Monday, November 26, 2012

parting words



kicks, part 2



kicks, you heard me
don't tell me what to do
just for a thrill

because that's what it's all about
maybe i do

"start over, she has how many daddies?"

let me go lover
kiss me you mad fool
just for a thrill

daddies
she can't come to the phone
that's just the way it is

i'm over at jenny's
never in a million billion years
i'm not doing it

lover
no dad
maybe

i said, maybe
let me go lover
dad who?

i'm over at jenny's

"daddy like mommy and daddy, or daddy like sugar daddy?"

kiss me you mad fool

hi mom
hi mom
you can't tell me what to do


Sunday, November 25, 2012

kicks, part 1



you can't tell me what to do
she can't come to the phone
just for a thrill

maybe i do
just for a thrill
jenny doesn't have a mom

she can't come to the phone
kicks man
that's what it's all about

i'm over at jenny's
jenny doesn't have a mom
i told you, at jenny's

kicks baby
never in a million years
let me go lover

never in a million years
never in a million years
that's what it's all about

kiss me you mad fool
kiss me you mad fool
hi mom

jenny doesn't have a mom
she just has her kicks
she can't come to the phone

no, no mom
hi mom
no, no dad either



Friday, November 23, 2012

Andriy Antonovskiy





the sorrows of colonel murchison



honour and pride would have deterred him
from melancholy reflexions concerning my unhappy circumstances
honour and pride would have deterred him

but the melancholy reflexions concerning my unhappy circumstances
in the gloom and loneliness which surrounded him
enraged at his insolence

she applied her eloquence to an ill purpose
i have made acquaintance with the best
in the gloom and loneliness which surrounded me

she applied her eloquence to an ill purpose
in the gloom and loneliness which surrounded her
her reputation will not suffer any detriment

such melancholy occasions as the present
this unequal and unexpected assault
by other worthless and nefarious characters

delighted by a young officer
i have made acquaintance with the best
honour and pride would not have deterred me

enraged at his insolence
which had thus exposed her to his rage
this unequal and unexpected assault

enraged at his insolence
in the gloom and loneliness which surrounded him
her reputation will not suffer any detriment

this unequal and unexpected assault
on such melancholy occasions as the present
abandoning yourself to despair


sources: the castle of otranto; tom jones; amelia; roderick random; humphry clinker; the monk; jack sheppard, by harrison ainsworth; waverley; ivanhoe; oliver twist; dombey and son; vanity fair; barry lyndon


Thursday, November 22, 2012

there they go



innocence and incomprehension, part 2



bad roads,cold winds,and threatening clouds
a liberality which sprang from no principle
very agreeable and amusing sometimes

those pitiful, silly friends of yours
a total indifference to the whole business
but a very promising young man

a good deal of sad ostentation
a total indifference to the whole business

"deal with it, catherine, we must get through this day somehow"

a very promising young man
that requires a person of taste

"you know, sometimes i feel - oh, i don't know what i feel!"

those pitiful, silly friends of yours
all flutter and happiness
it was racetime

the event was still more unfortunate
with a fixed and most prejudiced hatred
very agreeable and amusing sometimes

bad roads, cold winds, and threatening clouds
ready to perish with cold
the event was still more unfortunate

very unfortunate indeed
the roads turned to mud
the sad ostentation degenerated into positively pathetic pretension

all flutter and happiness
that required a person of taste
bad roads, cold winds, and threatening clouds


sources: the mysteries of udolpho; evelina; the wanderer, by fannt burney; sense and sensibility; emma; discipline, by mary brunton; the tenant of wildfell hall; agnes grey; jane eyre; wuthering heights; cranford; wives and daughters, by mrs gaskell; miss marjoribanks,by mrs oliphant.


Wednesday, November 21, 2012

goodbye



innocence and incomprehension, part 1



not merely in her bloom
such a height of self-abnegation as that
his great professional attention to her

from the general drift of his discourse
i was, of course, excluded
as i am no great friend to the mystical

by dint of great muscular exertion
too amusing to be abandoned
with some ridiculous speeches of sorrow and disappointment

"calm yourself,madam, we have no need of dramatics here"

how did you like the master?
she shrunk away from him a little

i was, of course, excluded
too amusing to be abandoned
with the utmost difficulty to restrain my tears

the utmost difficulty to control my pitiful weakness
i am no great friend to the mystical
but his great professional attention to her

"ring for the maid, please, get her some water"

shrinking away from him a little
i was, of course, excluded

too amusing to be abandoned
i was, of course, excluded
how did i like the master?

such a depth of self-abnegation as that
i am no great friend to the mystical
i am no great friend to the mystical

(she softly withdrew from the chamber)

sources: the mysteries of udolpho; evelina; the wanderer, by fannt burney; sense and sensibility; emma; discipline, by mary brunton; the tenant of wildfell hall; agnes grey; jane eyre; wuthering heights; cranford; wives and daughters, by mrs gaskell; miss marjoribanks,by mrs oliphant.



Sunday, November 18, 2012

repeat, acknowledge



in america, part 2


speak english
why should i
you're in america now

you're just a kid
that's right don't listen
act stupid

tell me about it
and i'm like
goddammit

oh my god
yo
pay attention

i'll take some of that
praise god
is it asking too much

stop playing with your hair
he's cute
goddamnit!

i've had just about enough
and then she starts in again

"i'll talk any way i want"

and she goes
tell me about it
and then she knows

dude
yo
god damn it

Friday, November 16, 2012

Andriy Antonovskiy


MINT!


in america, part 1


i'd go for that
i hear you
kids these days

tell me about them
kids
i hear you

tell me about it
and she goes
speak english

dude
and then she's
yo

i'll take that
i'll take that
my good man

speak english
you're in america now
yo

and she goes

"show a little respect"

you're in america now
and i'm like

tell me about it
and she goes
oh my god

and i'm like
we're in america now

Monday, November 5, 2012

gather

my generation, part 2


are you still talking, mayberry?

put some more cream in it
and stop talking

his face was a mask
a maze
of conflicting opinions

a creamy swirl
a whirling mask
no less

cream
maze
opinions

in my shoes
more or less
more or less

some people think
my regeneration
has no face

"what do you think, sir?"

he stood amazed
beneath the willow tree
struck by lightning

listen
behind the mask
lost in the maze

without a face
no cream?

my generation, part 1

generate

"i am very disappointed in you, mayberry"

it is nearly time
no one is interested in your opinion

rant away
shoes
no less

tree
on all cylinders
brogans

on all cylinders indeed
a masked man
don't get too near

a spinning cylinder
nearly blinded
generate it, man

listen carefully
the end is near
under the trees

faces
in the spinning cylinders
with no shoes

listen
to the trees
my generation

face it
listen

kicks