Share this postAfter the (cult)ural enforcer leftwww.thegateless.orgCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOtherAfter the (cult)ural enforcer left8/30/2022 Aren't we grand creatures?Con/Jur/dAug 30, 20225Share this postAfter the (cult)ural enforcer leftwww.thegateless.orgCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOther2ShareYesterday — received a letter from The City — threatening fines — legal action — banishment — public flogging — if I didn’t cut the grass below 10’’ by todayMy first instinct was to accuse the unseen city inspector of being a chronic fisherman or habitually lonely — but I knew it was going to happen — I wanted to see what would grow in the front segment of our yard if I let it be wildAnd I knew the local Petty Tyrants would see the lack of lawn as reflecting badly on their acculturation — The climate change denying — ecological disaster — modern American culture isThis morning I decided to sit in the cemetery before the heat peaked and the humidity fulfilled its promise — this is the view from beneath the treeAcross the street — there is a lawn — mostly moss — but that’s a whole other city — it’s hard to remember — for all of us — it doesn’t have to be this way — nor was it alwaysMy current theory — is all of our neat lawns make it easier to forget all the bones buried to construct this oligarch playgroundMy daughter was wearing spider web leggings getting ready for her first year of art school — and I thought of This Mortal Coil — is the perfect reflection of peak of Goth cultureGIFS BEYOND (HERE)A random thought from grass cutting — the 80s (just my awakening era — nothing precious) could not have happened with smartphones — their glassine shards imposing a lawn above the lawnLove is the law — love under will is the whole of the law — Aleister CrowleyHere they come!SubscribeTracy is doing a bit better, I’m still negative — Only Don’t Know!Much love,Con/Jur/d, 8/30/2022
And I see you as a hidden fire
The object of someone else's desire
You're a lost dove
Looking down from above
You fit me like a shrunken glove
Almost a kiss
Almost a kiss
Almost like this
Oh gosh, Song for the Siren still makes me cry. WHY? I'd managed to forget it but now I have to wonder about it all over again. Thanks, though.