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There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.
Yes we’ll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we’ll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.
by Shel Silverstein
The steel mill sky is alive.
The fire breaks white and zigzag
shot on a gun-metal gloaming.
Man is a long time coming.
Man will yet win.
Brother may yet line up with brother:
This old anvil laughs at many broken hammers.
There are men who can’t be bought.
The fireborn are at home in fire.
The stars make no noise,
You can’t hinder the wind from blowing.
Time is a great teacher.
Who can live without hope?
In the darkness with a great bundle of grief
the people march.
In the night, and overhead a shovel of stars for keeps, the people
march:
“Where to? what next?”
— Carl Sandberg
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“Thank you veddy much.” Kaufman was a brief comedic comet blazing on by and out too soon. Damn. And the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson was bright, beautiful and over too soon. I watched Jimmy Fallon do it only once and I never returned. He was going to interview Jimmy Page but the 4 minute moment arrived at the very end of an excruciating formulaic soul suck I had to sit through until the end. I never watched the Tonight Show again. I heard Fallon has left the building and I don’t know who is sitting there now.
Geez,that was out and out fantastic. Thanks so much!!
🎶 🎸 The King, yes the King,
He died in his throne 🚽,
He died on his throne,
In his hooooome! 🏰
Near as I can tell, Kaufman started, or at least popularized, the whole Elvis impersonation fad (though I suppose Elvis’ death did a lot to fuel it). That’s a pretty enormous cultural impact, when you think about it.