March 25, 2005
Leonard Cohen's 'The Future' reminds me of Terri Schiavo (or 'playing name that tune with strangers online')
I was playing poker online tonight (the free kind before anyone stages an intervention) and a guy kept writing what seemed like jibber jabber.
He wrote: 'Destroy another fetus now. We don't like children anyhow. I've seen the future brother; it is murder' Nobody responded and I thought it was a pro-lifer doing some preaching. But, in an online poker room? That's odd.
Then he wrote 'Things are gonna slide, slide in all directions. Won't be nothin, nothin you can treasure anymore.'
Maybe a Schiavo reference? Has discussion of the situation in Florida reached such saturation that poker isn't even safe from it? Then he wrote 'The vision; the vision of the world has crossed the threshold. And, it's overturned the order of the soul.'
Heyyyyy, I know that line.
karol: are you singing Leonard Cohen?him: 'You'll see a woman hangin upside down. Her features covered by her fallen gown.'
him: 'And, all those lousy little poets comin round; tryin to sound like Charlie Manson.'
him:'You don't know me from the wind. You never will. You never did. I'm the little man who wrote the Bible. I've heard your stories; heard them all. I've seen your nations rise and fall. But, loves the only engine of survival'
him: 'And, now the wheels of heaven stop. You feel the Devil's riding crop. Get ready for the future; it is murder.'
him: 'When they said, "Repent, repent", I wondered what they meant.'
him: you were first at any site, any level to recognize lenny! god bless ya
him: ny sophisticate
karol: ha
him: gotta go but foist...recognize this guy?
him: 'When we meet again; introduced as friends...please don't let on that u knew me when: I was hungry, and it was ur world?'
him: got him?
karol: yes
karol: Bob Dylan
karol: 'If you see her, say hello'
him: excellent!
him: they are both in the norton anthology of modern american poetry
All that space in my brain being occupied by lyrics could really be better utilized.
Posted by Karol at March 25, 2005 09:23 PM | TrackBackTechnorati Tags:
Your post reminds me of something that Michael Schiavo said a few days ago:
"To make comments that Terri would want to live, how do they know?" Schiavo said of the members of Congress who want to keep his wife alive.
"Have they ever met her?" Schiavo said. "What color are her eyes? What's her middle name? What's her favorite color? They don't have any clue who Terri is. They should all be ashamed of themselves."
So much passion and certainity about her wishes, but you spell her name wrong. Odd.
Posted by: Dawn Summers at March 25, 2005 10:25 PMI am not all that passionate nor certain about her wishes. None of us really can be, Michael Schiavo included. That's, again, why I think we should error on letting her live.
Posted by: Karol at March 25, 2005 10:29 PMNot to be off topic, but i have listening to the Future for weeks now. It's pure love with Leonard and me.
Posted by: Petitedov at March 26, 2005 07:16 AM


