Thursday, July 7, 2011

3183. THE WISDOM OF THE SAINTS AND THE RHYTHM OF THE AGES

THE WISDOM OF THE
SAINTS and the

RHYTHM OF THE AGES

Take your pick : all the cards are on the table.
Norse sagas, Icelandic odes, Alaric and the
Goths, Romana Paxicana, fie, fie on both your
houses. Augustine and Benedict and Martin
Luther too. It's all and everywhere a shambles,
and sh-sh-shame on you. This old castle,
I only notice now, is built of newer nails.
-
Chambersburg and Hatteisford,
they both had the key. Drinking
whiskey from tumblers of glass,
we had the idea and we had a blast.
Now, a few weeks later, I awake still
groggy-eyed and realize it's 'civilzation'
itself stretched before me. All those old
lies and prevarications. Assassination
had to be. And, once more, take your
pick, all the cards are on the table.

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