tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876636361277657772024-03-13T14:59:27.478-04:00Urbanality"If you would be a poet, write living newspapers. Be a reporter from outer space, filing dispatches to some supreme managing editor who believes in full disclosure and has a low tolerance for bullshit".................. Lawrence FerlinghettiSteven Marty Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025403178005766557noreply@blogger.comBlogger201125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387663636127765777.post-87244781329150245952017-04-02T17:00:00.000-04:002017-04-03T11:50:09.887-04:00Mechanical Perturbation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-djbD8oPiRrtcpEs1ETG5KDvFvTKd88T6G6RQmzsYC3v9ds5Pew8X2KGZdwdxgbhJuagUTRWAD3NbELcjNQI7-LELOBDCM2L-R0ACDacRADAVLAwJetY4h7xJeUameU_jiao9ux1SRAXW/s1600/heart-angiogram_986_600x450.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487947883397581602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-djbD8oPiRrtcpEs1ETG5KDvFvTKd88T6G6RQmzsYC3v9ds5Pew8X2KGZdwdxgbhJuagUTRWAD3NbELcjNQI7-LELOBDCM2L-R0ACDacRADAVLAwJetY4h7xJeUameU_jiao9ux1SRAXW/s400/heart-angiogram_986_600x450.jpg" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 130%;"><strong>Mechanical Perturbation</strong></span><br />
<br />
From three thousand miles away<br />
a heartbeat is difficult to detect.<br />
The insulation of distance mutes<br />
the sound of sinus rhythms as they fade.<br />
<br />
My first car had a bad fuel pump,<br />
the diaphragm membrane developed<br />
a hole and the car began to lose power.<br />
As the hole grew, the engine got weaker<br />
until one day it just stopped.<br />
<br />
The day you gave me my first “A”<br />
I think my heart skipped a beat.<br />
The wall of doubt had its first crack<br />
and you’d handed me the hammer.<br />
<br />
A new fuel pump for a 1963 VW Bus<br />
is not a stock item so I had to wait<br />
almost a week for the part to arrive.<br />
I used the extra time to change<br />
the oil and adjust the valves.<br />
<br />
The first heart transplant took place<br />
in 1964. For lack of a suitable donor<br />
they used a chimpanzee heart;<br />
the patient lived for a little over an hour.<br />
<br />
If they can't find a donor, your heart<br />
may stop before I hear it beat again.<br />
Cedars-Sinai is apparently out of stock,<br />
and chimp hearts are no longer used.<br />
I’m not sure how to fill the wait time.<br />
<br />
I got rid of the VW bus years ago,<br />
replacement fuel pump and all.<br />
The wall is mostly rubble now;<br />
all I’m left with is your hammer,<br />
and three thousand miles of silence.<br />
<br />
(Re-posted from Notes & Grace Notes)Steven Marty Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025403178005766557noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387663636127765777.post-49701669684623292252017-03-31T11:46:00.000-04:002017-04-03T11:52:26.600-04:00Pressure Cooker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">the boiling point of faith is<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Gods and their minions tend to boil<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">over easier and with more frequency<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">as the pressure of life’s uncertainty<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Force equals mass times<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">acceleration. The force required<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">for flying metal to separate<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">human limbs from the body<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">of the human in question.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The break point for an eight year old<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">is less than that of an exchange student<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">or an adult woman but all will break<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">if sufficient force is applied. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Nails, ball bearings and gunpowder,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ignited in a pressurized environment,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">will achieve the required velocity<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">and generate more than enough force<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">to break most humans along with</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">most of my faith </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">in humankind. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">SMG <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Tallahassee<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When the hands
of the clock<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">are flipping
you off,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">its face a
twisted smile, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and escape
to the bottle<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">has
drowned the words<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">that once
intoxicated you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When lust
is merely a metaphor,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">love a
long distance call<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and your
voice has turned<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to autumn
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">that
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That is
when the night<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">becomes
only darkness<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and the
call of that bottle<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">fills the
spaces in between</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">the
sunlight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>SMG</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A knock
on the door<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">that
echoed in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the unreachable
distance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
last indelible image<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">of my
love as you faded<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">in the darkness<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">of a back bedroom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
foreboding<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">that
swarmed me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ignored, in favor of<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">an
agenda long forgotten.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
immediacy of the day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">superseding the years<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">of
sacrifice in my favor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
hours spent<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">playing
catch in the absence<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">of a
grandfather or father<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">not
otherwise engaged.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You
were love and acceptance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">in my
eyes and when you passed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I was
