Sunday, July 1, 2012

Self Storage ~ A Jig

Inspired by the tune of Merrily Kissed the Quaker and Cunla by Pierre Bensusan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzU98dg8laY


I'm dancing this dance of density
Around and around the propensity
To keep and keep and keep and keep
So many things that I simply can't sleep

Self storage is now going on twenty
It's been months and months a plenty
Commiserating with so many like me
Stuffing things tight so creatively

I picked a place that I really like
So getting there is not a big hike
Only now it feels like a second home
My first one being wherever I roam

In one place and then another
My only satisfaction is the bother
To create the appearance I am free
Free of the weight (but paying a fee)

I have cups and I have saucers
I have pillows and a poem by Chaucer
Bags and bags of miscellaneous things
This gentle soul even saves strings

I'm dancing this dance of density
Around and around the propensity
To keep and keep and keep and keep
So many things that I simply can't sleep

I want to be free I want to be me
But somehow I remain on bended knee
Praying and praying to be released
Somehow not seeing this is a love feast

I've been storing my Self for myself
Happy now to clear the shelf
Break open the plates put out to offer
Tasting courage, 'tis the key to the coffer

What a Love Feast, can I give it away?
Who will grace it, receive it without any sway?
Releasing confusion and old loyalties
It all comes now free of royalties

I've been dancing a dance of density
Around and around the propensity
Of having to keep and keep and keep
But now I'm giving it away in my sleep

No more need to keep my Self from my self
No hesitating, withholding of oneself
Putting it out there as a tender offer
It's voice, it's vision and heart of this coffer

Unlocking this lock the key being free
Singing and dancing this jig I am me
Fancy that being free to relax let go
Enjoying what is ~ simply sharing the flow





8 comments:

  1. "Self storage now going on twenty"...provoked an inquiry...Who or what is the "Self" that is being "stored"...Excellent line!

    "free of the weight ( but paying a fee )" gave me a belly laugh...thank-you!

    "this gentle soul even saves strings" gave me insight into your ability to offer a delicate attention to things...Beautiful.

    so many lines that unpack S(s)elf and the joy of truth....More gratitude. Rachel

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  2. Wonderful song! I listened to the clip and sang along in my head. I love the pace and the lightheartedness. This experience reminds me in such a lovely way of how music and lyrics can dance around one another like two motion-drunk partners. A poem that has dark roots into the propensity to keep (that can flower the disturbing shrubs of hoard-ery) finds a freshness, lightness and humor and renewal in its whirl with the guitar picking. I really love the humor in this piece and its character arc. I hope these words suffice to point to the aspects that have won me over, but the short of it is, I really get a kick out of this!

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  3. I love the song so much, I'm adding it to my playlist for Sunday's Soul Sanctuary Dance. (I"ll have the lyrics in my own mind :)

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  4. I wanted to thank you for this great read!! I definitely enjoying every little bit of it I have you bookmarked to check out new stuff you post.
    Smartbox - we are leaders in Mobile Storage in Australia and New Zealand.

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    1. I know it's spam, but I could not resist approving the post. The leaders in Mobile Storage in Australia and New Zealand are "enjoying every little bit" of this. They clearly have an aggressive social media strategy. Maybe fodder for a future poem? Or a prompt: write a poem that will get the attention of the commercial sector.
      (Now returning your attention to the poem itself and its meanings far and beyond the promotion of "Mobile Storage.")

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  5. Allow me to lemur pile on your post(song) my kudos. You rocked this one Scooter!

    "No more need to keep my Self from my self"
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    "My only satisfaction is the bother
    To create the appearance I am free"
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    poetic depth charges
    thanks

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  6. I am you and you are I... :) this inspires me to release more stuff, and gain greater in(ter)dependence! Thanks Janice!

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  7. Wow! I just hit replay your song! What a beauty of a jig of our self reeling. thanks again for this.

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