Whatever

Just thoughts and words, man, for the last post of the week, like. I've got PR emails. I haven't looked at them. Maybe next week.

Why have I been writing this blog for so long? Because it's the best thing for a loner. Music and poetry mean engaging with the world to some degree. Never mind. I will try my best to cope.

Watching Glastonbury ... man, I don't know. I can't imagine me getting on with people like that.

Poetry is better for loners. Larkin wasn't really connected with the poetry scene, even though he was so successful and famous. He just worked in a university library, and wrote two or three poems a year - when he was in the mood, like.

I don't know.

I want to write a dozen a year. Or twenty. All killer!

'No filler, Mikey!'

Do you know, kook(s)?

Oh, I've been thinking about Elon again. It's fine that he wants to work a hundred hours a week. It's great, even. However, it winds me up that he and other billionaires seem to think their employees should do the same hours. I mean, their attitude is, "Look at me, guys! I'm setting an example. I'm the leader, working one hundred hours a week. So ... be like me, yeah?" 

Yeah, yeah, Elon, Bill. Jeff, too.

But imagine you're working in one of Jeff's warehouses ... What's your reward for packing things in boxes, seven days a week, sixteen hours a day? Let me tell you. After a year, you'll be promoted to supervisor. 'Yippee!' [Shut up.] Well, okay. That's nice. But where's your yacht, man? Where are your billions? Where are your space rockets? Where is your fame? Er ...  Nowhere! All that shit is nowhere because you're a supervisor in a warehouse.

You dig?

And I noticed this same attitude in the Alexander film. The Great guy wanted his men to go further into India to conquer more land and achieve more glory. Well, hats off to Alexander the Great because - unlike today's general cowards - he was in the front line of every battle. Scars all over his body! Fair enough. Got to respect that. However, over two thousand years later, the world only remembers Alexander. The glory was his. It wasn't shared. All his brave men have been forgotten.

Uh.

Just saying, man.

Never mind.

Basically, what I'm saying is ... if you want to achieve stuff, do it on your own. Don't drag innocent individuals into your dreams.

Your dream might be someone else's nightmare. Unless you're in a band like The Beatles, where a team achieves together on the same level.

So, uh ...

Be like Picasso. Stay in your studio. Paint!

Be like Beethoven. Real moody with the tunes!

Be like me, a lonely poet ... wandering the cliffs, and beaches, and fields, and lanes ... with a pen and a notepad.

Not even a laptop!

And, uh ...

By the way, if you are working in one of Jeff's warehouses as a supervisor ... don't say the people working under you are ... "My team".

They're not your team, man. They're Jeff's team. All of them. Even the guy who sweeps the floor. Even the lady who makes the tea. Your team is an illusion that Jeff allows because it puts more money in his pocket.

Jeff is very happy for you to believe it's your team.

Do you understand???

Christ.

Now, I don't know why I got on to this subject, but I said "whatever", didn't I?

Ah ...

I'll be a poet soon.

I'll be sitting on a rock, facing the sea ... 24/7 ... really putting the hours in ... because I'm a workaholic.

Ha, ha, ha!

ENDS

[No. 1,112] Titles can be a pain, man ... with these conceptuals

Where's the freedom?

And, you ... tell me![1], and where's the freedom ... to get lost in these words ... and to hide behind these words?[1], and, you ... tell me![2], and I'll tell you ... Here - !!![1], and where's the freedom ... to get lost in these words ... and to hide behind these words?[2], and, so ... forget the title![1], and I'll tell you ... Here - !!![2], and, hello, hello[1], and, so ... forget the title![2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and you don't know what I'm saying, do you?[1], and, hello, hello[2], and ... come on![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and you don't know what I'm saying, do you?[2], and ... do you, you ... YOU(!)???[1], and ... come on![2], and, obviously, uh ...[1], and ... do you, you ... YOU(!)???[2], and, yes, yes[1], and, obviously, uh ...[2], and, obviously, poetry is different[1], and, yes, yes[2], and even free verse ain't free, son ... daughter ... all right?[1], and, obviously, poetry is different[2], and, obviously ... I'm not complaining[1], and even free verse ain't free, son ... daughter ... all right?[2], and I'm excited![1], and, obviously ... I'm not complaining[2], and the seasons of life change ... so ooo obviously![1], and I'm excited![2], and before I get forced out of London with no electricity ... I'll make wordy hay while the sun shines[1], and the seasons of life change ... so ooo obviously![2], and this is it![1], and before I get forced out of London with no electricity ... I'll make wordy hay while the sun shines[2], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... I can see a few clouds[1], and this is it![2], and ... 'Oh dear! What does that mean?'[1], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... I can see a few clouds[2], and, er ... it means, Voice ... there are clouds in the sky ... which I can see ... with my eyes, like[1], and ... 'Oh dear! What does that mean?'[2], and ... 'Okay'[1], and, er ... it means, Voice ... there are clouds in the sky ... which I can see ... with my eyes, like[2], and, idiot[1], and ... 'Okay'[2], and, anyway ...[1], and, idiot[2], and ... where was I?[1], and, anyway ...[2], and, actually ... where I am??? ... does anyone know?[1], and ... where was I?[2], and a-ROUND ... obviously![1], and, actually ... where I am??? ... does anyone know?[2], and, uh ...[1], and a-ROUND ... obviously![2], and we're having fun, aren't we?[1], and, uh ...[2], and I just ...[1], and we're having fun, aren't we?[2], and I don't know, man[1], and I just ...[2], and I'm bored now ... ... ...[1], and I don't know, man[2], and if the Owlman were here ... that would be really exciting[1], and I'm bored now ... ... ...[2], and I'll see him soon, probably[1], and if the Owlman were here ... that would be really exciting[2], and does he live in a tree?[1], and I'll see him soon, probably[2], and ... a tree![1], and does he live in a tree?[2], and with his money ... well, he lost his money, didn't he? ... I think his agent ripped him off[1], and ... a tree![2], and that's show business, folks![1], and with his money ... well, he lost his money, didn't he? ... I think his agent ripped him off[2], and I'll manage myself ... as a poet ... until I do recitals in - ... ... ... ah, always thinking ahead[1], and that's show business, folks![2], and ... "You're crazy!"[1], and I'll manage myself ... as a poet ... until I do recitals in - ... ... ... ah, always thinking ahead[2], and, what?![1], and ... "You're crazy!"[2], and ... 'Who was that, Mikey?'[1], and, what?![2], and, ha, ha, ha! ... that, my friend, was the Owlman![1], and ... 'Who was that, Mikey?'[2], and, you ... tell me![3], and, ha, ha, ha! ... that, my friend, was the Owlman![2], and where's the freedom ... to get lost in these words ... and to hide behind these words?[3], and I'll tell you ... Here - !!![3], and, so ... forget the title![3], and, hello, hello[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and you don't know what I'm saying, do you?[3], and ... come on![3], and ... do you, you ... YOU(!)???[3], and, obviously, uh ...[3], and, yes, yes[3], and, obviously, poetry is different[3], and even free verse ain't free, son ... daughter ... all right?[3], and, obviously ... I'm not complaining[3], and I'm excited![3], and the seasons of life change ... so ooo obviously![3], and before I get forced out of London with no electricity ... I'll make wordy hay while the sun shines[3], and this is it![3], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... I can see a few clouds[3], and ... 'Oh dear! What does that mean?'[3], and, er ... it means, Voice ... there are clouds in the sky ... which I can see ... with my eyes, like[3], and ... 'Okay'[3], and, idiot[3], and, anyway ...[3], and ... where was I?[3], and, actually ... where I am??? ... does anyone know?[3], and a-ROUND ... obviously![3], and, uh ...[3], and we're having fun, aren't we?[3], and I just ...[3], and I don't know, man[3], and I'm bored now ... ... ...[3], and if the Owlman were here ... that would be really exciting[3], and I'll see him soon, probably[3], and does he live in a tree?[3], and ... a tree![3], and with his money ... well, he lost his money, didn't he? ... I think his agent ripped him off[3], and that's show business, folks![3], and I'll manage myself ... as a poet ... until I do recitals in - ... ... ... ah, always thinking ahead[3], and ... "You're crazy!"[3], and, what?![3], and ... 'Who was that, Mikey?'[3], and, ha, ha, ha! ... that, my friend, was the Owlman![3], and

