For the lady Ala Abbas, here it is:
Agnostic
“Agnostic” left my lips,
took a step forward, tripped,
right over and into the abyss.
Having taken the plunge,
I opened up my eyes
to the vultures that awaited me calmly.
The medication had ceased
to do its wonders; a placebo
long past it, I came off this
Black-and-white LSD shit –
Good God, sweet Lord,
Jesus H. Christ – one helluva trip.
Now Mama, don’t feel low
I still believe in ghosts –
they’re just here, now I know,
and not floating somewhere
up in the sky – oh, the truth
Is much closer than fiction.
Ohmyfuckin’God,
excuse me while I blaspheme,
‘cause if there really is a big ol’ beardo,
why the hell should he care about me?
Unless he fancies that S & M, like sending
Poor Joseph and Mary all over Bethlehem –
And look, now I court controversy,
it’s just the beginning.
You hush me, shut me up,
you threaten me, by Jove –
‘Twas the evil in my own home
to make me doubt the existence of a God.
© myself.
Though it is no doubt going to sound odd-as, I really think I need to rave about the effect that hearing Nathan Jones by the Supremes has on me. It makes my heart race. The way the music gives way to the vocals makes me think of a lightning bolt or a bird soaring. Diana Ross doesn't have the best voice ever (ha!), but sometimes the Supremes get it really, really RIGHT, and this is one song where that happens. The strange mixture of hurt and confusion, with the merest hint of anger make this one of their few really affecting songs.
Jayzus, I have got to start talking about more important and political things. Soon enough, once I start sleeping early enough for my brain to actually work. Nietzsche's book On The Genealogy Of Morals is always looking sternly at me, as if to ask when I'm actually going to get beyond the first two parts of the introduction. Aargh.
(Though it has to be said, Nietzsche ROCKS! I fucking love him, from what I've read so far. I don't necessarily agree with, or understand, everything he advocated or believed in, but as a person I think he really practised what he believed and was a pretty decent sort. I originally thought he was a bastard because the Nazis claimed him, but I actually find him quite awesome).
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Fab
It was bloody brilliant! You've got some real poetic potential, I can't lie, and thanks for dedicating it to me.
On the Genealogy is one of the few I've read of Nietzsche's. Not my favourite as I didn't like being told I had a herd morality, or that even if I did, it was something to be ashamed of...and then I remembered I was reading Nietzsche.
Salut Fab!
I am going to pop over there right now and have a read... Tu es maintenant dans mes Liens!
:-D
Ala:
Yay! I wrote it when I was 18 or 19 I think.
What do you mean, 'potential'? *eyes her suspiciously* I am the poet for people who don't necessarily make a habit of reading poetry :-D.
Yeah, I think it's going to make me more than a little uncomfortable. I've only ever read The Birth of Tragedy before.
I think I just like him because he's so paradoxical. He makes philosophy interesting with his impassioned, firebrand writing style, but then he formulates concepts which are often too complex for the non-philosopher to grasp immediately.
I like that he doesn't use big words for the sake of it, and that he genuinely believes in what he's talking about. Passion is always appealing.
Nietzsche is überrated.
@ Muhamad:
Hahaha. I'm sure he is as a philosopher, but as a writer, I like how he tells it.
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