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(dedicated to my maternal grandmother maria annuziata scarfo,
who described human life as a quick glance from a shuttered window)
music up.
LET THE FLOWING WHEAT BE SPREAD!
HERE WAS I BROUGHT
BEFORE YOUR EYES
OH GUURRRNUUU
OH ZANZARRUUU
BEFORE YOUR BROKEN IMAGE
HOW PERFECT IS YOUR MIRROR.
LET THE HOLY GRAINS COVER THE BANKS
FOR I AM THIRSTY
WITH WANT,WITH WONDER
OH GURRNUU
MANY JEWELED ONE
MANY EYED
4 PILLARED
SEVEN CENTERED
MY TONGUE IS DRY
MY VOICE IS HOLLOW
GUURNU ZARMUUU!
HERE WAS I BORNE BEFORE YOUR CROWN!
HERE WAS I BROUGHT!
HOW PERFECT IS YOUR MIRROR!
I AM WHAT FISH BROUGHT
BEFORE YOU, YOUR SCALES
MANY JEWELLED ONE
BEFORE YOUR STONE!
(was I brought)
HERE WAS I BROUGHT
MANY LIGHTED ONE!
PUTT!
TA!
OH
ZAZZARUU!
STRANGERS ARE LIKE FRIENDS
OH PTAH!
I AM WHAT FISH BROUGHT IN BASKETS
I AM WHAT FISH I BROUGHT
IN BASKETS HERE BY THIS RIVER
AND WASHED IN WILLOW BARK
AND SULPHUR-SMOKED
THE GILLS IN SUNLIGHT AND WATER
SIR
I AM WHAT WAS BROUGHT
BY WATER BORNE BY WATER
BORN IN WATER
I AM WHAT FISH IS IN BASKETS BROUGHT
SET BEFORE YOUR WOODEN MOUTH
AND HEARING-EVERYWHERE...
I BRING TAMARIND,SAND
AND HONEY SALT
I BRING THESE THINGS
TO THESE RESPLENDANT SHORES THAT
YOU MAY BUILD A CITY
WITH ENKI MY BELOVED
& OF HIS FEET CLAY!
&OF HIS LEGS IS LEAD!
& OF HIS BELLY BRASS AND COPPER!
& OF HIS CHEST IS IRON!
&OF HIS NECK IS SILVER!
& OF HIS HEAD AND FACE IS GOLD!
WITH GUBB AND WITH PTAH!
THE LIGHT OF TORCH ASSISSTING
AND HEARING EVERYWHERE
HERE WAS I BROUGHT!
OH ZAZARRU!
MAZDA AHURA.
"may the gods who have thrown
me off give help
may the goddess
who has abandoned me show mercy
w-one who has no god
as he walks along the street
headache envelops him like
a garment
www one who has no god
as he walks along the street
headache
envelopes him
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
OOOOOOOO
AH!
ON YOUR SHADOW DO I LIVE
ON A ROTTING LEATHER SCROLL!
ah.
(childs voice)
...there was a beach here once
there was a beach here once,here on this footpath,there was a beach
here,
where the goats graze, and up this broken path, a staircase, a temple beneath
an awning of
blue sky and the sound of
everywhere wind.
CLOSE TO THE MURMURING SEA IT WAS
WHISPERING CAUGHT BETWEEN
CLOUD & CYPRUS
and there was i annointed
with balm
and on my skin was placed
a mark between the forehead
and temple between the folds
of flesh
on the right side
beneath the arm
and leather thongs
were
tightly wound
about the calves the
arms
the left foot
was i placed
before your open
wounded mouth
and a voice that
intoneth
FOOT THAT ADVANCETH!
WITH GUBB & WITH PTAH
THE LIGHT OF TORCH ASSISTING
AND HEARING EVERYWHERE
HERE WAS I BROUGHT
ON YOUR SHADOW DO I LIVE!
