Finn Again
(and other poems)
by
Robert “Bobby” Larson
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Table of Contents
Prelude
Finn Again
Heaven
Earth
Finn Again (Hip-Hop Hippo Klezmer Zydeco Fantasia)
Taken Apart
Buzz
A Bunch of Grapes
Theoreticals
Irish/For the Celts
Dagda
Interlude
Fionn mac Cumhaill
Finn Again (The LA Fitness Tantra)
Finn Again (Sisyphus was a Pisces Child)
Finn Again (Nevermore)
Epilogue
Credits
Prelude
ATMAN=BRAHMAN
TAT TVAM ASI
d’ÉIRINN
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
-Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
Finn Again
LORD past the sheaves I ballyhooed into
cracked Existenzplatz this mornoon
LAWD protect me from the Bold BelieversTM
and latch into kekkereka wit my loons in-tact
The boldbelievers hand eye out
pamphlooze ‘bout Jeezum and jizz spilt or
split on the ground--like runny eggs
I walk speedy wif my headphonze past da
wicker man nyet
Existenzplatz hummmms vibrates in
vibora with the vibraphone marimba mambo
Existenzplatz izzzzzz buzzzzzz
Heaven
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Earth
Dingle
Kerry
Mayo
Galway
Donegal
Inishmore
Dhuibhne
Chiarraí
Mhaigh Eo
Gaillimh
Dhún na nGall
Árainn
ÉIRE
Finn Again (Hip-Hop Hippo Klezmer Zydeco Fantasia)
Hip-Hop
Here come the hippopotamuses. Straight from the Boogie Down.
happy hippos dance in horses, on horses
Hippos is Greek for horse
“Hippopotamus” means river horse
I’ve never seen a hippo gallop
or do any other equine shit
Hippos break and b-boy
shake their cans and spray their loads
neon fluorescents all over the wall with their balls
They rap about gallows humor and cypher with Christ
oh shit I’m sorry I meant Chris
They cypher with Chris
You know
the dude with the long earlobes
gauges
worked at Dingbatz on Main Ave?
Shit, I thought I saw them at the Meat Locker
Or maybe the Court Tavern, or In the West
Or the Womb, or Outworld
Oh no, shit he picked up a few shifts at the--uhhhh
Uh--the Ale ‘n’ Wich! The Ale ‘n’ Wich! Duh.
He lives on the basement stairs
He shit on our cellar door
He smashed a 40 on it
Old English I think,
which, you know, I respect
At least it wasn’t that Steel Reserve shit
I threw up all over Easton Ave after I downed one of those
damn suddenly I’m hard all of a sudden...
Klezmer
Poile Zedek is a place
Orthodox I think
It burned down years ago
Idk if it’s still there
There’s another temple on Livingston Ave
You know, the one with the dome?
NB is a place, a place and a half
Jeezus
What a whirlwind
What a beautiful ugly disaster
What a faded glory
What a still-beating Hungarian heart outside of our collective chest
It’s still goin’, even today
It’ll always go and breed new talent and Soprano skill
R-U Rah Rah! Down by the old Raritannnn...
Gotta get my yarmulke
Gonna grab a knish from...somewhere
Do they have knishes in New Brunswick?
That’s more of a city thing…?
Gotta get a bagel
Gotta go to Bagel Nosh on George Street
Gotta park by the CSB and finish 12 paintings tonight!
Goin’ deluxe today
Everything bagel w/ lox cream cheese and onion
scallion cream cheese if you got it, Boss.
Shit I dropped my yarmulke
Gotta kiss it
Gotta french it
Gonna full-on make out with this yarmulke
Make out with it and never call it a gain
Imma ghost this yarmulke
Hit it and quit it
Watch your keppie goin’ down these stairs, baby
Don’t friggin’ say that on Passover! We’re doing the fucking seder! All of Fair Lawn just heard you, my son! What the fuck is wrong with you!?
I’m getting verklempt…
Sorry, I just miss David
I miss Sarah
I miss Judy
I miss Julie
Let’s go over this one more time:
Baruch…
Baruch…
Ata…
Ata
Adonai…
Adonaiiiiiiii
*smack*
don’t be gettin’ smart with me
Eloheinu…
Elo-who-nu!?
Eloheinu!
