br />nights fueled with booze – <br />the Mayans only brought me the blues: <br />the Mayan doomsday calendar blues.<br /><br />Marcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07391731816184313020noreply@blogger.com