Reader :

This text contains exerpts from a work in progress called the "GroundsKeepers Notes " a book of mental doodlings , incidental musings and frankly - accidents . I hope you find parts which are enjoyable for you . I just do this and I have no excuses or regrets . Amen . Enjoy please ! - Jake D. Steele

This copy : July /1 / 1999

Jake D. Steele - Author

Toronto , Ontario , Canada

All rights Reserved

Contents not be used without written consent of the Author and/or Publisher

" The ground you walk is the ground you keep ... The Groundskeeper "

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We could possibly be described as a " bag of dirt , with a little light in it " . Every step we take a little dirt falls out , eventually - either we become all light or just a very empty bag !

is it the fear of not being loved , perhaps...

is it the fear of being alone , perhaps ...

is it the fear of lack , money or otherwise , perhaps ...

it can be seen in the wilt of a flower ...

the last bird in a flock ...

the next four minutes , four hours , four days ... or

Four years of what ... the clock , perhaps ?

It may be any or all of these things ... but the fear of

Not being - understood ...without anyone ... just one person

that sees your meaning ... this creates the biggest stone in the gut ...

yes , this is the biggest fear of all ... this is the maturity of a soul

that actually knows how soft the underbelly of life really is

and knows what it is fighting for ... UNDERSTANDING

and it is what the bouquet of the reddest rose is trying to tell us...

don't leave me alone in this garden without taking my fragrance

with you ... notice how even in the moist humid air they lean into you

please take my fragrance - I am a rose !

Men and Women : Explained

Women have the Y chromosome , Men have the X and Y Chromosome .

Women say to Men - why , why , why - and Men without hesitation , without regard

for circumstantial evidence , give X number of reasons for everything - knowing they

really have no idea why !

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So I was thinking , maybe life is more about strategy than control .

I am a man and I know at least this ; Women decide which Man she wants . When it's all said and done , after - presents , dinners , chit-chat , wine , nites on the town, days at the track , promises of money , houses , cars , clothes , trips abroad and scintillating conversation - you could still be fishing in the morning !

Control denotes pressure , forcing action upon a situation . Control stems from a feeling of insecurity , scarcity and often leads to acts of desperation .

Strategy is about respecting the way energy flows - the only way it can , naturally and harmoniously . The Tao... Fish will always come to feed - in their time .

stand firm . You can't be two places at once .

You're catch is coming ... wait . Be gentle with what you catch . Not everything you catch is for you . If it's not for you don't hurt it . If you lovingly let it go it won't mind being caught again .

*Remember : When the right thing comes along , you'll know - because - it will catch you !

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Every person , place or thing ... nouns ? No . Verbs !

You are a life event . Don't worry . so are rocks , trees , animals everything .

It's all about movement ... perhaps dazed ,confused , informed or not...

Evolution in change is - beauty incarnate !

People always say " what's the score " ? I say " what's the point " ?

Isn't it only important when the game is over ?

Sports ' Alzheimer's

Quite awhile ago I unfortunately developed a new dysfunctional problem I caught from watching to much T. V. . I call it " Sports Alzheimer's " . I could remember the scores but not the teams . Or I'd know the team but be unable to discern the sport . In the frighting last stages of this crippling illness you finally actually go to bed not caring about scores or games of any kind !

My doctor, who has had this illness , in an exceptional gesture of human sacrifice , made a house call , which is extremely rare and with dramatic surgical precision ; cut off both my

Television cord and cable wire- formerly the two main arteries to my brain !

I sat in ashen withdrawal as he explained to me never to stare into one of those boxes again Apparently reoccurrence of the illness is almost completely incurable .

Finally demonstrating absolutely no concern for himself he stayed on for at least two extra hours to help me polish off the remainder of my 24 of beer and my last carton of

Camel Plains .

He was blind pissed drunk when he left , but , being the edifice of human kindness that he is - unselfish in act and deed - he was gone , probably on his way to visit yet another life threatened sports victim like myself . ... We are surely forever in his debt .

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The body is just a place to have as many experiences as your consciousness allows .

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Do you sometimes think the long distance feeling is the best feeling you're ever gonna get ?

