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ClockWork

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About Me



"If you can walk you can dance, if you can talk you can sing!"

-- An old Zimbabwe Proverb

All girls should have a poem
written for them even if
we have to turn this God-damn world
upside down to do it.

--Richard Brautigan, all girls should have a poem

"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, does not go away."

-- Philip Kindred Dick

"In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated, and scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."

-- Mark Twain

"As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion..."

-- John Adams

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My Interests

poetry: reading, writing, critiquing, consuming. drumming. music, music, music. philosophy. rhythm. rhyme. beats. breaks. dancing. drinking. things that grow. fire. people watching. making a fool of myself. keys. space. bars. friends. travel. political activism. ancient civilization.

I'd like to meet:

Mitochondrial Eve, our mother.

Music:

A sampling: Bilal, Stevie Wonder, Alice In Chains, A Tribe Called Quest, Beck, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Busta Rhymes, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, John Legend, Anthony Hamilton, Stevie Wonder, Bright Eyes, Cody Chesnutt, Al Green, Ween, The Roots, De La Soul, Beastie Boys, Led Zeppelin, D'Angelo, Cee-Lo, Cream, Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine, Tool, Marvin Gaye, Wu-Tang Clan, GFE, Lenny Kravitz, Primus, Sublime, The Ziggens, Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, Jethro Tull, Mad Season, Kanye West, Stevie Wonder, 7L and Esoteric, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, Collective Efforts, Company Flow, Frank Zappa, Stevie Wonder, Lovage, Faith No More, Tomahawk, Fantomas, Mr Bungle, Peeping Tom, John Zorn, Chris Smither, Thelonious Monk, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Hagard, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Morrissey, Ben Folds, Alicia Keys, Jill Scott, Mazzy Star, Jimi Hendrix, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, India.arie, Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu, Phish, The Doors, Tori Amos, The Beatles, The Cure, Ben Harper, Nirvana, Tom Petty, Stetsasonic, REM, Counting Crows, Kings of Leon, Keller Williams, Stevie Wonder, Lefotver Salmon, String Cheese Incident, James Taylor, Paul Simon, Primus, Les Claypool, Henry Rollins, Gravediggaz, Art Blakey, Herbie Hancock, Handsome Boy Modelling School, Dan the Automator, Prince Paul, Dead Prez, Kool Keith, KRS-One, Boogey Down Productions, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgeralrd, Louis Armstrong, Floetry, Lupe Fiasco, Grateful Dead, Phish, Stringcheese Incident, Leftover Salmon, Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie Johnson, Son House, Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, Muddy Waters, Corinne Bailey Rae, Stevie Wonder, Jane's Addiction, Jeff Beck, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Lou Reed, Norah Jones, Radiohead, Sam Cooke, Ben Lee, Ben Kweller, Spoon, The Afghan Whigs, The Dead Milkmen, The Animals, Stevie Wonder...

Movies:

Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Mall Rats, Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Killing Zoe, Raising Arizona, What Dreams May Come, Spanglish, Match Point, Bananas, Manhattan, Annie Hall, Husbands and Wives, Deconstructing Harry, Star Wars, Lord Of The Rings, Matrix, Animatrix, Star Wars Clone Wars, Pi, Requiem for a Dream, Run Ronnie Run, Monty Python: Holy Grail, Life of Brian and Meaning of Life, Lost in Translation, I Heart Huckabees, Broken Flowers, Rushmore, Life Aquatic, Royal Tenenbaums, Bottle Rocket, Donnie Darko, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, History of the World Part 1, Spaceballs, Usual Suspects, Fight Club, Seven, Clockwork Orange, Dark Crystal, Labrynth, The Shining, Scarface, Office Space, Ninja Scroll, Half Baked, Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, Snatch, Spanish Prisoner, Edmond, Office Space, Beautiful Girls, Freeway, Boondock Saints...

Television:

None, please.

Books:

How bout Authors, instead : Philip K Dick, Vonnegut, Bradbury, Asimov, Harlan Ellison, Ambrose Bierce, Stephen King, Tad Williams, JRR Tolkien, Richard Brautigan, Jack Kerouac, Tom Robbins, Bukowski, Twain, Lovecraft, Poe, Stephen Hawking, Briane Greene, Richard Dawkins, Graham Hancock, Stephen Jay Gould, Susan Blackmore, Noam Chomsky...

Heroes:

Turns out, even Heroes have Heroes.

My Blog

you wrought me

for Anna, baby i miss you so muchi didn't even write myself,you wrought me-ironclad, soot soaked, open faced,one daydream.you showed me the dusked flame sunset-i bought youa ticket to the final dance,...
Posted by ClockWork on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:41:00 PST

dew dream

-for rachel-the morning dew has only      dreamed- of kissing me as softly as you....
Posted by ClockWork on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:41:00 PST

I am sand

to all unfortunate enough to build with meI Am Sandso don't make castles with mewe would build beautifully togetherbut inevitablyour creation       would   ...
Posted by ClockWork on Fri, 04 May 2007 11:44:00 PST

all i thought

tell me the things you love the most,the things you are passionate about,  i said,and he gave me athoughtful,articulate,response.all in the list were wonderful,just causes:respectable,intellectua...
Posted by ClockWork on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:33:00 PST

slay me

i stand here,bound by heart'sdetermination,alone,begging youto paint a perfectportrait.unable to move,any step trespasses,as i beginto understandplanned pyres.so slay me,let my flesh decompose,until n...
Posted by ClockWork on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:28:00 PST

fuck me

you smell like you haven't bathed in weeks,like you've forgotten what deodorant is,like a whore after a long night of work.yea...what do you do, here, anyway?write those awful poems,read those worthle...
Posted by ClockWork on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:28:00 PST

almost killed (by) some white trash

almost killed some white trash(almost killed by some white trash)A true story (prose, not poetry) from the annals of one ClockWork poet.I don't recall when this happened, exactly. It was sometime afte...
Posted by ClockWork on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:16:00 PST

your hearts tongue

your heart's tongue  laps up bitter, salty & sour-blind to the taste of sweet.your fable's moral  is to accept defeat-fearless through resignation.your mind's cask  grows strong thr...
Posted by ClockWork on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:42:00 PST

ring... click

ring... ring... ring...yea?hey, I'm lonely, and broke,and need a few pick me ups.wanna get drunk and fuck?yea... you coming over here,or do I have to drive across town?well, I don't even have enoughmo...
Posted by ClockWork on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:36:00 PST

simon

not worthy of its subject, a quiet 5 minute write, but i thought i'd post it. this is for you, Si.simon,  patron saint of electric poetry,    i chant an ancient icantation,my spirit bur...
Posted by ClockWork on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:23:00 PST