The Lovers’ Chronicle 29 December – revelator – art by David Alfaro Siqueiros & Candido Portinari – premiere of The French Line

Dear Zazie,  Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag dedicated to his muse.  Do you hear the Revelator? Rhett

The Lovers’ Chronicle 

Dear Muse,

neither one of us is religious
but this is one of my favorite
songs, the Son House version
of “John the Revelator”
“It is very powerful”
when i write it feels like
i summon the words
and they appear
most of the time i refer
to the Muse sendin’ the verse
but sometimes i imagine
it is the Revelator
“And what’s the call now”
come here, i will show you

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“Tell me who’s that writin’”, oh that still has a strong pull, hear it and start releasin’ the words, lines form, try to herd it all in a direction that flows, to respond to the call, seekin’ what will be revealed, it has been and will unfold here, take my hand and we will witness, “Tell me who’s that writin’”, me, give me the words

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thoughts
changin’
these wishes,
long thought
lost ardour

these three things
need, return of feelin’s
a heart-rendin’ hello
yes, moves you

now comes this time
believin’, overflowin’
heard at last
«You can now. »

yes, your purpose,
all that is your pulse

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Pale Love, Pale Rider

would you therefore,
want to hear everything
the heart-rendin’ past,
all that stirs

your purpose,
all that is your pulse

this need of tomorrow

this flash, this spark
burnin’ in surprise
you suddenly forget
and destiny unfurls

so, reckless dreamer
future verse delivers

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these thoughts
have changed
these wishes,
ardour comes

would you need
to hear everything
the call moves you
at this time, listen

“Return to her.”

this is your purpose,
all that is your pulse

no illusion
this want

remember
destiny awaits

verse delivers
creatin’ hope

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these thoughts
change mid-spectrum
these wishes,
senseless ardour

would you therefore,
have to hear everything
that heart-rendin’ farewell
cannot move you

at this dark Time
cries are superfluous
bitterly, heard over ashes

“Return no more.”

but no
not your purpose,
all that is your pulse

illusion
chimera, lie
this ephemeral
need of tomorrow

this flash, this spark
burnin’ in surprise
you suddenly forget
and destiny unfurls

therefore, reckless dreamer
future verse delivers
by creatin’ hope
in front of nothin’

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“Tell me who’s that callin’”

hearin’ a voice and respondin’
whenever i allow myself to listen,
the words come, do the best i can
to git to the meanin’, the cadence,
the way it looks, the highest want
the only pledge willin’ to make
to the Revelator for the verse

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hey Revelator
talkin’ bout faith and hope
sayin’ i should believe
in grace and forgiveness

do not know how to feel
cuz i got no feelin’s
kept lookin’ for somethin’ real
got rid of givin’ a damn
cuz i forgot how to feel

no way out
so just keep goin’
further in

why can i not
crawl above this

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a short, long story:
had it
held it
let it go
now
payin’ for it
every damn day

***

Whether…
The life that was right
For one was ever right
For two

***

She seems happy
As it should be
Sometimes,
Deserve does
Have somethin’
To do with it

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How easily things go wrong
A sigh too much
A sigh not enough
A sigh from the deepest well
A sigh from the emptiest part
A sigh that I cannot bear

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Today is the birthday of David Alfaro Siqueiros (born José de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros, December 29, 1896, in Chihuahua – January 6, 1974, in Cuernavaca, Morelos); social realist painter, better known for his large murals in fresco. Along with Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, he established “Mexican Muralism.” He was a Stalinist in support of the Soviet Union and a member of the Mexican Communist Party who participated in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Leon Trotsky in May 1940.

His surname would normally be Alfaro by Spanish naming customs, but Siqueiros used his mother’s surname. It was long believed that he was born in Camargo in Chihuahua state, but in 2003 it was proven that he had actually been born in the city of Chihuahua, but grew up in Irapuato, Guanajuato, at least from the age of six. Siqueiros changed his given name to “David” after his first wife called him by it in allusion to Michelangelo’s David.

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today is the birthday of Candido Portinari (coffee plantation near Brodowski, in São Paulo; December 29, 1903 – February 6, 1962 Rio de Janeiro); painter. In my opinion, one of the most important Brazilian painters as well as a prominent and influential practitioner of the neo-realism style in painting.

Portinari painted more than five thousand canvases, from small sketches to monumental works such as the Guerra e Paz panels, which were donated to the United Nations Headquarters in 1956. Portinari developed a strong social preoccupation throughout his oeuvre and maintained an active life in the Brazilian cultural and political worlds.

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Mac Tag 

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