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Let’s Begin the New Year . . .

January 3, 2021 by Jan Herman

. . . with an old poem by late friend.

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  1. Richard says

    January 3, 2021 at 2:18 pm

    Or how about this [from an unpublished text from Pélieu found on ebay]: “I told you a hundred times. God drowns in the TV. The survival of the planet? Through the noises of the street we enter the crowd. We pinch the buttocks of thought and the wind rushes into the pocket of dawn, the mutilated earth that supports the words that drive you crazy. Holiday remembrance 80. In Honfleur it was raining even more sadly than elsewhere. Thinking of Carl Weissner and Dieter Roth, the streets of the ocean mixed with blood and water, trifles for a televised massacre and Murnau, Jacques Cousteau, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, The Nixonoids, saves who can before say, after say, how to say. Punk metal Nov-blitz, walls of neon flesh, smack screaming terror and paranoia, an idea in the air. Cowboy alpha, pope CIA KGB KKK, Doctor Death’s magic bullet, the grammar of time breaks, shooting stars have lost their multicolored packaging. The bloody mirages of current events sail. Comet tails, boredom and violence invade the remaining time. Meta-language, collage takeoff, mail art, black splables wrapped around our tongues. Fluid, ecstatic and pulsating mediocrity time. Violence reigns at the bottom of the sea, a civilized product. Art is in the drawer, fuck you Marcel Duchamp! the marked lobster, the dirty gestapo illustrated, the total censorship, the days diminish smeared with cannibal spots, naked cops hoist on the swings. An electrified subscriber, tears explosions all blend on the crumpled horizon, Mr. Mitterrand Rastaquouer the silent fanatical moral majority. Band of flesh. Swing the glue! Cracked jig. Life resembles a dash of valium, galactic sobs, electric nights, Gloria Lasso, Jean Dutourd, Professor Typhus, J. J. Lebel, the girls of the air cross the rainbow. Children kiss aboard their blue submarines to cover the seas. Spring wolf teeth tear skin out of the air. Where does that look come from, not quite dead? The gaze is listening, mental season. I come out of my head I told you a hundred times. What remains of General de Gaulle in canoe, erasing the barbaric repressions, shadow bracelets speeded. Random, derisory, butts, law, order, temporary, cultural, setbacks thinking of Cage Warhol Magritte, shadow mystery, noise silence. Continents ravaged by normality. Tallow in the flesh of the mutants. The biological death machine, the street-collages began to live for us, combining history from day to day. Their nightmare was our dream – Abbie Hoffman. Acid trip, all dead in the glass noise of a generation, a funny life, a funny drama. As far as the eye can see, violence in a forest of words and images. Good kisses from Florida R.A.S. Everything’s fine. The blue-eyed whale, our eyes fill with the ocean, the words walk in their delirium. Claude Pélieu- Washburn on July 27, 1981. Usa. Fingers in my head I cry with laughter I take the hundred steps at the Point of the Day. Je vous l’avais dit cent fois. Dieu se noie dans le téléviseur. La survie de la planète ? A travers les bruits de la rue on entre dans la foule. On pince les fesses de la pensée et le vent s’engouffre dans la poche de l’aube, la terre mutilée qui supporte les mots qui rendent fou. Souvenir de vacances 80. A Honfleur il pleuvait encore plus tristement qu’ailleurs. En pensant à Carl Weissner et Dieter Roth, les rues de l’océan mêlées de sang et d’eau, bagatelles pour un massacre télévisé et Murnau, Jacques Cousteau, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, The Nixonoïds, sauve qui peut avant-dire, après-dire, comment dire. Métal punk Novöblitz, murs de chair de néon, smack hurlant terreur et parano, une idée en l’air. Cowboy alpha, le pape CIA KGB KKK, Doctor Death’s magic bullet, la grammaire du temps se brise, les étoiles filantes ont perdu leurs emballages multicolores. Les mirages sanglants de l’actualité naviguent. Les queues de comètes, l’ennui et la violence envahissent le temps qui reste. Méta-langage, collage décollage, mail art, échardes noires enroulées autour de nos langues. Le temps fluide, extatique et palpitante médiocrité. La violence règne au fond de la mer, produit civilisé. L’art c’est dans l’tiroir, fuck you Marcel Duchamp ! le homard marqué, la sale gestapo illustrée, la censure totale, les jours diminuent barbouillés de taches cannibales, des flics nus se paluchent sur les balançoires. Abonnée électrifiée, déchirures explosions tout se fond sur l’horizon froissé, monsieur Mitterrand Rastaquouère la majorité silencieuse moraleuse fanatique. Fanfare de chair. Balancez la colle ! Gigue culturée. La vie ressemble à un trait de valium, sanglots galactiques, nuits électriques, Gloria Lasso, Jean Dutourd, Professeur Typhus, J. J. Lebel, les filles de l’air traversent l’outre arc-en-ciel. Les enfants s’embrassent à bord de leurs sous-marins bleus pour couvrir les mers. Les dents de loup du printemps arrachent la peau de l’air. D’où vient ce regard pas tout à fait mort ? Le regard s’écoute , saison mentale. Moi j’sors de ma tête j’vous l’avais dit cent fois. Ce qui reste du général de Gaulle en canoë, effaçant les répressions barbares, bracelets d’ombre speedée. L’aléatoire, le dérisoire, les mégots, la loi, l’ordre, le provisoire, le culturel, les déboires en pensant à Cage Warhol Magritte, l’ombre le mystère, le bruit le silence. Continents ravagés par la normalité. Du suif dans la chair des mutants. The biological death machine, les rues-collages se sont mises à vivre pour nous, conjuguant l’histoire au jour le jour. Their nightmare was our dream – Abbie Hoffman. Acid trip, tous morts dans le bruit de vitre d’une génération, une drôle de vie, un drôle de drame. A perte de vue la violence dans une forêt de mots et d’images. Bons baisers de Floride R.A.S. Tout va bien. La baleine aux yeux bleus, nos yeux s’emplissent d’océan, les mots marchent dans leur délire. Claude Pélieu- Washburn le 27 juillet 1981. USA. Les doigts dans la tête j’pleure de rire j’fais les cent pas au Point du jour.

  2. Jan Herman says

    January 3, 2021 at 3:42 pm

    yes thanks! claude’s shoulda been published somewhere!!

    • Richard says

      January 3, 2021 at 7:57 pm

      Yeah, it is dynamite!

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