this peculiar ability to discern patterns amid
chaos is the natural state of the universe or
so we say when perfection exceeds our vision of
what is possible and what is beyond mere possibility
veering into realms explored in sweaty paperbacks and sterile laboratories
where the where of who we are
in the vastness is the main and only concern for
one gets lost without an anchor to hold him
safe and far
safe and near
but always somehow safe
we say we see
how it’s all arranged
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension…is itself a frightful despotism [serving] always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself…
Writer, poet, artist, improviser, lyricist, former television personality, and generally decent person.
Aficionados of the weird and wonderful, rejoice! Pianist-arranger Cory Smythe’s “Accelerate Every Voice,” gives new meaning to term “original music.” The recording offers strange and alluring sounds emanating from electronic keyboards and loopers, but the main sonic source is a quintet of human voices orchestrated into a collage of aural splendor that’s hard to describe...
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