Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:
"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Thom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied within seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not?"
"AMERICAN REALITY ALWAYS OUTSTRIPS THE IMAGINATION"
(Ian McEwan)
"TO WRITE POETRY AFTER AUSCHWITZ IS BARBARIC"(Adorno)
But we do.Sign on the bus says FURTHER.After September 11=January 6.
The Secret History of America is a documentary.Censorship is censored.
So we turn to blues rather than jazz.Black and gay and trans histories.
To find the holes in the flag,ask the Weavers.Folk comes from folk-even in Nashville.
Somebody will denounce.Point out.Express.Get shot down like Presidents.
Be Resurrected in Urban Myths as heroic -by simply being assassinated.
Too many murders daily to give names.Vietnam Memorial.AIDS quilt
Where be Covid casualty listings?Too many for Villagers to love and remember.
Every Village has a horror story-floods,fire,foolishness.Poetry chases ambulances.
Never captures Zeitgeist-but it must exist-to be ignored.Folk need bars and beer
Youth need coffee and open mics.Stages need Festivals.ONLY IN AMERICA!
Bravery to embody cliches and stand by Zen.Guns for Teachers in shock at massacres.
More cars for gridlocked cities.House The Homeless.Love the lost
Only here can the impossible be a sandwich served in a Roadside Cafe
becoming a megalithic Monopoly serving billions.Kentucky Fried for you!
Who put men on the Moon and a camera on Mars?Who leads the world
in school shootings?America-you are a hard love with no Right to Abort.
Looks like we are in this aircraft hijacking history together.Post-Apocalypse Mini-Series on NETFLIX.SHOOT!
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