dreamattack | a dialogue in pictures

yeah, I didn’t vote for him either.

Nuremberg, U.S.A.

In this time and place, where “Bread and Circuses” has
become “Bread and Atrocities,” to say ‘I love you’ is
like saying the latest propaganda phrase…’defoliation’…
‘low yield blast’.
If bombing children is preserving peace, then
my fucking you is a war-crime.

– Bill Knott

A Kiss

One wave falling forward meets another wave falling
forward. Well-water,
hand-hauled, mineral, cool, could be
a kiss, or pastures
fiery green after rain, before
the grazers. The kiss — like a shoal of fish whipped
one way, another way, like the fever dreams
of a million monkeys — the kiss
carry me — closer than your carotid artery — to you.

– Thomas Lux

someone designed this with me in mind.

you say the word
you know I will find you
or if you need some time
I don’t mind
I don’t hold on
to the tail of your kite
I’m not like the girls that you’ve known
but I believe I’m worth coming home to
kiss away night
this girl only sleeps with butterflies
with butterflies
so go on and fly then boy

from: sleeps with butterflies / tori amos

“I HAD A little bird, and its name was Enza,
I opened the window, and in-flew-Enza.”

– children’s rhyme from 1918

(soon they will come for all the birds)

staring at the sea
will she come?
is there hope for me
after all is said and done
anything at any price
all of this for you
all the spoils of a wasted life
all of this for you
all the world has closed her eyes
tired faith all worn and thin
for all we could have done
and all that could have been

ocean pulls me close
and whispers in my ear
the destiny I’ve chose
all becoming clear
the currents have their say
the time is drawing near
washes me away
makes me disappear

I descend from grace
in arms of underflow
I will take my place
in the great below

I can still feel you
even so far away

I can still feel you
even so far away

I can still feel you
even so far away

I can still feel you
even so far away

even so far away

even so far away

even so far away

so far away

the great below / nine inch nails

at first light lay proud foundations.
sense the greatness that before you unfolds.
seek no more for hollow answers.
answers that lay within you all along.
farewell to dawns seen through saddened eyes.
farewell to pasts to sorrows chained.
forget your fears and want no more.
you will be strong and want no more.
you’ll be adored. you will have everything.
you will be strong and want no more.
forget your fears. you will have everything.
and want no more.

arclight / vnv nation

Escape Plan

I examine
my skin

searching for
the pore

with EXIT
over it

– Bill Knott

I know what I’ll be doing this weekend …

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Are you familiar with the revolution that was hatched on a toilet? Famed theologian Martin Luther (1483-1546) didn’t suffer from writer’s block so much as chronic constipation. He formulated much of “The 95 Theses,” the tract that launched the Protestant Reformation, while sitting on a stone commode in his home. Be inspired by Luther, Capricorn: Turn a place where you feel limited into a power spot. You don’t have to be feeling peppy and chipper in order to light fires under everyone’s butts, including your own.

Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology

“My wish is to ride the tempest, tame the waves, kill the sharks. I will not resign myself.”

– Trieu Thi Trinh

she touched
my arm
and smiled

one of these days
soon
very soon
love you ’til then
love you ’til then

feel my breath
on your neck
and your heart
will race

don’t say no to me
you can’t say no to me
I won’t see you
denied

I’m sorry you saw that
I’m sorry he did it
an echo
a stain
a stain

I can’t say no to you
I can’t say no to you
say nothing

free falling
complete

an echo, a stain / björk

this can’t be real
my heart is burning
how does it feel
well let’s say I’m learning
it had to come
the ship has landed
it’s time to run
the crew are stranded

we’re having the time of our lives
we’re lost in a cruel paradise

someone like you can make me feel like I used to do
return my heart, yeah, make it feel like it does at the start
someone like you, someone like you, yeah

you’re everything to me
the sweetest symphony
all that I try to be
you are my harmony
I guess what I mean to say
is you keep the walls at bay
the children on holiday
here comes the crowd

we’re having the time of our lives
we’re lost in a cruel paradise

someone like you can make me feel like I used to do
return my heart, yeah, make it feel like it does at the start
someone like you, yeah, someone like you, yeah

someone like you / new order

hello there, the angel from my nightmare
the shadow in the background of the morgue
the unsuspecting victim of darkness in the valley
we can live like Jack and Sally if we want
where you can always find me
we’ll have Halloween on Christmas
and in the night we’ll wish this never ends
we’ll wish this never ends

