from “Anthem” (Leonard Cohen)

We asked for signs
the signs were sent:
the birth betrayed
the marriage spent
Yeah the widowhood
of every government—
signs for all to see.
I can’t run no more
with that lawless crowd
while the killers in high places
say their prayers out loud.
But they’ve summoned, they’ve summoned up
a thundercloud
and they’re going to hear from me.
Ring the bells that still can ring …
You can add up the parts
but you won’t have the sum
You can strike up the march,
there is no drum
Every heart, every heart
to love will come
but like a refugee.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.

—Leonard Cohen
—from “Anthem”

we believe

We believe too many lies

We don’t even question stuff

History is a cycle, repeating over and over

That is: if we don’t learn stuff right the first time

[These are little poems I'm working on for a new chapbook MENTAL MIDGETS]

poop nugget?

You might think this is real? It might be? My crabby mood left reading this POST

scratching her b*tt?

How Jennifer almost killed someone by scratching her butt in Hawaii

In the actor’s biography Evenings with Cary Grant: Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best, Grant’s friend Bea Shaw told author Nancy Nelson, “Cary and Prince Ranier would call one another and tell dirty jokes. Some of Cary’s jokes were really raunchy.” Gregory Peck further confirmed, “Cary told the funniest stories, with southern accents, ethnic accents—any kind of accent. Dirty ones, too. You’d never think those things would come out of him.”
As for an example, here is a poem, that according to the memoir, was a Cary Grant favorite:

“They bought me a box of tin soldiers. / I threw all the Generals away. / I smashed up the Sergents and Majors. / Now I play with my Privates all day."
Read how Cary Grant would visit Princess Grace

I believe in Father Christmas - Greg Lake - Ian Anderson

a sad day

RIP Greg Lake #KingCrimson #ELP https://t.co/UI9uWZCxw2 pic.twitter.com/QgrJL6AOTm
— Brian Eno (@dark_shark) December 8, 2016

I knew Greg, met him on a tour, and he introduced me to his carrot juice machine - that was my first time - didn't like carrot juice then but I did like him A LOT. We went to buy him some serious winter gloves somewhere in Duluth, MN and he took me to dinner. I got to stand on the stage and underneath the stage, too. I wish I'd had more time with him. He was gorgeous and talented. Now I'm sad.


Judy, Judy, Judy... Judy Konos is the one I mean
Not the famous Cary Grant quote, he uttered on the screen
In “Only Angels Have Wings”
His famous quote still rings
But Judy Konos is the one who makes my old heart sing


© Jack Ellison 2015