Not an Improv! I decide to write a song describing the Fool card from the Aleister Crowley Book of Thoth Tarot Deck(taking all of ten minutes!). Originally done as an improv(me on bass, William on guitar/singing), yet in re-doing this I refused to play "my bass line" because I knew William could(and "would"!) do it SO MUCH BETTER. =M=
xanthan gum's "BROTHER JIM" on Drums(a drum machine) and
XANTHAN GUM played and performed "Everything Else" while
MORTAMORe... well... he did dem "Word" thangs... ya know(lyrics)
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My elaboration describing a Tarot card, "The Fool", from the Aleister Crowley "Book of Thoth" Tarot Deck. I became infatuated with this card upon first sight because years earlier I'd had a dream where I was in a big and dark boathouse(no boats were in there). I walked round and round upon what I'd believed to be a floating pier. Upon exiting I noticed that the "floor" began to behave rather strangely. When I looked down I saw an eye looking back up at me. It was then that I noticed this "floating thing" was a huge crocodile! And, as I investigated further, I discovered that the whole "floor" which I had been walking round and round upon was back upon back of huge crocodiles. They were all just staring at me and when they realized that I wasn't coming back in they all, while looking at me, submerged and slowly swam out of the boathouse. Although, my more "immediate" attraction to the card was its portrayal as "GREEN"(My Favorite Color!). =M=
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fiogf49gjkf0d WHEN I THINK OF MYSELF
MY MIND GOES BLANK
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
NOTHING IS THERE
I AM THE ZERO
EPITOMI OF FULL
FIRE MINGLED WITH WATER
EARTH MIXED WITH AIR
THE TIGER THAT TEARS
...AT MY LEG
DOESN'T DISCOURAGE
MY BLANKENED STARE
THE EARTH MOVES
UNDER MY BOOTS.
IT IS A CROC!
YET, I DO NOT CARE!
MY FOOLISHNESS
BRINGS FULLNESS.
I'M NOT FULL, BUT A FOOL.
I'M AS LARGE AS ANYTHING,
AND YET EMPTY AS AIR.
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