Call it Heaven for the Weather, but I Think it's in Hell We Pay Rent

An excerpt from the first chapter of Atlas Winced

Everybody. Everything. Everywhere.

The human spirit broken down into disrepair.

An inevitable creep, although some choose to crawl, 

Some still asleep, others backs against the wall.

The nightmares of our present were dreamt in the past.

The future we had? Spent. Yet Shiva continues to dance.

The animal in man always comes hat in hand,

With something like foresight, for this day he had planned.

When the human cattle, little more than cogs in the machine. 

Would cease to dream of dissent, unable to believe they'd been deceived. 

To believe that living vicariously is a life well spent...

Call it Heaven for the weather, but I think it's in Hell we pay rent. 

Author's Note

2/14/14

Reviews

[E G TEN]

Lovely poem Jonny, but then today would
Be a good of any day to die" Thanks!

[Jonny The Savage]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading and commenting.

[B]

lol
I was reading and i started thinking rent is hell lol
Why dont we all live in homes for free
and we build them together
no buying houses or renting anything
i know its irrelevant
i see your message
you just lead me to another train of thought

[Jonny The Savage]

haha I guess I phrased it just right then.
Sometimes I like to think of it like a bus of thought;
Buses stop way more frequently lol.

[B]

You must be at a very high degree of freedom in your head to think with such fluidity
a true gift
i love doing it

[Jonny The Savage]

It's almost a curse, sometimes, with all the shackles that people impose on themselves.
Such a strange thing.
Thanks.

[B]

True
when all the freedom is right there

[Jonny The Savage]

But just out of the grasp of so many, who refuse to see it right in front of them.

[B]

Not everyone who can read can learn
and not all words go to the soul
not if the heart is wide shut
not all ears who hear listen
not all eyes that see have sight

[Jonny The Savage]

And sometimes "the eye sees what it came here to see," or so to speak.
You're so right, closed minds and hearts will never learn.

[B]

The Koran versed them
As the hypocrites

[Jonny The Savage]

haha that's a nice way of putting it.

[B]

well
they dont
they see, hear and understand nothing
and give a face of doing all that
their heart is ill and their faces show otherwise
i dont know anyone like this
everyone i know is true

[Jonny The Savage]

It sounds like you're blessed then...I know many who are impure of heart.

[B]

yeah
i know no one like that
my heart matters so much
i cant be around anyone who is impure

[Jonny The Savage]

Same here, I avoid it as much as possible.
But it's impossible to fully where I live.

[B]

lol
I know how thats like

[Jonny The Savage]

haha there's a reason why I'm a "savage" and hermit.

[B]

no savage lol

[Jonny The Savage]

haha but I am quite savage, you need to read Brave New World to get the reference.

[B]

i will pick it up tomorrow morning before going to school

[Jonny The Savage]

It's in the public domain at this point if pdf's work.
http://www.idph.com.br/conteudos/ebooks/BraveNewWorld.pdf

[B]

i cant read books outside of their covers
i cant do it
i tried
i get angry
read morei cant read books outside of their covers
i cant do it
i tried
i get angry
i have to have pages in my hand
i know its weird

[B]

i know how weird this is
but i cant not touch a book to read it

[Jonny The Savage]

haha I know the feeling.
It's much nicer to have an old book than a new pdf.
I, personally, prefer hardcover first editions if possible.
But they get rarer every year, at least what I'm looking for is.

[B]

the best i know what you mean
best bookstores i have been to were in Germany in a city called Heidelberg
i think most of the philosophers have lived there for some time
not sure of this piece of information

[Jonny The Savage]

Hopefully I'll make it there some day.
I think most philosophers live in their head to a certain degree too.
I know I sure do.

[B]

You will .....
heaven
http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g187286-d190247-Reviews-Philosophers_Way_Philosophenweg-Heidelberg_Baden_Wurttemberg.html

[Jonny The Savage]

Haha I like the confidence you seem to have in me.
Even though I've never left the U.S., or even been out of my state in years.

[B]

You are a very good person
and your heart shines through
Good people get to see the world
they never stay in one place
their soul refuses to give up
so i am sure you will
positive

[Jonny The Savage]

That's sweet of you to say, you seem like a great person as well.
I hope you're right, I would love to see the world...and other planets some day lol.

[B]

you see
point made :)

[Jonny The Savage]

haha well played :D

[B]

Jonny i bought the books
oh my god
i feel like i am flying
i was reading while walking everywhere today
i couldnt put it down
and tom i have class i will put it in my folder
and maybe read when chef is not looking
Huxley is simply just wise
and engaging

[Jonny The Savage]

haha do you understand my confusion to your hatred of the novel now?
He's by far my favorite novelist/essayist.
He just has an amazing sense of humor and ability to argue his points.
Even his early works 1916-1920's are great.
Not quite as polished as he was after the experiences in Doors of Perception.
The only novel of his I don't have is Those Barren Leaves.
But I haven't finished reading my 1st edition of Antic Hay yet, so it's no matter lol.
I'm glad you're enjoying him, I really do love the man despite never meeting him.

[B]

but sorry jonny this isnt a novel
its a walk into his brain
and his brain is like a museum of color
i read him and i see color

[Jonny The Savage]

I'm guessing you understand why he's my biggest literary influence now.
His style of writing is just so fluid and at times hilarious beyond most of what comes out these days.
He just perfected satire, I feel.

[B]

He speaks straight from the heart

[Jonny The Savage]

Exactly.
In my mind no one can compare to Huxley.

[B]

lol
i know that kind of being hooked to a writer
its like you see nothing and no one else

[Jonny The Savage]

haha well it's not difficult at all with Aldous.

[JoeM]

Unfortunately, true. Most of us will be going with a "but, but, you must understand that I ......... .
Nicely done.

[Jonny The Savage]

haha exactly...well put.
Thank you sir. I appreciate the kind words and the review.