the bait

             a sudden unspeakable sweat

eight syllables

hed start from there

create a pensee around a suggestion by Anne Carson

might have stepped in it  

                         the fourth line of five eight syllables is the setting   a sudden unspeakable sweat

    rolling . . 

                line one  subject  two syllables   armpit

second line  description   adolescent

third line  action  seven syllables   taut nimble fingers tickle

fifth line  final thought  six syllables   desirous  once more please

wellshit

       dug out of that nicely Stoked  deserve strokes and pats for that

 

armpit

adolescent

taut nimble fingers tickle

a sudden unspeakable sweat

desirous  once more please

pensive pensee 

1157,  Monday,  16  8. 21

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/magazine/the-inscrutable-brilliance-of-anne-carson.html 

 

“ . .if people were more preoccupied with the past, maybe the events that overwhelm us would be fewer . . at least while you’re sitting still in your own room, you don’t do anyone any harm.”  WG Sebald

 

preoccupied with the past

not reminiscing

remembering

history

        from where things began and then subtly quietly moved through time to date 

precedence

people tend to be myopic

theres todaythey live in the momenteyes down  watching their feet

                                                                               Worthwhile

but they cant remember what happened three days ago

                                                        24/7 hustles them through their lives they pant for whats next 

unfolding

          they cant remember two days ago

a disservice rendered we shell out for

Old news. Old news? Why should I be interested in old news?

                                                                  I wouldn’t read yesterday’s newspaper. nice proclamation if they actually read rather than were told

 

we ought to be interested

                           we crawled before we walked walked before we were hobbledused a cane walker or wheelchair before we decided to sit it out  walking was no longer worth our effort

 

he was preoccupiedhis memory long

it wasnt easy to maintain

     maybe thats it

                         its easier more convenient to let  it   go

0949,  Sunday,  15  8. 21

1139,  Monday,  16  8. 21

 

he couldnt resistcouldnt help himself

his father servedhis three brothers served

he couldnt

          didnt see the point of snapping to attention saluting submitting to whatever he was ordered do 

he didnt care much for authority

                                   made no sense to abide something he knew he wouldnt

it didnt set well with his family

he had to tell them to quit making excuses

                                             Ifya gotta say something say if there was an existential threat to our country Id be in it otherwise   I couldnt give a fuck

 

no  he couldnt resist

                      he felt obliged to pesterto send military articleswhenever he found them to his father

who knew Rolling Stone gave ink to the military Michael Hastings was the inker 

the article disturbed him

but he was cool cool

on the reverse side of the xeroxed pages he wrote a civil newsy letter 

his father was a Korean War vet who sat on pins and needles for two years but wasnt sent overseas 

 

I love you, Paw! 

Joe

PS On the other side of this letter is a real beaut you ought to share with your brothers-at-arm your cohorts at the Wednesday afternoon Veteran Hall get-togethers you attend and disgustOops! discuss it with them

                                                                                                        Beyond my purview

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/the-runaway-general-the-profile-that-brought-down-mcchrystal-192609/

1728,  Monday,  16  8. 21

PPS  https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/another-runaway-general-army-deploys-psy-ops-on-u-s-senators-178088/