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Ode to L​.​A. while thinking of Brian Jones, Deceased

from The Words of Mr Mojo Risin by Bill Boethius & Dali's Car

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Ode to L.A. while thinking of Brian Jones, Deceased [July 1969 - private pamphlet]

Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones was deceased on July 3rd, 1969.
As a tribute to the artist, these pamphlets featuring original poetry were written and privately printed by Jim Morrison and distributed amongst the audience at the Aquarius Theater on July 21st, 1969.
Later, the poetry receives mainstream publication in magazines such as Datebook - the image used on the cover for this track is from Datebook

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I’m a resident of a city
They’ve just picked me to play
The Prince of Denmark

Poor Ophelia

All those ghosts he never saw
Floating to doom
On an iron candle

Come back, brave warrior
Do the dive
On another channel

Hot buttered pool
Where’s Marrakech
Under the falls
the wild storm
where savages fell out
in late afternoon
monsters of rhythm

You’ve left your
Nothing
to complete w/
Silence

I hope you went out Smiling
Like a child
Into the cool remnant
of a dream

The angel man
w/ Serpents competing
for his palms
& fingers
Finally claimed
This benevolent
Soul

Ophelia

Leaves, sodden
in silk

Chlorine
dream
mad stifled
Witness

The diving board, the plunge
The pool

You were a fighter
a damask musty muse

You were the bleached
Sun
for TV afternoon

horned-toads
maverick of a yellow spot

Look now to where it’s got
You

in meat heaven
w/ the cannibals
& Jews

The gardener
Found
The body, rampant, Floating

Lucky Stiff
What is this green pale stuff
You’re made of

Poke holes in the goddess
Skin

Will he Stink
Carried heavenward
Thru the halls of music

No chance.

Requiem for a heavy
That smile
That porky satyr’s
leer
has leaped upward

into the loam

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from The Words of Mr Mojo Risin, released March 22, 2023
Jim Morrison, words, Bill Boethius Osborn, synth and guitar sounds

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"The Dali of guitar noise".
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