A word deranged, a word profaned,
\na word of Wordsworth, The Temptations,
\nmeteorology and metaphor,
\nnursery rhymes and
\nteenagers skipping class
\nto splay on the grass,
\ntake a toke,
\nguzzle rum
\nswiped from a mother’s stash,
\nhold hands,
\ntickle stomachs,
\nand gaze upward,
\nand find
\nblack and white dragons,
\nmeat cleavers,
\nrocking chairs,
\ntrombones,
\nand make up stories
\nabout faces
\nthey find in the sky.<\/p>\n
Hey, you, get off of my cloud
\nHey, you, get off of my cloud <\/p>\n
A word usurped, a word ripped off,
\na word once without lucre,
\na word kidnapped
\nby the Omnipotent Colossus,
\nand its well-paid drones,
\ndrones who have never looked at clouds,
\nand certainly not from both sides now,
\nor seen clouds in their coffee,
\nclouds in their coffee.<\/p>\n
I want the word back!
\nI want William to become a Word Slayer,
\nand slay this new vulgarity.<\/p>\n
To do that, he must travel
\nforward in time,
\nthrough eons of time,
\nin a space ship
\nof a timeless cirrus design,
\nequipped with a cassette player,
\nand mix tapes with only songs
\nthat mention clouds. <\/p>\n
There must be 10,000 such songs.
\nAnother 100,000 unrecorded.
\nEvery tape begins with
\nCaptain Beefheart’s \u201cThe Clouds are Full of Wine (Not Whiskey or Rye)\u201d
\nEvery tape ends with that rap song about Edna St Vincent Millay and her cumulus musings. <\/p>\n
Prince sang: We’ll get to something higher that doesn’t require clouds
\nNo, we don’t need no clouds.<\/p>\n
William the Word Slayer, sir,
\nnever mind Prince’s double negative,
\nor how terribly wrong he was (the only time),
\nembrace your new violent destiny.
\nGo forth and kill. I mean lop some heads.
\nPut them on pikes.
\nDance around the daffodils
\nlit by a bonfire. <\/p>\n
Poets have always wanted to kill. <\/p>\n\n
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