Eloheinu! All right! Jeez…
melech
Melek?
no, melech with the chuh. Back of the throat son
Melech
Good. We’re almost done.
ha’olam.
ha’Olam.
Good! So:
Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu melech ha-olam!
Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu melech ha’olam!
You did it!
Zydeco/Joyce
Gumbo
Gumbo Gumbo
Mumbo. Jumbo. Gumbo.
ETOUFFEE!
EPEE!
Theres a hole in the fencing
Leading to the jazz funeral
Bum Bum Bum Brass.
Ghost Ghost all in the Holy Water
Newspapers wrapped in twiiiiineeee…
Something something something something something
Could’ve called you miiiiineeee--ing equipment…
Magnum Mangum.
Holy Trinity
Celery, bell pepper, onion
Seasoning
Dark roux
Rice
Crawdad tails etc
Taken Apart
Take apart
rip
burst
jerk
rupture
destroy
BREAK
taken apart
piece--whole
shard--glass
screw--panel
dot--line
EXHAUST
Buzz
Hype
Energy
Vibe
Field
Joifsgk
Atmoshhsajk
Yfirsagb
Okijjgoo
Bunch of Grapes
bunch of grapes
spinal column
dinner party
zodiac
Theoreticals
In my head it was all theoretical
For the angry young man…
In books and wiki articles
But now I value direct experience.
It is the best teacher.
Gab
gab gab gab
kiss the stone and maybe you fall and fracture your skull...
Irish/For the Celts
Róisín Dubh
-ish
Éire
Gaeilge
-ish
fish
fishy
Fishy Fishy
iasc
Black Rose
Cuchulainn
Will she not come back to me?
Boadicea
Enya
The Celts
For the Celts
Oh Shenandoah
Shenandoah
Arches
Spanish Arch
Gaillimh
Galway
Galwegians
Play me the melodies I want to know
So I can teach my children, oh.
Oíche Chiúin
The night is silent...again…
Fuck the UVF
Slain-te Bobby Sands…
Fuck Shankill Road
Long live the gaeltachtaí
Long live the gaelic quarters
Long Live the Caitlicigh
Ashes upon Ashes
Mounds upon Mounds
Troubles upon Troubles
Long Live the Bean Dubh An Ghleanna
Long Live the Black Woman of the Glen
Fuck the Lady of the Lake
Fuck the Moist-Sword-Lady
Moisten his sword, please ma’am?
Excaliburadocious
Quiet
Quiet Man
Ciúin
fear Ciúin
Fear
Is Fear Anois É
He is a man now
Give him his crown of rushes
And have St. Brigid paddle his ass a little.
Dagda
Ah the peat, the Dagda…
Harvest god and GOD of abundance…
switch the seasons and smack my ass with your staff…
boil them down to their quintessences…
Should I read that Rimbaud biography?
Dagda!
DAAAGDA!
CAN YOU NOT HEAR ME?
Let’s read Hamlet on the roof!
Let’s shout Hamlet from the rooftops!
Alas poor Yoric…
I knew ye then…
I knew Kanye then...
Interlude
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
-Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
-Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
In the beginning [redacted] created the heaven and the earth.
-Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
In the beginngin [sic] [redacted] created the heaven and the earth.
-Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
On rushes beginngin [sic] [redacted] created the heaven and the earth.
-Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
On rushes beginngin [sic] [redacted] crocheted the heaven and the earth.
-Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
On rushes beginngin [sic] [redacted] crocheted Thoth Himmel and the earth.
-Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
On rushes beginngin [sic] [redacted] crocheted Thoth Himmel Andy Milonakis the earth.
-Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
On rushes beginngin [sic] [redacted] crocheted Thoth Himmel Andy Milonakis th e ea rth.
-Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
On rushes beginngin [sic] [redacted] crocheted Thoth Himmel Andy Milonakis th e ea rth.
-Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
On rushes beginngin [sic] [redacted] crocheted Thoth Himmel Andy Milonakis thXXXe eaXXXrth.
-Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
On rushes beginngin [sic] [redacted] crocheted Thoth Himmel Andy Milonakis thXXXe eaXXXrth.
-Gene E. Ology 1:1 (KJV)
On rushes beginngin [sic] [redacted] crocheted Thoth Himmel Andy Milonakis thXXXe eaXXXrth.