And, you ... tell me![1], and where's the freedom ... to get lost in these words ... and to hide behind these words?[1], and, you ... tell me![2], and I'll tell you ... Here - !!![1], and where's the freedom ... to get lost in these words ... and to hide behind these words?[2], and, so ... forget the title![1], and I'll tell you ... Here - !!![2], and, hello, hello[1], and, so ... forget the title![2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and you don't know what I'm saying, do you?[1], and, hello, hello[2], and ... come on![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and you don't know what I'm saying, do you?[2], and ... do you, you ... YOU(!)???[1], and ... come on![2], and, obviously, uh ...[1], and ... do you, you ... YOU(!)???[2], and, yes, yes[1], and, obviously, uh ...[2], and, obviously, poetry is different[1], and, yes, yes[2], and even free verse ain't free, son ... daughter ... all right?[1], and, obviously, poetry is different[2], and, obviously ... I'm not complaining[1], and even free verse ain't free, son ... daughter ... all right?[2], and I'm excited![1], and, obviously ... I'm not complaining[2], and the seasons of life change ... so ooo obviously![1], and I'm excited![2], and before I get forced out of London with no electricity ... I'll make wordy hay while the sun shines[1], and the seasons of life change ... so ooo obviously![2], and this is it![1], and before I get forced out of London with no electricity ... I'll make wordy hay while the sun shines[2], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... I can see a few clouds[1], and this is it![2], and ... 'Oh dear! What does that mean?'[1], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... I can see a few clouds[2], and, er ... it means, Voice ... there are clouds in the sky ... which I can see ... with my eyes, like[1], and ... 'Oh dear! What does that mean?'[2], and ... 'Okay'[1], and, er ... it means, Voice ... there are clouds in the sky ... which I can see ... with my eyes, like[2], and, idiot[1], and ... 'Okay'[2], and, anyway ...[1], and, idiot[2], and ... where was I?[1], and, anyway ...[2], and, actually ... where I am??? ... does anyone know?[1], and ... where was I?[2], and a-ROUND ... obviously![1], and, actually ... where I am??? ... does anyone know?[2], and, uh ...[1], and a-ROUND ... obviously![2], and we're having fun, aren't we?[1], and, uh ...[2], and I just ...[1], and we're having fun, aren't we?[2], and I don't know, man[1], and I just ...[2], and I'm bored now ... ... ...[1], and I don't know, man[2], and if the Owlman were here ... that would be really exciting[1], and I'm bored now ... ... ...[2], and I'll see him soon, probably[1], and if the Owlman were here ... that would be really exciting[2], and does he live in a tree?[1], and I'll see him soon, probably[2], and ... a tree![1], and does he live in a tree?[2], and with his money ... well, he lost his money, didn't he? ... I think his agent ripped him off[1], and ... a tree![2], and that's show business, folks![1], and with his money ... well, he lost his money, didn't he? ... I think his agent ripped him off[2], and I'll manage myself ... as a poet ... until I do recitals in - ... ... ... ah, always thinking ahead[1], and that's show business, folks![2], and ... "You're crazy!"[1], and I'll manage myself ... as a poet ... until I do recitals in - ... ... ... ah, always thinking ahead[2], and, what?![1], and ... "You're crazy!"[2], and ... 'Who was that, Mikey?'[1], and, what?![2], and, ha, ha, ha! ... that, my friend, was the Owlman![1], and ... 'Who was that, Mikey?'[2], and, you ... tell me![3], and, ha, ha, ha! ... that, my friend, was the Owlman![2], and where's the freedom ... to get lost in these words ... and to hide behind these words?[3], and I'll tell you ... Here - !!![3], and, so ... forget the title![3], and, hello, hello[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and you don't know what I'm saying, do you?[3], and ... come on![3], and ... do you, you ... YOU(!)???[3], and, obviously, uh ...[3], and, yes, yes[3], and, obviously, poetry is different[3], and even free verse ain't free, son ... daughter ... all right?[3], and, obviously ... I'm not complaining[3], and I'm excited![3], and the seasons of life change ... so ooo obviously![3], and before I get forced out of London with no electricity ... I'll make wordy hay while the sun shines[3], and this is it![3], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... I can see a few clouds[3], and ... 'Oh dear! What does that mean?'[3], and, er ... it means, Voice ... there are clouds in the sky ... which I can see ... with my eyes, like[3], and ... 'Okay'[3], and, idiot[3], and, anyway ...[3], and ... where was I?[3], and, actually ... where I am??? ... does anyone know?[3], and a-ROUND ... obviously![3], and, uh ...[3], and we're having fun, aren't we?[3], and I just ...[3], and I don't know, man[3], and I'm bored now ... ... ...[3], and if the Owlman were here ... that would be really exciting[3], and I'll see him soon, probably[3], and does he live in a tree?[3], and ... a tree![3], and with his money ... well, he lost his money, didn't he? ... I think his agent ripped him off[3], and that's show business, folks![3], and I'll manage myself ... as a poet ... until I do recitals in - ... ... ... ah, always thinking ahead[3], and ... "You're crazy!"[3], and, what?![3], and ... 'Who was that, Mikey?'[3], and, ha, ha, ha! ... that, my friend, was the Owlman![3], and

And, you ... tell me![1], and where's the freedom ... to get lost in these words ... and to hide behind these words?[1], and, you ... tell me![2], and I'll tell you ... Here - !!![1], and where's the freedom ... to get lost in these words ... and to hide behind these words?[2], and, so ... forget the title![1], and I'll tell you ... Here - !!![2], and, hello, hello[1], and, so ... forget the title![2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and you don't know what I'm saying, do you?[1], and, hello, hello[2], and ... come on![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and you don't know what I'm saying, do you?[2], and ... do you, you ... YOU(!)???[1], and ... come on![2], and, obviously, uh ...[1], and ... do you, you ... YOU(!)???[2], and, yes, yes[1], and, obviously, uh ...[2], and, obviously, poetry is different[1], and, yes, yes[2], and even free verse ain't free, son ... daughter ... all right?[1], and, obviously, poetry is different[2], and, obviously ... I'm not complaining[1], and even free verse ain't free, son ... daughter ... all right?[2], and I'm excited![1], and, obviously ... I'm not complaining[2], and the seasons of life change ... so ooo obviously![1], and I'm excited![2], and before I get forced out of London with no electricity ... I'll make wordy hay while the sun shines[1], and the seasons of life change ... so ooo obviously![2], and this is it![1], and before I get forced out of London with no electricity ... I'll make wordy hay while the sun shines[2], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... I can see a few clouds[1], and this is it![2], and ... 'Oh dear! What does that mean?'[1], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... I can see a few clouds[2], and, er ... it means, Voice ... there are clouds in the sky ... which I can see ... with my eyes, like[1], and ... 'Oh dear! What does that mean?'[2], and ... 'Okay'[1], and, er ... it means, Voice ... there are clouds in the sky ... which I can see ... with my eyes, like[2], and, idiot[1], and ... 'Okay'[2], and, anyway ...[1], and, idiot[2], and ... where was I?[1], and, anyway ...[2], and, actually ... where I am??? ... does anyone know?[1], and ... where was I?[2], and a-ROUND ... obviously![1], and, actually ... where I am??? ... does anyone know?[2], and, uh ...[1], and a-ROUND ... obviously![2], and we're having fun, aren't we?[1], and, uh ...[2], and I just ...[1], and we're having fun, aren't we?[2], and I don't know, man[1], and I just ...[2], and I'm bored now ... ... ...[1], and I don't know, man[2], and if the Owlman were here ... that would be really exciting[1], and I'm bored now ... ... ...[2], and I'll see him soon, probably[1], and if the Owlman were here ... that would be really exciting[2], and does he live in a tree?[1], and I'll see him soon, probably[2], and ... a tree![1], and does he live in a tree?[2], and with his money ... well, he lost his money, didn't he? ... I think his agent ripped him off[1], and ... a tree![2], and that's show business, folks![1], and with his money ... well, he lost his money, didn't he? ... I think his agent ripped him off[2], and I'll manage myself ... as a poet ... until I do recitals in - ... ... ... ah, always thinking ahead[1], and that's show business, folks![2], and ... "You're crazy!"[1], and I'll manage myself ... as a poet ... until I do recitals in - ... ... ... ah, always thinking ahead[2], and, what?![1], and ... "You're crazy!"[2], and ... 'Who was that, Mikey?'[1], and, what?![2], and, ha, ha, ha! ... that, my friend, was the Owlman![1], and ... 'Who was that, Mikey?'[2], and, you ... tell me![3], and, ha, ha, ha! ... that, my friend, was the Owlman![2], and where's the freedom ... to get lost in these words ... and to hide behind these words?[3], and I'll tell you ... Here - !!![3], and, so ... forget the title![3], and, hello, hello[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and you don't know what I'm saying, do you?[3], and ... come on![3], and ... do you, you ... YOU(!)???[3], and, obviously, uh ...[3], and, yes, yes[3], and, obviously, poetry is different[3], and even free verse ain't free, son ... daughter ... all right?[3], and, obviously ... I'm not complaining[3], and I'm excited![3], and the seasons of life change ... so ooo obviously![3], and before I get forced out of London with no electricity ... I'll make wordy hay while the sun shines[3], and this is it![3], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... I can see a few clouds[3], and ... 'Oh dear! What does that mean?'[3], and, er ... it means, Voice ... there are clouds in the sky ... which I can see ... with my eyes, like[3], and ... 'Okay'[3], and, idiot[3], and, anyway ...[3], and ... where was I?[3], and, actually ... where I am??? ... does anyone know?[3], and a-ROUND ... obviously![3], and, uh ...[3], and we're having fun, aren't we?[3], and I just ...[3], and I don't know, man[3], and I'm bored now ... ... ...[3], and if the Owlman were here ... that would be really exciting[3], and I'll see him soon, probably[3], and does he live in a tree?[3], and ... a tree![3], and with his money ... well, he lost his money, didn't he? ... I think his agent ripped him off[3], and that's show business, folks![3], and I'll manage myself ... as a poet ... until I do recitals in - ... ... ... ah, always thinking ahead[3], and ... "You're crazy!"[3], and, what?![3], and ... 'Who was that, Mikey?'[3], and, ha, ha, ha! ... that, my friend, was the Owlman![3], and

No filler!

