Monday, November 05, 2007

You Heard It Here First

There I was, grinding my coffee beans in the half conscious state of stupor that exists when you first get up in the morning (especially after daylight savings time has ended) (don't get me started on THAT) when it came to me: a beyond brilliant idea for a new book. A collection of aphorisms suggesting the use of poetry to whitewash the sins of the world, especially current politics:
Poetry as Detergent Art

So Sorry, Mr. Ferlinghetti, it appears that you inspire me in very strange ways.

10 comments:

DebGrabien said...

runs screaming from evil pun

Mizshely said...


THAT
is what waking up after a night's sleep on Ambien will do to you. Yea, that's it, I am sure I am not alone in blaming soporific medication. Apologies aside, I am very proud of that title and if I can come up with a few zingers for it, I will print out a little booklet and hand it to Mr. Ferlinghetti at Live Worms (immediately prior to running for cover). Do you think it is disrespectful? Not to the author of "Loud Prayer," methinks. Of course, I am not in Mr. F's league, either (not even in the minors or triple A ball, for that matter).

DebGrabien said...

I think I may need my doctor to prescribe me some ambien. The side effect is, um, interesting, to say the least...

No, not disrespectful at all. Just flippin' funny.

Will ponder possible zingers on the plane tomorrow.

Oh, and re our email discussion of the omission of a certain band from a certain television show, my husband's first question on getting out of bed this morning was "So, is Michelle reaching for a gun...?"

Heh.

Mizshely said...

I had not thought of violence as a resolution to the current problem but it is an interesting approach, considering my domain name is pistolpackinmama.com (but considering I am terrified of guns, have never owned one (at least, on purpose, Bobby's guns did not count) and have no idea whatsoever how to use one, not an option. Perhaps you and I can approach the people responsible for the aforementioned omission and talk them into submission.

Mizshely said...

I guess I am in a mood to talk today. Regarding the effects of Ambien, I think it far more likely the creativity in me was awakened by the concept that my body had received actual repose... a full night's sleep, as it were... and my mind was in think mode this morning. Mornings are good for that, when I am able to meet them head on, anyway, instead of on rock and roll time (in which day breaks somewhere around 4 PM). I actually have some ideas for the one liners. Oh, poor Mr. Ferlinghetti, I am sure whitewashing the politics of the nation was not what he had in mind when he wrote that little gem (and it IS a little gem). You heard it here - Lawrence Ferlinghetti, at any age, is a perfect thinker.

DebGrabien said...

No, the gun he was talking about was purely metaphorical. My loathing of guns is pretty widely known; I think I told you about smacking Billy Roberts upside the head with his own Saturday Night Special, after he left it loaded on the living room floor of our house, and I found my then-nine-year-old watching TV with it on the floor about a foot away. Billy was snoring on the couch.

This was after we told him he could crash on our sofa, but that I allowed no guns near my house, becaise we had a child.

No, I despise guns. I rank them right up there with Big Noisy Motorcycles as a particular form of, er, compensation. I'll stick with my crossbow, thanks.

DebGrabien said...

Dude, I am all over the idea of an unbroken night's sleep. I got five hours last night, and I'm trying to finish up 1500 or so words on "Dark in the park". That will bring the novel to the 2/3 done point, and make my agent very happy.

Unless, of course, it sucks. My stuff doesn't, usually, but this is a new genre for me.

Repeating, though: YAY for good night's sleep.

Mizshely said...

Regarding a good night's sleep, you could always do as my doctor suggested and READ A BOOK to put you to sleep. WHAT a dumbass suggestion. TV would be more likely to drug me into a stupor but I hate those late night infomercials and seldom have the strength to get up and actually turn off the damnable machine.

DebGrabien said...

Well, leaving aside the fact that I write books for a living...

Putting myself to sleep is not the problem. STAYING asleep is the problem.

Mizshely said...


I know -- staying asleep is a problem for me as well. In fact, Ambien assures me of about 6-7 hours uninterrupted when I actually require 8-12. And that little title that started this whole dialog came up in the interim (I went back to sleep from 8-10:30 AM). I haven't felt this much of a need for sleep since my husband died and that was the only way I could cope (I absolutely hated waking up to the reality that he was gone for good) (hey, world, I am over that now, in case anyone is listening, reading or interested).