[HT: OregonMuse @ Ace]
He thought he kept the universe alone;
For all the voice in answer he could wake
Was but the mocking echo of his own
From some tree-hidden cliff across the lake.
Some morning from the boulder-broken beach
He would cry out on life, that what it wants
Is not its own love back in copy speech,
But counter-love, original response.
And nothing ever came of what he cried
Unless it was the embodiment that crashed
In the cliff’s talus on the other side,
And then in the far distant water splashed,
But after a time allowed for it to swim,
Instead of proving human when it neared
And someone else additional to him,
As a great buck it powerfully appeared,
Pushing the crumpled water up ahead,
And landed pouring like a waterfall,
And stumbled through the rocks with horny tread,
And forced the underbrush–and that was all.
When all Earth’s seas shall Levitate,
Dark shawled within the skies,
Upon our eyes will Starfish dance
Their waltz of Blind surprise.
The sun will Rise within wine Dark
As Argonauts imbibed,
Whose drunken arms embrace that sleep
Where Phaeton’s horses Stride.
Upon all of Earth’s wind-sanded shores,
As dolphins Learn to soar,
All we once were on the land
Shall be sealed behind the door
Of Ivory and Chastened Gold,
That the Mystery solved complete
Shall never til the seas’ Long fall
Wake mariners from their sleep.
— Van der Leun
I CELEBRATE myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
I loafe and invite my soul,
I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.
My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’d from this soil, this
air,
Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their
parents the same,
I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,
Hoping to cease not till death.
— Walt Whitman
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
I have seen them riding seaward on the waves
Combing the white hair of the waves blown back
When the wind blows the water white and black.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
— The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot
Gerard Van der Leun
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The Vivaldi violin concerto is pleasantly ironic background music, but “Entrance of the Gladiators” would be fitting too:
Here it is, played by the U.S. Marine Band:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0105ht0yoc&ab_channel=UnitedStatesMarineBand
In the same genre with entertaining commentary, for those still on Facebook and wanting more.
https://m.facebook.com/story/graphql_permalink/?graphql_id=UzpfSTEwMDA0OTM5MTg2MDA3NDoxNTA2OTgzNDMyNTMyMjc%3D
These are the “soldiers” General Biden commands. lol
Only special retards stand in the way of 2 ton moving vehicles.
The police ain’t shooting enough of these sob’s
I prefer a Kinder, Gentler America…
Cars can kill;
Use re-education camps instead.
Have a nice day.
Quite uplifting!
Very special!!
Yeah, okay . . . but, but, but Trump! Racism!
I rather liked the ATV accident (jackass hits pedestrian, falls off ATV, ATV runs HIM over) as it proved a point I once made watching MotoGP with my Mrs. To wit: “It’s not a motorcycle accident until you fall off your bike, and your bike runs YOU over.” 🤦🏻♂️
Do the drivers who reverse or U-turn and go back for another get extra points?
I needed that. Laughed so hard I was crying. WooHoo!!!
My choice of soundtrack for that video montage would be the version of “Yackety Sax” that The Benny Hill Show used to humorous effect.
To Fat Matt…Yes.
Just like Bolshevik agitators. Creating chaos and discord.
The huge plume of pepper spray out the window as you drive along was a good idea.
I also loved the ATV dude!
But the entire thing warmed the cockles of my heart😂☺️❤️❤️!!!