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*i sing of Olaf glad and big* by E. E. Cummings

i sing of Olaf glad and big

by E. E. Cummings  18941962

i sing of Olaf glad and big
whose warmest heart recoiled at war:
a conscientious object-or

his wellbelovéd colonel(trig
westpointer most succinctly bred)
took erring Olaf soon in hand; 
but--though an host of overjoyed 
noncoms(first knocking on the head 
him)do through icy waters roll 
that helplessness which others stroke
with brushes recently employed 
anent this muddy toiletbowl, 
while kindred intellects evoke 
allegiance per blunt instruments--

Olaf(being to all intents
a corpse and wanting any rag 
upon what God unto him gave) 
responds,without getting annoyed 
“I will not kiss your fucking flag”

straightway the silver bird looked grave
(departing hurriedly to shave)

but--though all kinds of officers 
(a yearning nation’s blueeyed pride) 
their passive prey did kick and curse
until for wear their clarion	 
voices and boots were much the worse, 
and egged the firstclassprivates on
his rectum wickedly to tease 
by means of skilfully applied
bayonets roasted hot with heat--
Olaf(upon what were once knees)
does almost ceaselessly repeat
“there is some shit I will not eat”

our president,being of which
assertions duly notified	 
threw the yellowsonofabitch
into a dungeon,where he died

Christ(of His mercy infinite)
i pray to see;and Olaf,too

preponderatingly because
unless statistics lie he was
more brave than me:more blond than you.

Copyright 1931, © 1959, 1991 by the Trustees for E. E. Cummings Trust. Copyright © 1979 by George J. Firmage, from The Complete Poems: 1904-1962 by E. E. Cummings. Reprinted by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved.

E. E. Cummings

E. E. Cummings

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The other hotel

"Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful, in a way that, unless you were born rich, it is very difficult to understand. They think, deep in their hearts, that they are better than we are because we had to discover the compensations and refuges of life for ourselves. Even when they enter deep into our world or sink below us, they still think that they are better than we are. They are different." --F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

The Other Hotel Was A Reality

 

The date is Friday, August 5, 2016. I am scheduled to "give away" my daughter at The Carolina on Saturday. The only route available for me to take my mobility device from the lobby to my presumably accessible room is past construction, through the water, tracking mud into the room.
The date is Friday, August 5, 2016. I am scheduled to “give away” my daughter at The Carolina Inn on Saturday. The only route available for me to take my mobility device from the lobby to my presumably accessible room is past construction, through the water, tracking mud into the room.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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My interview with Timothy Leary at Folsom Prison

Timothy
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Permission to publish sensitive information regarding my relationship with Timothy Leary

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David F. Phillips

San Francisco

November 27, 2015

 

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“Grandpa, tell me about the good old days”

“Grandpa, tell me about the good old days”

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Juliet Mae Phillips celebrates her four months of life at The Carolina Inn. Shown here with her mother Joanna Marie Solkoff and her Zeyda. Photograph by Jade Kosmos Phillips
Juliet Mae Phillips celebrates her four months of life at The Carolina Inn. Shown here with her mother Joanna Marie Solkoff and her Zeyda. Photograph by Jade Kosmos Phillips

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.e-architect.co.uk/columns/joel-solkoffs-column-vol-iv-number-2

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The Judds

 

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Lyrics

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The Carolina Inn: Prequel

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http://www.e-architect.co.uk/columns/joel-solkoffs-column-vol-iv-number-2

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Randy Travis – Deeper Than The Holler