soon enough summer's going to end. there was a list i made up before summer and i wrote what i planned to accomplish during the inferno months. funny how nothing ever sticks to the plan. at least when it comes to stuff which is not a matter of life and death.

things that could have been done were started in a direction not so ideal so i picked another, and it was less far from expected but the real enlightenment came about 10 sessions after i actually started everything. maybe tom waits enlightened me actually. always remember, there is a difference between knowing it but not realizing you do and realizing you know it. amateur mistake. if i would have started it as something i actually want to accomplish instead of something to do in order to kill time it would have worked.

even mother nature can tell that. i used to get about everything i want from her. whenever snow is wanted badly enough snow will come. and the occasional sunshine wanted will usually be granted. here comes the problem- there has been no real rainstorms so far all summer. well one is supposed to be coming (or we are supposed to be in the middle of it) but, not what i have in mind. she gives only when you mean it. and don't think about taking it for the sake of taking it. it is mother nature you are dealing with.

all the wheels feet
short hair for men
and concrete stacks
flowing down the stream
babble rattle
babble rattle
somewhere labeled home
by unfamiliar eyes
everything is a big
icy glass of soda pop
children's favourite
in summer time
not a tooth's
for your information
even oxygen is toxic
put an oyster in vinegar
sure in vinegar it opens
it better does
and here comes the prize
the pearl is all that matters
the hollow eyes all wanted
the pearl of the pearl
vinegar is good
sour, packed, even bitter
and we all know
that there are no peals
of the pearl
icarus knew
the heat would melt his wings
he knew it
i know he did.


also think twice before eating your next bowl of shark fin soup. tom waits makes me want to smoke and drink in a couch in the middle of a raging snowstorm.