The firefly squid
lives in deep waters
where its bioluminescence
helps it communicate
and attract food.
Once a year,
it propels to the shore to spawn,
but the blue light it emits
attracts both mates
and fishermen.
So finding love
can also mean sure death.
Babe, we've got it good.
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F Cade Swanson
Queer dad from Virginia now living and writing in the Pacific Northwest. Dad poems, sad poems, stories about life. Follow me on insta at @fcadeswanson
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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
Comments (8)
Interesting take and a bit chilling. :3
Nice analogy, and very apt! You just summarised perfectly how it feels to be female in this world 🌍
Dang, that took a turn! Love, survival, and existential dread all wrapped up in a glowing squid. Brutally poetic and weirdly romantic—absolute gold!
Glad I'm not a squid.
Ohhh this was genius
Haha 🤣 This is great! 😊
How many lover’s in nature’s panoply sacrifice all in love’s pursuit? Spawning salmon, male praying mantis’, male Black Widows, etc, etc. We certainly have it good in comparison! This is a lovely and ironic poem, Cade. Good luck in the challenge!
Great work.