Metamorphoses of the Dream (708 hits)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (View user info) at 2005-02-12 00:04:26 EST
I
The man who was damned to live,
A fear to himself-
Rambler of the lazy wood.
Falling over his own legs.
Too dumb for regret.
Too sick to re-swallow his own vomit and like it.
Forever in conversation with the Dream,
the horne'd caller
dangling in lucid flight.
Ariel the doom-fairy does battle with the gargling toad:
All the world flashes under the lightning of their might-
Steady in the calm equilibrium of night.
These words that we churn will soon return
as a boomerang in flight-
As we speak the lies of our shaded eyes
amidst a flickering light.
Giving life a form-
Giving form a name,
Spouting crystal curses into a blackened space.
We are the pilots of Time-
Harnessing the clouds of the purple sky.
The queen bee with her electric sting
hides among the lilacs
and blows us kisses in our sleep.
On gelatin beds of a Chanceful Chemistry
we swim in a clear chlorine pool-
The moon weeps down in the deep,
A cold, clean sapphire jewel
that on waking we cannot keep.
II
All the arts and creations of man are but a lease of time,
an abstract formation in the face of the void
doomed to collapse 'neath the wrecking balls of change.
May the membrance of my life fall by the wayside-
Erease this sentence and start again.
III
Floating up on the vaulted heights of the music-
that soul-searching music that swings from the heavens;
I'm becoming the music.
A stiff wind rushes like river of decomposed song,
a myriad of blended notes,
ever-changing sound.
I see the colors of the air,
currents of psychedelica,
a calm, sparkling waterfall,
and mosses that look to be a breathing creature.
The breeze blows stronger now through me,
and for an instant of silent tranquility
I am swept away by its majesty.
I am one with the elements:
transparent to the air,
bleeding to the ground,
speaking to the trees.
I am chilled by the flight of my soul.
Such is the voice of the gods.
IV
Flesh is the electric wrapping-paper of the soul-
A consumer of fire,
A pilot light of loose energies,
Excited marriage of atoms,
Hot-blooded tissues-
Life locked in a frame of bones,
Rolling from the fog of God's eternal breath.
Swelling outward into the depths of existence-
Losing momentum and collapsing back again.
Nature is breathing,
Exploding into Life:
BIG BANG and the slow, spiraling collapse
back to singularity.
V
In the passage through the fleshy interior
the consciousness spirals into focus,
into spacial heaven-
the body's observation tower
above and beyond the electricellular ground.
Out...out we ooze,
squeezing our way
like a cannon-ball from the womb
into sun-lit fields
to bask in the light of Truth
and stillness...
Slowly buying back Reality
with Love rather than money.
It was as if by living in containment
we had lost it.
Now the self stretches out before us
like the fruits of a long harvest
to be and only to be
in peace for eternity...
User Reviews
Submitted by LadyPlural (user info) at 2005-02-12 22:10:58 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
LAY OFF OF THE FUCKIN' ACID, MAN!
But don't if it contributed anything to this post. Me likey.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-02-12 18:55:50 EST (#)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-02-12 09:32:36 (#)
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"Oh, shit! Quick, hit him with the huge fucking, fuck-off, behemouth, titanic fucking huge-ass canoe-looking fuckng guitar before he hurts somebody!"
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I like. Mind if I steal it?
This was awesome.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-02-12 17:35:35 EST (#)
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Thanks GLALL, I "?%FV?GH?aA?#t.A>?Dra.%^?" your work as well.
Thanks to the rest as well. Glad you enjoyed.
Submitted by GodLovesALittleLovin (user info) at 2005-02-12 15:36:06 EST (#)
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?%FV?GH?aA?#t.A>?Dra.%^?
tjatkil
that means I like it.
Submitted by The_Sorrow (user info) at 2005-02-12 13:40:38 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
You are one freakishly disturbed human being that must seek help very, very fast. But so am I so here you go. BAM +2
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-02-12 10:38:58 EST (#)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-02-12 00:53:49 (#)
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Submitted by gob_bluth (user info) at 2005-02-12 00:33:43 (#)
Ranking: -2
i knew i wouldn't read this before i clicked the link
white person
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I will remember that the next time I click on one of your posts. Thanks. Do you always spread the seeds of your ignorance so indiscriminately, or am I just lucky?
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It's indiscriminate. He nailed me on 6 of my posts tonight.
Submitted by drfeggphd (user info) at 2005-02-12 10:31:17 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by TheSunGod (user info) at 2005-02-12 10:22:24 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
wow, good stuff. this kind of poem really isn't my style, but it was well-written, insightful, and very enjoyable. i like the mix of mystical, organic, and modern images and the way they flow into and out of each other. you obviously put a lot of thought into it for it to come out so smooth, yet it still retains a feeling of stream-of-consciousness.
"A" for both effort and execution.
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2005-02-12 09:53:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
"Shit dude, they want me to pull over. What side of the road do you guys drive on again?"
...sounds of door opening then slamming, followed by the pitter patter of retard running...
[shouted from distance]"Was that ok? Did I do it right?"
Submitted by MANICMOTHER (user info) at 2005-02-12 09:52:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I love it, really. I didn't know you had it in you.
Depths of a person's soul show through the ignorance of the masses gathered
Gaining light and perspective, it rages through the idiocy of Man
Capturing and destroying the useless made to seem necessary by Society
Oh what foul, undeveloped minds will curse at you for bringing this light
Searching only for the base, animalistic happiness
And scorning that which would bring them true Understanding
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-02-12 09:32:36 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
"Oh, shit! Quick, hit him with the huge fucking, fuck-off, behemouth, titanic fucking huge-ass canoe-looking fuckng guitar before he hurts somebody!"
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2005-02-12 07:27:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
"Dude, that's a nice retard."
"Thanks."
"No problem. I think he's trying to eat the Mexican midget band though..."
Submitted by Calios (user info) at 2005-02-12 06:17:46 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
nice
Submitted by Stin (user info) at 2005-02-12 05:01:04 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I love your use of language.
Submitted by Wazza (user info) at 2005-02-12 01:51:47 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
very good,enjoyed that!
Submitted by Triplexus (user info) at 2005-02-12 01:26:02 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I myself have assembled a small portfolio of poetry here at http://www.ubersite.com. This poem in particular might not have captured the essence of life to the extent that "Life, The Meaning Of" was able to, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
All joking aside, though, this poem was very well written.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-02-12 00:53:49 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by gob_bluth (user info) at 2005-02-12 00:33:43 (#)
Ranking: -2
i knew i wouldn't read this before i clicked the link
white person
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I will remember that the next time I click on one of your posts. Thanks. Do you always spread the seeds of your ignorance so indiscriminately, or am I just lucky?
Submitted by wardy (user info) at 2005-02-12 00:35:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
you are my hero.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/59209
Submitted by gob_bluth (user info) at 2005-02-12 00:33:43 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
i knew i wouldn't read this before i clicked the link
white person
Submitted by Kre8rix (user info) at 2005-02-12 00:06:43 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Very nice