Catch . . .

She said it was almost time 

For me to go

I said I was feeling fine 

And waxing so poetic

I was the silver-tongued devil

At least in my own eyes

How I lied

Oh how I tried

I want to catch the brass ring

Before it passes me by

I want to catch the brass ring

It's something that I just

Have to try

Please don't ask me why

I said I'm not gonna whine

Because I know

About the way they operate

And where they go for breakfast

In this exclusive and privileged world

You will find me

Sometime soon

Sometime soon

I want to catch the brass ring

Before it passes me by

I want to catch the brass ring

It's something that I just

Have to try

Please don't ask me why

Would you ask a child 

What he likes about candy

Would you ask a dog not to bite

Would you ask the sun not to shine

Or the stars not to 

Twinkle from their heights

Everybody's not the same

You ought to know

Whether they strictly be mundane

Are they the life of the party

In the confusion 

I'm easily forced to my corner

Of the room

In the gloom

I want to catch the brass ring

Before it passes me by

I want to catch the brass ring

It's something that I just

Have to try

Please don't ask me why

The Brass Ring
©2004 by Ray Jozwiak

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 The idea of keeping a journal appeals greatly to me, but I feel like 99% of what I enter is mundane, boring, trite and petty.  No Emerson or Thoreau am I.



(from wikipedia.com)
In appearance he was homely, with a nose that he called "my most prominent feature." Of his face, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote: "[Thoreau] is as ugly as sin, long-nosed, queer-mouthed, and with uncouth and rustic, though courteous manners, corresponding very well with such an exterior. But his ugliness is of an honest and agreeable fashion, and becomes him much better than beauty." Thoreau also wore a neckbeard for many years, which he insisted many women found attractive. However, Louisa May Alcott mentioned to Ralph Waldo Emerson that Thoreau's facial hair "will most assuredly deflect amorous advances and preserve the man's virtue in perpetuity."

Thoreau contracted tuberculosis in 1835 and suffered from it sporadically afterwards. In 1859, following a late night excursion to count the rings of tree stumps during a rain storm, he became ill with bronchitis. His health declined over three years with brief periods of remission, until he eventually became bedridden. Recognizing the terminal nature of his disease, Thoreau spent his last years revising and editing his unpublished works, particularly The Maine Woods and Excursions, and petitioning publishers to print revised editions of A Week and Walden. He also wrote letters and journal entries until he became too weak to continue. His friends were alarmed at his diminished appearance and were fascinated by his tranquil acceptance of death. When his aunt Louisa asked him in his last weeks if he had made his peace with God, Thoreau responded: "I did not know we had ever quarreled.

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OHO's "Ocean City Ditty," the CD single is now available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho4 
(and, if you're in town, at Trax On Wax on Frederick Rd. in Catonsville, MD). 


http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho4 (and, if you're in town, at Trax On Wax on Frederick Rd. in Catonsville, MD). 

My latest solo release, Black & White Then Back,
can be downloaded digitally at:

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Juvenal . . .

. . . kind-of. . . 

OHO - SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

(Paraphrasing Roman satirist and poet Juvenal )… The population has become complacent and easily satisfied with the mundane — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just THREE things:

BREAD and CIRCUSES and . . . OHO
                                                                                                                             
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Also visit http://www.ohomusic.com

What do you think?
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My latest release, Black & White Then Back,
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your browser:  http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rayjozwiak3)

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