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Many people are like concrete - poured and set - but even concrete was wet once !

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Simple is what you want to be but never caught at .

Cigarettes - ( I have quit smoking I have quit smoking them but ... )

Cigarettes are , smelly, stinky , horrible rolled up carcinogenic weeds that , when used properly cause coughing ,wheezing , shortness of breath , bad breath , poor visibility, awfull yellow teeth , heart problems , upset stomachs , high risk insurance , cancer , pollution , kills household pets and close family members , drains yer wallet dry - all at the same time.

I guess that's why I smoke them . If your going to have a habit it might as well be dangerous . I mean sure as hell , soon as I quit the roaches will be back .

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BuZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz Hello >>> ( Voice from above )... Listen here ...

This planet is an experimental habitat for the procreative network . Please feel free to adjust your focus ; everything that can be , is here . 0^0 LOOK !!!

Shop if you like but spend only time ... something unique to your little rose garden . Thanx so much... The Creator and Management

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Today was Tomorrow , Yesterday . Strange but true .

There is Objective Time and Experiential Time .

Time is really a way of describing the change the ( Birth and Decay ) of what we see . Because what we see is always changing our experience of Time is also. However , have you ever had an experience or lived in any Time but this one big round NOW moment ?

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I imagine God using planets as golf balls . I don't know where he tee's off but I think the green is a ( galaxy ), his choice , the hole ( a solar system ) his choice and when God makes a bad shot he cries , God's own salty tears ... this makes the oceans !

So in God's world even shots that land in the heavenly sand traps- are not lost...wait think I hear him coming , with an Ouch!! , nine iron...Whack ... ( off to the side ) I am really glad I invented gravity . It's not cheating , it just helps !

For alot of folks this dang religion thing is just getting too weird for words .

Here's the way I sort it out - hope it's helpfull .

* Religion = receiving

*Spirituality = shipping

*The Esoteric Model

Religion :This is like you trusting someone else's map to get to a place they haven't been to either . Heads up , could be risky - ask does this make sense ?

Spirituality: This is like an orgasm , you really had to be there !

Was this experience so good , you doubt you could repeat it ? Keep trying !!

Ps : If this kind of talk does make sense to you but you 're still asking lots of questions , you 're definitely in the Spirituality mode . If this kind of talk makes you want to send me direct to hell , and you have good connections , hey what do I know , at least the winters will be warm .

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Praying is basically talking to God , I'm sure you know that God gets alot of snail mail , He-mail Fe-mail , faxes from foxes and so much other dross . Lets say alot of desperate correspondence Why not try some of these time tested - guidelines or rules - for getting some real action from above ?

1 ) keep it country simple , GET TO THE POINT , God doesn't do Chit - Chat .

2 ) there are ( two ) 1 -800 , toll free lines . The first line is for thanks , accolades , glorifying , this kind of thing - on this line - no charges and there's no TIME limit .

The second 1-800 line is for , TROUBLE - State only what you need , usually it's busy get off the line, soon !!

3 ) The Wallowing line : direct -1 -976 - service , you pay ... big time , no collect calls , voice mail answered is extra ... but of course .

Now ; please do this work alone . If you're near someone they may think you're talking to them . Also , - this is important - if they find out what your asking for , they may try to outbid you , so be careful . Try rubbing in ashes ( the cool ones ) , or talcum powder have a sweat or sauna ... FAST if you dare ! This should clear your thoughts from the " wackadoo world " yer probably already ticked off with , this also shows God - " Hey I am a serious , miserable and disgusting soul ." Chin up , things are getting clear " !

Now ; shut up a spell . God may want to make some opening statements ! Get humble , get small if you can . Empty out what's left of your mind . This should be easy but perhaps not if you are a pathetic worrier . Your mind may be backed up like a freeway on a summer weekend , HOT , HUMID and FRUSTRATED ...kindly , please be still .

Never start off a prayer with " it's just me " ! Remember , you are a product on which every hair is numbered , even though some are harder to find at the moment . I think they will KNOW who calling . Don't ask for stuff like ; TV 's , cars , houses , or stereos . They don't make them and ... furthermore they don't deliver . Right .

