December 2009
7 posts
'The Eighth Wonder' by Rafiki
in the green weald, I was trick-or-treating I came upon some Wiccan chicks meeting they gave me candy it tasted dandy but I found the bliss to be too fleeting they said, “now, Sheela you can savor if you feel you’re man enough to brave Her in yonder hollow She’s poised to swallow you merely need to sign this waiver” I was oh, so excited I was dancing a reel and a jiggy as I sped down the trail on...
'Odysseus's Reprise' by Rafiki
after sharing his lemon, my first mate laid odds against me growing to favor the fruit of the Goddess it’s true, the Fates had me a long age adrift but I found your lush isle and did bare my Greek gift for six blissful years we did breakfast in bed I think I might actually have been overfed for the time came when my spermies started to snooze and not long after, Hermes delivered the news but I...
LLwR: venire facias (vuh-nī’rē fey’shuh) 1. you must make come (summon): “Venire facias! the stern nurse barked at the shy donor.”
'Endymion's Epiphany' by Rafiki
alas, Fate has found me there is no escape from the walls that surround me I don’t know the hour what’s left of my reason, the shadows devour just lying in limbo when, suddenly, Luna appears in my window
it’s heavenly, gazing I study of the shape of Her face, ever phasing our eyes have a meeting and, to my surprise, I feel my heart beating oh, what are the chances this Goddess might reach out to...
LLwR: lingua franca (lĭng’gwuh frāng’kuh) 1. French tongue: “Unable to speak a word of English, she let her lingua franca do the talking.”
Learn Latin with Rafiki (LLwR): cum laude (kŭm lô’dē) 1. with praise: “She was so proficient, he showered her cum laude.”
November 2009
16 posts
Learn Latin with Rafiki (LLwR): annus bisextus (ān’əs bī-sěks-təs) 1. Leap year: “Every annus bisextus, Zeus would try something different.”
'The Not So Divine Crisis' by Rafiki
the little rooster’s soul, it ailed trothed as he was, his ‘doodle’ failed his mornin’ mantra didn’t flow the couped-up cock just couldn’t crow a grounded bird with buried head most free-range chicks mistook for dead his mid-life funk affected all ‘cause the Sun Goddess didn’t get her wake-up call
‘twas in this hour dark and dire the gods, they grasped the cock’s desire empathy had they for...
'The Lady Igraine' by Rafiki
my name is Uther, and I’m on a quest I’m ten leagues from Tintagel, headin’ due west be there by midnight, if the stars all align but what awaits me, I cannot divine maybe I’ll find myself a fountain of youth perhaps I’ll only steal a moment of truth but either way, my destination’s the same it’s in the arms of the Lady Igraine with this dear Lady, I’ve become most obsessed I seek a...
R: Carl Sagan ‘Cosmos Remix’ … http://ow.ly/Fm42 … a bit corny at the start, but I had a heart chakra opening about a minute into it.
'Odin's Resignation' by Rafiki
aint no joy in Asgard Frey is raining tears Balder kicked Hel’s bucket, and his estate is in arrears the cocks aren’t crowing and the harp aint strumming but trust me, Ragnarök is coming Sleipnir threw me Wednesday, on my way to work texted me on Thursday that he’d run off to join le cirque don’t need no rune stones when Norse gods sink to thumbing you know that Ragnarök is coming Heimdall’s in...
R: “with your air of disapproval, you’d forever deflate me – the wind’s in my favor now, so Hera, don’t hate me” ( ‘Zeus’s Wanderings’ IP )
'Night Cap' by Rafiki
one summer evening in the realm of Fae the minstrel passed some nectar Nyx’s way She cordially invited him to stay his lyric flowed like liqueur to Her lips She quelled Her desert thirst with frequent sips she placed Her offer at his fingertips taken by a kiss of Nyx a trinket in Her bag of tricks briefly, their elixirs mix he took Her home to meet his mythic beast the little critter had to be...
R: I sure wish the creative process was moving forward, but between system issues and day job, I’m dead in the water. So, what else is new?
R: “Hera don’t hate me for quenchin’ my thirst, the fact of the matter is she mounted me first” ( ‘Zeus’s Wanderings’… lyrics in progress)
R: “Hera don’t hate me - for burying my bone - the fact is, my phallus has a mind of it’s own” ( ‘Zeus’s Wanderings’ … lyrics in progress)
R: Listening to Nabokov’s Lolita read by Irons. Enthralled by the former’s poetic vision and the latter’s lyrical delivery http://ow.ly/D99d
R: I just popped over to myspace… lots of wind and tumbleweed, but few signs of life… wow…
spending a little time with Mr. Microphone, which, in this instance, is a KCM R-25… geez, can’t a guy get intimate with his gear?!? -R
Tired… my shoulder and neck muscles are aching… want to go to bed… but there’s just too much work to be done. -R
Just got a brand new KCM R-25 Ribbon mic. It’s time to record some guitar tracks. -R
How I came by my name... -Rafiki
“Rafiki?” you say incredulously. “Wasn’t he that funny, little baboon in The Lion King?” Yes, Rafiki was indeed that comical, Zen-trickster in The Lion King. Only he wasn’t a baboon, he was a mandrill. As you might recall, he lived in a tree and had, among other shamanic skills, the ability to get the 411 on individuals and events by studying the cryptic shapes...