Saturday, June 14, 2008

A Psalm by Saul

The door opens and it is David
always David

laughing, careless,
white and red
.

David!

But the women sing his myriads
and shower him with unearned love
and the spirit of the Lord
whispers on his shoulder.


Once it was I who heard that Voice,
thin and certain,
my madness most divine.

But the L-rd of course

prefers the perfect.


And David? Where is my David?

Let him come and fill
my head

with psalms instead of ravings,

beautiful rose-red David

with the crystal eyes.

But he ducks away and then is gone.


Turn away. And tear away my mantle-scrap

like the promise of redemption.


Let me forget what is to come.


Monday, June 02, 2008

Song Fu

Hey, go check this out. And by check out, I mean 'vote for Cloakie' because it would be a crime if the practically plagaristic Eileen person were to advance and Cloakie did not.

Mike and I decided that it looked like so much fun that we each came up with a sitcom of our own. Mine is 'Suburban Ninja': An ordinary housewife who, for reasons mysterious, dresses as a ninja and likes to make the crazy hands. Watch as otherwise banal, but simple, tasks become ridiculously complicated and humiliating when they are done with attempts at ninjary! His is the story of an old businessman who, upon retirement, decides to join a wolf-pack (entitled, of course, 'Julian of the Wolves'). To add conflict, we gave him a bunch of inheritance-hungry relations. The theme song for that one would go something like this, set to wolf howls and harmonica by somebody with actual musical talent, over a scene of wolves howling and Julian playing his harmonica:

Why grow old in Florida,
Golfing all day long,
When you can find a family
And join their happy song?
Yes, you can spend your golden years
With all your lupine friends.
You'll live and love and laugh and learn-
The adventure never ends.