I opened up this file last night while I sat on Sophie's purple beanbag chair and the sun went down and the super moon went up.
Rexroth's voice was an incantation, and the Satie tinkled behind.
Let's go to Malibu.
Listen to it here.
Here:
An Easy Song
"It’s rained every day since you
Went away. I’ve been lonely.
Lonely, empty, tenderness —
Longing to kiss the corners
Of your mouth as you smile
Your special, inward, sensual,
And ironic smile I love
Because I know it means you
Are content — content in French —
A special, inward, sensual,
And ironic state of bliss.
Tu es contente, ma chèrie?
I am, even if lonely,
Because I can call to mind
Your body in a warm room,
In the rainy winter night,
A rose on the hearth of winter,
A rose cloud standing naked,
In the perfume of your flesh.
Moi aussi, je suis content."
Kenneth Rexroth
And here:
Air and Angels:This Night Only
Moonlight now on Malibu
The winter night the few stars
Far away millions of miles
The sea going on and on
Forever around the earth
Far and far as your lips are near
Filled with the same light as your eyes
Darling darling darling
The future is long gone by
And the past will never happen
We have only this
Our one forever
So small so infinite
So brief so vast
Immortal as our hands that touch
Deathless as the firelit wine we drink
Almighty as this single kiss
That has no beginning
That will never
Never
End
Kenneth Rexroth
Wow. "The future's long gone by and the past will never happen...."
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