[+]Aaroneous Monk[+]

"this is the world as best as I can remember it"

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Firstfruits

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The Divine Liturgy of the Orthodox Church is a rich tapestry of words and images that is sung from start to finish.  The only exception is a...
Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Stretch Me

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  Stretch me in your shadow. Bathe me in your sunshine. Spin me in a loop-dee-loop mortaring your brick line. Black, green, and blue like a ...
Wednesday, March 05, 2025

Weird Ouija Board

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  It takes just the kernel  of an idea  or an emotion  to start the writing process.   If it is chosen well  it will take me  on a journey, ...
Saturday, March 01, 2025

CCEED

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  Join the Key Club It’s what-you-need club to get ahead to gain some cred for future plans like Florida tans. ***

We Play Bass (an homage to Gwendolyn Brooks)

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  We play bass. We create space. Way down low. We play slow. Not a race. We keep pace. A firm foundation for music creation. ***
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

The Fugue of Reflection

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  Sitting on the couch with the lamp on beside me I see my reflection on the blank TV screen, right side in light, left side in darkness. Th...
Monday, February 17, 2025

We Worship the Sun

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  We worship the sun  from the confines of our own imagination. Lifting the sacred  phone to capture our cultish devotion. Ascending the sta...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Childish Things

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  The mind is a strange and wondrous thing in how it makes associations and connects what at first blush does not seem to be connected. *** ...
Tuesday, February 04, 2025

“There is Just One Moon”

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  It’s a shuffling of slow moving bodies - start - stop - start - stop - murmurings of multiple voices, the cries and shouts of children, al...
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A. Monk
“Aaroneous Monk” brings to mind the image of a bumbling but well-meaning hermit who continually trips himself up in his overgrown beard as he attempts to battle evil in the world but, more often than not, forgets about the darkness in his own heart. It also sounds similar to the legendary jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, but with a faux-Greek twist. Thelonious was known for being able to maintain two disparate rhythms going at the same time with his hands seemingly disconnected from each other. That kinda sums up my struggle...
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