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Poem

Chi dara fine al gran dolore?

About Me

Smile a lot today, okay?

It doesn't snow where we live, so we make angels in the dirt, Share honest laughs on swingsets, pick daisies from the earth, Give bouquets to sad-faced strangers, and wish on dandellion seeds; We spread smiles via contagion, as if joy were a disease.

There once was knowledge on my tongue, in an ever-increasing dose, Serenity in my lungs, and excitement up my nose. I'd put poison in my veins, whilst truth trickled down my throat, But no chemical, no pain, could stop this love from coming out.

I love you, whomever you are, for you are you, and that is all that matters.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/31/2006
Band Members: Matthew Gilbert
(The Natural Tailor of Natural Joy)
Cirrus, Cirrus uncinus, Cirrus Kelvin-Helmholtz Colombia, Cirrostratus, Cirrocumulus, Pileus, Contrail, Altostratus, Altostratus undulatus, Altocumulus, Altocumulus undulatus, Altocumulus mackerel sky, Altocumulus castellanus, Altocumulus lenticularis, Stratus, Nimbostratus, Cumulus humilis, Cumulus mediocris, Stratocumulus, Cumulonimbus, Cumulonimbus incus, Cumulonimbus calvus, Cumulonimbus with mammatus, Cumulus congestus, Pyrocumulus.
Influences: Strangers that smile back, peace, transcendental meditation, insomnia, houselessness (4 years and counting), musicmusicmusic, Nephology, lucid dreaming, hugs, smoking, drinking, flora/fauna, Qabalism, spreading joy, chemical compound: C20H25N3O, pleasing all five senses, imagination, loving everyone/everything, couches, floors, constant departure/perpetual arrival, trees, staying drunk, Synesthesia, divination, collecting kaleidoscopes, metaphysics, pranayama, reading (a lot), treeclimbing, SexDrugsRocknRoll (in that order?), TetraHydroCannibinol, Anglicisized "uisce beatha", beard envy, enjoying everything, alliteration, cloudwatching, peoplewatching, permanent vacation, free beer, all beer, all alcohol, cheap whiskey, circular inspiration, cartwheel attempts, sunshine, drunken sing-a-longs, spraypaint, esotericism, drawing, transformative meditation, all films, rainthunderlightning, the collective conscious, the universal subconscious, bicycles, trees, peace signs, Sudoku, Pho, Vietnamese iced coffee, walking, grass, weeping willows, singin'/dancin'/kissin' in the rain/snow/shine, ouroboros, Koyaanisqatsi, relativity, death meditation, snow, bullshitting, painting, trainhopping, hitch-hiking, Horticulture, Egalitarian Individualism, hide-a-beds, kissing, Knife's sweet tea, the humor of loss, creation/destruction (self-destruction (self-invention), especially), The Pick of Destiny, mandalas, daytripping, nighttripping, tripping in general, motorcycles, magick, sweet mustaches, Apartment 1084, Apartment 412, Apartment 110, strangers/saviours, incessant fun, trees, writing, gnosticism, flying, picnics, sitting, psilocybin, the three B's, the five famous 'kings', K, Coca Cola Classic, hand gliding, Planet Earth DVDs, Planet Earth, Tarocchi, nudity, trampolines, fulfilling the 10 bodhisattva grounds, perpetual seratonin/melatonin fluctuation, playing with strangers' dogs, see-saws, bodhicitta, teleidoscopes, trees, neoplatonism, smokin' grass and looking at pretty stuff, making love, random VHS collections, sidewalk chalk, chakrology, liana swings, if it smokes I'll smoke it, anxiolytics, back tickles, noise complaints, playgrounds, kaleidoplexes, rhetorical tropes, eschatology, wanderingwondering, samsara defiance, ruckus, barefeet, ego death, finding Bodhimanda, rolled cigarettes, Philogyny, Tecate, PBR, boots, literature 'n hammocks, ajna exercise, busking, self-medication, Glossolalia, trees, finding everything funny, ujjayi, trampolines, ontology, staring at the sun, making badass sandwiches, the word: badass, barking at the moon, fireworks, skipping, Psychonaut-ism, pinwheels, Papaver somniferum derivitives, giggle fits, trees, swingsets, impressionism, psychedelia.

Art is a community,
not a competition.
(And since life is art, really)
Let us educate ourselves and please our senses:
Radiohead
Zeitgeist
The Weirding
Animated Buckethead
I Eat Myself
EPIC
Dear and the Headlights
Hallucinate.
Learning To Love You More
Elliot King
Project Gutenberg
Grace
Crystalinks
The Morning Kennedy Was Shot
Homeless Images
Koyaanisqatsi
Y La Bamba
Crysis Physics
Down South Sallie
Moar Plox
K Records
Akron/Family
The Raintree
Nibiru
IEP
Great Ghosts
Tori's Pics
StumbleUpon
Marriage Records
Kirsch is a Monster
House of Leaves
Youngling
Interesting Thing of the Day
Meography
The Truth Seeker
War on Drugs
Educate Yourself
The Air Show
Young God Records
The Kipper Kids
Nicole Boitos
Night Views
Cloud Appreciation Society
Saddle Creek Records
Malia Productions
Did You Know? 2.0
AllFineArts
Space Collective
Conflusions
Kranky Records
Diane Cluck
Grails
Neurot Recordings
Espers
Hallucinate.

I want this to be an exponentially growing list of transcendental augmentatives, be it song, movie, painting, joke, political activism---just IDEAS in general. We need to keep asking questions and, more importantly, finding the answers for ourselves. So, I will keep adding to it, and please feel free to suggest other additions so that we might create a massive amalgam of progressive thought so that, at any time of "boredom," we can just click a random link and change our lives, if only for a moment. P.S. Spend less time on the internet.
Sounds Like: A semi-organized amalgamation of vocal/instrumental/mechanical tones/sounds in rhythmic/melodic/harmonic succession, combination, and temporal relationships to produce a composition involving unity and continuity...Music. Haha.
Record Label: FuckMoneyReadABookHaveFunMakeArtSmilePeaceILoveYou
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"An Unfamiliar Sound" lyrics.

So, the lyrics to this song change a bit every single show, and I'm incessantly updating and adding to it, depending on what's been going on in my life. But here's the gist of it:Come one, come all; a...
Posted by Poem on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:41:00 PST

I'm alive. Please read. Someone hacked my myspace.

A week ago, my personal myspace was hacked into and the e-mail address and password were changed. I have been unable to sign in ever since. According to the phonecalls I received yesterday, the abovem...
Posted by Poem on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:10:00 PST