2018-02-18



The stars have been getting too large lately,
big white loose splotches in a liquid sky.
Can I handle this jigsaw puzzle
of the universe? I'll need a thousand
dog teams and very long ropes.
There'll be no seating for the audience
they musts stand in the nation's backyards.
Earth will be at peace again through dog power.
The International Dog Church will be founded.
The moon will be called Holy Dog Moon,
the sun called Sun Dog.
The gods are now called dogs and are much happier.
Marching is permanently banished in favor of trotting. 
--from 'Moon Suite'; Jim Harrison



I recently watched the Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown episode where he visits Jim Harrison at his home in Montana (Season 7- #4), which would have been filmed shortly before his death. Well worth the time to hear Harrison's poetry in his own voice, even for this vegetarian. 

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