I am Dogboy, hear me roar.
my friend bp wrote this. he is the best thing ever. He wrote a book too. here's his site
Monday, September 04, 2006
I AM DOGBOY -- HEAR ME ROAR
i'd like to believe if i was in a cave
i could draw daisies around
the hum and numb.
i'd like to believe we are
creatures
of great unfoldings.
that there is no end
to the unwraveling
of this mystery.
that beneath every opening
lies a flutter.
a butterfly's wings setting fire
to this world.
i'd like to believe
that there is
a revolution in a jar
burning bright
in her lap
as she swings
lazily.
drunk
with alabama's
snoozing.
a sketch of the south
and ice tea drinking
and porch swings
and cigar smoking.
the end to the twanging
day's tussle
with an ornery
freckle faced sun.
i play the lovesick.
i play the hardass.
i play the earnest.
i play the rubber band.
i am left pining.
my heart
is my champion
taking shots
at
his prison.
his brown paper bag.
and i grab the flag and run
full of bedlam and burning.
i listen for the music
in the throes of our important.
i get embarrassed for
the things that are important.
but to me
the important
is
our genius.
it is our great prism.
our magic.
our magnifications
and mysticism
that we smear on
the mirror
as those bombs
fall all over our world.
and our name is beautiful.
our john hancock's
adorn it.
we steal god's finger
as we narcissistically
scribble it on a
piece of scratch paper
as
someone tells us
about their trip
to the laundromat
and the scarcity of soap.
we bury the seed in the sand
and watch it grow.
we make it important
simply
by deciding
that each other
are important.
even if in the grand scheme of things
it means two fucks of a shit.
our salvation lies
in the kisses of
our mutual attention.
our smiles diminish
and we lose time
to the ether.
we clap our hands together
as the flash consumes it.
in the end
we are left with just a feeling.
given the task to
pull from it
the most essential
sound in the world.
and as i leave you in the flatline
beating of this origin --
this primordial beginning
i simply scream it into the darkness
so you can hear it:
i am dog boy.
hear me roar.
Monday, September 04, 2006
I AM DOGBOY -- HEAR ME ROAR
i'd like to believe if i was in a cave
i could draw daisies around
the hum and numb.
i'd like to believe we are
creatures
of great unfoldings.
that there is no end
to the unwraveling
of this mystery.
that beneath every opening
lies a flutter.
a butterfly's wings setting fire
to this world.
i'd like to believe
that there is
a revolution in a jar
burning bright
in her lap
as she swings
lazily.
drunk
with alabama's
snoozing.
a sketch of the south
and ice tea drinking
and porch swings
and cigar smoking.
the end to the twanging
day's tussle
with an ornery
freckle faced sun.
i play the lovesick.
i play the hardass.
i play the earnest.
i play the rubber band.
i am left pining.
my heart
is my champion
taking shots
at
his prison.
his brown paper bag.
and i grab the flag and run
full of bedlam and burning.
i listen for the music
in the throes of our important.
i get embarrassed for
the things that are important.
but to me
the important
is
our genius.
it is our great prism.
our magic.
our magnifications
and mysticism
that we smear on
the mirror
as those bombs
fall all over our world.
and our name is beautiful.
our john hancock's
adorn it.
we steal god's finger
as we narcissistically
scribble it on a
piece of scratch paper
as
someone tells us
about their trip
to the laundromat
and the scarcity of soap.
we bury the seed in the sand
and watch it grow.
we make it important
simply
by deciding
that each other
are important.
even if in the grand scheme of things
it means two fucks of a shit.
our salvation lies
in the kisses of
our mutual attention.
our smiles diminish
and we lose time
to the ether.
we clap our hands together
as the flash consumes it.
in the end
we are left with just a feeling.
given the task to
pull from it
the most essential
sound in the world.
and as i leave you in the flatline
beating of this origin --
this primordial beginning
i simply scream it into the darkness
so you can hear it:
i am dog boy.
hear me roar.