Tumblr (3.0; @thestatusjoe)http://thestatusjoe.tumblr.com/<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="224" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7670108&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7670108&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7670108&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="224"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.ommwriter.com/" target="_blank">Ommwriter</a></p>http://thestatusjoe.tumblr.com/post/256617415http://thestatusjoe.tumblr.com/post/256617415Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:23:27 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RLq7Aqd_H7g&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RLq7Aqd_H7g&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>It’s true that all the men you knew were dealers</p> <p>who said they were through with dealing</p> <p>Every time you gave them shelter</p> <p>I know that kind of man</p> <p>It’s hard to hold the hand of anyone</p> <p>who is reaching for the sky just to surrender</p> <p>who is reaching for the sky just to surrender.</p> <p>And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind</p> <p>you find he did not leave you very much not even laughter</p> <p>Like any dealer he was watching for the card</p> <p>that is so high and wild</p> <p>he’ll never need to deal another</p> <p>He was just some Joseph looking for a manger</p> <p>He was just some Joseph looking for a manger.</p> <p>And then leaning on your window sill</p> <p>he’ll say one day you caused his will</p> <p>to weaken with your love and warmth and shelter</p> <p>And then taking from his wallet</p> <p>an old schedule of trains, he’ll say</p> <p>I told you when I came I was a stranger</p> <p>I told you when I came I was a stranger.</p> <p>But now another stranger seems</p> <p>to want you to ignore his dreams</p> <p>as though they were the burden of some other</p> <p>O you’ve seen that man before</p> <p>his golden arm dispatching cards</p> <p>but now it’s rusted from the elbows to the finger</p> <p>And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter</p> <p>Yes he wants to trade the game he knows for shelter.</p> <p>Ah you hate to watch another tired man</p> <p>lay down his hand</p> <p>like he was giving up the holy game of poker</p> <p>And while he talks his dreams to sleep</p> <p>you notice there’s a highway</p> <p>that is curling up like smoke above his shoulder</p> <p>and suddenly you feel a littlt older</p> <p>You tell him to come in sit down</p> <p>but something makes you turn around</p> <p>The door is open you can’t close your shelter</p> <p>You try the handle of the road</p> <p>It opens do not be afraid</p> <p>It’s you my love, you who are the stranger</p> <p>It’s you my love, you who are the stranger.</p> <p>Well, I’ve been waiting, I was sure</p> <p>we’d meet between the trains we’re waiting for</p> <p>I think it’s time to board another</p> <p>Please understand, I never had a secret chart</p> <p>to get me to the heart of this</p> <p>or any other matter</p> <p>When he talks like this</p> <p>you don’t know what he’s after</p> <p>When he speaks like this,</p> <p>you don’t know what he’s after.</p> <p>Let’s meet tomorrow if you choose</p> <p>upon the shore, beneath the bridge</p> <p>that they are building on some endless river</p> <p>Then he leaves the platform</p> <p>for the sleeping car that’s warm</p> <p>You realize, he’s only advertising one more shelter</p> <p>And it comes to you, he never was a stranger</p> <p>And you say ok the bridge or someplace later.</p> <p>And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind …</p> <p>And leaning on your window sill …</p> <p>I told you when I came I was a stranger.</p> </blockquote>http://thestatusjoe.tumblr.com/post/253555044http://thestatusjoe.tumblr.com/post/253555044Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:10:00 -0800“I’m heading for another border,<br/> my scrapbooks stuffed with murder<br/> & a crazy rumor of glory<br/> whispering through the wires of my spine.”<br/><br/> - 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