Wednesday, October 01, 2003

jamelah: i don't think i've ever read anything by william carlos williams, except that red wheelbarrow poem
jamelah: and the introduction to howl
Firecracker: wheelbarrow enjambment
jamelah: i never got that poem
Firecracker: i don't even know what it is
Firecracker: skool me
jamelah: it's really short and i don't have it memorized or anything, but it basically just says "so much depends on a red wheelbarrow and three white chickens" and it might be raining, or something
jamelah: now i'm going to have to look it up
jamelah: yeah, here it is:

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens.

Firecracker: hahahahahah
Firecracker: damn
Firecracker: that's beat
jamelah: i like it because it's like a painting, but i never did get what it means
Firecracker: right
jamelah: maybe it doesn't mean anything and it's just a painting
Firecracker: i want to end every poem with "beside the white chickens"
jamelah: but then... why does he say "so much depends"?
jamelah: ok, i'm not gonna get all english major on you
Firecracker: i think he means like even ordinary objects are important and beautiful in their own ways
Firecracker: or something
Firecracker: like the chickens need the wheelbarrow to escape from the farm
jamelah: like to cross the road?
Firecracker: yes
Firecracker: but because it's raining, they can't move it through the muck
jamelah: sweet. i never knew there was a wheelbarrow involved in all that.
Firecracker: but it's still sitting there in its enameled glory
Firecracker: a beacon of freedom
Firecracker: waiting
jamelah: man that's deep
Firecracker: well i try
jamelah: it all makes sense now
Firecracker: i think the key is in the glaze
Firecracker: much as it is the key with donuts
jamelah: so really, so much depends on the glaze
Firecracker: we should think on that
jamelah: glaze?
Firecracker: yes
jamelah: i like glazed donuts
Firecracker: me too
jamelah: mmmmdonuts
jamelah: do you realize how brilliant we are?
Firecracker: i think i do
jamelah: that we can start talking about william carlos williams
Firecracker: hahahah
jamelah: and end on glazed donuts?
Firecracker: i think we should blog this on the blog about nothing and resurrect that bad boy
jamelah: amen
jamelah: we are obsessed with food