Saturday, June 28, 2008

The Road to Mudcrutch Farm




















Just a flash past Dub's,
out on thirteenth,
the sunday assembly just kept growin'
drifting down the dusty side street
Dirt freak daddies
with their Hogtown old ladies
huggin' bottles of wine
and fat bouncing babies

They smelled the music
and heard the smoke
Pine trees swayin' in a warm summer haze
Laughing out loud at their own jokes
Homegrown denim,
peasant girls with hair swingin'
Sweet hip shakin' mommas
their young bodies swayin'

And that was the charm
walkin' arm and arm
feelin' free
on the road to Mudcrutch farm
High time laughin'
and barefoot dancin'
down the road to Mudcrutch farm

The band was rockin'
in the side yard
sending Byrds high on an afternoon sky
while John B. Good stroked his guitar
Cheshire cat smiles
and sleepy eyed styles
pulled the rest of them in
as they danced that last mile

Long haired floaters
lost in the moment
watchin' the crazy old world spin away
groovin' in laid back contentment
The tie dyed ones
Mother Nature's sons
trippin' to the back beat
beneath a Gainesville sun

And that was the charm
walkin' arm and arm
feelin' free
on the road to Mudcrutch farm
High time laughin'
and barefoot dancin'
down the road to Mudcrutch farm

R. C. Arquette
9/22/95

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Humankind


I discovered early on my true aversion for my "fellow man."I use that phrase, "fellow man" loosely, for I try to think of myself apart from the unwashed rabble as much as I can. Not because I'm an elitist, I feel far from it; I am assuredly a man with feet of clay, but because the general quality of the people I meet, ranked on an unwritten scale of rudeness, personality, intellect, empathy, etc., falls far below the expectations of your typical whining fifth grader. I'm sure you've been exposed to these people on a daily basis as I have.

People like: the overweight woman in hot pants, tube top, cell phone pressed to her head, yelling at someone about picking up the "friggin' house" before she gets home, with 3 hacking grubby kids climbing all over everything while she digs through a purse the size of Delaware in search of her checkbook. She's ahead of you in the express line at the grocery store (no checks please) with a cart full of sugary breakfast cereal and beer (10 items or less, HA!)and you're standing there with a loaf of bread, a gallon of melting ice cream, and cash in hand! This is when I wish I owned a stun gun!

Or how about the chick behind the counter at the Drug Store on the phone with one of her goofy friends comparing how drunk they were at the teen-orgy of the night before; ignoring the fact you, or the three people in line behind you exist.

Oh to have a bull-horn and a seltzer bottle!

Then there was the woman who wanted to know if I knew an electrician to change the wall switch and receptacle plates in her house...the two screws had her baffled and in fear of electrocution!

What?...There I stand, slack-jawed in amazement!

How far do these people go? How ignorant and unthinking can they get?

Check out the Darwin Awards web site if you'd really like to see just how totally "zoned" our species can get...it's amazing!

And be careful out there...they lurk at every corner!

Your Faithful Reporter - RCat

Saturday, June 21, 2008

A Timeline for our Preoccupation

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So it begins…

Initiation
Attraction
Connection
Communication
Conversation
Exploration
Acceptance [advance one space]
or rejection------------ > Start over
Deeper communication
Expanded conversation
Closer exploration
Established relations
Increased personal attention
Acceptance [advance one space]
or rejection------------ > Start over
Mutual intention
Growing excitation
Physical stimulation
Acceptance [advance one space]
or rejection ----------- > Start over
Increased excitation
Rapid stimulation
Total sensual immersion
Penetration
Copulation
Duration
Ten seconds
of maximum sensation
Repetition or exhaustion
Acceptance [advance one space]
or rejection----------- > Start over
Love or lust decision
Acceptance [advance one space]
or rejection---------- > Start over
Continued repetition
Marriage inception
Declining repetition
Continuation [advance one space]
or divorce------------ > Start over
Continued repetition
More imagination
Continuation [advance one space]
or celibacy------------ > Start over
|
Give up
|
Croak!
So it ends…
All else is but various ‘wet spots’ in time…

R. C. Arquette
4/21/04

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Blue Lotus



Magic
Beneath the moon
Our heated passions rise
Effects of the Blue Lotus bloom
Aroused

Aroused
Night sky above
Tangled in each other
We Blue Lotus eaters shudder
Magic

Magic
That which consumes
Merging two into one
The Blue Lotus blending our flesh
Aroused

Aroused
Then the fire fades
Exhausted we find sleep
The gift of the Blue Lotus flower
Magic

Magic
Beneath the moon
Inflamed emotions rose
The spell of the Blue Lotus bloom
Aroused



R. C. Arquette
5/17/01