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One Question... (***Semi-Filler***)
Porcupine - One question.
Jim - What is it?
Porcupine - Why are we doing this?
Jim - So people don’t... ask questions.
Porcupine - Okay, okay, one more?
Can I ask one more?
Jim - Go ahead... we have all day...
Porcupine - Why are there a few lines of poetry,
Scattered here and there?
Jim - Because sometimes, my little friend...
I have to... talk to Myself.
Jim - What is it?
Porcupine - Why are we doing this?
Jim - So people don’t... ask questions.
Porcupine - Okay, okay, one more?
Can I ask one more?
Jim - Go ahead... we have all day...
Porcupine - Why are there a few lines of poetry,
Scattered here and there?
Jim - Because sometimes, my little friend...
I have to... talk to Myself.
Published 10th Mar 2015
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12th Mar 2015 12:55pm
Alright. So this is the start of the postings taking samples from my early conglomeration entitled "Mumble Jumble Jim and the porcupine". This particular piece is the "flagship", kinda' has become the first page whenever I do up another chapbook of selections from this collection.
The compilation itself was penned down mostly in the summer of 1998 with a few entries here and there from 1997, the bulk of it coming out on my soul-searching roadtrip to the Yukon Territory of the great Canadian wilds. I loaded up a little red pickup truck and camped out across the nation in gravel pits and abandoned patches of old highway, and any access to a quiet spot off the road to cook up some gruel and write some lines. Just the odd thoughts which came out of those kilometers, loose poetry, not really rhyming - and then, the conversations between Jim and the porcupine.
The characters of Jim and the porcupine have appeared on this site before - I did up a years-later kinda' poem and have posted portions of it near the start of my profile, you'll have to look for it, I have no intention of providing a link quite yet (I need to add more to it and finish it up before bringing it into the light). But for now, I will continue posting the original conversations throughout the next few weeks and the poems (if I can get going and start posting at a more reliable rate, many apologies to my good fans...).
It's been a little hard to get going with the postings, again I have hundreds to choose from and narrow down to fifteen to twenty or so, I don't want to waste my time (and your time) by posting crappy shite, and there's much conflict in my mind when I end up posting stupid things, such as the previous post "What do I want?" (which I'll be removing in a few days - I'll give it a run of a few days more, ha...) - because such a piece doesn't reflect the tone of my poetic voice back then, it's not in line with the "artistic direction!" of how I want my profile to proceed from now on. I'm going to be trying for a more deep and angry vibe over the next bit - but with some ridiculously cheesy rest-stops along the way, don't you worry people about anything...
The compilation itself was penned down mostly in the summer of 1998 with a few entries here and there from 1997, the bulk of it coming out on my soul-searching roadtrip to the Yukon Territory of the great Canadian wilds. I loaded up a little red pickup truck and camped out across the nation in gravel pits and abandoned patches of old highway, and any access to a quiet spot off the road to cook up some gruel and write some lines. Just the odd thoughts which came out of those kilometers, loose poetry, not really rhyming - and then, the conversations between Jim and the porcupine.
The characters of Jim and the porcupine have appeared on this site before - I did up a years-later kinda' poem and have posted portions of it near the start of my profile, you'll have to look for it, I have no intention of providing a link quite yet (I need to add more to it and finish it up before bringing it into the light). But for now, I will continue posting the original conversations throughout the next few weeks and the poems (if I can get going and start posting at a more reliable rate, many apologies to my good fans...).
It's been a little hard to get going with the postings, again I have hundreds to choose from and narrow down to fifteen to twenty or so, I don't want to waste my time (and your time) by posting crappy shite, and there's much conflict in my mind when I end up posting stupid things, such as the previous post "What do I want?" (which I'll be removing in a few days - I'll give it a run of a few days more, ha...) - because such a piece doesn't reflect the tone of my poetic voice back then, it's not in line with the "artistic direction!" of how I want my profile to proceed from now on. I'm going to be trying for a more deep and angry vibe over the next bit - but with some ridiculously cheesy rest-stops along the way, don't you worry people about anything...
