Once-upon-a-time – we stepped into a world that seemed like it was ready to take off! Like a rocket for outer space – where no wo/man had gone before!! I liken this sensation to crazy Mon Tennyson’s “noble knight” – where each day proffered a new, and different, adventure.
But we get stuck in the humdrum – like Peter Gabriel said in the song of the same name. And Wordsworth complained that we “lay waste our powers” — with all this getting and spending. And though I have titled one-of-my-compositions: “The Moments in Between” (a sexual metaphor [for those slow on the uptake]) – I have never written about the other moments – the moments that string together to form the days and nights of our lives on this mortal plane…those moments that connect the events we remember…and I’m not so sure I’m going to do it right now – string a-series-of-moments together to tell a story that is…
Now Studs Terkel, Damn!! Studs Terkel could tell a motherfuckin story. And I am really, really trying to get to the place where I can tell a story like Studs could.
I guess this story really starts off with Obama still alive (after I have repeatedly prophesied his death). I asked HG why this-is-the-case? How I could have been so wrong. He told me that there is someone in the shadows; the wealthiest person on the planet – who is backing Obama. Even Momma Scheff suggested this in a recent phone conversation. HG and Momma Scheff suggesting something similar? Hmmmm…there might be something to this!
HG went on to suggest that this ultra-rich fellow might possibly be from an ancient Egyptian family and is supposedly worth $600,000,000,000.00 (yep I think I just wrote 600 trillion dollars). If THIS story is true – we’re talkin’ about somebody descended from the pharaohs. And what on earth is Obama to THIS guy (or woman)? Does the Kenyan side of Obama’s line stretch into Egypt? Does the White side? (I have heard that the White side is mixed up with the Cheneys somehow [which makes Obama linked to Satan]).
Mom and HG both pointed out that shit doesn’t stick to Obama. The Bushies look confused; the Clintons have backed away from the action – and even the Maverick was gracious in giving it up to Obama. I have asked my students to please figure out who this “man in the shadows” is, and why the interest in Obama and the U.S.? Is it because Canada is right next door and would be very, very easy to invade?? Mom also pointed out that Obama has only been on-the-scene for about 18 months – that is not a very long time in the scheme of things. And what about that massive Berlin affair??? What was THAT all about?!
So…once-upon-a-time there was a psychotherapist, educator and musician — who couldn’t figure out what was going on with the power brokers – after he thought he had had it all worked out. Which reminds me of ye olde psychotherapist adage: Just when you think you’ve got it figured out, it changes.