Thinking about Poppy Nogood, I saw his ancient body slowly stand up, stick out a stubbled
Terry Riley
chin, take a good sniff from the air blowing down from the Millennium and say
POPPY NOGOOD
is about WAVES
Waves in the Curved Air - - - in the Ether
in the Pran Vayu - - - Celestial cloud waves
Waves of Ecstatic attunement to the Sound Current that
Reverse Echo the demonic waves of Anxiety
reverberating in the Underworld
Wave after Wave crashing upon Consciousness
ever increasing intensity
bringing an enlarged sense of well being and PEACE - - - or - - -
releasing an expanding crest of demonic terrors
driving us towards MADNESS and Destruction
It is about Waves within Waves
identical components fractilized to INFINITY
It is about Motifs - - - Devices - - - Phenomenon - - - Mirrors - - -
Dervishes - - - Paradigms - - - Systems - - - Order - - - Chaos
Chaos in Formation
Form - - - Figure & FORMLESSNESS
IT IS THE SINGLE REEDS EMULATION OF THE DOUBLE REED
It is the reeds alongside the SACRED river that shelter the infant Deity
It is Birth - - - Growth - - - Maturation - - - Apex - - -
Deterioration - - - and Nosedive to Death
It is the same Cycle - - - over and over
It is the cycle of infinite variation
the Bicycle - - - Motorcycle - - - Unicycle - - - Unicorn
Cornfield static in merciless Sun
the circular ears of the BUDDHA
BuddhaÕs River
Growing Young - - - Growing Old in figure 8Õs
It is the Brain overflowing and the Heart that is Empty
It is the Hearts longing to be full - - -
to be Fulfilled - - - to be Funfilled
It is the ALLAH embracing VOID
It is the Sun
giver of life
Ancient GOD of Cycles
Soundfields of Geese - - - Lions in the Bass Section
Harmonics in the Nearfield
WAVES of Persecution - - - Absolution - - - Renunciation
COMPASSION
Baptism-Memorials Sweet Service Music
Moses seeking Knots in the Air
Moseeq-Ka
The Rope and the Rope Climber
The Hole in Heaven Dripping Honey
The Past running Past the Future
Volcanic Furnace of Hell Blast
A perfectly tuned interval overheating the Brains Vibrato
One String Snaps
Ah! - - - a Good Sound anyway - - -
1001 EchoÕs climb the Mountain
Gurus Gone FishinÕ
Song Left Standing in the Smoke RAGA
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organ of Corti