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And so finally here we are, at the beginning of a whole new era.

The start of a brand new world--

And now what?

How do we start?

How do we begin again?


There are some things you can simply look up, such as:

The size of Greenland; the dates of the famous 19th century rubber wars; Persian adjectives; the composition of snow.

And other things you just have to guess at.


And then again today's the day and those were the days and now these are the days and now the clock points histrionically to noon.

Some new kind of north.

And so which way do we go?

What are days for?

To wake us up, to put between the endless nights.


And by the way, here's my theory of punctuation:

Instead of a period at the end of each sentence, there should be a tiny clock that shows you how long it took you to write that sentence.


And another way to look at time is this:

There was an old married couple and they had always hated each other, never been able to stand the sight of each other, really.

And when they were in their nineties, they finally got divorced.

And people said: "Why did you wait so long? Why didn't you do this a whole lot earlier?"

And they said: "Well, we wanted to wait until the children died."


Ah, America. And yes that will be America.

A whole new place just waiting to happen.

Broken up parking lots, rotten dumps, speed balls, accidents and hesitations.

Things left behind. Styrofoam, computer chips.


And Jim and John, oh, they were there.

And Carol, too. Her hair pinned up in that weird beehive way she loved so much.

And Greg and Phil moving at the pace of summer.

And Uncle Al, who screamed all night in the attic.

Yes, something happened to him in the war they said, over in France.

And France had become something they never mentioned. Something dangerous.


Yeah, some were sad to see those days disappear:

The flea markets and their smells; the war;

All the old belongings strewn out on the sidewalks;

Mildewed clothes, and old resentments, and ragged record jackets.


And ah, these days. Oh, these days.

What are days for?

To wake us up, to put between the endless nights.


And meanwhile all over town, checks are bouncing and accounts are being automatically closed.

Passwords are expiring.

And everyone's counting and comparing and predicting.

Will it be the best of times, will it be the worst of times, or will it just be another one of those times?

Show of hands, please.


And ah, this world, which like Kierkegaard said, can only be understood when lived backwards.

Which would entail an incredible amount of planning and confusion.

And then there are those big questions always in the back of your mind.

Things like: "Are those two people over there actually my real parents?"

"Should I get a second Prius?"

And you, you who can be silent in four languages: your silence will be considered your consent.


Oh but those were the days before the audience, and what the audience wanted, and what the audience said it wanted.


And you know the reason I really love the stars is that we cannot hurt them.

We can't burn them or melt them or make them overflow. We can't flood them or blow them up or turn them out.

But we are reaching for them.

We are reaching for them.


Some say our empire is passing, as all empires do.

And others haven't a clue what time it is or where it goes or even where the clock is.


And oh, the majesty of dreams:

An unstoppable train; Different colored wonderlands;

Freedom of speech and sex with strangers.


Dear old God: May I call you old?

And may I ask: Who are these people?


Ah, America. We saw it. We tipped it over, and then, we sold it.

These are the things I whisper softly to my dolls. Those heartless little thugs dressed in calico kilts and jaunty hats and their perpetual white, toothy smiles.


And oh, my brothers. And oh, my sisters.

What are days for?

Days are where we live.

They flow and then they flow. They come, they fade, they go and they go.

No way to know exactly when they start or when their time is up.


Oh, another day, another dime.

Another day in America.

Another day, another dollar.

Another day in America.


And all my brothers. And all my long lost sisters.

How do we begin again?

How do we begin? 

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A certain American religious sect has been looking at conditions of the world during the Flood. According to their calculations, during the Flood the...

Song For Two Jims

A while ago I was camping out in Kentucky. I was sleeping out under this ledge and about three in the morning I woke up. The fire was out but I could...

Speak My Language

Daddy Daddy. It was just like you said Now that the living outnumber the dead. Where I come from it's a long thin thread Across an ocean. Down a r...

Someone Else's Dream

You know those nights, when you're sleeping, and it's totally dark, and absolutely silent, and you don't dream, and there's only blackness, and this i...

So Happy Birthday

JOE: In our country, you're free and so you're born and so they say, "You're free," so happy birthday. And even if you were born to lose--even if you...

The Cultural Ambassador

Anyway, I was in Israel as a kind of cultural ambassador And there were lots of press conferences scheduled around the performances. And the journalis...

Slip Away

What's this? A little dust in my eye Well I'm not the type to cry It's four a.m. I'm standing by the bed where you lie Sleeping the sleep of the newbo...

Statue Of Liberty

Moon rises and sets In the real world Islands and hurricanes Wind blows in from Jersey It floats across the pave Into the open ocean It's a good day T...

Strange Angels

They say that heaven is like TV A perfect little world that doesn't really need you And everything there is made of light And the days keep going...

The Big Top

When Buckminster Fuller came to Canada, he kept asking the same question: "Have you ever really considered how much your buildings weigh?" The Canad...

Strange Perfumes

Strange perfumes. Long lost rooms. That blue day came and it stayed aII night Blue morning. Blue midnight. The city fell and then you were gone. What...

Speechless

It was August. Summer of '82. You had that rusty old car And me I had nothing better to do. You picked me up. We hit the road. Baby me and you. W...

Talk Normal

I don't know about your dreams But mine are sort of hackneyed. Same thing, night after night. Just... repetitive. And the color is really bad -...

The Day The Devil

The day the devil comes to getcha you know him by the way he smiles The day the devil comes to getcha He's a rusty truck with only twenty miles He...

The Dream Before

Hansel and Gretel are alive and well And they're living in Berlin She is a cocktail waitress He had a part in a Fassbinder film And they sit a...

Sharkey's Night

Sun's going down. Like a big bald head. Disappearing behind the boulevard. (Oooeee.) It's Sharkey's night. Yeah. It's Sharkey's night tonight. And...

Sweaters

I no longer love your mouth. I no longer love your eyes. I no longer love your eyes. I no longer love the color of your sweaters. I no longer love...

Pieces And Parts

They say that in 1842 on a plantation in Alabama The slaves unearthed a huge skeleton, the bones of a giant whale, a leviathan, from the time when all...

Steven Weed

Steven Weed Was asked By the FBI To come in And answer a few questions. He said it wasn't Like an interrogation room At all. There wer...

The Beginning Of Memory

There's a story in an ancient play about birds called The Birds And it's a short story from before the world began From a time when there was no ear...