-Gene E. Ology 347552:32 (KJV)
On rushes beginngin [sic] [redacted] crocheted Thoth Himmel Andy Milonakis thXXXe eaXXXrth.
-Gene E. Ology 347552:32 (LBI)
Fionn Mac Cumhaill
Finn McCool..
Finn McQuarterPounderwifCheese…
wif cheeeee…
Cheeburger Cheeburger!
He’s a hero that fights through whatever cycle(s)
That’s all I know
[sing] that’s alll I knowwww
of Finn McCoollllll...Sean Nos Sean Nossss...
Finn Again (The LA Fitness Tantra)
འཕགས་པ་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པ་ཁྲི་པ་ཤེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ།
’phags pa shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa khri pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo
Wylie you dog.
Āryadaśasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitānāmamahāyānasūtra
This gym was first revealed as consisting of thirty million ellipticals.
Sweet and delicious foods are things
That now you love to eat;
But remember, at the moment of your death
Your mouth will let the spittle flow!
-Milarepa
There are 84,000 doors to Enzumbament
Part 4
Every sentient being was once your mother in your infinite previous lives
The blue crab was your mother
The cockle was your mother
The conch was your mother
The whelk was your mother
The cherrystone clam was your mother
The cape may oyster was your mother
The quahog was your mother
The scallop was your mother
The mussels--they were all your mothers
Chew on that
Finn Again (Sisyphus was a Pisces Child)
Moon Baby
Water Baby
Jiggly
Chamomile and Lavender
Mewing, Storming
Rhi
Push it up that hill
That Heavy BoulderTM
The stone/the cloch
The pebble
Push it up that hill!
Heave Ho!
Let’s go! Let’s go, dude!
Push it up that hill!
Don’t run up that hill tho
Walk
Tread carefully
Don’t die on that hill
You are the hill
You are the cloch
The people, er
The pebble
You are the pushing
You are the rolling down
Finn
Finn, Again?
Finn again again
Again Again Again Again
Little Púróg
Green gray and blue
Crimson red, orange
Green and white
Aum Shanti Shanti
Finn Again (Nevermore)
4
44
444
4444
Oh, my number?
444-444-4444
4
Livin’--livin’ in this dark drippin’ gard’n
Killin’ no one and bein’ smart ‘n’
somethin’
somethin’ like that
as a matter of fa’t
I don’t regret that
But certainly the milk crate in the corner
is improving in cognitive faculties
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously
But no one holds a candle
If we look at Existenzplatz as this market square
Well, the market’s only open on Tuesdays
and every other Thursday
From 10-2 and then from 4-4:30
Unless it’s Hanukkah
We all live near the square
Or in the square
And if we live in the square
Does that make us square?
[draw a square in the air with your right index finger]
A square has 4 sides
And my house has 4 rooms
In each room are 4 fish
And in each fish’s swim bladder…
After 10,000 years I grew tired of telling that story
But you enjoy it, don’t you?
You LOVE it. L-O-V-E
You want to MARRY that story
The house, the fish, the marbles, the…
I’m getting ahead of myself
No
I’m getting one made
A head
Of myself
Made of chewing gum
Helga’s making it
Epitaph
Seoltaí Séidte - Setting Sail
Sail!
Sail Away
Cum, sail away!
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Amazonriver.com, sale aweigh!
Here he lies
Here lies he
Here he lies a lot
He lied a lot
He lied so much
We splashed him with whiskey na beatha
But he didn’t come back
Finn, again, did not come back.
Credits
[to be completed at a later date but god, thanks]
[family and friends]
[SLAAAINTE and good health and all that]
[Let’s go to Montana and eat ice cream sometimes]
[Is there a Kohr’s Bros in Iceland?]
[fuck that stupid unpronounceable volcano and the ash cloud that grounded all those planes]
Thank you Rochester MN Airport and your shitty coffee and egg sandwiches that burned my mouth
Fuck you LH...A proper “fuck you” is in order…
It’s been in order for a long time…
Order
Cosmos
Order and Disorder
Cosmogony
Cosmos and Chaos
Let Chaos dance
Let Shiva dance
Let Snow Lion sleep
on all the living and the dead.
FIN(N)
P.S. TIBET ← → IRELAND