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A Book of Suburban Blues
by Wayne E. Paquette
Notice:
Any resemblance that these images might have to
persons living or dead are are no more than the resemblance that might
exist between the sculpture and the sculptor's model.
A word about these Blues:
These are being sung by a
suburban socialist singing the "I Hate the Capitalists Blues."
By a
Transcendental Idealist, mourning the Death of G-D. *
They flow
out of depression, frustration, disappointment.
Disappointment with
others, with life itself, with god; and especially with himself.
They are tears flowing out of his soul.
They are searching for faith, the faith of his youth in the face of the
corruption that he feels exists in the kingdoms of this world.
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*g-d: not spelled out, out of reverence, to avoid presumptions, to raise questions, to gain a freshness, related also to the custom of orthodox religious Judaism, i.e. avoiding vain usage.
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SET One
Songs from the forest: [10 K]
an introduction and explanation.
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SET Two
Family [22 K]
Morning:
lifeboats & ethics.
A Better Life:
than our parents.
Winter Solstice:
cold in the heart.
Winter Afternoon:
fragility.
... on the far side of the moon:
escape fantasy.
By the Fire:
campfire stories.
From the Fire:
what we learn.
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SET Three
Disillusionment & Hope [17 K]
Thoughts of My Grandma Diamy:
I was her favorite.
My Alter Cynico:
the cynic in me/against me.
The Wind in the Poplars:
cosmic indifference.
Grandma's Whisper:
forgiveness.
Hope & Forgiveness:
the courage to be.
This is Indian Land:
no tribe, no land, no country.
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SET Four
Reluctant Prophet [21 K]
Prayer against g-d:
grab on to g-d as you fall.
Even G-d is a blues song:
g-d has no name.
Seeds of Hope:
on the other side of faith.
Prophets:
dream of power.
Neurotic Interlude:
the neighbor's dog.
Wisdom, power, and death:
is it true, only the killers survive?
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SET Five
Love & War [22 K]
Eve leaves home:
and God is annoyed!
Love, what is it?
victim or agent?
Cold War Trauma:
better dead than Red???
Metamorphosis:
creating one's self.
Or am I the dream?
awareness & reality.
This is Whiteman's Land:
so few of us get to be "Whitemen."
Sacred Alienation:
in a kingdom, not of this world.
Philosophy
faith & justice.
Manic / Depressive:
down times.
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SET Six
Repressions: [21 K]
Trauma:
abandoned, mid-town Manhattan.
Imagination:
it is round and not flat.
My Fortune:
left untold.
Hate:
injustice.
Love:
a dream.
Carnivore:
pork chops.
Desire and Satisfaction:
thirst and sand.
Dis-relationships:
soured love.
The confessional:
forgive me Bartender, for I have sinned.
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SET Seven
Revolutions [24 K]
The heat from the “Cold War”
a planet too small for the both of us.
New Year's Revolutions:
no more Duty to Popes and Kings.
Another Prayer against God:
Santa Claus is dead.
Breakthrough:
the other side of death.
Prophecy:
water in the desert.
Alive another day:
still resisting.
The Law:
within ourselves.
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SET Eight
Faith: [18 K]
Our Imagination is Round:
Jus' cuz it's made up
don't mean it ain't real.
Once upon a time:
everybody lived happily ever after.
Beer high:
a low high.
Projection:
WAR is all in your mind.
The Well:
reading my own “Fortune.”
The Defender of the Faith:
Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, Queen.
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SET Nine
Terminal Blues [22 K]
It's not Fair:
Freedom & Anarchy.
Illusions:
How escape cannibalism?
Religion & Religions:
truth on the other side of words.
The Pigeon and the Squirrel:
just a boy.
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