If we are unwilling to be aware of the dark,
we cannot see the light
John Cowan
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Robert is one of my earliest visiters. His stories are truely wonderful and I recommend visiting his site for more.
GENESIS
In the beginning there was only God. But God was bored, so God created
matter (to fill up space) and energy (to fill up time). The laws of
chemistry organized matter as the laws of physics organized energy. It was
beautiful, but predictable. God still got bored. So God created life,
plants and animals, huge and tiny, gentle and ferocious. It was
fascinating, but even the smartest animals couldn't quite understand
everything God wanted to say. God was lonely.
God decided to make the ultimate creation, God's own image, to have someone
to talk to. After forming the human, God breathed the breath of life into
it so the human would not only be alive but also understand things. God
called this first human Eve. Eve's job was to take care of the world that
God created. Every evening, after Eve was done with her work, she and God
would have long conversions over a steaming pot of tea. Things were
perfect. It was Paradise. But one evening, Eve confided in God that she
was lonely.
Eve said, "I've noticed that all the animals have mates, but I have no one.
You can do anything. Please make me a helper."
God, who knows everything, replied, "Males will only make trouble and try to
be your boss. You are better off without them!"
But Eve persisted and God relented. Out of spare parts from Eve, God made
Adam. As God predicted, Adam was a problem from the start. He just
couldn't follow orders. God had told Eve not to eat one certain fruit and
Eve, good girl that she was, obeyed. God told Adam too, but that just made
him want to do it all the more.
He secretly thought to himself, "Who is God to tell me what to do? Maybe if
I eat the forbidden fruit, I will be like God. I will run the world and,
more importantly, I can rule over Eve. But what if God suspects? If I
trick Eve into eating it too, then God can't punish me without having to
punish Ms Goody-Two-Shoes also. Since I will eat it first, I will be more
powerful than Eve. Either way, I win!"
The next day, after eating the fruit, Adam made a special meal for Eve. It
was a pleasant surprise for her, since he never did the cooking. Of course
God knew what was going on and went to them. "You two can't stay here in
Paradise anymore;" said God, "and you, Adam, will never be happy until you
provide for Eve and make her happy. She is the reason for your existence."
Turning to Eve, God said, "I give you the power to create life where there
is no life. You will nurture your children as I nurtured you, but just as
my heart is breaking to see you go, you will be sad as they go. You are
truly like me!" Robert K. Meyer II
The Song Of Judith
Assyria's proud bearded armies stand
victoriously by Holofernes led.
(Break down their stateliness by woman's hand.)
He and his king connivingly had planned
to rule the world. All nations filled with dread,
Assyria's proud bearded armies stand.
When finally they came to Israel's sand
for peace the timid local wise men pled.
(Break down their stateliness by woman's hand.)
"We are unarmed to fight and undermanned;
what's more, we've little water and no bread."
Assyria's proud bearded armies stand.
One widow went to meet this general grand.
He thought, "I'll conquer her first on my bed."
Break down their stateliness by woman's hand.
For Goddess Yahweh and my people's land
I grabbed his hair and then hacked off his head!
Assyria's proud armies, still they stand?
Break down their stateliness by woman's hand!
Robert K. Meyer II
Schubert's Second Symphony
The forest crowds up to the mountain top.
Behind each tree hides one or two spirits.
An unassuming little man hacks his way through
the woods with his rapier and ascends the peak.
The spirits are silent as he starts his strange dance.
He's Faust! calling on the powers of the universe:
on his right, Hera with her cello
(she will not allow things to get out of hand)
on his left, concertmaster Athena
(deep dark eyes and flashing fingers)
and in the middle, way in the back,
it's playful Aphrodite with her flute.
"Paris couldn't keep those three in check,
but I have not only them but all Olympus at my feet"
The ballet begins with twitching baton
and then, with twisted fist and hair flying,
he is sacrificed to the pounding sound!
pause... applause...
musicians and maestro smile knowingly.
Robert K. Meyer II
Oracular Tree
ORPHEUS ENTERS HADES
Mirrors are the doors through which death comes and goes,
Come to the mirror and go
down beneath the Paris Opera
down, down below the New York subways
down, down, down to the underground lake
smooth as glass, a slothful stream
We came to the river and wept to remember
oracle Apollinaire, bandages on his head
(concealing devices for messages from other worlds)
but Peace brought Death, as passionless as Socrates.
I too had bandages on my head;
I, patron saint of mediocrities!
Reflect on this, did my Muse depart?
or is vers libre really art?
is it the creature that doesn't exist?
Muses are isomorphic to a random-number generator in the mind of God
the artist is merely an output device.
"I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett"
...grief is passionless...
Go tell the king no prophecies, the water has dried up at last.
When Orpheus was hit crossing the street in his electric wheelchair,
what does his survival mean?
When Eurydice was hit crossing the street with her seeing-eye dog,
what does her death mean?
Just random numbers?
Wie bitter sind der Trennung Leiden!
He had also descended into the lower parts of the earth...
sans hair, sans teeth, sans claws,
...sans mask...
No, I am not Orpheus, but was meant to be.
Grief is Passionless.
Robert K. Meyer II
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