Dead Fawn On My Trail

Nov 04, 2019 13:24

I think of Brian Jones. A sitar
Ringing out, a game of five finger fillet
Plucking the fish eye lens with duendeOr walking barefoot over stones towards the evening star ( Read more... )

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static_abyss November 4 2019, 18:44:35 UTC
My favorite part is your end because it feels like everything is coming together very quickly and urgently. But then the ending slows it down again and that whole experience was very cool. Aside from that, I always love the things you can do with words.

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alexanderscttb November 6 2019, 23:19:22 UTC
Thank you so much!
And it was thrilling to hear your description of the way you experienced reading this!

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bleodswean November 4 2019, 19:00:08 UTC
I liked this - How it’s perilous work, making art
Out of the moments love rubbed you the wrong way-
very, very much.

Do you know Psychic TV's tribute to Godstar Brian Jones -

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alexanderscttb November 6 2019, 23:33:29 UTC
Brilliant!
Thank you for turning me on to this!
The song is mesmerizing. The lyrics are also totally in the same realm as what I had been hoping to get at. "And you were so beautiful / You were so very special / I wish I was with you now / I wish I could save you somehow [...] And where were all of your laughing friends? / Where were they at the very end? / They started to steal your glory / They never even told your story."

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sweeny_todd November 5 2019, 10:38:13 UTC
I had to go look up Brian Jones. I felt like time moved across your verse.

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alexanderscttb November 6 2019, 23:16:44 UTC
I'm glad you did. It's sad how his memory is often eclipsed by the momentum of how the Rolling Stones continued on without him.
And your comment is honestly really touching, I can't imagine a nicer effect. . .
Thank you!

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adoptedwriter November 6 2019, 13:20:19 UTC
"How it’s perilous work, making art" Truth!

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alexanderscttb November 6 2019, 23:20:30 UTC
I'm very glad this line resonated!

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ellison November 6 2019, 17:22:07 UTC
I think about this sometimes, too, how hard it must be to sing about your pain, and then so many stars go on tour and keep singing about their pain. Hopefully it's healing. It seems like there's be layers of complexity as to the emotions involved with that.

I like so many of your word choices in this!

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alexanderscttb November 6 2019, 23:44:57 UTC
Thank you so much!
I think you really hit on it. I was also ruminating, on the idea of the blues singer. . . and thinking that, well, nobody really wants to have to sing the blues. . .
There's kind of a wound which is to be inflicted first. . . and then, on some level as you said, while it must be healing to sing about, ultimately, it wouldn't actually alter the origin of the sadness, or misery. . .

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