I ain't gonna have no filler in my poetry collections, man.

Don't even need it if I'm only going to be writing 120-150 poems in ten years.

You dig?

I can write a thousand conceptuals in that time ... with all my other creative activities, regular posts, songs, etc, too.

Look at this from Philip Larkin's The Whitsun Weddings -

Days

What are days for?

Days are where we live.

They come, they wake us

Time and time over.

They are to be happy in:

Where can we live but days?

Ah, solving that problem

Brings the priest and the doctor

In their long coats

Running over the fields.

Someone who's only been interested in poetry for a day could write that. Anyone could write it. And a robot? Don't get me started.

However, the actual The Whitsun Weddings poem in the same collection (obviously) couldn't be written by most top poets. I mean, Seamus Heaney was alive at the same time as Larkin. He was a Nobel Prize winner. I don't see any of his poems being anywhere near The Whitsun Weddings.

So ...

Just saying, man. No filler! All killer!

Anyway ...

Oh!

And as for Eliot ...

What a missed opportunity!

After The Hollow Men ... he should have sat himself down and had a quiet word with himself: "Right, Tommy, son. You need to scrap all of your earlier poems, except The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Just keep that poem, with The Waste Land, and The Hollow Men. Burn the others. Whatever! Just don't republish them. And I shouldn't need to tell you this ... forget about being a playwright. That's a mug's game for you. I mean, you ain't gonna be no Shakespeare, man. And, uh ... cats? Cats?! Please, don't write about cats. It's beneath you. And, uh ... literary criticism? Christ! Let other people do that. People who ain't poets. All right? Now, what you need to do is ... write another ten poems as good as the last two. Just ten! You can do it. You've got the whole of your life ahead of you, FFS! And a word to the wise ... don't become a conservative Christian. That's not gonna help."

You see? That's the sort of word I'm able to have with myself. And it takes two things -

Massive self-awareness

Massive ambition

You dig?

'Nice one, Mikey!'

Yep.

Laters!

[No. 1,111] War words

The reality of the world must be conquered.

And it's a war[1], and, yes, yes ... it's a sacred mission![1], and it's a war[2], and I'm almost ready[1], and, yes, yes ... it's a sacred mission![2], and it will be ... it will be[1], and I'm almost ready[2], and uh ...[1], and it will be ... it will be[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, uh ... just trying to spin myself into the right state[1], and uh ...[2], and ... 'A right state?!'[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, uh ... just trying to spin myself into the right state[2], and, the, the ... THE right state, idiot![1], and ... 'A right state?!'[2], and ... 'Oh, okay'[1], and, the, the ... THE right state, idiot![2], and, I, I ... I will fight![1], and ... 'Oh, okay'[2], and ... 'Yippee!'[1], and, I, I ... I will fight![2], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... it can't be done with conceptuals a-ROUND here ... I must use poems in the cold world[1], and ... 'Yippee!'[2], and words, hard and soft ...[1], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... it can't be done with conceptuals a-ROUND here ... I must use poems in the cold world[2], and gotta be crafty ...[1], and words, hard and soft ...[2], and every word will matter ...[1], and gotta be crafty ...[2], and ... with a big effort, obviously[1], and every word will matter ...[2], and every word will strike at a heart or a brain ...[1], and ... with a big effort, obviously[2], and demons won't like it[1], and every word will strike at a heart or a brain ...[2], and ... 'Ah, those slags!'[1], and demons won't like it[2], and real damage will be done to their world ...[1], and ... 'Ah, those slags!'[2], and ... 'Ha!'[1], and real damage will be done to their world ...[2], and, yes, YES ... ha, ha, ha![1], and ... 'Ha!'[2], and, come, come, come on ... words, words, words ... here to there![1], and, yes, YES ... ha, ha, ha![2], and I will write them all![1], and, come, come, come on ... words, words, words ... here to there![2], and I'll do it on a rock ... not on a bloody cushion![1], and I will write them all![2], and in front of the sea ...[1], and I'll do it on a rock ... not on a bloody cushion![2], and will I, I ... be staring at a burnt boat in the harbour??? ... Well, why not? ... I'll be up for it! ... I won't be afraid[1], and in front of the sea ...[2], and whatever, you know?[1], and will I, I ... be staring at a burnt boat in the harbour??? ... Well, why not? ... I'll be up for it! ... I won't be afraid[2], and listen, listen, listen to me, my kooks ...[1], and whatever, you know?[2], and ... 'Listen to him - !!!'[1], and listen, listen, listen to me, my kooks ...[2], and Alexander would have been better off conquering the world with words ... and we remember war words, don't we?[1], and ... 'Listen to him - !!!'[2], and with ... ... ...[1], and Alexander would have been better off conquering the world with words ... and we remember war words, don't we?[2], and no deaths[1], and with ... ... ...[2], and no human misery[1], and no deaths[2], and gotta fight with words, man[1], and no human misery[2], and there's no need to get physical ... is there?[1], and gotta fight with words, man[2], and ... 'Fight!'[1], and there's no need to get physical ... is there?[2], and let all the violence be in the words ... and let the words destroy just as much as they create[1], and ... 'Fight!'[2], and it's definitely war[1], and let all the violence be in the words ... and let the words destroy just as much as they create[2], and it's a war[3], and it's definitely war[2], and, yes, yes ... it's a sacred mission![3], and I'm almost ready[3], and it will be ... it will be[3], and uh ...[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, uh ... just trying to spin myself into the right state[3], and ... 'A right state?!'[3], and, the, the ... THE right state, idiot![3], and ... 'Oh, okay'[3], and, I, I ... I will fight![3], and ... 'Yippee!'[3], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... it can't be done with conceptuals a-ROUND here ... I must use poems in the cold world[3], and words, hard and soft ...[3], and gotta be crafty ...[3], and every word will matter ...[3], and ... with a big effort, obviously[3], and every word will strike at a heart or a brain ...[3], and demons won't like it[3], and ... 'Ah, those slags!'[3], and real damage will be done to their world ...[3], and ... 'Ha!'[3], and, yes, YES ... ha, ha, ha![3], and, come, come, come on ... words, words, words ... here to there![3], and I will write them all![3], and I'll do it on a rock ... not on a bloody cushion![3], and in front of the sea ...[3], and will I, I ... be staring at a burnt boat in the harbour??? ... Well, why not? ... I'll be up for it! ... I won't be afraid[3], and whatever, you know?[3], and listen, listen, listen to me, my kooks ...[3], and ... 'Listen to him - !!!'[3], and Alexander would have been better off conquering the world with words ... and we remember war words, don't we?[3], and with ... ... ...[3], and no deaths[3], and no human misery[3], and gotta fight with words, man[3], and there's no need to get physical ... is there?[3], and ... 'Fight!'[3], and let all the violence be in the words ... and let the words destroy just as much as they create[3], and it's definitely war[3], and