passive and afraid.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Betrayed
by a single weak vessel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">in that
brain that I so admired,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">you lay
helpless, a state<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">that
was an anathema<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to
everything I knew you to be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Forgive
me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">for not
kicking<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">that
goddamn door down<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and
carrying you to the help<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">that
might have saved you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and all
that you were to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">SMG<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Times Square Lament </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The heavy days of New York summer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">sit and wait with me on the train platform</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and remind me how far I am from you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here at the confluence of Broadway,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Seventh Avenue and 42nd Street;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">the eastern terminus of the Lincoln Highway,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I stand and strain my eyes westward in vain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My picture memory has expired</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">with time -- with distance,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and you continue to fall away;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">another sun below my horizon.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">You said my dalliances were unforgiveable,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and you never understood my need for time</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">apart, though I always came back to you.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I tried to call and confess my love</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">but the buskers drum and taxi traffic beat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">made it near impossible for me to hear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I don’t belong here amongst the bad clichés,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Bubba Gump and “I Love NY” t-shirts.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I haven’t slept in almost two years</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and neon lights can’t replace the sun.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This city is a cheap whore</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and Times Square is where she tricks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">the gullible as they climb off the bus.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Moriarty’s ghost haunts me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and beckons me back to the road;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">back to your long golden embrace.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Please forgive me my love</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and help me find my way back</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">across the broken heartland between us</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and back home to you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>SMG </strong></span>Steven Marty Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025403178005766557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387663636127765777.post-35749310343068396182015-04-01T12:00:00.000-04:002015-04-01T13:19:59.897-04:00Label Whore<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Label Whore</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Please feel free to leave comments as feedback is always welcome; good and bad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thank you</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">SMG</span></strong>Steven Marty Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025403178005766557noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387663636127765777.post-14030062925396680562015-02-04T16:00:00.000-05:002015-02-04T16:16:07.549-05:00Knowing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Knowing</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><br /></span></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">You are not a choreographer but you make eyes dance across pages; draw beautiful pictures with your words. They sing to their readers and perform amazing verbal plays. You don’t fold papers but you bend phrases into magical birds of flight. Your whisper is soft assonance, your cry, crafted consonance. You twist steel metaphors into wild animals and weave words like a Panama hat maker. You don’t cook but you tantalize the pallets of those starving for creativity and culture. You remove dead literary appendages with buzz saw tenacity and sew disparate pieces into a fine tapestry. You don’t carve ice; you chip away bits of frozen heart and color the leaves of fall with artisan adjectives. You are languid and lithe in a gown of Longfellow with Langston Hu(gh)es. You do not make wine or brew beer but we drink in your elixir of verse and become intoxicated on the bouquet and effervescence. You create images that stick and emotions that dissolve sweet and savory on the tongue. You are a poet!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>SMG</strong></span><br />
<br />Steven Marty Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025403178005766557noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387663636127765777.post-65428361072164696312015-01-05T17:13:00.000-05:002015-02-01T16:31:44.857-05:00From the Brooklyn Side<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">From the Brooklyn Side<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
dusk climbed behind me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">as
motorists and pedestrians<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">moved steadily
west and east<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">across
the Williamsburg Bridge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They
traversed the grey steel,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">above the
flood and ebb-tides,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">in a
ritual as old as the city.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Below,
the East River roiled;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a rough
mix from the tail waters<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">of Harlem
and the Bronx Kill. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">From
the apex of the bridge<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
watched the sun burn down<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the
Manhattan skyline and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">slowly drown in the Hudson.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
recalled the Whitman poem<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<a href="http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/Classic%20Poems/Whitman/crossing_brooklyn_ferry.htm"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Crossing