The lines are all answered by heavenly " Hosts or Hostesses " ; they are busy but congenial . Most lines are always open , however during disasters , they do have some bandwidth problems - look ; 6 billion plus customers is not exactly what they had in mind .

Don't wait for a " Hello " . They know who is calling and ... they know exactly what kind of shit you think your in ! Remember ; God and all his staff are NOT co- dependents . They are always willing to listen and help ... but please ; ALWAYS feel free to HELP yourself . Amen ... Ahchew ... God Bless us all .

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June 10 /1999 " Living in the latter half of 20th Century "

" Prepared "

You can plan for attack , you can prepare for escape ,

both are tedious and provide no guarantee

the one's who will hunt you , are they seeking revenge

is it you or your stories they want to destroy,

is it something you owe them , yet your debts are all paid ,

you lose at their tables no matter what cards you play

did your road turn too early is it too late to go back ,

have they confused you with promises ...was it always a trap ?

a knock at the door sends a shiver up the spine , then the phone rings ... just twice ,

" easy , be quiet " I say , " I am used to these tyrants who burn out the nerves " ,

this time we 're prepared , throw a rope to injustice we will need it before dawn ,

it is the last mile ... don't panic , remember your mistake is your last ;

we must flee like the angels ... we'll be needing these wings ...

forget sense or reason it's of no real import ,

the hunters are hungry and they are enjoying their sport ,

what is belief what is your truth , you could be tested tonight the knife at your soul

you smell blood dripping fresh from a blade that's still wet ... it is the scream down the hall

that silence completes , from a third floor window it falls to the street ,

I wipe the sweat from my forehead , I drink up a milky white moon ,

if fear is the weapon it is so easy to use , you see the mind has no choice

when reason's abused yes , fright can do more damage than force five hurricanes ,

rubble and blood are in the reports ... look out at the mob pacing the ground ,

they smell something brewing ... the wind has a voice , is this the trouble

they sense , that will come here so soon ? no amigo ...

" the trouble is here , the trouble is me and the trouble is you " ,

you could be shot without warning if you're the target in sight and

these hunters are thirsty for any kind of fight , they blow open your door ,

yet the evidence is small , you have left only the traces of dust from your life , only

dishes remain, they stink in a tub , outside the clothes are strung on a wire to dry

so personal but nothing and the laundry snaps its back in the wind and the rain,

his cigarette glows ... " the bastards " he says ... " they have beat us again " ,

have they forgot what there're after are their orders confused , where does this go

where does it end , they move like lost children bewildered as ghosts... determined like dogs driven by scent , they have been here before they are hunting us down to settle a score , we must smell like the vermin they love the most ,

we sweat out the danger ... we move in direction of soul , we are naked like children

we stand dripping in sweat , sore to the bone we're shaking in fact ,

unsure of the future the past only memories of a peace broke in half ,

we laid down our lives to give reason a chance ... wait ,

we hear a squawk in the distance ,

the savannah's baked grasses would prefer a good breeze ,

but this old rusted bullhorn cracks only stubborn still air

a dry voice is calling ...we listen , we ...freeze , a voice ...

" Call off your troops the victory's been won ", let the generals issue the orders...

stand your soldiers out front , let their faces show memories which

no man forgets ; the dirt will not cover the horror they've done ,

our eyes will fall wet they will sting hard with the wetness ...

it's the salt of our tears , we shall never forget why the lesson is clear ,

only victory smells sweet if justice is served , only honour will stand if dignity remains ,

so , when we remember the fallen , those who gave us this day ,

let 's not forget what question they ask ,

if the battle is done surely vigilance begins,

we must never show them mercy we must stand , not in vain

we must hunt them and find them ...again and again ,

we must show them our thunder ...spit lightning in their eyes ,

til the darkness has left us we must not cut them slack

no this day is our day OUR victory is here , yet we must be ever watchful ,

prepared to attack , til we have destroyed all this darkness we once served as fear .

