Wednesday, August 21, 2013

When we talk about distressed monuments, and regal ones

What sounds they summon

What sounds they summon!  

The sun goes down and rises with him    And, can you imagine    the day when matter is so sparse and immortal that we become forms of sound ourselves, speeches, compilations of everything we've ever thought or said, and our lives are made of listening to ourselves. Of playback. playback, payback, no hell, no heaven, nothing listless, all listening at last. Echo. Cobra. My man, my brother, my sphere of such gorgeous fractal words I see in them seeing me again.  And how that day is now. What sounds we summon. What sounds!



Proposal for a series of sound installations to replace the statues and monuments

for now that chemical warfare is on    for now that sonic warfare is on      our heroes do not stand (a chance)    if  still   in time  no more   than silence is unreal  and the restless reel shines with the energy of blurry words  they speak through me     and you      to tease the truth through         contradiction         what sounds they summon, what sounds!        We were all charlatan  and dandy and daddy O one finger pointing  before we became our listening