And it's a war[1], and, yes, yes ... it's a sacred mission![1], and it's a war[2], and I'm almost ready[1], and, yes, yes ... it's a sacred mission![2], and it will be ... it will be[1], and I'm almost ready[2], and uh ...[1], and it will be ... it will be[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, uh ... just trying to spin myself into the right state[1], and uh ...[2], and ... 'A right state?!'[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, uh ... just trying to spin myself into the right state[2], and, the, the ... THE right state, idiot![1], and ... 'A right state?!'[2], and ... 'Oh, okay'[1], and, the, the ... THE right state, idiot![2], and, I, I ... I will fight![1], and ... 'Oh, okay'[2], and ... 'Yippee!'[1], and, I, I ... I will fight![2], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... it can't be done with conceptuals a-ROUND here ... I must use poems in the cold world[1], and ... 'Yippee!'[2], and words, hard and soft ...[1], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... it can't be done with conceptuals a-ROUND here ... I must use poems in the cold world[2], and gotta be crafty ...[1], and words, hard and soft ...[2], and every word will matter ...[1], and gotta be crafty ...[2], and ... with a big effort, obviously[1], and every word will matter ...[2], and every word will strike at a heart or a brain ...[1], and ... with a big effort, obviously[2], and demons won't like it[1], and every word will strike at a heart or a brain ...[2], and ... 'Ah, those slags!'[1], and demons won't like it[2], and real damage will be done to their world ...[1], and ... 'Ah, those slags!'[2], and ... 'Ha!'[1], and real damage will be done to their world ...[2], and, yes, YES ... ha, ha, ha![1], and ... 'Ha!'[2], and, come, come, come on ... words, words, words ... here to there![1], and, yes, YES ... ha, ha, ha![2], and I will write them all![1], and, come, come, come on ... words, words, words ... here to there![2], and I'll do it on a rock ... not on a bloody cushion![1], and I will write them all![2], and in front of the sea ...[1], and I'll do it on a rock ... not on a bloody cushion![2], and will I, I ... be staring at a burnt boat in the harbour??? ... Well, why not? ... I'll be up for it! ... I won't be afraid[1], and in front of the sea ...[2], and whatever, you know?[1], and will I, I ... be staring at a burnt boat in the harbour??? ... Well, why not? ... I'll be up for it! ... I won't be afraid[2], and listen, listen, listen to me, my kooks ...[1], and whatever, you know?[2], and ... 'Listen to him - !!!'[1], and listen, listen, listen to me, my kooks ...[2], and Alexander would have been better off conquering the world with words ... and we remember war words, don't we?[1], and ... 'Listen to him - !!!'[2], and with ... ... ...[1], and Alexander would have been better off conquering the world with words ... and we remember war words, don't we?[2], and no deaths[1], and with ... ... ...[2], and no human misery[1], and no deaths[2], and gotta fight with words, man[1], and no human misery[2], and there's no need to get physical ... is there?[1], and gotta fight with words, man[2], and ... 'Fight!'[1], and there's no need to get physical ... is there?[2], and let all the violence be in the words ... and let the words destroy just as much as they create[1], and ... 'Fight!'[2], and it's definitely war[1], and let all the violence be in the words ... and let the words destroy just as much as they create[2], and it's a war[3], and it's definitely war[2], and, yes, yes ... it's a sacred mission![3], and I'm almost ready[3], and it will be ... it will be[3], and uh ...[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, uh ... just trying to spin myself into the right state[3], and ... 'A right state?!'[3], and, the, the ... THE right state, idiot![3], and ... 'Oh, okay'[3], and, I, I ... I will fight![3], and ... 'Yippee!'[3], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... it can't be done with conceptuals a-ROUND here ... I must use poems in the cold world[3], and words, hard and soft ...[3], and gotta be crafty ...[3], and every word will matter ...[3], and ... with a big effort, obviously[3], and every word will strike at a heart or a brain ...[3], and demons won't like it[3], and ... 'Ah, those slags!'[3], and real damage will be done to their world ...[3], and ... 'Ha!'[3], and, yes, YES ... ha, ha, ha![3], and, come, come, come on ... words, words, words ... here to there![3], and I will write them all![3], and I'll do it on a rock ... not on a bloody cushion![3], and in front of the sea ...[3], and will I, I ... be staring at a burnt boat in the harbour??? ... Well, why not? ... I'll be up for it! ... I won't be afraid[3], and whatever, you know?[3], and listen, listen, listen to me, my kooks ...[3], and ... 'Listen to him - !!!'[3], and Alexander would have been better off conquering the world with words ... and we remember war words, don't we?[3], and with ... ... ...[3], and no deaths[3], and no human misery[3], and gotta fight with words, man[3], and there's no need to get physical ... is there?[3], and ... 'Fight!'[3], and let all the violence be in the words ... and let the words destroy just as much as they create[3], and it's definitely war[3], and

And it's a war[1], and, yes, yes ... it's a sacred mission![1], and it's a war[2], and I'm almost ready[1], and, yes, yes ... it's a sacred mission![2], and it will be ... it will be[1], and I'm almost ready[2], and uh ...[1], and it will be ... it will be[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, uh ... just trying to spin myself into the right state[1], and uh ...[2], and ... 'A right state?!'[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, uh ... just trying to spin myself into the right state[2], and, the, the ... THE right state, idiot![1], and ... 'A right state?!'[2], and ... 'Oh, okay'[1], and, the, the ... THE right state, idiot![2], and, I, I ... I will fight![1], and ... 'Oh, okay'[2], and ... 'Yippee!'[1], and, I, I ... I will fight![2], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... it can't be done with conceptuals a-ROUND here ... I must use poems in the cold world[1], and ... 'Yippee!'[2], and words, hard and soft ...[1], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... it can't be done with conceptuals a-ROUND here ... I must use poems in the cold world[2], and gotta be crafty ...[1], and words, hard and soft ...[2], and every word will matter ...[1], and gotta be crafty ...[2], and ... with a big effort, obviously[1], and every word will matter ...[2], and every word will strike at a heart or a brain ...[1], and ... with a big effort, obviously[2], and demons won't like it[1], and every word will strike at a heart or a brain ...[2], and ... 'Ah, those slags!'[1], and demons won't like it[2], and real damage will be done to their world ...[1], and ... 'Ah, those slags!'[2], and ... 'Ha!'[1], and real damage will be done to their world ...[2], and, yes, YES ... ha, ha, ha![1], and ... 'Ha!'[2], and, come, come, come on ... words, words, words ... here to there![1], and, yes, YES ... ha, ha, ha![2], and I will write them all![1], and, come, come, come on ... words, words, words ... here to there![2], and I'll do it on a rock ... not on a bloody cushion![1], and I will write them all![2], and in front of the sea ...[1], and I'll do it on a rock ... not on a bloody cushion![2], and will I, I ... be staring at a burnt boat in the harbour??? ... Well, why not? ... I'll be up for it! ... I won't be afraid[1], and in front of the sea ...[2], and whatever, you know?[1], and will I, I ... be staring at a burnt boat in the harbour??? ... Well, why not? ... I'll be up for it! ... I won't be afraid[2], and listen, listen, listen to me, my kooks ...[1], and whatever, you know?[2], and ... 'Listen to him - !!!'[1], and listen, listen, listen to me, my kooks ...[2], and Alexander would have been better off conquering the world with words ... and we remember war words, don't we?[1], and ... 'Listen to him - !!!'[2], and with ... ... ...[1], and Alexander would have been better off conquering the world with words ... and we remember war words, don't we?[2], and no deaths[1], and with ... ... ...[2], and no human misery[1], and no deaths[2], and gotta fight with words, man[1], and no human misery[2], and there's no need to get physical ... is there?[1], and gotta fight with words, man[2], and ... 'Fight!'[1], and there's no need to get physical ... is there?[2], and let all the violence be in the words ... and let the words destroy just as much as they create[1], and ... 'Fight!'[2], and it's definitely war[1], and let all the violence be in the words ... and let the words destroy just as much as they create[2], and it's a war[3], and it's definitely war[2], and, yes, yes ... it's a sacred mission![3], and I'm almost ready[3], and it will be ... it will be[3], and uh ...[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, uh ... just trying to spin myself into the right state[3], and ... 'A right state?!'[3], and, the, the ... THE right state, idiot![3], and ... 'Oh, okay'[3], and, I, I ... I will fight![3], and ... 'Yippee!'[3], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... it can't be done with conceptuals a-ROUND here ... I must use poems in the cold world[3], and words, hard and soft ...[3], and gotta be crafty ...[3], and every word will matter ...[3], and ... with a big effort, obviously[3], and every word will strike at a heart or a brain ...[3], and demons won't like it[3], and ... 'Ah, those slags!'[3], and real damage will be done to their world ...[3], and ... 'Ha!'[3], and, yes, YES ... ha, ha, ha![3], and, come, come, come on ... words, words, words ... here to there![3], and I will write them all![3], and I'll do it on a rock ... not on a bloody cushion![3], and in front of the sea ...[3], and will I, I ... be staring at a burnt boat in the harbour??? ... Well, why not? ... I'll be up for it! ... I won't be afraid[3], and whatever, you know?[3], and listen, listen, listen to me, my kooks ...[3], and ... 'Listen to him - !!!'[3], and Alexander would have been better off conquering the world with words ... and we remember war words, don't we?[3], and with ... ... ...[3], and no deaths[3], and no human misery[3], and gotta fight with words, man[3], and there's no need to get physical ... is there?[3], and ... 'Fight!'[3], and let all the violence be in the words ... and let the words destroy just as much as they create[3], and it's definitely war[3], and

Regtech???

Regtech?

"What's that?" ... you might be asking, dear reader(s), on a hot day in summer. Haven't you got a life?

'I know what it is, boss.'

What, Voice? Tell the readers.

'It's new technology that has been developed by a guy called Reg.'

Okay.

Reg who?

'Just a guy called Reg.'

Idiot.

Anyway ...

Regtech Spend to Surge to $207 Billion Globally by 2028, with AI & Machine Learning Unlocking Efficiencies.

Right.

Basingstoke, UK - 12th June 2023: A new study from Juniper Research, the foremost experts in fintech, has found that spend on regtech by financial institutions and other industries will increase by 124% between 2023 and 2028 globally, from $83 billion in 2023.

I know what fintech is.

What the hell is regtech?!

'I've already told you.'

Shut up.

Increasingly complex regulatory requirements are driving corporates to adopt a range of new technologies to facilitate compliance. New approaches include the use of shared blockchain ledgers to improve anti-money laundering, and fraud compliance at cryptocurrency exchanges. Natural language processing is also being used to detect malicious actors in emails and phone calls; successfully identifying misconduct, conflicts of interest and financial crime. With increased deployment of these technologies, we anticipate rising levels of enterprise investment, as they recognise the vast efficiencies regtech can create. 

For the love of Christ! What is regtech?!

