Doctor Jekyll in His Laboratory…

Dear Friends,

Another doodle on a public domain image…

SCS ©2013

Waiting for Mr. Death…

Broke Down Palace

Dear Friends,

I was just talking to a former colleague from the street. I asked how he was doing and he said that he just came out of the hospital and learned that he was going to die soon. "I'm dying", he said. I admitted that I was also, but likely not going to beat him to the door when the bell rang to let us out of school early. He chuckled and admitted that he'd heard that this Death Thing was going around.

My friend stands a head taller than I. He looked down at me with watery, yellowed eyes. He winked and said, "Yeah, drugs and alcohol might have been involved." We both laughed in a way that let us both catch our breath and step back from the abyss of Hard Facts were his liver was ground into paste and his brain hammered full of soggy holes.

A moment later we fell into talking about our shared but separate, now long ago, travels in The Grateful Dead Show. I was happy to tell him about something that I recently learned.

There is among the Shinto of Japan a legend quite like that of the old Celtic and European stories of the Grateful Dead that one might meet on lonesome highways through the dark forest. The Road can be long or too short, but it connects us all in our solitary traverse of this Life and that mystical path spans our terran orb.

Anyhow, my down on his luck buddy pledged to stick around until I could write him a proper elegy. I am a writer and unfortunately too expert and experienced in hashing out such material. I’ll do my friend proud, but I'm in no hurry for the occasion.

Hic Finis Est

SCS

Your Correspondent

Demon in My Marrow…

Dear Friends,

Here's a little gospel inspired drivel soon to be set to music. You know what all it's about…

Res Ipsa Loquitor,

S

Got The Demon in My Marrow      ©Solomon 2012

Whoa-oh. Got the Demon in my marrow
Whoa-oh. Got it climbin’ up my spine.
Oh, no lord, got no respite from this craving
So, lord do let it ride. Do let it ride. So fine. So fine.

Whoa-oh. Got a notion rollin’ my mind
Whoa-oh. Got it wrestlin’ in my heart
Oh, my lord, give me a little more reason
So, lord do let it ride. Do let it ride. So fine. So fine.

Whoa-oh. Got passion crazy in my heart
Whoa-oh. The last time I say goodbye
Oh, my lord, got the devil in my marrow
So, lord do let it ride. Do let it ride. So fine. So fine.

Got that demon in my bones
Sunk so low it’s in my bones
So tight with my marrow
So thorough in my bones
So complete I got nowhere to go
Got that demon in my bones

Whoa-oh. You think you know and how it goes
Whoa-oh. Got her climbin’ up yer spine
Oh, it gives you no pleasure your desiring
Your lord do let it ride. Do let it ride. So high. So high.

Got that demon in your bones
Sunk so low it’s in your bones
So tight with your marrow
So thorough into your heart
So complete you got nowhere to go
Got that demon in your bones

Get some love in your marrow
Rise so high love’s in your eyes
Get tight with your visions
Soak them into in your loving bones
So complete that you need nowhere else to go
Got that demon in your bones
Tell the devil where to go…