" The GroundsKeeper "

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I like the sound " OM or AUM " because first of all it contains all the vowel sounds - good start - second it's easy to intone or sing along with , third it's not part of

my language ( as a word ) and as many people will say it is very vibrationaly grounding .

But actually it's great for me 'cause it's what I 'd say normally when I don't know what to say : I say AUMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm .

Life is the prism that takes white light and makes it many colours .

Mortality is the lens that takes many colours turns them back into white Light .

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Here they will tell you , everything will eventually kill you . The air will kill you , the water , the food , the quiet madness of every man and woman - children of the unforgiven . Your work will kill you , smoke , smog , meat on steroids - opium laughs as populations stumble in blue stress - the underpinning of every furtive action is ... death .

If you believe this , the paradox is - they your masters - will do almost anything to save you , after and only after you finally agree there never was really any hope , without them . Do not listen to these purveyors from the flatland , do not taste their sickness .

Let the spirit romance your life , after all life is romancing the spirit , your unseen

connection to the whole universe .

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Smart weapons

Obedient Soldiers

Wise Old Generals

Perfect Battle Plans

Just Cause

Somebody Said So... ?

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Most lateral thinkers or wide receivers in any field are deemed much more palatable after they've moved on ... moved on down, I mean . Why is that ?

This is probably because as people they are no longer a threat as a corporeal entity and what they had to say can only be defended from , as it were the past .

Unlike light , perception and insight do not travel at the same speed , for any two people . For better or worse pot luck at the philosopher's table has alot more to do with what you bring , than what anyone else brings .

The sonic boom of Eureka is always heard after the vision has past leaving a blur

in the mind of the beholder . This has been hard for me to understand too , of course I now remember - sound travels much slower than light - doesn't it ?

All I know is if your , in love , seek love , gotta love , wanna love or just love to love ... please wear a helmet , carry a parachute , strap on the seat belt and for heaven's sake blow up the airbags . You will need all of this safety and/or face saving equipment . This thing is as dangerous as it is beautiful !

It comes in many packages - platonic , agape , cling-on , hard-on , abusive with batteries , lusty, mean , tender, open - ended, open - minded of course completely ended ( for one person ) and even deadly . Don 't be discouraged you could also have never been in love - the jury is still out on whether this should be bliss or a Jack Daniel's moment . Hang in . Not that way , either . whew !

Of course this emotion , or the evidence of it's personal power is being marketed

by experts , all heavy on experience ( their all divorced ) and hundreds if not thousands of

their ( touchy - feelly , yummy ) little manuals on how to get it right .

Personally I don't think I ever got it right - however I'm standing by with roses -just in case !

Take God's love for example . Most love is a two way street . God's is.

God's love is definitely tough love , it's long range , big picture love . If God loves you , you had better pay attention - he has his way of getting to the point ! God's love - biblically speaking is about ( blessings , warnings and curses ) sort of the carrot and stick approach .

Look ...Jericho wanted more time ( who dosen' t ) they were warned. Nope , no answer.

Ka-Boom , was God's response . No Jericho no problemo . By the way , airbags do not really seem to help with God , as Churchill said " it's the kind of mistake you only make once " .

I think the hard thing for me about this story is , I wonder how God feels after the wipe-out .

Me , I'd kinda feel bad actually for the people , but then , I'd think well maybe the next group will have a bit more sense . Hey , who am I to question the big guy. My puny mind against the Creators mind , I may get it wrong then you know , Ka-boom .

* People

Now with people things are a bit different . They often show up at your door looking like they just got off the " Love Train " . They have lots of baggage you hadn't counted on . Sometimes it's OK to say wrong address, other times you say with Buddha like compassion , sure come on in and stay awhile .Here I'd like to point out is where many people are like pets . When you feed them , talk to them and even say all sorts of lovey - dovey things to them , it will be very hard to get them to leave .

So what I'm saying is , it's alright to talk at the door for awhile - chain on , foot behind door , lean-in to door , somebody's trying to sell me something pose - with a small smile but if you don't like what your hearing - slam and bolt the door .

Don't even answer the phone for two hours . With luck they probably won't be back .

