lonnnnnng poem blues
the Jungians say *individuation begins when your
Gods die the final 3rd of my life officially began
when at 65 an orphan made
98 yr. old mother in her final resting place a not
so verdant cemetery deadflowers and a rude-dude
gravedigger
lady it’s a hole it’s not Shangri-La !
my burly bros pulled me off the man I’ll give you a hole !
my own individuation will be complete replete with
lilies + dungbeetled when this orphan girl dies
my work with orphans over 30+ years: redolent of bomb
shelters of fantasy dates at the Olive Garden outcasts don’t
date of never recovering from grandfather on the floor from 9-5
he died while babysitting stiff +not answering (grandad also dad)
all of my orphans begged to be taken HOME plaintive yelps
the odd kick therapist how many guns do you have? how will
you protect me? i’ll do the best i can
i recently read about the reformed mobster TJ Martin also an orphan
his villain origin story: beaten savagely by stepmother lived on the streets
from 16 his own infant twins killed in a car crash their mother too
TJ had one last score to settle with society he is the man who stole
Dorothy’s slippers now in hospice care in prison wheelchair bound
+oxygen tanked Terry John was desperate to GO HOME
who isn’t? lost found lost again the ruby reds DON’T work for chrissakes
Mr. L. Frank Baum but would you really want to return to that childhood
home? where the family drama plays out in an eternal loop
fresh scars new dog mistress or 2 a tyrant uncle festering
or are you brave enough to let it die? set out through the dark woods rather
than rot in a purgatory of what might have been i coulda been a contend-ah
i coulda been a somebody could you have? are you not?
no ruby slipper will save you
should you not know the answer
nor a shape shifting charlatan wizard
in another era magicians were crucified
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*individuation: becoming completely wholly oneself a.k.a.
not caring if you get invited to their California parties know thyself
Winter 2024 …God is Dead..Spurn the Herd.. Nietzsche+AAC
songanddancegirl 