Regtech is a subset of fintech focusing on technology that can enable the delivery of regulatory requirements more efficiently and effectively than existing capabilities.

Thank you!

That wasn't too difficult, was it?

These people ...

ENDS

ENDS

ENDS

...

Anything else?

I've got two poems now.

'Yippee!'

The latest one is Owlman.

[It only took me an hour to write on Friday. My inspiration from the conceptuals has definitely spread to my poems. I was hoping that would be the case.]

It's a small poem in free verse, and I rather like it. I might write quite a few of these free verse poems. 'Really?' Yeah. You're given more freedom to concentrate on the words and the meaning of the poem, and you can be more "artistic", I suppose, than with ... you know, traditional verse. However, there is the danger of too much freedom. Also, you've got to struggle to stay poetic. You don't want the writing to look and sound like chopped-up prose, you dig?

Anyway ...

Tony Robbins talks about shifting your identity, and the whole direction of your life changing.

Something about American POWs being brainwashed by the Chinese.

'What's that got to do with poetry, Mikey?'

Ha, ha, ha!

A hell of a lot, my little invisible friend. More than you can imagine.

'Oh.'

I blame the ghost of Yeats, myself. But that's another story.

Anyway ...

I watched Glastonbury on TV this weekend. It was all right.

Just two things ...

The new music by young stars seemed alien to me.

And ...

The old music by old stars seemed ... awkward.

Do you know what I mean, kooks?

Maybe you don't.

I don't know.

But I bought Shakespeare in Love for my phone ... and watching it after the music made me think ... how high culture really floats above popular culture.

Do you dig?

And new "heavy" high culture barely exists these days ...

There's a real opportunity there for someone who's as nuts as I am.

'Who's as nuts as you, though?'

No one.

Laters.

Finance Norway

What's this?!

'Who's giving Norway money, boss?'

I've got no idea, Voice. They will only waste it - if I know those Norwegians.

'Do you know them?'

No.

Anyway ...

Oslo, Norway: State-backed Export Finance Norway (Eksfin) will provide guarantees for Aker Carbon Capture (ACC)'s recently announced contract to supply five ACC Just Catch units, additional equipment such as liquefaction systems, and temporary CO2 storage and on-/offloading facilities for two sites in Denmark. The contract, with leading Danish renewables company Ørsted, is worth over EUR 200m in total. The guarantees mark Eksfin's debut in the carbon capture and storage segment amid a burgeoning global market for Norwegian climate technology.

Er ... can we have that in English, please?

'Was it in Norwegian, boss?'

Shut up, idiot.

Anyway ...

The Danish are involved in this too.

I don't know.

I just don't know.

Maybe we should talk about something else.

'Finish the email.'

Uh.

All right.

'Where are the voices?'

Er ...

'You know I love the voices.'

Yes, I know you love the voices.

Aker Carbon Capture has been awarded contracts to deliver carbon capture to Ørsted's wood chip-fired Asnæs Power Station and the Avedøre Power Station's straw-fired boiler, both part of the -

No, no, no.

'Who was that?!'

No one.

Ah! Egil! Come on, son!

"We are frequently requested to provide guarantees for export contracts. To meet these demands, Eksfin's additional risk capacity allows Aker Carbon Capture to meet international customers' expectations at competitive terms in the growing carbon capture industry", says Egil Fagerland, Chief Financial Officer at Aker Carbon Capture.

'Thanks, Egil!'

Tone? 

"We are delighted on Aker Carbon Capture's behalf for securing this important contract. This is the first carbon capture project Eksfin has supported. Going forward, we aim to develop additional financing solutions together with commercial banks that serve our dual national goal of increasing exports and reducing emissions", says Eksfin CEO, Ms. Tone Lunde Bakker.

Nice one. 

Lunde?

"Increasing exports of Norwegian climate-related technology is one of our strategic priorities at Eksfin. Our flexible range of guarantees and loans are available to both Norwegian export companies and buyers of Norwegian goods and services who can also rely on our experience and collaborative approach to create the right tailored solution," says Lunde Bakker.

Thanks, Lunde.

Anyway ...

ENDS

ENDS

ENDS

...

Anything else?

Oh yeah. Taking positives from a negative situation. Always try to do that, my dear kooks.

I mean, this blog, the words. Without the repetition of the conceptuals and the copying and pasting of the PR emails plus +(!) ... all the words I've written in the past, years before the blog ... man, I estimate ... one and a half million words of creative writing, you dig? The word power that has come from all that will be useful with the poetry I'm about to write. / And my songs? The lyrics of Nothing and Life and Death have turned out to be a good way back into the writing of poetry.

So, I'm staying positive.

And I'm building my vision in fine detail.

'Yippee!'

I imagine ...

Forty-four poems in my first volume.

Forty-two poems in my second volume.

Forty poems in my third volume.

Sounds crazy?

I see what the poems look like on the page. Their shape. How big they are, the free verse ones. How small they are ... maybe a few twelve-line poems, with metre and rhyme.

The moods, the atmospheres.

How Cornwall will be captured in volumes one and two. How my mind will be captured in words. My soul.

Universal words! Phrase-making!

And the Nature ... all of it!

I will be Nature - !!!

The sea, the beaches, the cliffs.

The moon, the sun.

The stars!

'Don't forget the cosmos, Mikey!'

And, obviously ... the spiritual dimension, yes, the cosmos. Which might actually be hidden behind the words. I won't actually use the word "cosmos".

It's just a strong vision, you dig?

Oh, you gotta have a strong vision, kook(s)! Yes, you(s) - !!!

The stronger the better!

Laters.

My astrologer though ... "You won't start to do your best writing until you reach the age of 54"  ... thirty years ago! ... he said age 54, not 53, or 55, but 54! I am 54. / And it's not as if I've waited to be this age. This bad situation I'm in is not of my making ... and I'm being forced into writing poetry as my only option. / Mysticism is real, folks.

[No. 1,110] Being under the stars will turbocharge my words

Believe it.

And, well ...[1], and ... can you imagine?[1], and, well ...[2], and, you, you, YOU(!) ... come on![1], and ... can you imagine?[2], and Jesus H. - !!![1], and, you, you, YOU(!) ... come on![2], and you've got an imagination(s), kook(s), surely?[1], and Jesus H. - !!![2], and ... 'Well ...'[1], and you've got an imagination(s), kook(s), surely?[2], and I just ...[1], and ... 'Well ...'[2], and, oh ... oh ... the sun, too! ... 'And the moon!' ... Ha, ha, ha! ... yes, and the moon ... we mustn't forget[1], and I just ...[2], and ... 'Don't forget, Mikey!'[1], and, oh ... oh ... the sun, too! ... 'And the moon!' ... Ha, ha, ha! ... yes, and the moon ... we mustn't forget[2], and I won't forget ...[1], and ... 'Don't forget, Mikey!'[2], and ... 'Ha!'[1], and I won't forget ...[2], and ... ... ... how could I forget???[1], and ... 'Ha!'[2], and I can imagine the moon ... grinning at me ... 'Don't go too far' ... Ha! Listen to him![1], and ... ... ... how could I forget???[2], and don't go too far???[1], and I can imagine the moon ... grinning at me ... 'Don't go too far' ... Ha! Listen to him![2], and I will go far as I like, man[1], and don't go too far???[2], and, listen ...[1], and I will go far as I like, man[2], and the magic of the cosmos ... night and day ... will feed me all the great words I need ... and it won't be tragic[1], and, listen ...[2], and ... 'It will be magic!'[1], and the magic of the cosmos ... night and day ... will feed me all the great words I need ... and it won't be tragic[2], and, do, do, do ... you dig?[1], and ... 'It will be magic!'[2], and ... 'Yes! Turbocharged universal words!'[1], and, do, do, do ... you dig?[2], and that's right[1], and ... 'Yes! Turbocharged universal words!'[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and I'll spin this idea into myself[1], and that's right[2], and I'll be one with Nature ...[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and I'll spin this idea into myself[2], and ... 'Boss!'[1], and I'll be one with Nature ...[2], and, what, Voice?[1], and ... 'Boss!'[2], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha! ... just like Jackson Pollock ... you will be Nature - !!!'[1], and, what, Voice?[2], and, yes, yes, yes ...[1], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha! ... just like Jackson Pollock ... you will be Nature - !!!'[2], and Nature will flow through me ...[1], and, yes, yes, yes ...[2], and ... 'You'll be it!'[1], and Nature will flow through me ...[2], and, yes, er ... I'll be it ... more alive than ever![1], and ... 'You'll be it!'[2], and ... 'You'll be fire green as grass ... with your sky blue trades! ... and you'll sing in your chains like the sea!'[1], and, yes, er ... I'll be it ... more alive than ever![2], and, what?! ... I won't have any chains![1], and ... 'You'll be fire green as grass ... with your sky blue trades! ... and you'll sing in your chains like the sea!'[2], and ... 'Sorry! My mistake'[1], and, what?! ... I won't have any chains![2], and I, I ... I won't be like Bodhi!!![1], and ... 'Sorry! My mistake'[2], and ... 'Of course not'[1], and I, I ... I won't be like Bodhi!!![2], and I'll be free to live the way I choose ... uh ... eventually, like[1], and ... 'Of course not'[2], and ... 'Nice one!'[1], and I'll be free to live the way I choose ... uh ... eventually, like[2], and, well ...[3], and ... 'Nice one!'[2], and ... can you imagine?[3], and, you, you, YOU(!) ... come on![3], and Jesus H. - !!![3], and you've got an imagination(s), kook(s), surely?[3], and ... 'Well ...'[3], and I just ...[3], and, oh ... oh ... the sun, too! ... 'And the moon!' ... Ha, ha, ha! ... yes, and the moon ... we mustn't forget[3], and ... 'Don't forget, Mikey!'[3], and I won't forget ...[3], and ... 'Ha!'[3], and ... ... ... how could I forget???[3], and I can imagine the moon ... grinning at me ... 'Don't go too far' ... Ha! Listen to him![3], and don't go too far???[3], and I will go far as I like, man[3], and, listen ...[3], and the magic of the cosmos ... night and day ... will feed me all the great words I need ... and it won't be tragic[3], and ... 'It will be magic!'[3], and, do, do, do ... you dig?[3], and ... 'Yes! Turbocharged universal words!'[3], and that's right[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and I'll spin this idea into myself[3], and I'll be one with Nature ...[3], and ... 'Boss!'[3], and, what, Voice?[3], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha! ... just like Jackson Pollock ... you will be Nature - !!!'[3], and, yes, yes, yes ...[3], and Nature will flow through me ...[3], and ... 'You'll be it!'[3], and, yes, er ... I'll be it ... more alive than ever![3], and ... 'You'll be fire green as grass ... with your sky blue trades! ... and you'll sing in your chains like the sea!'[3], and, what?! ... I won't have any chains![3], and ... 'Sorry! My mistake'[3], and I, I ... I won't be like Bodhi!!![3], and ... 'Of course not'[3], and I'll be free to live the way I choose ... uh ... eventually, like[3], and ... 'Nice one!'[3], and