ON A ROTTING LEATHER SCROLL!
johhny was in a tavern,
he was lost in a pattern
and he couldnt think why
he stuck out his arm
and he offered me a brew
he said the world is fucked
screw you screw you
jeannie was baking apples
she was lost in forever land
and she couldnt think where
she opened up the oven
and she got quite a scare.
EGO EGO SUM SUM
SUM EGO
EGO EGO SUM SUM
SUM
EGO.
in the darkness of my sertap!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
thru these jewelled eyes
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AAAAAAAAAAA
the noise of man
is wearisome.
LET THE FLOWING GRAIN BE SPREAD
LIKE HAIR UPON A SCENTED SHEET!
THE POLISHED SURFACE OF ITS SIDE
THAT THE HEARING MAKES KNOWN!
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I am swarmed with souls!
I IS I
TO REPEAT IS I
SO AM I THROWN!
I IS I TO REPEAT IS I
SO AM I THROWN FROM FIRE!
(With water, am i basted)
EGO EGO SUM SUM
SUM EGO
IN DEO LUX
this is the first sin
that of word.
THE SECOND PART
rain sound
all i know is here,ameobic,fantastical
and hearing everywhere,full
ameobeic fantastical,full you in flowing cotton,who brought three
candles,perfumed in the blank halls
AND HEARING EVERYWHERE the white collonnaded walks
AND I AM SPED oh your dappled thighs and arms!
nectar has formed on the corners of your lips
like beeswax your forhead
shone
oh your eyes shone!
many petalled.
myriad white,
star tranfixed
thrown from the big-lipped sea.
she said
i is is to repeat
is i
the full gourd sound
to repeat
in deo lux.
is i is i
scrolled laurel
barnacle of skin
skin of blue sky
face of open
loud
to the four pillars of this earth
brown staunch north
flower scented south
holy east
holy west
incense lit
on my cheeks
look!
my hair leaps &
burns like waxy fruit
beneath
an angry orange sun
i am
within a white hot flower
in a field of crackling bees
was i placed
beneath you open wounded
mouth
oh zazzaruuu
ptah!
in gods light
and a voice that
intoneth
foot
that advanceth.
The Third Part
may i be brought back
to life
may the green grain flower
may my heart be sweetened
by a gentle fire
sweet nectar!
may i be reborn again!
tho all souls suffer
the travails of rebirth
may i be reborn
with the sweet nectar!
tho all souls suffer
the travails of death
and rebirth
may i be reborn!
it was here that this strange bird flew
here that it arrived
wings fluttering terrible
in its length beak open and eyes
jewelled,pearled-eyes
open and staring
oh ptah!
oh Guurnuu
into you staring
i was brought
and in your hand a balance
and in your talons a
sword&fire
there was fire and the sound
of everywhere wind
was i brought to this yellow plain
before your giant feet
was i humbled
and consumed.(phone-voice #1.)
mÛmÛmÛmÛmÛmÛmÛmÛmÛmÛmÛmÛmÛmÛmÛmÛmÛmÛmÛmÛmÛmÛm ' ÷ ø - - -< 2 I S y ‚ ™ š ´ º Ï ã ð ü ý {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ morning sky,pearl sky!
above ne over my right eye
face of bright jupiter
and venus
in strange conjunction,the pattern of
the star
in strange conjunction
i thought at first
it was
u.f.o
at first how strange
that the mind still
plays tricks
at this age
even though
things are now...
¼
2
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sum
in deo lux
oh ahura
o ptah
one who has no
god
as he walks
along the street
headache
envelopes him
oh Nin
Gur
Zu
sun sky! oh beach sky
athousand umbrellas
and ten thousand feet
scatter like buckshot
or the screaming seagull
the mountains are too
distant to be seen
here will i build
a temple
withEnki
my beloved and the
sound of
everywhere wind
here in this desert
where once an ocean
lived,
here will i live
with enki my beloved
beneath your wooden
mouth
and a voice that
ontoneth
foot
foot,
that advanceth
will i build your
city i is i
to repeat is i
in deo lux
broken mirror on the wall
broken pattern
of the ocean
am i set before your burning
feet
eyes burning
from yr.fire
in the city of the smokes
by this empty river
will i grow
oh Gu Ur Nu.
yousaturnmy!
