rabble † rouser

when the dark comes here t o n ight to take me up to my front walk and into bed where it kissses my face and eats my head † no it won't be too soon before i say, g o o d n i g h t m o o n .

take fright

t e m e s k u l l

dusk til dawn

i went on a wild sheep chase across vast hi-ways and cheap saturday sun
& to the bone i am, i'm not your fortune-teller (don't move), my own.
i have dreams, and they are mine, and new ways each day of turning into stone.

platon i can

in laws of parsimony, and sure succinctness,
i cut off my hair with occam's razor and rid myself of
that funny little lock of love that ihad let grow in tangles;
a black brimmed hat my bowler cap,
the sun and my lightness were gold and unbearable 

you won't get through in time

car in front of me   k  i  c  k  e    d     upastone
a    n     d              i watched it float  ,     lazily
through a hole it coaxed in my windowshield
and   i    n    t   o  my skull, andinto mybrain .
and         i                   coasted mindlessly into
the red o o o o o o o o o ze flashing before me
that warned me             not to,              not to.

anthems

park that car/drop that phone/sleep on the floor/dream about us
park that car/drop that phone/sleep on the floor/dream about us
park that car/drop that phone/sleep on the floor/dream about us
park that car/drop that phone/sleep on the floor/dream about us
park that car/drop that phone/sleep on the floor/dream about us
park that car/drop that phone/sleep on the floor/dream about us
park that car/drop that phone/sleep on the floor/dream about us

used to be two of the rotten ones and i like us for that;
now we're all gone, got our makeups on and we's not coming back

"it was not long, however, before he had cause to regret his weakness."

Myths & Legends of Ancient Greece, Berens

 THAT OF PANDORA

"

The gods were so charmed with the graceful and artistic creation of Hephaestus, that they all determined to endow her with some special gift.  Hermes bestowed on her a smooth persuasive tongue, Aphrodite gave hear beauty and the art of pleasing; the Graces made her fascinating, and Athene gifted her with the possession of feminine accomplishments.  She was called Pandora, which means all-gifted, having received every attribute necessary to make her charming and irresistible.  Thus beautifully formed and endowed, this exquisite creature, attired by the Graces, and crowned with flowers by the Seasons, was conducted to the house of Epimetheus by Hermes the messenger of the gods.   

Now Epimetheus had been warned by his brother not to accept any gift whatever from the gods; but he was so fascinated by the beautiful being who suddenly appeared before him, that he welcomed her to his home, and made her his wife.

"

she was young, we met her before she rotted as women do & she in turn told us with cotton candy hands that MORE FAST MORE SAFE would fate us fame;
(he went on) but she grew into a deceiver and heels and we turned our wolves' take with dark eyes, sharp teeth, MORE FAST LESS SAFE.

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if you do a bump and you swing out wide/ drop a little bit beat it out make a fit

with love & squalor