and the seven seas,

April 1, 2008 at 5:57 pm | Posted in podcast, writing | 20 Comments
Tags: Annie Lennox, fundamentalism, podcast, writing

so i said to this bloke, look, i really don’t give a fat rat’s arse, oh sorry, hello, he says hanging up the phone, i don’t have long, have a seat, what i wanted to do was to tell you a story but this story has no plot, cold, waitingempty and deep. it has no characters because it does not involve a redemption, there is an ending however, everything changes.
originally of course it was not possible to imagine individual survival, there was only the community, they were antlike without imagination later becoming bees communicating through dance and creating a surplus in cahoots with flowers, then one of them heard himself speak,
since then there’s been all sorts of varieties of imagining oneself in a better world, mythodologies, some more effective and others more beautiful,
excuse me, a moment, he said, answering the phone, no, sorry, he’s not here, everybodies looking for something, i never met Annie Lennox, he said to me, now what was it you wanted?

(just for something to do i have podcasted this one here)

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I never met Annie Lennox either but I’ve had some SWEET dreams! lol I’m drinking some Yuengling lager beer. Wish you were here!

Comment by Fabian G. Franklin— April 1, 2008 #
So now you’ll wonder whether I REALLY ever met Annie Lennox or not… because its April Fool’s Day! lol

Comment by Fabian G. Franklin— April 1, 2008 #
Paul, when are you going to write a book on..(.not sure what label to put on it) , metaphysics, humanness, spirituality, life,…..you have a better grasp on this stuff than anyone i have ever read, or known.So deep and aware..its like you are speaking a secret language of the universe, that only the initiated can understand.Hows that for smoozching? its true ,tho.

Comment by enigma— April 1, 2008 #
What a lovely comment from Enigma. The writing here is beautiful, stream of consciousness, yes Enigma’s point, and the bees, so lovely those bees. Perfect.

Comment by johemmant— April 1, 2008 #
and a perfect recording…..love how it fades at the end.

Comment by jo— April 1, 2008 #
wuuh-oh… i see the seed beginning to unfurl of the cult of GingaPaul….

where do i sign up?

“i feel like Dancing….”
~doing a butt shimmy in beelike circles~

Comment by Lakota— April 1, 2008 #
By the time I get here, all the good comments are already taken. What they said… and more.

Comment by Bob— April 1, 2008 #
OK Bob maybe we can comment first–then paul can write to the comment

Comment by Scot— April 1, 2008 #
Scott, then you get the stalker price, and you have to be in our little troup of dancers.( with fishnets)

Comment by enigma— April 1, 2008 #
I love the line about being antlike then becoming bees. Wonderful.

Comment by Crafty Green Poet— April 2, 2008 #
I’m not going to say anything about the dancing troupe or the fishnets.

Comment by Crafty Green Poet— April 2, 2008 #
Thanks everybody. I don’t know what to say except, rage on, woohoo…

Comment by Paul— April 2, 2008 #
haah. loved it. you pin the reader in the moment, that’s for sure…who am i to disagree? everybody is looking for something

Comment by harmonie22— April 2, 2008 #
I,ll give you your prezzie personally tommorrow Jo.

Comment by enigma— April 2, 2008 #
Happppppyyyyyy BBBIIRRTHHDAYYYY!!!!!!
JO!!!! woohoo, lets party at your place, yayayayay

Comment by Paul— April 2, 2008 #
Oh god, after reading the first paragraph I thought someone had been watching my work life… but no floweres here, in any analogous fom

Comment by ozymandiaz— April 2, 2008 #
Heh!

Comment by nectarfizz— April 4, 2008 #
Still drinking my Yuengling.
Thinking over everthing.
Wondering if Paul is wearing his shades
Or if he’s run off somewhere to get laid.
I’ve heard whiskey sours
so I try not to let mine sit that long.
I came to call here in the wee hours
Just a few before the dawn.
So I left this verse to say God bless
And wish my friend true happiness

Comment by Fabian G. Franklin— April 4, 2008 #
In answer to Enigma’s question, it is called humanism and I hear Paul is great at it. But George and Ringo are lacking. Has anyone seen John?

Comment by Fabian G. Franklin— April 4, 2008 #
has anybody seen my good friend John? what was that song, has anybody seen my good friend Martin, can you tell me where he’s gone, he freed a lot of people, but it seems the good die young? I remember Nina Simone’s version, but I can’t remember the title, Fabian, how’s the new job? I gotta new job too, cheers, I have cold cold beer and it sure tastes good, rage on, how’s the fishing out your way?

Comment by Paul— April 4, 2008 #