Brooklyn Ferry</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and
felt the ties between us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the
distance, the gray walls<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">of
granite and glass loomed;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">today
and a hundred years hence <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">SMG<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
Steven Marty Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025403178005766557noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387663636127765777.post-82036525175140041082014-12-02T10:00:00.000-05:002014-12-02T12:00:18.175-05:00Lost Forever<strong></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgscvKXirDR05DAzaijb4V9PUwgff9M4uGYgX_8MGp_YxSS6EDOnJcYSv83zmRI9UtuSFBOQplTf9aP0p3pH518sVSjNmUU1QHx3bonilqkCWuDyFYDBqJZ5tMkDKPyFj98dJO12quev05X/s1600/sunrise.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgscvKXirDR05DAzaijb4V9PUwgff9M4uGYgX_8MGp_YxSS6EDOnJcYSv83zmRI9UtuSFBOQplTf9aP0p3pH518sVSjNmUU1QHx3bonilqkCWuDyFYDBqJZ5tMkDKPyFj98dJO12quev05X/s400/sunrise.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480455294843240594" style="display: block; height: 293px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<strong>Lost Forever</strong><br />
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At sunrise<br />
God breathes<br />
fire and smoke<br />
into azure mourning,<br />
as the demiurge groans<br />
back into motion.<br />
<br />
Last night<br />
the world stopped,<br />
dreams and motivations<br />
became paper icons<br />
engulfed in pyre flashes;<br />
Ashes to ashes<br />
<br />
As light slowly<br />
pries loose the last<br />
fingers of night<br />
clinging to the landscape,<br />
the shine of innocence<br />
appears tarnished and tired.<br />
<br />
Last night<br />
a hero became mortal<br />
human, uncoiled,<br />
glint of his armor<br />
dulled with rust;<br />
dust to dust<br />
<br />
The midday sun<br />
hangs, half mast<br />
in the horizon,<br />
weakly illuminating<br />
yet another void,<br />
a diminished world.<br />
<br />
Last night<br />
God blinked,<br />
in that omnisecond,<br />
The words fell silent<br />
inspiration stolen;<br />
Amen<br />
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(Excerpt from "Another Hotel Room")</div>
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<br />
Fifth Avenue:<br />
Umbrellas bob<br />
down the sidewalk<br />
like drunken<br />
Chinese lanterns<br />
and a cool wind<br />
has invaded in<br />
from the north.<br />
<br />
Summer’s anger<br />
still seethes<br />
below street level<br />
but today refused<br />
to bare its teeth,<br />
opting to stay dry<br />
in the warm refuge<br />
of the train tunnels.<br />
<br />
A week ago,<br />
I was a stick of butter<br />
greasing 23rd Street<br />
on my walk to work,<br />
and this morning<br />
I was treated to a<br />
coming-attractions reel<br />
for Fall of New York.Steven Marty Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025403178005766557noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387663636127765777.post-79502391316815468182014-07-11T12:30:00.000-04:002014-07-11T12:48:49.446-04:00Doldrums<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUO9OuOSl34AVVV945SDExlzAUEA1-YwMbZOQE_gI5tlMnZLWUuN841JbiRt8y9U6svLZrvCF6ec4e7U421bguuQfz0ksL9uPD3RUqewnAgmm-CEApsjPP0tyV4w-P2VXUv2sNKGFvVu4w/s1600/Thuderstorm.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUO9OuOSl34AVVV945SDExlzAUEA1-YwMbZOQE_gI5tlMnZLWUuN841JbiRt8y9U6svLZrvCF6ec4e7U421bguuQfz0ksL9uPD3RUqewnAgmm-CEApsjPP0tyV4w-P2VXUv2sNKGFvVu4w/s320/Thuderstorm.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491668670825665826" style="float: right; height: 320px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 215px;" /></a>July rains<br />
baptize garbage piles<br />
on 26th street<br />
then evaporate<br />
to twilight steam.<br />
<br />
September’s still<br />
beyond the horizon,<br />
the soft shores of Spring<br />
a distant dream<br />
in my wake.<br />
<br />
The Doldrums<br />
of Gotham Summer<br />
have becalmed my ship<br />
and I am adrift<br />
on this graffiti sea.<br />
<br />
Adorned in albatross,<br />
I will navigate<br />
august Manhattan’s<br />
burning quiescence<br />
and trade for Fall.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Manhattan
is a grey and grand alter to a color-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">less god that I no longer care to worship I
sing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">hallelujah with the bums in <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Madison
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Square</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">and my tithes go for pigeon feed
and a copy of</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>newspaper<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>said God was dead <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">lost but then I found that the subway was che-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">aper than a cab<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and a helluva lot<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>faster in tra-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ffic St. Anselm <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>told <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>me
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>could <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>think
of no</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">place <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>better <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
can’t begin to conceive that</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">philosophy can be easily seduced by Wall Street</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">and all night bars only to wake with a headache</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">and rumpled clothes make the
man I’m just an-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">other temple whore a little past <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>my expiration </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">with <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>small <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>apartment
and very high rent for a</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">place on <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jersey<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>side<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of the Hudson could</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">save me
a few<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>bucks and would <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>afford