And, well ...[1], and ... can you imagine?[1], and, well ...[2], and, you, you, YOU(!) ... come on![1], and ... can you imagine?[2], and Jesus H. - !!![1], and, you, you, YOU(!) ... come on![2], and you've got an imagination(s), kook(s), surely?[1], and Jesus H. - !!![2], and ... 'Well ...'[1], and you've got an imagination(s), kook(s), surely?[2], and I just ...[1], and ... 'Well ...'[2], and, oh ... oh ... the sun, too! ... 'And the moon!' ... Ha, ha, ha! ... yes, and the moon ... we mustn't forget[1], and I just ...[2], and ... 'Don't forget, Mikey!'[1], and, oh ... oh ... the sun, too! ... 'And the moon!' ... Ha, ha, ha! ... yes, and the moon ... we mustn't forget[2], and I won't forget ...[1], and ... 'Don't forget, Mikey!'[2], and ... 'Ha!'[1], and I won't forget ...[2], and ... ... ... how could I forget???[1], and ... 'Ha!'[2], and I can imagine the moon ... grinning at me ... 'Don't go too far' ... Ha! Listen to him![1], and ... ... ... how could I forget???[2], and don't go too far???[1], and I can imagine the moon ... grinning at me ... 'Don't go too far' ... Ha! Listen to him![2], and I will go far as I like, man[1], and don't go too far???[2], and, listen ...[1], and I will go far as I like, man[2], and the magic of the cosmos ... night and day ... will feed me all the great words I need ... and it won't be tragic[1], and, listen ...[2], and ... 'It will be magic!'[1], and the magic of the cosmos ... night and day ... will feed me all the great words I need ... and it won't be tragic[2], and, do, do, do ... you dig?[1], and ... 'It will be magic!'[2], and ... 'Yes! Turbocharged universal words!'[1], and, do, do, do ... you dig?[2], and that's right[1], and ... 'Yes! Turbocharged universal words!'[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and I'll spin this idea into myself[1], and that's right[2], and I'll be one with Nature ...[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and I'll spin this idea into myself[2], and ... 'Boss!'[1], and I'll be one with Nature ...[2], and, what, Voice?[1], and ... 'Boss!'[2], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha! ... just like Jackson Pollock ... you will be Nature - !!!'[1], and, what, Voice?[2], and, yes, yes, yes ...[1], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha! ... just like Jackson Pollock ... you will be Nature - !!!'[2], and Nature will flow through me ...[1], and, yes, yes, yes ...[2], and ... 'You'll be it!'[1], and Nature will flow through me ...[2], and, yes, er ... I'll be it ... more alive than ever![1], and ... 'You'll be it!'[2], and ... 'You'll be fire green as grass ... with your sky blue trades! ... and you'll sing in your chains like the sea!'[1], and, yes, er ... I'll be it ... more alive than ever![2], and, what?! ... I won't have any chains![1], and ... 'You'll be fire green as grass ... with your sky blue trades! ... and you'll sing in your chains like the sea!'[2], and ... 'Sorry! My mistake'[1], and, what?! ... I won't have any chains![2], and I, I ... I won't be like Bodhi!!![1], and ... 'Sorry! My mistake'[2], and ... 'Of course not'[1], and I, I ... I won't be like Bodhi!!![2], and I'll be free to live the way I choose ... uh ... eventually, like[1], and ... 'Of course not'[2], and ... 'Nice one!'[1], and I'll be free to live the way I choose ... uh ... eventually, like[2], and, well ...[3], and ... 'Nice one!'[2], and ... can you imagine?[3], and, you, you, YOU(!) ... come on![3], and Jesus H. - !!![3], and you've got an imagination(s), kook(s), surely?[3], and ... 'Well ...'[3], and I just ...[3], and, oh ... oh ... the sun, too! ... 'And the moon!' ... Ha, ha, ha! ... yes, and the moon ... we mustn't forget[3], and ... 'Don't forget, Mikey!'[3], and I won't forget ...[3], and ... 'Ha!'[3], and ... ... ... how could I forget???[3], and I can imagine the moon ... grinning at me ... 'Don't go too far' ... Ha! Listen to him![3], and don't go too far???[3], and I will go far as I like, man[3], and, listen ...[3], and the magic of the cosmos ... night and day ... will feed me all the great words I need ... and it won't be tragic[3], and ... 'It will be magic!'[3], and, do, do, do ... you dig?[3], and ... 'Yes! Turbocharged universal words!'[3], and that's right[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and I'll spin this idea into myself[3], and I'll be one with Nature ...[3], and ... 'Boss!'[3], and, what, Voice?[3], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha! ... just like Jackson Pollock ... you will be Nature - !!!'[3], and, yes, yes, yes ...[3], and Nature will flow through me ...[3], and ... 'You'll be it!'[3], and, yes, er ... I'll be it ... more alive than ever![3], and ... 'You'll be fire green as grass ... with your sky blue trades! ... and you'll sing in your chains like the sea!'[3], and, what?! ... I won't have any chains![3], and ... 'Sorry! My mistake'[3], and I, I ... I won't be like Bodhi!!![3], and ... 'Of course not'[3], and I'll be free to live the way I choose ... uh ... eventually, like[3], and ... 'Nice one!'[3], and

