There is beauty in the mundane-
the soft sparkle of suds within
a sink of spoilt dishware,
Cackle in broken pops,
Highlighting internal shame.
.
Fuck these dishes.
Fuck being grateful.
Fucking spending all my income
On food.
Fuck all this pain.
.
There is beauty in the simple.
A picnic in a clover-strewn field,
The cloying scent of wildflowers,
Sun-soaked skin,
Blueberry-lipped stain.
.
I hate these stupid bugs,
I hate the blistering heat,
I hate that I disappoint you.
Hatefully begging on the rain.
.
There is beauty in silence
The whispers on the wind,
Time sticking in muddy riverbeds
Dreams slowly turning to ash,
From within.
.
Bastardized day dates,
Bastardized hope,
Bastardized freebies,
Disasterly spoke.
.
There is beauty in wanting more,
There is beauty in content.
There is beauty in honesty,
There is beauty in time well spent.
.
.
There IS beauty.
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Rachael MacDonald
Avid Reader, Sometimes Poet, Occasional Writer, and searcher of truths often lost in the breaths between candy-coated lies.
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'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
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amazing piece
Wow, Rachael, I’m floored. This is a gorgeous poem. I love the contrasts, it was all very powerful ❤️
Oooo, I love how intense this was! So well done!
Excellent piece