August 23, 2012
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SUHHHHHHHHHHHHHWEEP!
The Daily News1 Well the first days are the hardest days, don’t you worry anymore.
2 ’Cuz when life looks like easy street there is danger at your door.
3 Truer words, truer words.
4 Those are the words of Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia.
5 Here is poetry in motion:
6 Just thought I’d give some quality.
7 The trouble about a video that is delicately poetic is that it throws me off the tracks.
8 The video is a song written by the selfsame Hunter and Garcia, and it is one of the most incredible poems ever.
9 So much so that I couldn’t write the DN while listening to all the one-liners in the lyrics, followed by maestro Garcia’s bubbling jam, and the band getting into the same groove.
10 It’s hard being teacher and literally wanting to inject this stuff in to students’ learning.
11 Are you kind?
12 What makes Poe makes Poe. What makes Tupac makes Tupac. What makes Jerry Garcia makes Jerry Garcia.
13 Just sayin’.
14 Are you kind?
15 Moving on, Part One: Which one has three leaves, marijuana or poison oak?
16 I have no idea why it worried me, but I went out to get some air and to contemplate a bit last night, and I had admittedly a small vase of flowers in my yard, and I had put some fake flowers in it, just because I never found the time to plant anything.
17 I put three fake daisies in it, because it was under an umbrella table and a wonderful place to chit and chat.
18 I pulled away from all this boushit just to get some air and all.
19 I’ve done it for a coupla nights, but last night I noticed that I had these three-leaved real flowers chillin’ with the fake flowers.
20 To me they looked a lot like marijuana, but I wasn’t sure.
21 I yanked them and threw them out, but I was wondering how they would have gotten their.
22 Maybe Jerry sent them.
23 Anyway, I had visions of Blackhawks emerging over the hills, and of swat teams roping down to take me away for a secret interrogation.
24 Wednesdays are meeting days. Those are the sorts of thoughts that go through your mind following Wednesday meetings. I wrote most of today’s DN in that frazzled state.
25 Hmmm.
26 Maybe I should have taken a couple of puffs.
27 Can you smoke fake daisies?
28 Are you kind?
29 Moving on, Part the First: I would be remiss in my duties as a Giants’ fan if I didn’t scream, “SUHHHHHHHHHHHHWEEEP!!!
30 Great game, but it was a great series. Both teams were on, all the way up to the end last night. That could have been a disastrous game.
31 But it wasn’t, at least not for me, nor for Giants’ fans, who are watching an amazing thing happen.
32 The only trouble with great baseball is that it keeps me up too late. I like getting to sleep early so that I have energy for my students.
33 As much as I loved 2010, it almost wiped me out early in the school year. I managed to fight back, but most of us who went through all that were pretty exhausted.
34 It’s almost like, “Be careful what you wish for…”
35 I wish for nothing less than another world championship. It defies the odds, but if the pitching improves, there’s no telling what might happen.
36 Who woulda thunk in 2010?
37 Moving on, Part Two: I’m afraid I’ll have to cut this one short today. Up too late last night and had to get up early to finish this. It’s almost time to get up and get dressed.
38 I actually had a really long, agonizing DN written following Wednesday meetings, but trust me, you didn’t want to see that.
39 When I got in from the backyard, Uncle John’s Band went through my mind, the original, not the Indigo Girls’ version, which is superb.
40 I put it on, and everything changed. I broke into a huge smile, and truly enjoyed the music and the poetry.
41 I listened to the link up above, and broke into a nice smile.
42 Are you kind?
43 I think you are.
44 Have a great day, and stay kind.
45 Go Giants.
46 Peace.
~H~
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