Vigilant Joy (& The Jester Sings)

Vigilant Joy

Vigilant Joy means…

Incessant celebration of the absurd

(& everything’s absurd)

For austerity is the only enemy

Reverence for beauty

(& everything’s beautiful)

Do the opposite of what society says

(society is more wrong than right)

For reverie guides the honest

Mundanity is the great excuse for revelry

Irreverence for “correctness”

(what’s called “correct” is more wrong than right)

Tasks, jobs, rules & facts are the great delusion

(of infinity temporarily entropy-ing)

Disobey all authority

(Be still & you’ll know the only true authority)

Rebellion is the spirit of humanity

The only responsibility is Truth

(to respond to every moment honestly)

& to share that honesty with anyone who’s listening

To sing the melody which resonates true unity

& to share that melody with harmony

To find a rhythm which syncs the heartbeat of humanity

& to beat it louder than the noise of the big, plastic lie

(& The Jester Sings)

Present presence presciently presents…

“The Past: A foretelling of the future”

(Unfortunately framed in fool’s gold)

Ladies and gentlemen,

A sardonic story from a state of grace

Revealed through the holes

Of an unholy face

A reading of free form feelings

Within and without time and space

This is the true story of what’s his name

At least Leela’s laughing

Does no one else here see the stage?

Sure, it’s divine, but it’s just a play

Jabber jabber, play.

(This Is The Spirit…)

Heyoka’s heckling the king

Court-appointed Jester sings,

“This is the spirit breaking free

Free of ambition, desire & greed

This is the spirit breaking free

Wisdom doesn’t preach, it sings:

‘This is the spirit breaking free’

& on & on it goes…”

In bad faith, sincerely yours,

What’s His Name