And, well ...[1], and ... can you imagine?[1], and, well ...[2], and, you, you, YOU(!) ... come on![1], and ... can you imagine?[2], and Jesus H. - !!![1], and, you, you, YOU(!) ... come on![2], and you've got an imagination(s), kook(s), surely?[1], and Jesus H. - !!![2], and ... 'Well ...'[1], and you've got an imagination(s), kook(s), surely?[2], and I just ...[1], and ... 'Well ...'[2], and, oh ... oh ... the sun, too! ... 'And the moon!' ... Ha, ha, ha! ... yes, and the moon ... we mustn't forget[1], and I just ...[2], and ... 'Don't forget, Mikey!'[1], and, oh ... oh ... the sun, too! ... 'And the moon!' ... Ha, ha, ha! ... yes, and the moon ... we mustn't forget[2], and I won't forget ...[1], and ... 'Don't forget, Mikey!'[2], and ... 'Ha!'[1], and I won't forget ...[2], and ... ... ... how could I forget???[1], and ... 'Ha!'[2], and I can imagine the moon ... grinning at me ... 'Don't go too far' ... Ha! Listen to him![1], and ... ... ... how could I forget???[2], and don't go too far???[1], and I can imagine the moon ... grinning at me ... 'Don't go too far' ... Ha! Listen to him![2], and I will go far as I like, man[1], and don't go too far???[2], and, listen ...[1], and I will go far as I like, man[2], and the magic of the cosmos ... night and day ... will feed me all the great words I need ... and it won't be tragic[1], and, listen ...[2], and ... 'It will be magic!'[1], and the magic of the cosmos ... night and day ... will feed me all the great words I need ... and it won't be tragic[2], and, do, do, do ... you dig?[1], and ... 'It will be magic!'[2], and ... 'Yes! Turbocharged universal words!'[1], and, do, do, do ... you dig?[2], and that's right[1], and ... 'Yes! Turbocharged universal words!'[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and I'll spin this idea into myself[1], and that's right[2], and I'll be one with Nature ...[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and I'll spin this idea into myself[2], and ... 'Boss!'[1], and I'll be one with Nature ...[2], and, what, Voice?[1], and ... 'Boss!'[2], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha! ... just like Jackson Pollock ... you will be Nature - !!!'[1], and, what, Voice?[2], and, yes, yes, yes ...[1], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha! ... just like Jackson Pollock ... you will be Nature - !!!'[2], and Nature will flow through me ...[1], and, yes, yes, yes ...[2], and ... 'You'll be it!'[1], and Nature will flow through me ...[2], and, yes, er ... I'll be it ... more alive than ever![1], and ... 'You'll be it!'[2], and ... 'You'll be fire green as grass ... with your sky blue trades! ... and you'll sing in your chains like the sea!'[1], and, yes, er ... I'll be it ... more alive than ever![2], and, what?! ... I won't have any chains![1], and ... 'You'll be fire green as grass ... with your sky blue trades! ... and you'll sing in your chains like the sea!'[2], and ... 'Sorry! My mistake'[1], and, what?! ... I won't have any chains![2], and I, I ... I won't be like Bodhi!!![1], and ... 'Sorry! My mistake'[2], and ... 'Of course not'[1], and I, I ... I won't be like Bodhi!!![2], and I'll be free to live the way I choose ... uh ... eventually, like[1], and ... 'Of course not'[2], and ... 'Nice one!'[1], and I'll be free to live the way I choose ... uh ... eventually, like[2], and, well ...[3], and ... 'Nice one!'[2], and ... can you imagine?[3], and, you, you, YOU(!) ... come on![3], and Jesus H. - !!![3], and you've got an imagination(s), kook(s), surely?[3], and ... 'Well ...'[3], and I just ...[3], and, oh ... oh ... the sun, too! ... 'And the moon!' ... Ha, ha, ha! ... yes, and the moon ... we mustn't forget[3], and ... 'Don't forget, Mikey!'[3], and I won't forget ...[3], and ... 'Ha!'[3], and ... ... ... how could I forget???[3], and I can imagine the moon ... grinning at me ... 'Don't go too far' ... Ha! Listen to him![3], and don't go too far???[3], and I will go far as I like, man[3], and, listen ...[3], and the magic of the cosmos ... night and day ... will feed me all the great words I need ... and it won't be tragic[3], and ... 'It will be magic!'[3], and, do, do, do ... you dig?[3], and ... 'Yes! Turbocharged universal words!'[3], and that's right[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and I'll spin this idea into myself[3], and I'll be one with Nature ...[3], and ... 'Boss!'[3], and, what, Voice?[3], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha! ... just like Jackson Pollock ... you will be Nature - !!!'[3], and, yes, yes, yes ...[3], and Nature will flow through me ...[3], and ... 'You'll be it!'[3], and, yes, er ... I'll be it ... more alive than ever![3], and ... 'You'll be fire green as grass ... with your sky blue trades! ... and you'll sing in your chains like the sea!'[3], and, what?! ... I won't have any chains![3], and ... 'Sorry! My mistake'[3], and I, I ... I won't be like Bodhi!!![3], and ... 'Of course not'[3], and I'll be free to live the way I choose ... uh ... eventually, like[3], and ... 'Nice one!'[3], and

[No. 1,109] I need words to behave themselves

Not here.

And, yes[1], and, oh ... not here - no![1], and, yes[2], and, ha, ha, ha![1], and, oh ... not here - no![2], and, man, listen ... the words here can be as wild or as silly or as broken as they like, that's all right[1], and, ha, ha, ha![2], and I mean ...[1], and, man, listen ... the words here can be as wild or as silly or as b roken as they like, that's all right[2], and let yourself go, word ... go![1], and I mean ...[2], and ... 'What word?'[1], and let yourself go, word ... go![2], and, er ... any word, Voice ...[1], and ... 'What word?'[2], and, but, but, but ... they've got to behave[1], and, er ... any word, Voice ...[2], and ... 'In the conceptuals???'[1], and, but, but, but ... they've got to behave[2], and, no, no, no ... I mean, in the poems, you dig?[1], and ... 'In the conceptuals???'[2], and ... 'Oh, right'[1], and, no, no, no ... I mean, in the poems, you dig?[2], and I think, I think ...[1], and ... 'Oh, right'[2], and a-ROUND ... uh, uh, uh ... all dizzy, like, is no good for magazines and competitions[1], and I think, I think ...[2], and I feel, I feel ...[1], and a-ROUND ... uh, uh, uh ... all dizzy, like, is no good for magazines and competitions[2], and I need control! ... Oh, I will control them ... I'll control them all[1], and I feel, I feel ...[2], and they will obey me![1], and I need control! ... Oh, I will control them ... I'll control them all[2], and a-ROUND ... uh, uh, uh ... all dizzy, like ... is good if you like chaos ... I'm sick of it[1], and they will obey me![2], and listen to me ...[1], and a-ROUND ... uh, uh, uh ... all dizzy, like ... is good if you like chaos ... I'm sick of it[2], and my vision is getting stronger ... I know what must be done ... and I see what will be done[1], and listen to me ...[2], and the cold world will get some heat ... from my words[1], and my vision is getting stronger ... I know what must be done ... and I see what will be done[2], and ... 'Fire!'[1], and the cold world will get some heat ... from my words[2], and, yes, yes ... my passion![1], and ... 'Fire!'[2], and ... 'Blood!'[1], and, yes, yes ... my passion![2], and, well ... I'll probably leave the blood out of it[1], and ... 'Blood!'[2], and the thing is ...[1], and, well ... I'll probably leave the blood out of it[2], and I'm being forced into this by a violent cosmos ... yes, it can be violent[1], and the thing is ...[2], and I have no choice, kooks![1], and I'm being forced into this by a violent cosmos ... yes, it can be violent[2], and I'm not free[1], and I have no choice, kooks![2], and my astrologer said ... it's unavoidable ... everything he told me ... I'm not free to choose[1], and I'm not free[2], and ... 'Just because he said so???'[1], and my astrologer said ... it's unavoidable ... everything he told me ... I'm not free to choose[2], and he saved me, you know ... in his home temple ... while I was fasting ... getting rid of the real bad chaos[1], and ... 'Just because he said so???'[2], and worse than this ...[1], and he saved me, you know ... in his home temple ... while I was fasting ... getting rid of the real bad chaos[2], and, but ... you don't want to know, do you?[1], and worse than this ...[2], and ... 'Me?'[1], and, but ... you don't want to know, do you?[2], and, uh ... them[1], and ... 'Me?'[2], and, yes[3], and, uh ... them[2], and, oh ... not here - no![3], and, ha, ha, ha![3], and, man, listen ... the words here can be as wild or as silly or as b  r  o  k  e  n as they like, that's all right[3], and I mean ...[3], and let yourself go, word ... go![3], and ... 'What word?'[3], and, er ... any word, Voice ...[3], and, but, but, but ... they've got to behave[3], and ... 'In the conceptuals???'[3], and, no, no, no ... I mean, in the poems, you dig?[3], and ... 'Oh, right'[3], and I think, I think ...[3], and a-ROUND ... uh, uh, uh ... all dizzy, like, is no good for magazines and competitions[3], and I feel, I feel ...[3], and I need control! ... Oh, I will control them ... I'll control them all[3], and they will obey me![3], and a-ROUND ... uh, uh, uh ... all dizzy, like ... is good if you like chaos ... I'm sick of it[3], and listen to me ...[3], and my vision is getting stronger ... I know what must be done ... and I see what will be done[3], and the cold world will get some heat ... from my words[3], and ... 'Fire!'[3], and, yes, yes ... my passion![3], and ... 'Blood!'[3], and, well ... I'll probably leave the blood out of it[3], and the thing is ...[3], and I'm being forced into this by a violent cosmos ... yes, it can be violent[3], and I have no choice, kooks![3], and I'm not free[3], and my astrologer said ... it's unavoidable ... everything he told me ... I'm not free to choose[3], and ... 'Just because he said so???'[3], and he saved me, you know ... in his home temple ... while I was fasting ... getting rid of the real bad chaos[3], and worse than this ...[3], and, but ... you don't want to know, do you?[3], and ... 'Me?'[3], and, uh ... them[3], and

