Notes from the Overground: Thoughts On Touring
Book, cd, performance, what!
I do not want to tour.
An effort that I could, if forced
But see through the illusions:
All-inclusive energies –
Pushing, meeting, signing,
Introducing, marketing;
Hidden bragging
Sell and spread.
Every night a hotel bed.
That!
Everybody’s doing it.
Television’s full of it:
Reputation in a wink –
They think.
There is no quick.
Success invalid,
Success a pallid despot
With a jealous eye
Towards quick eternity:
We want to be remembered.
It’s genetic – since the days we were Neanderthals
(DNA 3-4%)
Confirmation from the grip, grope, group
That grabs you by the gargling throat.
It’s poetry
That’s fun.
©Notes From the Overground10.18.2010 The Processes: Creative, Thinking, Meditative II; Our Times, Our Culture; Vaguely About Music; Arlene Corwin
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