a song from curtis mayfield's final album "new world order"....

november 9, 2013


lately, i find myself being able to relate to this song more and more .... when it first came out, 'round 10 years ago, or so, i remember feeling alienated by the message in its lyrics and thinking that i would never end up in that place .... well - time flies, things change, here i am and .... 

"how did i get so far gone? where do i belong? and where in the world did i ever go wrong?"


have a listen:

"here but i'm gone" by Curtis Mayfield

soldiers song...... no offense intended!!

over the years, in this or that movie about war, soldiers, training camps and such, i've seen quite a few scenes of marines jogging in formation, singing a certain kind of song...u know da one i mean?

it always starts with these two lines:

I DON'T KNOW BUT 

I'VE BEEN TOLD...

i always enjoyed making up the rest myself...been doing it in my head for ages...

and, finally wrote it down:

i don't know but 

i've been told

pizza can be 

eaten cold

master sarge

he told us so

'cause we must 

eat on da go...

dat's just one thing

our sarge said

one of tons

we won't forget

every day 

he tells us more

he's got no clue

dat he's a bore

no one dares

to let him know

'cause he'd kick u

out dat door

it's da way we 

spend our time

we're supposed

to like it fine

if u asked me

how i feel

i'd say it's a

damn good deal

soon i'll be

a real marine

and go where

i've never been

meet new folks

'n if they're bad

sarge says we can 

shoot'em dead

dat sounds like

a lot of fun

can't wait till

i'll use my gun

'n if i make 

it back alive

i'll look u up

so we can jive

i'll have lots of

tales to tell

if u don't like'em

then go to hell

this is all 

i've got to say

this song's over

enjoy ur day!

© Corinne Wesley 17. June 2013

POEM ABOUT A WOMAN

The Woman

endlessly she has been sitting 
alone on her bed's very edge
sharp like a knife it cuts her thighs
she wonders why she cannot feel a thing
and watches the absurd parade of hours 
that swiftly pass beyond her grasp
night's turning into dawn too soon
announcing a new unwelcome day
outside the raven calls for her
reminds her that she's not forgotten
not altogether lost or disappeared
when she replies the raven answers
and they go on this way in harmony
performing their familiar back and forth
until it's time to part and say farewell
she's left to stay behind in silence 
and overwhelmed by dreadful fear
of being forced to face once more 
the angry stranger who she has become

(copyright corinne wesley, november 3, 2013)

poem from santa cruz

JUST rules

just RULES

  

__________________

GOOD is bad 

yet - BAD is good

it don't MATTER

what's Ur hood

i DID see IT all B4 

us ALL passin' 

thru dem DOORS

WHEN it's U

IT'S where'n WHAT 

'n WHEN i've been

when ME i'm TOLD

that BLU = GREEN

(:?) ... (:o) ... (:|) ... (:!)..

copyright corinne wesley 9-18-13

Stefany posted this on FB.....

Wild Geese

You do not have to be good

You do not have to walk on your knees 

For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting 

You only have to let the soft animal of your body 

love what it loves 

Tell me about despair YOURS and I will tell you MINE 

Meanwhile the world goes on 

Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain 

are moving across the landscapes 

over the prairies and the deep trees 

the mountains and the rivers 

Meanwhile the wild geese high in the clean blue air 

are heading home again 

Whoever you are no matter how lonely 

the world offers itself to your imagination 

calls to you like the wild geese harsh and exciting  

over and over announcing your place 

in the family of things 

~ Mary Oliver ~