(I miss you, miss you)
(I miss you, miss you)

where are you and I’m so sorry
I cannot sleep, I cannot dream tonight
I need somebody and always
this sick strange darkness
comes creeping on so haunting every time
and as I stared I counted
webs from all the spiders
catching things and eating their insides
like indecision to call you
and hear your voice of treason
will you come home and stop this pain tonight
stop this pain tonight

don’t waste your time on me you’re already
the voice inside my head (I miss you, miss you)
don’t waste your time on me you’re already
the voice inside my head (I miss you, miss you)

don’t waste your time on me you’re already
the voice inside my head (I miss you, miss you)
don’t waste your time on me you’re already
the voice inside my head (I miss you, miss you)

don’t waste your time on me you’re already
the voice inside my head (I miss you, miss you)
don’t waste your time on me you’re already
the voice inside my head (I miss you, miss you)

(I miss you, miss you)
(I miss you, miss you)
(I miss you, miss you)
(I miss you, miss you)

I miss you / blink 182

my trees outside are full of these strange slim black birds.

what ho! it’s a business of ferrets … being silly

(that’s the end of blade runner you hear in the background … )

raven’s child is chasing salvation,
black beak turned white from the crack and the snow
on the streets of despair the answer is simple,
a spoonful of mercy can set free the soul
the drug king sits on his arrogant throne,
away and above and apart
even children are twisted to serve him
and greed has corrupted what once was a heart

raven’s child keeps vigil for freedom,
trades for the arms that once made her strong
with nuclear warheads and lasers in heaven,
fear does the choosing between right and wrong
the arms king sits on his arrogant throne,
away and above and apart
bankers assure him that he needn’t care
and greed makes a stone of what once was a heart

raven’s child is washing the water,
all of her wing-feathers blackened with tar
prince william shoreline’s an unwanted highway
of asphalt and anger an elegant scar
the oil king sits on his arrogant throne,
away and above and apart
lawyers have warned him he mustn’t speak
and greed has made silent what once was a heart
you know there are walls that come tumbling down
for people who yearn to be free
still there are hearts that long to be opened
and eyes that are longing to see

raven’s child is our constant companion,
sticks like a shadow to all that is done
try as we may we just can’t escape him,
the source of our sorrow and shame, we are one
the true King sits on a heavenly throne,
never away nor above nor apart
with wisdom and mercy and constant compassion,
he lives in the love that lives in our hearts

raven’s child is watching the water …
raven’s child keeps vigil for freedom …
raven’s child is chasing salvation …
raven’s child is our constant compantion …

raven’s child / john denver

blackbird singing in the dead of night
take these broken wings and learn to fly
all your life
you were only waiting for this moment to arise

blackbird singing in the dead of night
take these sunken eyes and learn to see
all your life
you were only waiting for this moment to be free

blackbird fly blackbird fly
into the light of the dark black night

blackbird fly blackbird fly
into the light of the dark black night

blackbird singing in the dead of night
take these broken wings and learn to fly
all your life
you were only waiting for this moment to arise
you were only waiting for this moment to arise
you were only waiting for this moment to arise

blackbird / the beatles

There are two kinds of people
a) my love and I
b) other
two kinds of people
1) the gray
and 2) me and my lover
All people fall into two camps
that ever twain shall be
those lost in darkness without lamps
and then
my love and me

two kinds of people / magnetic fields

“the gynefication of small birds” & “last call for elephants”

mkay, I’m done with blogger.

I downloaded movable type today. I’m not sure yet if it will run on my server.

hopefully my geekboy can guide me through the installation, if he’s willing.

photos taken at last night’s dots show in Nijmegen, Netherlands …

dark, stark, and blurry just how I like my men …