Back story:  Around the time Jerry Cimino was founding the Beat Museum, I was urging him to go beyond a simple non-profit and found a church, arguing that when you live in a Christian theocracy, it pays to be a Christian Church.

Just then, I had a dream which I promptly reported to Jerry.  In it, he and I were with the scarecrow, the tin man and the lion before the Wizard of Oz.  After finishing with the first three, the wizard turns to me and says "You have the heart and soul of a post-modern pimp. But every pimp needs a big hat and a long coat--here they are.", and he hands me the cited regalia.

Then he turns to Jerry and says "You have the heart and soul of a post modern prophet--but every prophet needs a miraculous revelation.  Watch for yours, it will come to you in the mail shortly"

Well, what can I say?  Not two days later, Jerry gets the following miraculous revelation by email from one [email protected]:

The Five Revealed Rules of the Road
(heyjerrydigthis)

I ran into Calliope last night, the old pus-ridden hag,
And while I tied her off
She sang The Apollonian Christ
Whose messenger and muse she is.

And while she poked around to find a vein,
She sang you My Receiver,
She said you had the hands and moves—(go figure!)
She said you'd never drop the ball.

And just before the speedball hit,
She sang to me these rules:

Move quicker
Think faster
Love sooner
Be truer
Watch out for each other, especially the kids..

So there you have it Jer-
(I see what I like and I like what I see.)
Go teach transformative declamation
The mantric force of poetry, the power of the blues
Teach Christos Apollonari (Translation, courtesy Jack Hirschman)


Go long, brotherman, go long.
I'll meet you in the end zone
and we'll flare one there together.