On My Recent Lack of Prolixity

Since I went to a couple of beaches along the south atlantic coast (down Charleston way) this summer, I've found it difficult to muster the concentration to ideate and write a coherent essay longer than an extensive aphorism. So I'm going to just quit trying, then later it will be no problem. In the meantime, I'll send the briefer things that are happening.

& we'll begin with yesterdy's poem ^*^*^*^*^


Lamasery

Breaking the ice with an umbrella,
plunging in impulsively,
up to the neck.
15 minutes later, you exit,
old fella,
and soon you begin to steam.

Half your age,
I would already
be dead,
as I have not bothered
to learn
how to control (my)
mind.

-------Lp 9/28/06


This work was inspired while reading an incredible memoir, "Don't Fall Off the Mountain" -- the first by Shirley MacLaine, published in 1970. Her later writings, dealing more directly with reincarnation and spirituality, are more widely known and sometimes scoffed at, I suspect unfairly, by people who are uncomfortable with such topics and of course by know-nothings who will take any easy target they can get in their endless quest to appear witty.

But by all means get a copy of "Don't Fall Off the Mountain" & surprise yourself. Among other virtues, it contains the most illuminating take I've encountered on the pitfalls of fame,
and, more specifically, the 'can of peas' marketing mentality that permeates so much of the film biz.


Arcane Music Award --- The Ultimate Mellotron Band?
King Crimson on their first two or three albums, including
"In the Court of the Crimson King" & "In the Wake of Poseidon"