Sometimes when your " in love " the other person will say look " I need more

space " . This may means 1) your in the way 2) they are moving away , or perhaps

3) - please stay away !

Well , I say ... " space is something I can always give " . Please this is very important .

Give them ( ten ) 10 times more space than they ask for . Most people get "lost in space " ,

but then , that's what they asked for . In a little while you may enjoy the space to , maybe

even better than they did . Oh life is so ironic .

There you have it . Love is really a great mystery . I do know you grow with the " Real Thang " whatever that may mean to you . To me real love is about transforming and living on a different axis ( change before you bleed , if you can ) .

A relationship can be imagined like this . You could both get in the car

and drive off , know where you're going , the car drives well , the conversation although

cheap is passable - everything ends up okey-dokey . Or... you could tie yourself to the car

bumper and scream " me and my old lady are like one " where she goes I go . I say , " get in the dam car . Otherwise you're just going to get dragged around . It'll hurt when you get up and when car stops you won't be in any shape to even love your " Real Thang "

Okey-dokey that's just about my take on the matter . These things have been thoroughly tested by professionals so , Trust Me -Ka-Boom . You are now confused enough to move on to the next topic . Thanx !

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Never have so many been hired for so long to do so much for so few...

We bow in cowed reverence , we solemnly stare spellbound into the blue vastness to the Honourable , venerable masters of muchness of absolute zeros , the unbridled unmitigated gall of backwardness- Oh - suchness , lockness , isness , business whatever ... we bow to these architects of civility , to them we owe our very subsistence .

Let us sing together our olde tyme song ; " Ring the Liberty Bell for us to use and us to sell , your ass as well as mine , na, na na- I said your ass as well as mine . "

We watch through the misty eyes of a peons' dream , we drool at the sight of the immaculate perception and open the doors to the future of linear time. Upright apes everywhere salute as one , for it is to these architects of civility we owe our only existence , in the future of linear time .

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Why would any short term government bother with long range decisions ? HUmMmmm ?

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The Foreign Affairs minister , when undressing his public , was asked to comment on his affairs abroad . He said , " yes we spoke briefly and talked only about things that we held strongly between us .

Fortunately , we came to an agreement , rather quickly ... I might add , after overlooking our differences and seeing the potential for advancement , the deal was consummated without the least bit of trouble . I am of course not at liberty to go into further details at this time but , I can tell you , the whole event was fruitful and we hope to do it again as soon as our schedules make it possible ... ! Thank you ... that will be all for today chumps ! "

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Leaders always talk about their plans . Hey we've got a plan. Take a look at " The Plan " . Look people , even ... beavers have a plan , for that matter . What the people want articulated from a leader is- Vision ! Once you've demonstrated that plans can always be drafted to get where you want to go . Most people already know this .

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Most people need a coffee and a slow cigarette to remember where they are going each morning . Then sure as not , the same people drink large quantities of alcoholic beverages each evening to forget exactly wherever the hell " that " was .

I may not wish to face reality but somehow I have found ; damm reality is always facing me . The question remains . Is it OK to kinda ignore reality ? Well its your choice and as usual ... and when you find out how you feel , just kinda keep it to yourself . For me I wear " air socks " and sing the blues badly , tell naughty stories , drink large quantities of the brew and " reality " just simply gets bored ... and leaves . Nice Huh ??

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TV is a manufacturing medium designed to provide a vicarious electronic life for people who have half a mind to do nothing at all and use the other half to ponder that expansive thought ! This is what is known as a half life .

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Many people who watch too much TV, may need actual " TV Screen Savers " - to protect their retina's from being burnt into a square way back in the socket . these folks see the whole world as a BoX , in which ALL events happen , true , bur they never happen to them !

If you try to save information or treat it as isolated blocks ie; stack 'em and rack 'em today you'll soon run out of mental head space .

The brain is not a condo , the early warning systems are all on alert . Fatigue , anxiety , escapist habits , flighty personal lives , you can't sit still . Why ? Because we are being forced to move towards an experiential kind of learning where knowing from experience replaces memorizing a tome of knowledge you have really never experienced , it's more like dipping candle wicks into hot wax .

