Dearly beloved
We gather here to say our goodbyes
Here she lies, no one knew her worth
The late great daughter of Mother Earth
On this night when we celebrate the birth
In that little town of Bethlehem
We raise our glass, you bet your ass, to
La vie Bohème
To days of inspiration
Playing hooky
Making something out of nothing
The need to express
To communicate
To going against the grain
Going insane
Going mad
To loving tension, no pension
To more than one dimension
To starving for attention
Hating convention
Hating pretension
Not to mention, of course
Hating dear old Mom and Dad
To riding your bike
Midday past the three-piece suits
To fruits
To no absolutes
To Absolut
To choice
To The Village Voice
To any passing fad
To being an us, for once
Instead of a them
La vie Bohème
To hand-crafted beers made in local breweries
To yoga, to yogurt, to rice and beans and cheese
To leather, to dildos, to curry vindaloo
To huevos rancheros and Maya Angelou
Emotion, devotion, to causing a commotion
Creation, vacation
Mucho masturbation
Compassion, to fashion, to passion
When it’s new
To Sontag
To Sondheim
To anything taboo
Ginsberg, Dylan, Cunningham, and Cage
Lenny Bruce
Langston Hughes
To the stage
To Uta
To Buddha
Pablo Neruda, too
Why Dorothy and Toto went
Over the rainbow
To blow off Auntie Em!
La vie Bohème
Bisexuals, trisexuals, homo sapiens
Carcinogens, hallucinogens, men
Pee-wee Herman
German wine, turpentine, Gertrude Stein
Antonioni, Bertolucci, Kurosawa
Carmina Burana
To apathy, to entropy, to empathy, ecstasy
Vaclav Havel, The Sex Pistols, 8BC
To no shame, never playing the Fame Game
To marijuana
To sodomy
It’s between God and me
To S & M
La vie Bohème
To Dance!
No way to make a living, masochism, pain, perfection
Muscle spasms, chiropractors, short careers, eating disorders!
Film!
Adventure, tedium, no family, boring locations
Dark rooms, perfect faces, egos, money, Hollywood and sleaze!
Music!
Food of love, emotion, mathematics, isolation
Rhythm, feeling, power, harmony, and heavy competition!
Anarchy!
Revolution, justice, screaming for solutions
Forcing changes, risk, and danger
Making noise and making pleas!
To faggots, lezzies, dykes, cross dressers too!
To me
To me
To me
To you, and you, and you, you and you
TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH
LIVING WITH
LIVING WITH
NOT DYING FROM DISEASE
Let he among us without sin
Be the first to condemn!
La vie Bohème
Anyone out of the mainstream
Is anyone in the mainstream?
Anyone alive with a sex drive
Tear down the wall, aren’t we all?
The opposite of war isn’t peace
It’s creation!
Viva la vie Bohème!~~
