"Well, I think I'll drink myself right back to sleep
When I awoke no one was missing me
I will be lonely till the day I die
Then all the angels will be by my side

All of the angels, all of the angels
All of the angels by my side
I think I'll be needing one tonight

All of my dear friends have abandoned me
I'm just a stranger in a strange city
How many more days must I live this life
To have the angels standing right by my side?

All of the angels, all of the angels
All of the angels by my side
I think I'll be needing one tonight

I've been robbed of the love I used to have
Well, he stole my heart and never gave it back
So, angel, wrap your wings around me tight
I will have faith and never leave your side

All of the angels, all of the angels
All of the angels by my side
I think I'll be needing one
I think I'll be needing one
I think I'll be needing one tonight"

The galaxy's in turmoil, it's at an all time low
Luke Skywalker's been demoralised, all for comedic show
No substance for new character's, old heroes full of woe
What happened to the Star Wars, that we used to know

The Empire has been replaced, by the Order of the First
No real impact is achieved, we're not really that immersed
Screen presence is not felt, characterisations at its worst
The legacy of the Jedi, is downgraded and disbursed

Luke's a Jedi like his father, so why would he elope
The Disappointment of this film, is on a massive scope
Star Wars fans are ridiculed, their on a downward *****
Galactic empires did strike back, but after a new hope

Jedi knights a force for good, they wouldn't just give in
Princess Leia flying through space, well wasn't that a sin
The saga of the Skywalker's, pushed aside for Rey and Fin  
Don't bring back legacy character's, to throw them in the bin

Luke's too out of character, it doesn't make no sense
Strong villains do not exist , so there is no recompense
The shallowness of General Hux, a lack of real suspense
Kylo Ren's fake saber duel, this fight was far from tense

Evil rulers are no more what kind of name is Snoke?
He's hardly Emperor Palpatine, he's just a head scarred bloke
Like most of the new character's, well what a ******* joke
The menace of the sith is lost, Since the force awoke

Wooden character's we don't want, I know this may sound mean
Kathleen Kennedy please keep away, from the Star Wars scene
We don't want Holdo, Rose and Poe, clogging up the screen
Admiral Ackbar was killed off, and it wasn't even seen

Rian Johnson's head is round, he looks like BB8
Unfortunately his movies ****, and his stories are not great
Redemption for true Jedi knights, I know it's not too late
A Jedi Master Ivan is,  The Last Jedi's futures fate

This is our most desperate hour, after the cinemas first screening
Ivan your our only hope, the Star Wars fans are screaming
No true fan is amused, we wish that we where dreaming
"a gracious gift from god", is Ivan's first name meaning

Ivan Ortega is the man, he simply is the best
His flare for editing is supreme, he has film making zest
Unruly Star Wars script writers, he'll put them to the test
Movie making is his skill, Disney give it a rest

So come on now check Ivan out, on YouTube or Twitter
His vision of The Last Jedi, may stop you feeling bitter
Optimism flows like the force, because he is no quitter
He'll reunite the Star wars fans, instead of a film splitter

A dark time for the empire, with the Jedi in the mix
Dark side powers hasn't been seen, since Vader in part six
True Jedi Knights have not returned, nothing that really sticks
We need Jedi Master Luke, in Ivan's new Film Fix

it was suggested
that there be no nexus
between texas and your pal-
omino - tagging the alamo, **?

en el barrio, yo(u)-
and your gringa  homecoming
queen in tight-assed jeans
-running with ms-13?

-playing twister with your hipster
sisters misters smith & wesson
oiled up and and ready to go
- new mexico?

i found you in tres piedras
at a place called ortega's
eating huevos rancheros
- shooting jose cuervo?

-muthafucka mara salvatruchas
in a red camaro and two bruthas
on a burro with bow and arrows
-stole your palomino?

-they shoot horses
don't they?

riding the black el camino
-on the blue mesa.

r ~ 9/30/14

as if pebbles underfoot
the sky sings a coarse lullaby

we sit
stubborn and thick
in the clenched pipe of time
unable to pass us

it seems strange, now,
thorns have cleared a path for us;
clouds bulge
in dark promise

oh, the envious hymnal breeze!
how it wrings its wrists
in heavy handed disbelief

a cathedral of trees
holds you and me between earth
and spangled evening

our geometries slowly converge

the unknown looks away in fear
as the pulp of our understanding
sweetens the ink of our verse
intertwined

from broken shells the bird steps
from her beak night screams
missiles of ancient light

weave the moon

No es el viento
no son los pasos sonámbulos del agua
entre las casas petrificadas y los árboles
a lo largo de la noche rojiza
no es el mar subiendo las escaleras
Todo está quieto
                                reposa el mundo natural
Es la ciudad en torno de su sombra
buscando siempre buscándose
perdida en su propia inmensidad
sin alcanzarse nunca
                                      ni poder salir de sí misma
Cierro los ojos y veo pasar los autos
se encienden y apagan y encienden
se apagan
                  no sé adónde van
Todos vamos a morir
                                        ¿sabemos algo más?