I'll explain , when the candle wick is dipped each time into the hot wax it builds up a new layer , which dries , cools and the process is repeated . The whole candle is made up of the residue of many dips into the experience of it's reality /life . By this experience it becomes a candle , it's reality , in this way it knows it's reality which is shed , when it is burned .

So , we must move more from memorizing and storing other people's dips into their reality to our own - being and knowing . I have learned ; means knowledge is in my storage banks . Knowing means I am that experience . Two totally different ideas .

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You see ; I know this life is very much a dream and I'm trying my dardest to find out -where " Reality " is . Now other folks know they're living in reality ... but they have the toughest time trying to find out what the heck their "Dream " is !

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Almost There

I have a photographic memory ... but it hasn't been developed yet !

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New - Arrivals Lounge ...

Have you just arrived ? These birth canals or > arrival terminals can be very busy and quite a tight squeeze... it's a good introduction . once you have " landed " the first thing you'll notice is how damm noisy this planet is ; like to confirm your arrival , someone will ask you to yell back ... over the clatter of other arrivals ... I'm HERE stop beating me to death ! And so on.

What I recommend is that you log-in as " guest " first , just to get aquatinted. The second thing you 'll notice is how needy everybody else is ... and you will be NEEDY too ! I mean like ; are there any breasts available at this time , like right now ! I want FOOD . Whoops , I need to be serviced at both ends ... I mean I sitting in it , I mean come -on .

My mantra has already been determined by my circumstance - I consume and I am consumed , I am the answer, I am the problem ... I AM the BIG I AM .... people please , as I was saying ; don't get carried away ... remember , you have only logged in as " GUEST " ! Smile

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" The vagaries of time

distilled through

the experience of becoming

is as nothing

whilst standing in your garden of roses "

I am 50 years old , I am soon to be 51 . I have done nothing ...wrong still I have not proved anything to an un-original world so , now I guess the real challenge begins ,

I am getting older , I see it , I feel it the wrinkly skin , eyes ... not so good, I feel the shadows of the pasty willowed kids sprout out of suburban vacant fecundates , limp wrists abound ...there are no jobs here , I am getting more deceived , more suspicious , I crap out with who ... the usual suspects ,

I suspect everything , the water , the air , the experts , the road reports , the ozone , the radioactivity of nuclear power plants , you bet !

I hear a story that tells me , " be calm , we know what is good for you and what is not " if I hear this ...I leave town immediately ,

I suspect you , those who need to be right , you are the scary ones , forget the chain-saws or the knife I ask where do I fit into this space you brought me in , it plainly makes me sick , so I figured me out a plan and this is it ...

I surrounded them like Napoleon , I struck ... they stood , like so many castles built of sand , I hammered them into dead zeros til they returned into earth again , now it's quiet in the aftermath , the afternoon was hot , but now it's just right ... some peace ,

I can breath , I can think , I can remember yes... them summery old days of June's quiet hums , the crack of life that snaps the umbilical chords clean ... sends Kundilini up the spine doesn't the water taste so sweet isn't the sky is blue forever , was it me or just the times

tonight the sun sets lightly on a rising crescent moon swallowed by blue velvet , no permanence here ... I am drifting past midnight looking up at the stars ... they stop time , my troubles settle like the dust on a dirt road

like so many car lights winking out of sight my troubles disappear are they really gone ... naw they just turned a corner , I think them cars 'ell be back they just love the dust but just right now ... for a moment at least on this very long long dark road tonight ... the world evaporates , peace I am back now ...where I was I mean , this must be home

sure look , the bill's are hiding in my mailbox , they all have my name on them , somebody must love me , the neighbours dog barks loud ...

nasty , who cares ...everyone sleeps through this ...

This poem is Dedicated to Mr.Andy Camp , a good friend . Why you ask ?

Never mind trying to find him . He doesn't take company well .. you could be terminated by the " Killer Bee's that live on the path to his door ", they are his companions in grace , they give him his daily honey I am told ". You may be destroyed or be relieved , the vibrations from the composing room floor are not always of this world ...

