Showing posts with label Bruce Lee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bruce Lee. Show all posts

Monday, May 24, 2021

Conspiracist In Spite of Himself

 I’ve had enough of crazy

Our minds have become lazy

Call me a jerk for being blunt

There are lies we must confront  

Let’s Contradict conspiracies

You and me, and everybody   

My name is Anne, and I’ll be a true friend

and speak up when you go off the deep end

  

Five times I went out to hug a tree

As I watched a film about conspiracies

Trial of the Chicago 7

At first I laughed when the defendants

Said “CONSPIRACY!” when they answered the phone   

But that judge lied and made them feel alone

 

When leaders put people though this schtick

I think of Elvis Costello’s words “I used to be disgusted

Now I try amused” even at smearers

Be they J Edgar Hoover or my neighbor

the one lying and full of much deceit

letting her cats get lost in the street

 

These conspiracies lie to you

Oh, glorious humanity,

No more notorious insanity    

Those foolish things, they go BOO! 

 

He wasn’t the best mind of a generation

And lacked Solomon’s kind of wisdom

Writing an autogenerated

personal note; do you get it?

Let’s take comments on a case-by-case basis

The Conspiracies in Spite of themselves

 

These conspiracies lie to you

Oh, glorious humanity,

No more notorious insanity     

Those foolish things, they go BOO!  

 

The boss thinks his workers

Are like him scheming and hurting others

When all they’d like is some humanity   

And opportunities for decent money     

Instead Armageddon to others he meets

complaining accusing them all of greed

 

Vaccinate before a vacation

as we’re all ready to look at your brain

immunologists therapists,

the next best conspiracists 

warning if we research on the Internet

our searching will not be our little secret

 

These conspiracies lie to you

Oh, glorious humanity,

No more notorious insanity    

Those foolish things, they go BOO! 

 

My future ex-mate smears

you and me without any cares

And my doctors, they will not atone

for birthing my hormones and body groans 

from butter, chocolate, and coffee

could they be satanic or healthy for me,

 

 baby!

 

These conspiracies lie to you

Oh, glorious humanity,

No more notorious insanity    

Those foolish things, they go BOO! 

 

Kennedy, Bruce Lee and Lady Di

Painful ways the greats say goodbye

If climate change is something you believe

Then why do you freeze when it’s 60 degrees?

Let’s not talk about eating the babies    

Lies destroying friends and families

  

When UFOS and billionaires meet  

as Josie and Pussycats save music industry 

from lies of the world’s conspiracies 

stopping all of them becoming realities   

I hope we don’t fool ourselves

Believing we can fall victim this mental hell   

 

I’ve had enough of mind games

I’ve had enough of insane brains

Call me a jerk for being blunt

There are lies we all must confront 

Let’s Contradict conspiracies

You and me, and Everybody  

It’s time we become true friends

And tell our loves when they go off the deep end.

 

These conspiracies lie to you

Oh, glorious humanity,

No more notorious insanity    

Those foolish things should make us seek

truth.



Monday, January 18, 2021

Anne Answers The Esquire Questionnaire

According to Esquire Magazine, this evolved from a game that Marcel Proust helped popularize in 19th-century parlor soirees. People would take part purely as a party entertainment, though supposedly they often walked away with a greater insight into themselves. I can’t guarantee that that outcome, but it is fun and what the heck, we could all use a bit of amusement and/or enlightenment, so why not? 

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Close to what I have, where I can sleep with cats, write, dance, eat great food, but also hang out with my neighbors and friends again!

What is your greatest fear?  Homelessness

     What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?   I believed in people that weren’t worth it. 

     What is the trait you most deplore in others?   Cruelty, not listening

     Which living person do you most admire?   Besides my friends, Oprah.

      What is your greatest extravagance?  Italian food on Arthur Avenue, and working in the recording studio

What is your current state of mind?  Thoughtful. Just being my own angel.

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?  Greed  ("Greed is good."-The Movie, "Wall Street")

On what occasion do you lie?   To protect friends.  Sometimes to myself, especially if I want to achieve something the universe seems to be saying "no" about.

What do you most dislike in your appearance?  I’m fat, and would love to be trimmer.

What living person do you most despise?  Of the people I know, I’d say there are about dozen people that bullied me when I wanted to mend fences with my artist.

What is the quality you most like in a man?   listening

What is the quality you most like in a woman?  Same thing.  We should be encouraging each other.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?  Folks,  Meow, Woof, Joe.....

What or who is the greatest love of your life?   Myself

When and where were you happiest?  When I’m in bed with my cats

Which talent would you most like to have?  The right touch when I play piano or guitar.  Being able to play those instruments coherently and fluently.  Even on kalimba, I’m jagged.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?  I want to be more lean.  I work at it, and I know it'll be amazing, someday.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?  Believing that we can all create opportunities for ourselves.  It’s possible to make a profit as a writer.

If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what would it be? A neurologist. I’ve planned my next life. 

Where would you most like to live?  Right here in the Bronx!

What is your most treasured possession? My current computer and my poetry book "The Leighton Explosion."

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?  People deliberately being destructive and hurting or killing others. That comes from making assumptions and prejudice.

What is your favorite occupation?  Of me, I’d say creative and artist development, including myself.

What is your most marked characteristic?  My voice and my smile.

What do you most value in your friends? They understand where I’m coming from.

Who are your favorite writers? Bruce Lee, Nelson Mandela, Dale Carnegie, King Solomon, Susie Rakowski, Elliott Murphy

Who is your hero from fiction?  Xena and Nancy Drew!!!

Which historical figure do you most identify with?  Frank Zappa

Who are your heroes in real life?  My friends Joe, Joe, Phoebe, Sharon, Ian, Larry, Hank, Greg, Catalina & her family

What are your favorite names?   Renee

What is it the you most dislike?  When I was younger, I didn’t see my beauty. Now it's just my weight that I dislike.  I've embraced all of me.  I understand the weight issue, and am working on it.

What is your greatest regret?  That I didn't always know how to work things out with people, and I'm still not succeeding with it.

How would you like to die?  After I got all my work done.

What is your motto? "It's not what you know, but who you know. And if you don't know 'em, go out and meet 'em!!!"