And, yes[1], and, oh ... not here - no![1], and, yes[2], and, ha, ha, ha![1], and, oh ... not here - no![2], and, man, listen ... the words here can be as wild or as silly or as broken as they like, that's all right[1], and, ha, ha, ha![2], and I mean ...[1], and, man, listen ... the words here can be as wild or as silly or as b roken as they like, that's all right[2], and let yourself go, word ... go![1], and I mean ...[2], and ... 'What word?'[1], and let yourself go, word ... go![2], and, er ... any word, Voice ...[1], and ... 'What word?'[2], and, but, but, but ... they've got to behave[1], and, er ... any word, Voice ...[2], and ... 'In the conceptuals???'[1], and, but, but, but ... they've got to behave[2], and, no, no, no ... I mean, in the poems, you dig?[1], and ... 'In the conceptuals???'[2], and ... 'Oh, right'[1], and, no, no, no ... I mean, in the poems, you dig?[2], and I think, I think ...[1], and ... 'Oh, right'[2], and a-ROUND ... uh, uh, uh ... all dizzy, like, is no good for magazines and competitions[1], and I think, I think ...[2], and I feel, I feel ...[1], and a-ROUND ... uh, uh, uh ... all dizzy, like, is no good for magazines and competitions[2], and I need control! ... Oh, I will control them ... I'll control them all[1], and I feel, I feel ...[2], and they will obey me![1], and I need control! ... Oh, I will control them ... I'll control them all[2], and a-ROUND ... uh, uh, uh ... all dizzy, like ... is good if you like chaos ... I'm sick of it[1], and they will obey me![2], and listen to me ...[1], and a-ROUND ... uh, uh, uh ... all dizzy, like ... is good if you like chaos ... I'm sick of it[2], and my vision is getting stronger ... I know what must be done ... and I see what will be done[1], and listen to me ...[2], and the cold world will get some heat ... from my words[1], and my vision is getting stronger ... I know what must be done ... and I see what will be done[2], and ... 'Fire!'[1], and the cold world will get some heat ... from my words[2], and, yes, yes ... my passion![1], and ... 'Fire!'[2], and ... 'Blood!'[1], and, yes, yes ... my passion![2], and, well ... I'll probably leave the blood out of it[1], and ... 'Blood!'[2], and the thing is ...[1], and, well ... I'll probably leave the blood out of it[2], and I'm being forced into this by a violent cosmos ... yes, it can be violent[1], and the thing is ...[2], and I have no choice, kooks![1], and I'm being forced into this by a violent cosmos ... yes, it can be violent[2], and I'm not free[1], and I have no choice, kooks![2], and my astrologer said ... it's unavoidable ... everything he told me ... I'm not free to choose[1], and I'm not free[2], and ... 'Just because he said so???'[1], and my astrologer said ... it's unavoidable ... everything he told me ... I'm not free to choose[2], and he saved me, you know ... in his home temple ... while I was fasting ... getting rid of the real bad chaos[1], and ... 'Just because he said so???'[2], and worse than this ...[1], and he saved me, you know ... in his home temple ... while I was fasting ... getting rid of the real bad chaos[2], and, but ... you don't want to know, do you?[1], and worse than this ...[2], and ... 'Me?'[1], and, but ... you don't want to know, do you?[2], and, uh ... them[1], and ... 'Me?'[2], and, yes[3], and, uh ... them[2], and, oh ... not here - no![3], and, ha, ha, ha![3], and, man, listen ... the words here can be as wild or as silly or as b  r  o  k  e  n as they like, that's all right[3], and I mean ...[3], and let yourself go, word ... go![3], and ... 'What word?'[3], and, er ... any word, Voice ...[3], and, but, but, but ... they've got to behave[3], and ... 'In the conceptuals???'[3], and, no, no, no ... I mean, in the poems, you dig?[3], and ... 'Oh, right'[3], and I think, I think ...[3], and a-ROUND ... uh, uh, uh ... all dizzy, like, is no good for magazines and competitions[3], and I feel, I feel ...[3], and I need control! ... Oh, I will control them ... I'll control them all[3], and they will obey me![3], and a-ROUND ... uh, uh, uh ... all dizzy, like ... is good if you like chaos ... I'm sick of it[3], and listen to me ...[3], and my vision is getting stronger ... I know what must be done ... and I see what will be done[3], and the cold world will get some heat ... from my words[3], and ... 'Fire!'[3], and, yes, yes ... my passion![3], and ... 'Blood!'[3], and, well ... I'll probably leave the blood out of it[3], and the thing is ...[3], and I'm being forced into this by a violent cosmos ... yes, it can be violent[3], and I have no choice, kooks![3], and I'm not free[3], and my astrologer said ... it's unavoidable ... everything he told me ... I'm not free to choose[3], and ... 'Just because he said so???'[3], and he saved me, you know ... in his home temple ... while I was fasting ... getting rid of the real bad chaos[3], and worse than this ...[3], and, but ... you don't want to know, do you?[3], and ... 'Me?'[3], and, uh ... them[3], and

And, yes[1], and, oh ... not here - no![1], and, yes[2], and, ha, ha, ha![1], and, oh ... not here - no![2], and, man, listen ... the words here can be as wild or as silly or as broken as they like, that's all right[1], and, ha, ha, ha![2], and I mean ...[1], and, man, listen ... the words here can be as wild or as silly or as b roken as they like, that's all right[2], and let yourself go, word ... go![1], and I mean ...[2], and ... 'What word?'[1], and let yourself go, word ... go![2], and, er ... any word, Voice ...[1], and ... 'What word?'[2], and, but, but, but ... they've got to behave[1], and, er ... any word, Voice ...[2], and ... 'In the conceptuals???'[1], and, but, but, but ... they've got to behave[2], and, no, no, no ... I mean, in the poems, you dig?[1], and ... 'In the conceptuals???'[2], and ... 'Oh, right'[1], and, no, no, no ... I mean, in the poems, you dig?[2], and I think, I think ...[1], and ... 'Oh, right'[2], and a-ROUND ... uh, uh, uh ... all dizzy, like, is no good for magazines and competitions[1], and I think, I think ...[2], and I feel, I feel ...[1], and a-ROUND ... uh, uh, uh ... all dizzy, like, is no good for magazines and competitions[2], and I need control! ... Oh, I will control them ... I'll control them all[1], and I feel, I feel ...[2], and they will obey me![1], and I need control! ... Oh, I will control them ... I'll control them all[2], and a-ROUND ... uh, uh, uh ... all dizzy, like ... is good if you like chaos ... I'm sick of it[1], and they will obey me![2], and listen to me ...[1], and a-ROUND ... uh, uh, uh ... all dizzy, like ... is good if you like chaos ... I'm sick of it[2], and my vision is getting stronger ... I know what must be done ... and I see what will be done[1], and listen to me ...[2], and the cold world will get some heat ... from my words[1], and my vision is getting stronger ... I know what must be done ... and I see what will be done[2], and ... 'Fire!'[1], and the cold world will get some heat ... from my words[2], and, yes, yes ... my passion![1], and ... 'Fire!'[2], and ... 'Blood!'[1], and, yes, yes ... my passion![2], and, well ... I'll probably leave the blood out of it[1], and ... 'Blood!'[2], and the thing is ...[1], and, well ... I'll probably leave the blood out of it[2], and I'm being forced into this by a violent cosmos ... yes, it can be violent[1], and the thing is ...[2], and I have no choice, kooks![1], and I'm being forced into this by a violent cosmos ... yes, it can be violent[2], and I'm not free[1], and I have no choice, kooks![2], and my astrologer said ... it's unavoidable ... everything he told me ... I'm not free to choose[1], and I'm not free[2], and ... 'Just because he said so???'[1], and my astrologer said ... it's unavoidable ... everything he told me ... I'm not free to choose[2], and he saved me, you know ... in his home temple ... while I was fasting ... getting rid of the real bad chaos[1], and ... 'Just because he said so???'[2], and worse than this ...[1], and he saved me, you know ... in his home temple ... while I was fasting ... getting rid of the real bad chaos[2], and, but ... you don't want to know, do you?[1], and worse than this ...[2], and ... 'Me?'[1], and, but ... you don't want to know, do you?[2], and, uh ... them[1], and ... 'Me?'[2], and, yes[3], and, uh ... them[2], and, oh ... not here - no![3], and, ha, ha, ha![3], and, man, listen ... the words here can be as wild or as silly or as b  r  o  k  e  n as they like, that's all right[3], and I mean ...[3], and let yourself go, word ... go![3], and ... 'What word?'[3], and, er ... any word, Voice ...[3], and, but, but, but ... they've got to behave[3], and ... 'In the conceptuals???'[3], and, no, no, no ... I mean, in the poems, you dig?[3], and ... 'Oh, right'[3], and I think, I think ...[3], and a-ROUND ... uh, uh, uh ... all dizzy, like, is no good for magazines and competitions[3], and I feel, I feel ...[3], and I need control! ... Oh, I will control them ... I'll control them all[3], and they will obey me![3], and a-ROUND ... uh, uh, uh ... all dizzy, like ... is good if you like chaos ... I'm sick of it[3], and listen to me ...[3], and my vision is getting stronger ... I know what must be done ... and I see what will be done[3], and the cold world will get some heat ... from my words[3], and ... 'Fire!'[3], and, yes, yes ... my passion![3], and ... 'Blood!'[3], and, well ... I'll probably leave the blood out of it[3], and the thing is ...[3], and I'm being forced into this by a violent cosmos ... yes, it can be violent[3], and I have no choice, kooks![3], and I'm not free[3], and my astrologer said ... it's unavoidable ... everything he told me ... I'm not free to choose[3], and ... 'Just because he said so???'[3], and he saved me, you know ... in his home temple ... while I was fasting ... getting rid of the real bad chaos[3], and worse than this ...[3], and, but ... you don't want to know, do you?[3], and ... 'Me?'[3], and, uh ... them[3], and