Who Dat
gives me guidance
from a book of strong songs
histories, rules, and human goofs,
deep sin
Deep sin
in my pocket
jangles and annoys me
weighs down moves, co-opting space for
no lord
No lord
rules over me
but one whose name is nil
by his own device he's no one
who dat
I like the mix of apparent flippancy and profundity, and the circular progression to a satisfying conclusion that there are no satisfying conclusions...or perhaps no explainable ones. I never did agree with Dylan on that line about how "you got to serve somebody."
ReplyDeleteThe " concetti" are the best way to mean a strong idea as" you' re your own lord" using short sentence,so the sadness is drown in the beauty.
ReplyDeleteJoy,
ReplyDeleteThank you for carefully reading! My flippancy can be profound, and my profundity clownish. But we're among friends. (Just don't let others know).
I faltered in analyzing this for myself, but I came to the word 'sequence', which I guess this is a small example of.
Occasionally I find myself in line with Bob Dylan 'ideas', but more often with Dylan Thomas.
B.D. is like favorite food. Everyone really, really likes the stuff, but when I portion some on my plate, I find I can't quite finish.
TFool
Isabelle,
ReplyDeleteYes. Encapsulating an idea in short space does what the ancient, oral poets did -- memorize phrases that condense some reflexive emotional power. (So long as we allow our tongues to savor them).
And the -- let me credit the French! -- symbolist infusion of idea into succulent image -- so many times I've tried and fallen short!!
Trulyfool