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Tangerine Sky (with apologies to Kottonmouth Kings)

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indar
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Tangerine Sky (with apologies to Kottonmouth Kings)

Post by indar » Thu Jul 18, 2019 1:25 pm

Tangerine Sky

C.S. Lewis foresaw this,
The Head, disembodied,
afloat in a snarl
of tubes and gadgets
that keep it alive--
brainless mainly,
but useful
to its minions
who groom and ego-feed,
tend the machinery,
lay awake 
nights, bathed
in sweat lest
it grow unpredictable 
appendages, rear up
and initiate
the final distraction.

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Tracy Mitchell
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Re: Tangerine Sky (with apologies to Kottonmouth Kings)

Post by Tracy Mitchell » Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:33 am

Well, Indar – you write a dystopian nightmare poem.  I see a thumbnail adaptation of That Hideous Strength, a Lewis sci-fi gem, which details social control by a [near] mindless governmental structure.  There is more to this with which I grapple.  

I find some optimism from the title and invocation of Kottomouth Kings, as it seems an invitation to us to “Say goodbye to a tangerine sky say hello say hello to tomorrow. . . .”  I can’t help but equate the ‘tangerine” reference to His Current Incumbancy.  Which invites reference to this– “. . . when you say goodbye / To a tangerine sky you lose your pain lose your fear lose your sorrow. . . .”  So that would be the optimism of the poem.

The text, however, draws a bleak picture.  

I can’t wait to hear Mark weigh in on this. 

Thanks for posting.

Cheers.

T


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Re: Tangerine Sky (with apologies to Kottonmouth Kings)

Post by Tracy Mitchell » Sat Jul 27, 2019 1:18 pm

:D :D :D   What a mood-lifter!  Vera Lynn -- indeed.


 

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Re: Tangerine Sky (with apologies to Kottonmouth Kings)

Post by indar » Sat Jul 27, 2019 1:28 pm

Do you recognize the song as it was used as part of the score in the movie Dr. Strangelove?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4VlruVG81w

Tracy you got the CS Lewis book, the gist of the KMK lyrics and what I implied by my use of "tangerine" in reference to the great orange one.

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Re: Tangerine Sky (with apologies to Kottonmouth Kings)

Post by Tracy Mitchell » Sat Jul 27, 2019 3:24 pm

No, I missed the Dr. Strangelove reference.  Glad I got some of the other references / allusions / illusions.

I am liking the poem more and more as I read it more.

Cheers.

T

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Re: Tangerine Sky (with apologies to Kottonmouth Kings)

Post by Dave » Wed Jul 31, 2019 4:41 am

ANother one whose references escaped me but which I enjoyed just for what it is. The message is so loud and clear.
Dave

indar
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Re: Tangerine Sky (with apologies to Kottonmouth Kings)

Post by indar » Wed Jul 31, 2019 12:20 pm

Thanks Dave,

Good to hear you "got it" without knowing some of the things it refers to.

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Re: Tangerine Sky (with apologies to Kottonmouth Kings)

Post by poet-e » Wed Sep 18, 2019 1:31 pm

Love the lang/images.  Made me wanna reread a few times!

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