A winner of last month's Philomene Long's Contest for Readers - Entry
from Cary Shulman
This is very funny.
–Philomene
1. Would you ever
enter a bathing suit
contest?
Now that Bert Parks
is dead it’s highly unlikely.
2a. Show me how to act
cool.
Pretend to be in the
know.
2b. Show me how to be
cool.
Know that there is no
knowing.
2c. Elucidate the
difference in 25 words or
less.
It’s the
difference between never living and dying before you
die.
3. Can you reply
“No” without speaking or shaking your head to the following
question:
“Do you agree to throw
yourself before the altar of Mollock (see Allen Ginsberg’s
poem)
His altar has been
altered and is now a
Mammonarium.
4. Show me
Beatitude
Arroz es arroz es
arroz.
5. Explain how living the
Beatitudes leads to the state of
beatitude.
I assume
you’re talking about the Northern part of the state of beatitude.
It’s easy you find the on ramp to the Innerstate and it’s straight
on from there.
6 Are the following
statements true or false?
a. “Be
the saint on your block.” –Allen
Ginsberg
I don’t know
if you’ve noticed but the blocks in this neighborhood are too expensive
for saints.
b. “It is because
I am Beat, that is I believe in beatitude.... Who knows, but that the universe
is not one vast sea of compassion actually the veritable holy honey, beneath all
this show of personality and cruelty.” –Jack
Kerouac
Jack was always big
on monism.
c. “He has
scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts and exalted the
humble.” –Mary
I
think there’s a little more scattering left to
do.
d. “Blessed are the
peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they who
are persecuted for righteousness’ sake for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.” –Jesus
Christ
Around here they need
all the help they can get.
e.
“Power to the people.” –Patti
Smith
Not since the
Tennessee Valley Authority and rural
electrification.
f. “Work out
your salvation with diligence.”
–Buddha
Work out your
diligence with salvation.
g.
“Walk close to the earth. Sing close to the body.” –Stuart
Perkoff
“And dance as
if no one was watching’
h.
“There is no road. We take it.” –Philomene
Long
The no road taken..
Robert Frost is doing a
headstand.
i. “Go naked. Take
nothing.” –John
Thomas
“I’ve got
plenty of nothing and nothing is plenty for me.” Nothing is really
something. The Hindus and Buddhists have made extensive religions out of it and
there’s still plenty of nothing left for all.
Posted: Sat
- September 1, 2007 at 09:04 AM