Dark Eclipse Takes the Kitty Fall
It was strange
the cars,
like stand alones, all unoccupied,
dotting the dark wet stained streets,
the moon licking puddles
like a stray dog thirsty
checking its reflection
for a friend, yet no master -
It was strange
the cars,
like stand alones, all unoccupied,
dotting the dark wet stained streets,
alarms blaring, as if in warning
stay inside, stay inside, stay inside,
draw your blinds
light your holy candles
demons, like poets
surround us,
annoint your foreheads
with ash
and
holy oils,
kneel
by your bedsides
and recite
what you recall,
those poems in prayers
if at all,
repeat them
3 times,
light your holy candles
demons, like poets
surround us,
annoint your foreheads
with ash
and
holy oils,
the 1 carrying
the collection plate
like dogwood
has come to call,
and that 1
be assured,
will take all
like cards
for the kitty,
come the final call
and - well,
we’re on the other side
of the mirror
watching you all
dark matters
from bad unions
Suns and Moons
lost brides and
their wayward husbands
locked in their glass menageries
those crystal bardo cages,
intangible shadows
haunting like all hallows
watching you
for all eternities
taking the kitty fall
Candide Diderot. ‘24
“I didn't go to the moon, I went much further - for time is the longest distance between places…”
“The light bulb consumes itself as it gives light, doesn't it?
“Glass breaks so easily. No matter how careful you are.”
“Delusion sets them (people with charm) apart - it keeps them from understanding that the world is a big, dangerous place.”
“For nowadays the world is lit by lightning! Blow out your candles, Laura - and so, goodbye... “
“We have to have some entertainment in this house.”
"The Glass Menagerie"/Tennessee Williams (1944)
“It was a ballad I wrote which I called it ‘my wolf howling across the sea’. The time I was thinking about the moon, when you’re in one continent or one piece of land that when you see the moon it might be a different time as someone else is seeing it. I thought that if you could just send a message on the moon, someone else might see the moon and receive the message. You know, the idea of cycles and how we’re all connected but separate.” “Moon and Moon” (2 Suns)/Bat for Lashes (2009)
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Candide Diderot
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