MIRROR TALKING
Volume 1
Poetry by Uncle John
In a series of four emails, Bill Murray himself tells
this story.
Uncle John´s edited version is here with his poetic comments
to Bill as he shares each part of his story.
"Hey John, thanks for Emailing."
This is an innovative creative interactive writing experiment.
Mirror Talking
The Growl From The Great Beyond
Story by Bill Murray
Poetry by Uncle John
Bill Murray:
"Have you ever looked in the mirror & NOT seen yourself?
Woke up earlier slept well then sat quietly
did some stretching, used the rumble roller and thought,
"OK another great day to scrub my teeth." And, hello!
Right in the mirror not the face I know so well, but a mutt.
I really don't care that he's not a pedigree, but...he is a dog.
What did the man say, a dog has taken my place, my face place.
This dog right here."
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Mirror talking why the scowl
Waiting for you to howl
With help from friends for sure
Hope you find what you’re looking for
"Just walk a mile in my paws.
There's a dog in my mirror!
A real dog where my face should be and always has been.
Weird thing, he looks kind of familiar, which is no comfort at all."
It´s like Groundhog Day only with a dog
You´ll find your way with no heartache
Dogs are super instinctive like the hog
Remember the darkness always yields to the daybreak
"The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
I remember my neighbor, Dr. Gerry, a veterinarian,
Totally qualified to respond to any canine emergency.
Dr. Gerry, wearing a ´Don't Lick Me I'm Allergic´ button
Pinned to his scrubs, hands me a business card."
Your neighbor is legendary
What you need is a new way to see
Something more than veterinary
“Whatever I am” the mirror speaks to me
"Platinum Pet Premonitions. A pet psychic.
$99.99 seems reasonable for my desperate situation.
I pull up to the house & she's already waiting,
which scares me because I didn't call ahead.
She immediately asks “Is your dog living or dead?"
I answer with every dog´s name & f
ifty-five minutes latershe informs me that it´s $99.99 per minute.
What would you have said??"
Caution
No judgment here
She sees into the darkness
But sheds no light on your problem
The mirror speaks Caution
"So I turn to family, brother Brian arrives.
With him as my mirror, he looks back at me
& sees what was missing.
What I had been missing and couldn't see.
Yes, as a little kid, we had a dog named Peppy, a Border Collie,
who had one blue eye one brown eye and loved to chase cars.
Peppy was certainly peppy. She had a lot of energy!
She could play all day, with all nine of us &
still have time to work her herding skills on Fords and Chevys.
Peppy was gone. Now Brian tells me Peppy ended up happy
on a friend of my dad‘s farm somewhere in Wisconsin.
We were told she ran away or had to be put down, or something.
Whatever story was told is long-lost to memory.
They could have told us the truth.
I never got to say goodbye to Peppy. Until today.
It was Peppy I was seeing in the mirror.
After all these years, she came back to say goodbye to me...
and to let me say goodbye to her.
Maybe she liked me the best of all the kids.
We should never be horrified by what we see in the mirror.
Maybe never wish to be content what we see in the mirror"
Family comes through
What you are missing
Is what you can´t see
Searching for the source
Listen for the sound
One of your friends & fan Bill follow
The growl from the great beyond
Bill Murray´s movies include
Lost In Translation, Groundhog Day,
Ghostbusters, Quick Change, What About Bob? Moonrise Kingdom,
The Jungle Book, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Royal Tenenbaums,
St. Vincent, Stripes, Broken Flowers...
Bill Murray & Uncle John
MIRROR TALKING
Volume 1
Poetry by Uncle John
The Growl From The Great Beyond
Magical Days
Poetry In Motion
The Harmony
Watching The Big Sky
When It Rains Fish
When I Think About You
The Buzz & The Butterfly
All You Need Is Love
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Jakob
Dylan & Uncle JohnWatching The Big Sky
Destiny`s stars shine
Three cups of love sing loud
Roots hearts and wings
Shuffle under the clouds
Gabriel` the angel
Come see us awake
With Cupid`s bow & arrow
Selfie taking shape
Michael step down
From the stairway to the sky
To show us the truth in mirrors
A purpose to seek what hides
Looking in the mirror
Love to hear you talk
Echoing Good Morning
Express the way you walk
Watching the big sky
For a small sign
Real and not by design
Mirror talking with an eye
Like a paradigm
Raining Fish in Honduras
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MIRROR TALKING
Volume 2
Poetry & Stories by Uncle John
The Book Of Love
Mirror Lake
Gravity
Reflections
Quasar
Window Mirror
Head Band
The Guide & Ms. Stash
Mirror Talking to Bobby Dylan
Talkin´Money Tree
SongPoem by Robert Hunter/ Story by Uncle John
Late last night layin´in bed
I found an answer to all my ills
A great big tree growing green and free
Full of ten thousand dollar bills
Well, I went downtown to buy some wheels
Bought every car in town
Bought all the gas and all the oil
So we could all drive around
I bought every big department store
And everything inside
You could back up your truck and fill it up
The doors were open wide
It was company policy
We did it all the time
I bought the park and hired a band
To play every day for free
I bought the bars and the trolley cars
And the telephone company
You could call all day, say "How's it going?"
And never have to pay
Send telegrams to your wife and friends
Saying "You don't have to work today"
But after a while I got so bored
I just gave the whole thing back
All I kept was a bar and grill
By the northbound railroad track
You can come by here any time of night
Or any time of day
The second cup of coffee's free
But the first one, you got to pay
It is the Fourth of July weekend 2015, at Soldier´s Field in Chicago. On the Fourth, as I was entering for the show, one of the Deadheads asks me, "What are they going to play tonight?" I reply, "The first time I met Robert Hunter backstage, he sticks out his hand and says "Shake the hand that shook the hand..." He associates the gesture with the Grateful Dead´s "U.S. Blues". It is the final performances of the Grateful Dead, with Trey Anastasio playing lead guitar in Jerry Garcia´s role, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the band.
Leaving Soldier´s Field with 70,000+ Deadheads, at the last of three shows, we are shoulder to shoulder trying to move to the exit. As soon as we reach the way out, I pull away from the tight crowd and climb a very wet slippery hill with my slip-resistant shoes and I am alone on a street above on a breezy day. I notice this tree, recalling how I could clearly hear Jerry Garcia´s voice, who helped me to not take drugs this weekend, a real test, and I notice what looks like a leaf fall to the ground, but a closer look reveals it is no leaf. It is a one million dollar Federal Reserve Note with Jerry Garcia´s portrait on the bill.
Red Eye To Mars
May 5, 2018
YOU COULD BE THE ONE
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You can see what´s new
Find love that´s true
You can be fun
You are like the sun
You could be the one
Show me
You know me
Everytime you come
You could be the one
That I learn from
Never be the same
Cultivate love´s treasure
To replace your pain
You could be the one
To hold on to forever
Near you are
Even when you are far
Just like the star
Under the crossbar
With her hold on
Am I reading you
In the changes and pages
Noticing the difference
Of what is real the music true
Timeless and ageless
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