HERE! HERE!
OH ZANZARRU!
i am only what water is
white with glory & with glass
my light is seven headed
beneath an awning of grass
and seven starred
there wooden pillars
are.
yellow eyed,frayed voice
a drum has played along this skin
tho the oceans
have i travelled
and mountains have i seen
i am only what burnt earth is
still i see the scars of fire
green melted metal
on my floors
where once i stood
proud
i was too proud
distant
not enough
it seems.
the noise of man wearisome
though i have been
reborn
countless times
too many times for
adding and subtracting
for division
i have yet to understand one
plus one
my lept their confines boiling in my dreams,now marbleam
let alone
notred bricked tower
( here,a single string is heard)
(A slapping sound,then the sound of water flowing)
(and that they met by this river to intone)
(that we should not concede }(to that)
ego ego sum sum sum ego
cotton,the white collonaded
....THE GILLS IN SUNLIGHT AND WATER
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AND SULPHUR SMOKED
AND THEY MET THERE
AND WASHED IN WATER
AND YOU FACE SHONE
AS I SANG MY SONG OF DEATH
BEFORE YOUR SCALES
before me oh lord
BROKEN EYES
BROKEN GLANCES ON THE WALLS
BROKEN LIVES
BROKEN PATTERN ON THE GLASS
S I SANG MY SONG OF DEATH
BEFORE YOUR SCALES
before me oh lord
BROKEN EYES
BROKEN GLANCES ON THE WALLS
BROKEN LIVES
BROKEN PATTERN ON THE GLASS
AS I SANG MY SONG OF DEATH
BEFORE YOUR SCALES
before me oh lord
BROKEN EYES
BROKEN GLANCES ON THE WALLS
BROKEN LIVES
BROKEN PATTERN ON THE GLASS
AS I SANG MY SONG OF DEATH
BEFORE YOUR SCALES
before me oh lord
BROKEN EYES
BROKEN GLANCES ON THE WALLS
BROKEN LIVES
BROKEN PATTERN ON THE GLASS
AS I SANG MY SONG OF DEATH
BEFORE YOUR SCALES
before me oh lord
BROKEN EYES
BROKEN GLANCES ON THE WALLS
BROKEN LIVES
BROKEN PATTERN ON THE GLASS
gourd-sound
GURRNUUU ZAARMU!
guurnuu zarmuuu
HERE WAS I BORNE BEFORE YOUR perfect
stone
HERE WAS I BROUGHT
holy smoke,golly wok o impae
HOW PERFECT IS YOUR MIRROR!
THE WINDOW IS OPEN
The me mirror
WITH WILLOW THRASHING
with demons who are angels
with which I live
YOU APPEARED BEFORE ME
YOU APPEARED BEFROE ME MANY
YOUR WOODEN MOUTH CLAP
ZAZAZZUUU!
{CONT.}
{you have sent me to live here
among these people
mabey you would have thought that you
had arrived
oh zazazuuu
oh guru
put
tah
by the river of straight steel
in the killing city
slaughterhouse of the innocent
rabbits of despair
i would not have called your name
delivered as
i am now in the hands of
mine enemies where
a
banququet had been placed
oh guur
nuu
oh zazzazuu
ahura
ptah
in deo lux
ah
broken mirror on the wall
broken cracks that run
in all the earthquake
directions noertheasta nd south
west towards the endless risings
always more hills
there is a dry spot there
and a wet one there where
the temple had been placed and
the holy place of burial
i will not be found in your
sacred nest
seth of the undertones
in your place of hiding i will
not be found
a men in nomine
broken mirror on the wall
ego ego sum sum
sum ego
in deo lux
among mine enemies
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