Mel From Melbourne - Music & Words

 Statement of fact not judgement: this place is the 6th place I’ve lived in in 5 months. Absolutely knackered xx Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2023.

  I’ve been criticized for making generalisations I’ve been criticized for making generalisations But really When you look at how Knowledge is constructed Surely every utterance is a generalization? After all we use borrowed words Which are approximations Emotions for instance Are usually mixed yet named absolute    I think what they mean is I’m making Macro statements Not Micro statements   But really such a comparison Makes little sense When viewed from a particular angle   The body is pummeled Regardless the explanation   The other question is whether to trust poetry (Perhaps poetic philosophy if you’ll forgive me) Or data? Image or concept?   Data is no more accurate It too requires a metaphysical Archimedean point & many subsequent value judgements All of which are generalisations -- what is called 'Method' Any judgement of man Is made by man & who can say they know themselves Objectively? ...

  A statement of fact is not a moral judgement   A statement of fact is not a moral judgement To affirm a fact has nothing to do with whether one Thinks the event, person, thing or place the fact refers to Is (for want of a better word) ‘Good’ or ‘Bad.’ Our media spends years moralizing and being scandalized by events & communicating the necessity for the viewer to share these vicarious feelings. Meanwhile children are being removed from their communities which is against our universal human rights charter Young children are being imprisoned which is again against our universal human rights charter People fleeing wars & persecution are being imprisoned indefinitely which is against our universal human rights charter & I’m listening to Beethoven & having a glass of white wine Excited that I have something to write about & that I’m not in prison Nor was I removed from my home.     Published & Copyright Malachi D...

  It probably sounds bizarre? (For Ben Okri)   It probably sounds bizarre to you But when I’m feeling strong I’m glad for my childhood trauma   Because it was balanced, almost By love & rich & ancient culture & learning   When I am strong.   That it enabled me To connect with the world   & not just the box of my narrow class.   It enabled me To abstract structurally & spiritually From my own suffering   Principles that sympathize & not merely empathize With the Majority/3 rd World   Without it amazing doors wouldn’t have opened & I wouldn’t have had such an interesting life   That I can now attempt to write something universal That might mean something To someone from another culture   Because it’s enabled me To care & be compassionate & love passionately Mind, body & soul   & share in the common experience of ...

  Codes   Life in boxes Unpack one at a time I’m lucky To have time & space Most do not The human flow The displaced  By the thousands One bag if they’re lucky One would guess it doesn’t take too long to unpack At each temporary home But most do not have the time nor space & things get lost Crucial things Codes to memory Codes to family Codes to identity… Codes     Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2023.

 Fear is a hard one we get beaten up or watch others get beaten up powerless to stop it & so we resist Time we start to make calculations the brain monkeys take over & there's hell to pay (the popular press call it anxiety perhaps it's just flashbacks & a moment in time Perhaps it's the tide the release & recoil those who don't recoil are called gurus  unless they're bullies & no can know the difference unless you've looked them in the eyes & felt the boot) where lies forgiveness? where lies redemption? -- In deeds what is call true contrition xx Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2023.

  School/Life   Teaching Regardless the level   Involves The teacher   Teaching the students:   That there’s enough To go around   If we share     Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2023.