Father Death Blues (Don’t Grow Old, Part V)
Hey poor man, you’re all alone
Hey old daddy, I know where I’m going
Father Death, Don’t cry any more
Mama’s there, underneath the floor
Brother Death, please mind the store
Old Aunty Death Don’t hide your bones
Old Uncle Death I hear your groans
O Sister Death how sweet your moans
O Children Deaths go breathe your breaths
Sobbing breasts’ll ease your Deaths
Pain is gone, tears take the rest
Genius Death your art is done
Lover Death your body’s gone
Father Death I’m coming home
Guru Death your words are true
Teacher Death I do thank you
For inspiring me to sing this Blues
Buddha Death, I wake with you
Dharma Death, your mind is new
Sangha Death, we’ll work it through
Suffering is what was born
Ignorance made me forlorn
Tearful truths I cannot scorn
Father Breath once more farewell
Birth you gave was no thing ill
My heart is still, as time will tell.
Jack’s three sketches
Cover of sketchbook, Spiderman, and visual interpretation of Allen Ginsberg's poem Father Death Blues (Don't Grow Old, Part V)-- Jack Grabow, '12
Eye of Sauron
Quotes From Lord of the Rings:"The Eye of the Enemy is moving...He is here." - Legolas
"Its Black Gates are guarded, by more than just orcs. There is evil there, that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful." - Boromir
"You know of what I speak, Gandalf. A Great Eye, lidless, wreathed in flame." - Saruman
-- Josh Ginzberg, '11
From the Desk of Quain
-- Joe Quain, MS Librarian