If you think not ready I say go back , go back and learn a little more . Beware or take your chances , you know not what you enter and you know not what it's for . So be gentle with your spirit and be wise if you will come , pick your chances from the bottle and except for having fun , look lads / ... relax , isn't that what he has done ?

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This is a small story with a side salad , ...to go along with your lettuce , tomatoes , zucchini, green onions and of course your , imagination . Its called as above or an alternative Title - " What 's eating you ? " .

Have you ever been to , South America , the Sandwich Islands , or hows about the Sangre de Christo Mountains ... well anywhere verdant , long palm fronds , in the steamy wet air dew drips an ominous pitter patter , tap , tap , splat on the fecund energetic earth ... it rains and suns at the same time ; like all beautiful locations on this spinning ball of earthy life...

Once it was when and not such a long time ago , it was , when things were first installed ; perhaps we can't recall ...things were clean , the air full of that " New planet smell " , ozone friendly - that right outta the showroom smell - yes I fondly remember , a 1957 green Ford mercury pulling in the driveway and smelling the seats ... new cloth new everything , ' member ? Well this is the way earth was too .

Then Man come along who had been given like , " Dominion " over every thing . Well with a toolbox in his hands by his side he had a mind to " bring home da bacon honey " , and make short work of it too ! He decided he had a large pocketful of BIG damm good ideas and immediately decided to implement all of them . I' ll turn everything into a - development - cause as you may know things were a little raw at first , no showers , no malls and sadly no shopping . He gonna fix that .

So history went by and ... all the Kings and wise guy advisors all over da earth looked over their balconies and estates and was glorified by all and by what hard labour their boys had done . As far as the eye could see - the world was finally turned into , beautiful scented gardens , cement driveways , highways , concrete towers , ( condo worlds ) and well sculptured terraces of rotting flesh down below . There was no escape , no escape was necessary or needed , from what was just called , " The Burbs " or as the Captain liked to say - " Ha ! Graveyards with flush toilets ! ... Thar she blows . "

The dead moved to and fro in no particular direction forgotten in purpose and plan , whilst the " living " ( mainly the fattened young ) were deliciously attacked and consumed where they stood ; dissolved without a sound . Glutious saliva ....drinks the energy of their presence . It drips with out a sound like pure mountain honey from a mouth of , dirty filthy rotten teeth .

" How good it feels to still be able to find a little fresh life once in a long while ... makes living almost worth while ...said the Captain of the Dead .

Wait , what's this an emergency situation ! An exhausted first mate runs into the dining hall . " We're rapidly running out of good eatin' material Captain ." Should we abandon this joint and prepare for flight ? " ... " Ah , ya this joint is starting to suck , " retorts the Captain " prepare for flight " ! " Aye Sir a damm good idea ... but we did manage to pluck it fuckin' dry Sir ;" " damm right . Anyhoo make so NOW you twerp before the sugar levels drop in my highly enriched sanitary blood , the universe is calling us home ...."

A blue light of ( rocket exhaust ) a combination of burning detergents , fertilizers and toothpaste , could be seen blasting a battered capsule over the trees into a naked dark sky lemons bitter as the night air shuddered at the vibration ; " cocksuckers " ... chipped in a vagrant roach , " not much left even for us ." A loudspeaker somewheres over the valley barked " Dinner is now being served " , a voice so sweet to the pack of hungry left over varmints . They were now fighting it out in the underbrush for ... Din , Din , whatever that might have been .

Over loudspeaker , " A pleasant little valley " , the Captain said in thoughtful repose from his high perch in the Captain's chair ; " yet where are those fucking leaders or politicians now when they really need them ! " They are " dead sir " as doornails , sir .

Good well , says the Captain move on out , it must be a most beautiful dawn , in the Pleadies system , ...lets go visit !

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Many years ago ... a philosopher said " Cogito Ergo Sum " ; meaning I think therefore I am . That was good . Nowadays this has changed and it probably should read thus ; Monetario Ergo Sum , ... that's right , " I charge therefore I am " , Finis .

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That's it for now Kids . More to come , meanwhile , eat your veggies!

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Jake D. Steele

Toronto , Ontario , Canada

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