Monday, July 30, 2012

liberate my inner liberace: song cycle and reflection on LIBERACE PRAISES THE BIGBANG


"Want the change. Be inspired by the flame
where everything shines as it disappears…"

--Rainer Maria Rilke (2005), Sonnets to Orpheus, Part 2, XIII, p. 117
Translated by Anita Barrows & Joanna Macy 


[cycles are interposing interweaving simultaneously chanted incanted shimmied and shaking]

cycle 1:
big as a rainbow dinosaur
soaring with sunset wings
blurred by galaxies on fire
big as a rainbow dinosaur


cycle 2 (syncopation):
shake. rattle with the razzle-dazzle.
shake. rattle with the razzle-dazzle.


cycle 3 (syncopation):
glitz. glam. glamour with the glitter.
glitz. glam. glamour with the glitter.


cycle 1 (variant – down deep):
big as a rainbow dinosaur
big as a rainbow dinosaur


reflection:
Since we are part of the explosion of all-matter into the enormous enhugening universe which is scale upon scale of shimmering creating massive explosioning sparkling starshining creativity, it’s no wonder we’re drawn to glitter rainbow plumage and starshine. It’s how Einstein, eye shadow, Cinderella, Liberace, KISS, “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star,” Rilke, bridesmaids, Cher, dew-drenched webs and roses, disco balls, and the Milky Way (along with you and i) all celebrate the bigbang. 

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