Revolutionary Letters by Diane di Prima

Author:Diane di Prima
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2016-06-13T16:00:00+00:00

REVOLUTIONARY LETTER #68

LIFE CHANT

may it come that all the radiances will be known as our own radiance — Tibetan Book of the Dead

cacaphony of small birds at dawn may it continue

sticky monkey flowers on bare brown hills may it continue

bitter taste of early miner’s lettuce may it continue

music on city streets in the summer nights may it continue

kids laughing on roofs on stoops on the beach in the snow may it continue

triumphal shout of the newborn may it continue

deep silence of great rainforests may it continue

line austerity of jungle peoples may it continue

rolling fuck of great whales in turquoise ocean may it continue

clumsy splash of pelican in smooth bays may it continue

astonished human eyeball squinting thru aeons at astonished

nebulae who squint back

may it continue

clean snow on the mountain may it continue

tierce eyes, clear light of the aged may it continue

rite of birth & of naming

may it continue

rite of instruction

may it continue rite of passage

may it continue

love in the morning, love in the noon sun love in the evening among crickets may it continue

long tales by fire, by window, in fog, in dusk on the mesa may it continue

love in thick midnight, fierce joy of old ones loving may it continue the night music

may it continue

grunt of mating hippo, giraffe, foreplay of snow leopard

screeching of cats on the backyard fence may it continue without police

may it continue without prisons

may it continue

without hospitals, death medicine : flu & flu vaccine may it continue

without madhouses, marriage, highschools that are prisons may it continue without empire

may it continue in sisterhood

may it continue thru the wars to come

may it continue in brotherhood

may it continue tho the earth seem lost

may it continue thru exile & silence

may it continue with cunning & love

may it continue as woman continues

may it continue as breath continues

may it continue as stars continue

may it continue

may the wind deal kindly w/us may the fire remember our names may springs flow, rainfall again

may the land grow green, may it swallow our mistakes

we begin the work

may it continue (he great transmutation

may it continue a new heaven & a new earth may it continue may it continue

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