~ '57 Chevies, Budweiser, Lucky Strikes, Bob Dylan & Buddy Holly (A Love for Real) (Not Fade Away)
“nice sunset,
if i do say so myself,” says god
“yes, it has buddha nature,” say the buddhas
from the back seat of a ’57 chevy
idling on the sand just south of gold beach
“you’re always saying that,” says god
“what?” ask the buddhas
“you know, everything has buddha nature,” says god
“well, everything does,
at least before thinking gets in the way,”
says one of the buddhas
“why are you so anxious to deny thought?”
asks god
“i mean, squeezing consciousness out of heat and carbon
is pretty good, as far as acts of creation go,” he continues
“yes, but, the minute you conceptualize something,
it ceases to be real,” answers one of the buddhas
“would ya mind handing me another budweiser?” asks god,
“i’ll check and make sure it’s real.”
one of the buddhas grabs one
from the watery ice in the cooler
and hands it up to god
who pulls the tab
and fires up another lucky strike
a ring of blue smoke curls up
and swirls out the window
everyone is silent
a christmas tree air freshener
hangs from the rear view mirror
mister tambourine man plays on the radio
over and over again
yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky
with one hand waving free
silhouetted by the sea,
circled by the circus sands
with all memory and fate
driven deep beneath the waves
let me forget about today until tomorrow
“greatest rock and roll song ever,” says god
“well, maybe,” say the buddhas,
“but couldn’t we listen to a new song
every once in awhile?”
god fades away and
takes another long drag on the lucky
mysteriously, the song changes on the radio
my love is bigger than a cadillac
i try to show it and you drive me back
your love for me has got to be real
for you to know a just how i feel
a love for real, not fade away
“a little buddy holly? asks god
“sweet,” say the buddhas
“too bad cat stevens converted to islam,” says god
“yeah, we were kinda partial to
“buddha and the chocolate box,” say the buddhas
pacific ocean
just south of gold beach
fuji color slide film
zero image 69
pinhole camera
Please take a look at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=88kZIM6zXn0
~ '57 Chevies, Budweiser, Lucky Strikes, Bob Dylan & Buddy Holly (A Love for Real) (Not Fade Away)
“nice sunset,
if i do say so myself,” says god
“yes, it has buddha nature,” say the buddhas
from the back seat of a ’57 chevy
idling on the sand just south of gold beach
“you’re always saying that,” says god
“what?” ask the buddhas
“you know, everything has buddha nature,” says god
“well, everything does,
at least before thinking gets in the way,”
says one of the buddhas
“why are you so anxious to deny thought?”
asks god
“i mean, squeezing consciousness out of heat and carbon
is pretty good, as far as acts of creation go,” he continues
“yes, but, the minute you conceptualize something,
it ceases to be real,” answers one of the buddhas
“would ya mind handing me another budweiser?” asks god,
“i’ll check and make sure it’s real.”
one of the buddhas grabs one
from the watery ice in the cooler
and hands it up to god
who pulls the tab
and fires up another lucky strike
a ring of blue smoke curls up
and swirls out the window
everyone is silent
a christmas tree air freshener
hangs from the rear view mirror
mister tambourine man plays on the radio
over and over again
yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky
with one hand waving free
silhouetted by the sea,
circled by the circus sands
with all memory and fate
driven deep beneath the waves
let me forget about today until tomorrow
“greatest rock and roll song ever,” says god
“well, maybe,” say the buddhas,
“but couldn’t we listen to a new song
every once in awhile?”
god fades away and
takes another long drag on the lucky
mysteriously, the song changes on the radio
my love is bigger than a cadillac
i try to show it and you drive me back
your love for me has got to be real
for you to know a just how i feel
a love for real, not fade away
“a little buddy holly? asks god
“sweet,” say the buddhas
“too bad cat stevens converted to islam,” says god
“yeah, we were kinda partial to
“buddha and the chocolate box,” say the buddhas
pacific ocean
just south of gold beach
fuji color slide film
zero image 69
pinhole camera
Please take a look at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=88kZIM6zXn0