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Vollun (The New God Of Abandoned Places)

from New Home​/​All Home by Paulie Lipman

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This is an ekphrastic poem, inspired by the painting pictured here. It is from Aaron White's 'New Mythology' series.

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VOLLUN

How many times have I been mistaken
for Death?
Well,
how many hands have you?

While he is the bringer of Nothing,
I am its warden, standing in the aftermath
of expression
Dry charging behind brick, stone,
and mortar
Any time someone utters:
If these walls could talk
I am whispering pigeon flocks
in the rafters
I have no other voice but
the shutter of blasted out windows
groaning floor boards and the shriek
of neglect

I am what once was

While possibility
drove up the rooftops
the disappointment in their felling
is my realm
Not all Gods are glamorous
nor their kingdoms great
but I live in the hearts of builders
and every so called urchin
in any city's back alley, wrong track side
A congregation of squatters, gutter punks, bat shits,
dreamers and schizos

Every language
has hundreds of words for what
resides in a haunted house, but
they all mean me
I am no phantom
I do not believe in ceremony, that
is what drove my ancient brethren
out of buisness
My altars are not pristine
or sacred
my scripture unwritten
Just lay a pigeon feather behind you
upon any thousands of empty door steps
and we can pray directly
to each other
I am not Death
He is definitive End
and in End lies relief
I preside in Forgotten
a never ending, completely brutal kind
of forever

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from New Home​/​All Home, released December 26, 2011
Words and Music by Paulie Lipman. Painting by Aaron White.

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Paulie Lipman Denver, Colorado

Paulie Lipman has been a part of 8 Denver National Slam Teams(including '04's second place and '06's national champions). His work has appeared in The Legendary, Borderline, and the Write Bloody anthology: The Good Things About America.

In addition to Spoken Word, Pauile is also a musician/composer and is available for hire for commercial/video game/soundtrack work.
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