more ties being cut as the jay-oh-bee continues to get used to life without me. about a year and a half back, i was really going for this other job here in the city. went through three interviews and it finally boiled down to me and someone else. of course the someone else got the job which was a let down but it really gave me a new appreciation for what i do.
most days, i feel like a glorified furniture mover or a real articulate baby sitter around here. now i am seeing the look on peoples face when i tell me that i am at t-minus 20 days before i bounce from here and its a welcome look of appreciation and “damn, we are going to miss you” ok, not everybody feels like that just the people who i like ;-)
this monday is the anniversary show at 13 and, for all i know, this could be my last spotlight moment at “louderARTS:the reading series” *new name. dont ask*
it should be mad fun. i think ima do about b-boys. its relatively short which means i can take my sweet ass time delivering it. me thinks i will seriously memorize it in the next few days which means i get to bust out the pen and paper and write that shit down till i can see it in my sleep. yes, in the course of memorizing poems i have lullabyed mahself to sleep with them and had them greet me in the morning.
boy, i sure did leap from my work to 13 in an awkward leap. uhmm, lets do it again
it sure was fun being in the audience at tuesdays acentos show. i spent the first half of the show in the farthest edge of el teatro bouncing between listening (lemme say that i am really diggin where gabriel huallanca is going with his work and would sure love to be around to hear more of his poems) and clowning (“and away WE go!” you have to say it in the bugs bunny looney tunes voice) but mostly just chilling. nice thing about anniversary shows– seein old friends. its even better when you can actually talk to them for more than two seconds.
next leap.
im gonna be on WBAI wednesday morning with eliel lucero. i think this may be eliel’s first time on live radio so that should prove to be fun. based on the run down of the show, i may just go with the same set i dropped at acentos.
– Paying the Toll
– Anything to Declare?
– Ode to Mario Moreno Reyes
the last one being a new piece i wrote about an hour before the event. this piece is lending itself to sonnet form so ima go down that road as i edit it down.
more leaps as i have to finish the funding request i’ve spent most of the day workin on. so i leave you with this…
City of Blinding Lights
The more you see the less you know
The less you find out as you go
I knew much more then than I do now
Neon heart dayglo eyes
A city lit by fireflies
They’re advertising in the skies
For people like us
And I miss you when you’re not around
I’m getting ready to leave the ground….
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights
Don’t look before you laugh
Look ugly in a photograph
Flash bulbs purple irises
The camera can’t see
I’ve seen you walk unafraid
I’ve seen you in the clothes you made
Can you see the beauty inside of me?
What happened to the beauty I had inside of me?
And I miss you when you’re not around
I’m getting ready to leave the ground
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights
Time… time
Won’t leave me as I am
But time won’t take the boy out of this man
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights
The more you know the less you feel
Some pray for others steal
Blessings are not just for the ones who kneel… luckily
Lyrics- Bono
Music- U2
