Re: Death By Water (mp3)

["Alex Wheeler" <dionysian>]

When I read the text to 'Death by Water' included in your message, I though
I'd share this recorded version of the poem. Hope the file size does not
inconvenience anybody, made it as small as I could.
Alex
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "L French" <lrfrench>
> To: "Babel- List" <babel-list>
> Subject: The Scream of the Butterfly Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006
> 15:06:35 -0800 (PST)
>
>
> Almost 40 years ago today, in NEW HAVEN, Conn. on December 9,
> 1967 a famous singer became one of the first rock stars to be
> arrested onstage.
>
>    James Douglas Morrison had just turned 24.  A nice mugshot of
> Mr. Morrison and the whole story of that memorable evening can be
> found here:
>
>    http://www.jonhs.com/mugshots/morrison.htm
>
>    Patti has also placed a mugshot of Morrison on her website,
> along with the uncensored version of her notes for AN AMERICAN
> PRAYER in memory of Jim Morrison's birthday.
>
>    The version of the notes that Patti published in EARLY WORK
> was for some unknown reason changed by her, so it's nice to have
> the fuller version.
>
>    For example:   his cock is caught in the mouth of the wilderness
>    becomes:        he is caught in the mouth of the wilderness
>    in the sanitized version.
>
>
>
>    death by water
>    _______________________
>
>    by patti smith
>
>
>    How long ago was man promised?
>    never again, no not again.
>    no death by water.
>
>    yet how many questions arise like yeast.
>    like the perfect dead:
>
>    was the red sea really?
>    does man rule the river?
>    did she/he drown?
>    was it natural causes?
>    was it sorrow?
>
>    How many tears on your pillow.
>    crocodile or real. water shed.
>    brian Jones drowned. face down. in a childs
>    pool of water. youth fountain.
>
>    Jim Morrison. our leather lamb. he feared
>    the bathroom. he warned us. hyacinth house.
>    how did he know, how did christ know. no
>    doubt about it. a marked man is always the
>    first to know. he died in a bath tub. slumped
>    over like Marat.  the only clue was the red
>    rash over his heart.
>
>    someone said there were last words. water
>    poured from his eyes. he was truly immaculate
>    yet surprised. outside it was raining. storm
>    clouds. danger waters. the tub was overflowing.
>    he looked up. then he cried out:
>    but you promised
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