En una banca un viejo habla solo
¿Con quién hablamos al hablar a solas?
Olvidó su pasado
                                  no tocará el futuro
No sabe quién es
está vivo en mitad de la noche
                                                          habla para oírse
Junto a la verja se abraza una pareja
ella ríe y pregunta algo
su pregunta sube y se abre en lo alto
A esta hora el cielo no tiene una sola arruga
caen tres hojas de un árbol
alguien silba en la esquina
en la casa de enfrente se enciende una ventana
¡Qué extraño es saberse vivo!
Caminar entre la gente
con el secreto a voces de estar vivo

Madrugadas sin nadie en el Zócalo
sólo nuestro delirio
                                    y los tranvías
Tacuba Tacubaya Xochimilco San Ángel Coyoacán
en la plaza más grande que la noche
encendidos
                      listos para llevarnos
en la vastedad de la hora
                                                  al fin del mundo
Rayas negras
las pértigas enhiestas de los troles
                                                                        contra el cielo de piedra
y su moña de chispas su lengüeta de fuego
brasa que perfora la noche
                                                      pájaro
volando silbando volando
entre la sombra enmarañada de los fresnos
desde San Pedro hasta Mixcoac en doble fila
Bóveda verdinegra
                                      masa de húmedo silencio
sobre nuestras cabezas en llamas
mientras hablábamos a gritos
en los tranvías rezagados
atravesando los suburbios
con un fragor de torres desgajadas

Si estoy vivo camino todavía
por esas mismas calles empedradas
charcos lodos de junio a septiembre
zaguanes tapias altas huertas dormidas
en vela sólo
                        blanco morado blanco
el olor de las flores
                                      impalpables racimos
En la tiniebla
                          un farol casi vivo
contra la pared yerta
                                        Un perro ladra
preguntas a la noche
                                        No es nadie
el viento ha entrado en la arboleda
Nubes nubes gestación y ruina y más nubes
templos caídos nuevas dinastías
escollos y desastres en el cielo
                                                                Mar de arriba
nubes del altiplano ¿dónde está el otro mar?

Maestras de los ojos
                                          nubes
arquitectos de silencio
Y de pronto sin más porque sí
llegaba la palabra
                                    alabastro
esbelta transparencia no llamada
Dijiste
              haré música con ella
castillos de sílabas
                                      No hiciste nada
Alabastro
                 
sin flor ni aroma
tallo sin sangre ni savia
blancura cortada
                                  garganta sólo garganta
canto sin pies ni cabeza
Hoy estoy vivo y sin nostalgia
la noche fluye
                          la ciudad fluye
yo escribo sobre la página que fluye
transcurro con las palabras que transcurren
Conmigo no empezó el mundo
no ha de acabar conmigo
                                                  Soy
un latido en el río de latidos
Hace veinte años me dijo Vasconcelos
"Dedíquese a la filosolía
Vida no da
                      defiende de la muerte"
Y Ortega y Gasset
                                    en un bar sobre el Ródano
"Aprenda el alemán
y póngase a pensar
                                    olvide lo demás"

Yo no escribo para matar al tiempo
ni para revivirlo
escribo para que me viva y reviva
Hoy en la tarde desde un puente
vi al sol entrar en las aguas del río
Todo estaba en llamas
ardían las estatuas las casas los pórticos
En los jardines racimos femeninos
lingotes de luz líquida
frescura de vasijas solares
Un follaje de chispas la alameda
el agua horizontal inmóvil
bajo los cielos y los mundos incendiados
Cada gota de agua
                                    un ojo fijo
el peso de la enorme hermosura
sobre cada pupila abierta
Realidad suspendida
                                          en el tallo del tiempo
la belleza no pesa
                                    Reflejo sosegado
tiempo y belleza son lo mismo
                                                              luz y agua

Mirada que sostiene a la hermosura
tiempo que se embelesa en la mirada
mundo sin peso
                              si el hombre pesa
¿no basta la hermosura?
                                                  No sé nada
Sé lo que sobra
                                no lo que basta
La ignorancia es ardua como la belleza
un día sabré menos y abriré los ojos
Tal vez no pasa el tiempo
pasan imágenes de tiempo
si no vuelven las horas vuelven las presencias
En esta vida hay otra vida
la higuera aquella volverá esta noche
esta noche regresan otras noches

