Riots in Our minds

On Bob Dylan receiving the Nobel prize for literature:

Needless to say, besides Yes! Today October 13, 2016,… how surprised and pleased about the Nobel Literature prize given to an artist, philosopher, prophet, and enabler for me, as I was young, who gave me direction, saying to myself, “if he can write and sing like that, I have a chance! Especially the singing part “. 🙂

This piece is in a volume of my work “The Night Before Breakfast “, that reflects his influence as I interpreted it into mine, (if not all I write). I could never explain his influence in my creative life. My generation should be proud.

“Will the circle be unbroken by and by Lord, by and by?”

 

Riots in our minds. Ever since make-believe

Became animation gunned down on the screen;

Shields of civility crumbled into face guards, titanium bras,

And shoulder holsters concealing mace, and razors

Freely dispensed in the religion of “crush and hate.”

 

Riots in our mind of dissatisfaction. Spurring the beast of greed,

Whether for gold or for whatever we think

Is ours; whatever we think “we deserve”

Piling on the “I am better.”

For the implosion of pleasure.

 

Our society, like Rome is burning.

Play, Nero, play!  

Sizzle indifference for every god’s sake!

Burn respectability and responsibility;

Like crumbling toast on a flaming paper plate.

 

An evil tune from Hell’s riot plays!

Heart bangers and head choppers slither off the stage

Straddling and humping the sword of decency, heated with fervor.

You can hear them murmur,

 “Break circle break!

Break circle break!

Break circle break!

 Break it for ignorance

For our self-loving sake.”

 

The true self wants this riot in silence.