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You Can Dance if You Want To
by powerofwhy

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Scavengers and Ice

01/17/2011

Arctic wind swept across the welfare city this weekend freezing trash to the ground, forcing the wandering insane to seek shelter, glittering frost over broken windows and old blood stains. Salt trucks drift. Icicles hang. Crystal crackles in a thousand pipes. We discovered a mysterious pack of coyotes still roams our neighborhood, animal control caught another one last week.

What are coyotes doing out in the cold anyway, don't they hibernate? Aren't they native to the desert? A popular theory is they are being bred by someone for secret underground coyote fights. Or perhaps a mad scientist will screw laser beams on top of their heads to use in a deathtrap. I think they live in an abandoned building and when things thaw in the spring they will be found frozen in a graffiti-covered block of ice by the railroad tracks, surrounded by the skeletons of the local homeless. A newslady who looks like snow white wandered our block asking questions about them, an overweight cameraman trailing and inhaling her frost breath with sad snicker longing. Film at eleven. And now...dancing ferrets!

I went to see the local band Gabbie's Pale Kids at their farewell show at a downtown bar on Friday. They did a lot of Pixies and PJ Harvey covers. Their new drummer had some sort of family emergency and an old college friend of mine stepped in on drums for most of their set.

Two beautiful women in the audience gave me the eye through the show. I am usually oblivious to these sort of signals, but have been making an effort to connect with humanity more and to live less in my head. I was not looking to hook up and know it is shallow but it does make me feel good to know that I still have something. Many people I did not recognize greeted me by name. That happens every time I go out and I do not know why. In the end fun was had by all and Gabbies band went out in spectacular fashion.

I tire-skated home in the early morning hours. Chemical clouds cover the stars but lights from a million buildings line the ground, so it looked like the earth has been turned upside down. Some turn on blacklights and shine like venus. Some burn out early and rise with the sun. Bass thump thunder. Cricket smiles. Red cars buzz the streets like shooting stars. Make a wish.

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[Evidence Of JoyStar|0 likes] [|reply]

sounds like u had a good time

[Tetamarina|0 likes] [|reply]

RYC: Man, Rodrigo Y Gabriela is just amazing! The things they do with those guitars are both unholy and beautiful. And yeah, it's different from anything else I know of right now. It's like they've mixed thrash metal and flamenco guitar into this new breed of playing. Paul and John 5 are my 2 favs, I'd love to see them do a weird rock/bluegrass/fusion thing with Buckethead. I think those 3 together would just be insanity.

And yeah, Stevie can play a few instruments from my understanding. My uncle is a HUGE fan and told me once he was the original Prince. LOL

[Music God Of Bloop|0 likes] [|reply]

ryc: I used to not believe in wishes because I never believed that they ever came true.. until I came across a fellow who spouted words deeper than he allows himself to live ..and he told me that we have to meet wishes half way..we make them then have to seek them out and they will find us. This always stuck with me and I didn't realize why until a couple days ago. We can obtain whatever we dream of.. never in sleep nor awake are we ever out of a dream world. The only thing standing in our way is us.

I'll get a hose and an ice cream truck and make it rain for you.

I wish to live, to exist, to follow my heart no matter where it takes me. To accept, to love, to embrace and to lead without the illusion of fear. And if I had the chance to choose twice.. I'd wish to experience a deep connection with a man.

[Evidence Of JoyStar|0 likes] [|reply]

ryc: it is a lot, but i have faith in myself.. it's time. I would like to lose more than that really, but we'll stick with the goal of 40 for now.

I would say that I'm not really a fighter.. but I do believe that humanity needs destroyed before they can get back to a peaceful state. I think feeling strong and releasing my energy brings thoughts of military... I sort of associate myself as a soldier metaphorically/symbolically and makes me literally want to be one. I have a lot of stuff in me waiting to come out and it's finally able to do so. I am not sure what wind I will catch and which way I will eventually flow, but right now I keep coming back to the Navy and I feel like I just need to do it and experience it and get it out of my system so I can move on to something else.

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