The Politics Of Imagery by Chris Sorrenti Note: da da lines stand for loud lead guitar notes/rifts
WE’RE PRACTISING THE POLITICS OF IMA-GER-Y-HEE
da da da – da de de de dum
da da da – da de de de dum
PRACTISING THE POLITICS OF IMA-GER-Y-HEE
da da da – da de de de dum
da da da – da de de de dum
And life is just an open book
Filled to overflowing
A stage on strings with human beings
Taking the place of words
AND
WE’RE PRACTISING THE POLITICS OF IMA-GER-Y-HEE
da da da – da de de de dum
da da da – da de de de dum
PRACTISING THE POLITICS OF IMA-GER-Y-HEE
da da da – da de de de dum
da da da – da de de de dum
And everyone’s just a little Hitler
A Howard Hughes on the phone
A king or queen in their own little world
Sitting on The Bomb
WE’RE PRACTISING THE POLITICS OF IMA-GER-Y-HEE
da da da – da de de de dum
da da da – da de de de dum
PRACTISING THE POLITICS OF IMA-GER-Y-HEE
da da da – da de de de dum
da da da – da de de de dum
And life is but a song continuous
With words that sometimes rhyme
A creature moving to an abstract cause
Ruled by space and time
AND
WE’RE PRACTISING THE POLITICS OF IMA-GER-Y-HEE
da da da – da de de de dum
da da da – da de de de dum
WE’RE PRACTISING THE POLITICS OF IMA-GER-Y-HEE
da da da – da de de de dum
da da da – da de de de dum
And everyone’s just a little monkey
Swinging shaky on the vine
Gorged on fruit sweet and sour
Until the day they die
AND
WE’RE PRACTISING THE POLITICS OF IMA-GER-Y-HEE
da da da – da de de de dum
da da da – da de de de dum
PRACTISING THE POLITICS OF IMA-GER-Y-HEE
da da da – da de de de dum
da da da – da de de de dum
WE’RE PRACTISING THE POLITICS OF IMA-GER-Y-HEE
...PRACTISINGING THE SAME SONG
© 1982
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03/06/2005 Author's Note: The title piece to an earlier manuscript, later incorporated into the Paper Guitar collection.
Posted on 03/07/2005 Copyright © 2024 Chris Sorrenti
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Posted by Ginette T Belle on 03/07/05 at 05:40 PM love the form (actually created a little tune in my head to go with this)...a great rythmn to it "And everyone’s just a little monkey/Swinging shaky on the vine/Gorged on fruit sweet and sour/Until the day they die"...that stanza is gold...
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Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 03/09/05 at 01:15 AM I see you wrote this in '82. It is still timely and unfortunately appropriate which means human nature has not changed! Full of irony and biting sarcasm! |
Posted by Michele Schottelkorb on 03/10/05 at 05:56 PM i sang this away... lovely and bitterly true... you know... this could be a ditty and sung, or the chorus removed for an awesome poem by itself... wow, two for one :) |
Posted by Laura Doom on 03/10/05 at 07:22 PM The 'dums' are killer! What I really enjoyed was the incongruous, but perfect rhyme in the third verse - irony within irony...an entertaining interlude :) |
Posted by Indigo Tempesta on 03/10/05 at 10:10 PM this is absolutely wonderfully severe and straightjacketed sanity. thank you. |
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