Mientras escribo oigo pasar el río
no éste
               
aquel que es éste
Vaivén de momentos y visiones
el mirlo está sobre la piedra gris
en un claro de marzo
                                          *****
centro de claridades
No lo maravilloso presentido
                                                          lo presente sentido
la presencia sin más
                                        nada más pleno colmado
No es la memoria
                                  nada pensado ni querido
No son las mismas horas
                                                    otras
son otras siempre y son la misma
entran y nos expulsan de nosotros
con nuestros ojos ven lo que no ven los ojos
Dentro del tiempo hay otro tiempo
quieto
              sin horas ni peso ni sombra
sin pasado o futuro
                                      sólo vivo
como el viejo del banco
unimismado idéntico perpetuo
Nunca lo vemos
                                  Es la transparencia

Bianca Jagger

Now there you have a woman with integrity
she had her youth was a film actor and lived a festive life
married Mike Jagger, he must have bored her stiff
And naturally, it ended in divorce.
The divorce settlement gave her the freedom to be herself
and she has been a tireless advocate for the oppressed.
Right now she is fighting to have president Ortega removed
and I hope she will succeed.
She has also defended the plight of the Palestinians plight
this caused an uproar from the Zionist which called her anti-Semitist
So lately she has concentrated on other causes.
She is a great advocate against injustice and fight for them always.

Unamuno wrings his hands, frets over
the Tragic Sense of Life in which we
all die inevitably, inexorably, unwillingly.
And death is simply non-being to him,
and non-being looks a lot like pure
nothingness, which means we can't
even think "non-being" or "death"
when we're dead. It's all one, big,
fat zero. Add it to or subtract it from
itself, and it's still nada, the sum
of all fears. O the woe of being human.

I read him as a teenager in love with
philosophy, and thought him the most
profound thinker Europe had conjured up
in the 20th century. Continental philosophy
was the only philosophy for me, heavily
Germanic. Even Sartre was a closet
Heideggerian, teething on Sein und Zeit.
But Unamuno leapt over the Teutonic depths,
plunged into Dante's circle of death, scratched
out a mirror image of the human face. I took
it and ran, Kierkegaard stuffed in my back pocket.

Philosophy is eros is love is an incomplete connection.
Reality rises like a daffodil in the green grass
of spring. Wordsworth pens an ode; the rest of us
stare and blindly think we know what we see. But
the eye doesn't conceive, it doesn't relieve anything
save a surface tension. The eye can't speak, can't say
that the daffodil is real. Nobody sees reality in the
flesh. Nothing meshes with sensation but sensation.
That's the Latin way, the Mediterranean way, says
Jose Ortega y Gasset, another Spanish wizard of
wisdom, wishing for intellectual love, dancing at Delphi.

Philosophia. You can't see it, you can say it, but it's
all yearning, no release, no peace until the mind
settles on the bottom of the stream, feeds on
jetsam, maybe flotsam, then thinks "Being" and
gushes *******. This is Plato's territory, a long way
from Spain. But there's geometry in the bullring. There's
life and death and nada and sol y sombra in the stands.
Ideas don quixotic cloaks. Cervantes turns them into
literature, the Ur-story of Spain and its millions of minions.
The common man squirms for comedy. Tragic senses
squire hard work, and if life is so short, why not eat, dream

and be merry? Unamuno deserves his fate. Thinking
about death still adds up to nothing. Thought dies, too;
it's not accustomed to rue the end of infinity. It has no
affinity with hard limits. It rises, stays aloof, looks down
on the world, which has only one side visible, and pronounces
it good for nothing. But can't the thinker take a joke?
Incompletion competes with vast yearning like the tortoise
with the hare. No one gains on the other: Zeno's Paradox.
We might still ride Mediterranean Vespas, but the Greeks
kick-started this thing into motion. There's no reason

without Socrates, and he pronounced death a no-fear zone.
Unamuno forgot his Crito, Phaedo and Apology. Irony adds
up to something, not nothing. There's no surface irony here,
folks. This is Mycenean, not Mediterranean, Athenian not
Salamancian. Spain thinks it thinks new thoughts, taking
the bull by the ****** ear that's left behind the horn. No mas.
Only philosophy thinks itself, eternally. It never dies, man, even
if the cosmos explodes to a pinhead, then vanishes like
a magic trick. What's tragic about necessity, certainty? They
rave on in that dark night of the soul. Nada means nada,
but "means" isn't nada. It's todo on the human topos.

So climb it like a mountain in Dante's Purgatorio. Fret
no more, amigo. You are on the top of the world; it's a tricky
move to the summit. Ascend on the wings of meaning,
then see what you think, not think what you see. That's something.
And Socrates proclaimed it enough. Hey, Plato made him say so.