me an</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">unobstructed view of that grand and grey alter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">we call Manhattan<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sometimes there’s just no poetry<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">you sit and watch the clock and the<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">steady movement of the hands slo-<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">wly reach <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>out <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in search <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of a drink<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">is <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>close <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>love as<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you can<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>get<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">lost in the faces of strangers as they<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">pass <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>street signs speak<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">foreign words and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>remind <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you of<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">how far you are from home is only<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">a memory fading like bright colors<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">in the sun faints<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>again <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>app-<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">roach of the darkness does not care<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">that you are alone in this room wat-<br />ch</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ing the hands of the clock.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><br /><strong>SMG</strong></span></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Winter Night in Midtown<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">34th Street<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">is glazed in sleet<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">and the reflected lights<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">of the city dissolve</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">in the wetness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">New York<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">has no face<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">on nights like these,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">just umbrella bobs<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">and collars turned<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">against the damp <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">and chill.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The city is a poem<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">and winter is writing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">a dark new verse</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">not fully </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">understood</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">until </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">morning reveals<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">the metaphor<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Steven Marty Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025403178005766557noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387663636127765777.post-39435370627241691202014-04-12T14:54:00.000-04:002014-04-17T23:48:09.115-04:00Cookie Jar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Steven Marty Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025403178005766557noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387663636127765777.post-61085718386046576832014-04-11T21:00:00.000-04:002014-04-17T23:48:41.235-04:00Ladies Night at the Bauhaus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Ladies Night at the Bauhaus</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The forms of these women tend </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">to<br />fail the function test but the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">aesth-<br />etics and hedonists never </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">did sit<br />together in school I let Ezra </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">pound<br />modernism into my brain until </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I<br />questioned everything I learned on</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sunday Kandinsky waxed theosop-<br />hical </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">while feverishly waving a pro-<br />tractor </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and paintbrush in the air of<br />post-war </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Germany’s zeitgeist ornam-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">entation </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">gave way to the function</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">al<br />man will </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">occasionally impractically</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">fall for the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">aesthetic form of a woman<br />with no </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">regard for the school to which</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>SMG</strong></span>Steven Marty Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025403178005766557noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387663636127765777.post-72614886436623212942014-04-10T11:19:00.000-04:002014-04-17T23:49:40.377-04:00Streets of Philadelphia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This is a “found poem” loosely based on the D’Verse Poet’s writing prompt found <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://dversepoets.com/2013/10/03/form-for-all-sorted-books/">here</a>. </b>Each phrase is an unedited Bruce Springsteen song title arranged to (hopefully) form a poem of sorts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When I need to make sense of it all, I go back to the beginning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I throw out the poetry textbooks and all my lecture notes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I ignore the voice in my head that keeps repeating “imagery,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cadence, structure and rhyme”.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I go back to </span><a href="http://roomspimp.blogspot.com/2012/12/bluebird-by-charles-bukowski.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bluebird</span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and </span><a href="http://roomspimp.blogspot.com/2012/12/roll-dice-by-charles-bukowski.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Roll the Dice</span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. I go back to that place</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">where my passion was born, where the muse first gave me a wink</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and the gods showed me words that could kick like a mule</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and kiss me like no woman I had ever known.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I forget about submission guidelines and contributors’ copies.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I pour myself a tall glass of cheap scotch cut with ice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and drink until I don’t give a shit, until I’m ready to wipe my ass</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">with rejection letters and can vomit up years of advice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It’s then that I remember the women I’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ve</span> fucked</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and the ones that have fucked me. I think about the pain</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and failure that's refined me, then I take another sip and say</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“but I’m still here”, and I smile at the gentle tinkle of ice and glass.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;">“Some days more than others”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;">“I don’t like to sleep alone”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong>SMG</strong></span></div>
