The World Is Mine

When despair for the world grows in me, and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be ... I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought or grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. - Wendell Berry

james
Wednesday, 12. July 2006 um 8:12 am Uhr
The greatest underdog story of our time?
…my ass.
In response to that I give you Weird Al’s Theme to Rocky XIII (come on Sly, only 2 more!) as sung to Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger.
“Fat and weak, what a disgrace
Guess the champ got too lazy
Ain’t gonna fly now, he’s just takin’ up space
Sold his gloves, threw his eggs down the drain
But he’s no bum, he works down the street
He bought the neighborhood deli
Back on his feet, now he’s choppin’ up meat
Come inside, maybe you’ll hear him say
(chorus)
Try the rye or the kaiser
They’re on special tonight
If you want, you can have an appetizer
You might like our salami and the liver’s all right
And they’d really go well with the rye
Or the kaiser
Never eats while on the job
He heard it’s good to stay hungry
But he makes a pretty mean shish kabob
Have a taste, they were made fresh today
(chorus)
Try the rye or the kaiser or the wheat or the white
Maybe I can suggest an appetizer
Stay away from the tuna, it smells funny tonight
But you just can’t go wrong with the rye
Or the kaiser
So today, his deli comes first
Still he dreams of his past days of glory
Goes in the back and beats up on the liverwurst
All the while you can still hear him say
(chorus)
It’s the rye or the kaiser, it’s the thrill of one bite
Let me please be your catering advisor
If you want substitutions I won’t put up a fight
You can have your roast beef on the rye
Or the kaiser
The rye or the kaiser
The rye or the kaiser
The rye or the kaiser“