Steven Marty Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025403178005766557noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387663636127765777.post-60553098800320692592014-04-06T23:37:00.000-04:002014-04-17T23:53:30.663-04:00The Major Arcana<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1 ~ The Magician<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the broken pieces<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">of silver like regret.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">your miracles, your belief,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">your redemption?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lay your hands on<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">this heart appliquéd<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">upon my sleeve, until<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">it beats and dances again<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pray for me now,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2 ~ The High Priestess<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<strong>Big In Japan</strong><br />
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Winter's cityside, crystal bits of snowflakes <br />
All around my head and in the wind <br />
I had no illusions that I'd ever find <br />
A glimpse of summer's heatwaves in your eyes<br />
You did what you did to me<br />
Now it's history I see <br />
Here's my comeback on the road again <br />
Things will happen while they can <br />
I will wait here for my man tonight<br />
It's easy when you're big in Japan <br />
<br />
When you're big in Japan, tonight <br />
Big in Japan, be tight <br />
Big in Japan, where the Eastern sea's so blue <br />
Big in Japan, alright <br />
Pay, then I'll sleep by your side <br />
Things are easy when you're big in Japan <br />
When you're big in Japan...<br />
<br />
Neon on my naked skin <br />
Passing silhouettes <br />
Of strange illuminated mannequins <br />
Shall I stay here at the zoo <br />
Or shall I go and change my point of view <br />
For other ugly scenes <br />
You did what you did to me<br />
Now it's history I see<br />
Things will happen while they can <br />
I will wait here for my man tonight<br />
It's easy when you're big in Japan<br />
<br />
When you're big in Japan, tonight <br />
Big in Japan, be tight <br />
Big in Japan, oo the Eastern sea's so blue <br />
Big in Japan, alright <br />
Pay, then I'll sleep by your side <br />
Things are easy when you're big in Japan <br />
When you're big in Japan, tonight <br />
Big in Japan, be tight <br />
Big in Japan, oo the Eastern sea's so blue <br />
Big in Japan, alright <br />
Pay, then I'll sleep by your side <br />
Things are easy when you're big in Japan <br />
When you're big in Japan <br />
<br />
When you're big in Japan, tonight <br />
Big in Japan, be tight <br />
Big in Japan, oo the Eastern sea's so blue <br />
Big in Japan, alright <br />
Pay, then I'll sleep by your side <br />
Things are easy when you're big in Japan <br />
When you're big in Japan Steven Marty Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025403178005766557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387663636127765777.post-59956620979040091412014-02-16T23:58:00.002-05:002014-02-17T00:05:00.330-05:00Monday Music Break ~ Featuring @KansasBand ~ The Wall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>The Wall</strong><br />
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I'm woven in a fantasy, I can't believe the things I see<br />
The path that I have chosen now has led me to a wall<br />
And with each passing day I feel a little more like something dear was lost<br />
It rises now before me, a dark and silent barrier between<br />
All I am and all that I would ever want to be<br />
It's just a travesty, towering, marking off the boundaries <br />
My spirit would erase<br />
<br />
To pass beyond is what I seek, I fear that I may be too weak<br />
And those are few who've seen it through to glimplse the other side<br />
The promised land is waiting like a maiden that is soon to be a bride<br />
The moment is a masterpiece, the weight of indecision's in the air<br />
It's standing there, the symbol and the sum of all that's me<br />
It's just a travesty, towering, blocking out the light and blinding me<br />
I want to see<br />
<br />
Gold and diamonds cast a spell, it's not for me to know it well<br />
The treasures that I seek are waiting on the other side<br />
There's more that I can measure in the treasure of the love that I can find<br />
And though it's always been with me<br />
I must tear down the wall let it be<br />
All I am, and all that I was ever meant to be, in harmony<br />
Shining true and smiling back at all who wait to cross<br />
There is no loss<br />
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I have posted both the studio recording (first video) and a live version which is a more current recording. The power of the song remains even if Steve's voice has lost some punch. Sadly, Kansas is one of the few bands that I never got to see in their prime (76-82). Kerry Livgren is, to this day, one of my favorite song writers. Steven Marty Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025403178005766557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387663636127765777.post-32678572934183092622014-02-14T07:00:00.000-05:002014-02-14T06:49:47.558-05:00Lupercalia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">would you let me lash you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">with goat hide dipped in blood?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">If a slip of chance intervened </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">and I had pulled your name</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">from the urn at city square,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">would our year together</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">still have ended in ever after?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">If Claudius II still ruled</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">separated from your affection,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">and vow with me before Valentine?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">If I fell captive at <place w:st="on">Agincourt</place></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">and was a prisoner of Henry V</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">‘til we could again embrace?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">If I bought you fine jewels</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">and composed an epic poem</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";">for you, my love, my Valentine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif";"><strong>SMG</strong></span></div>
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