Burroughs The Mountain Speaks Cut-Up #13

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Went on up the mountain. 

The mountain spoke.

"Seek, and you will find. Sweet madness has murmured its ballad."

"Blessed speaks evil after all these things."

"Blessed your own eye and then escape a small rustle of wings."

“Blessed destroy thieves who break and say to you that everyone called the police."

"Blessed are the poor in spirit  you will never get out, be anxious saying  ‘What  Rimbaud?"

"Your Father who is in heaven evil, know how to give if your eye is healthy, good fruit is cut down and the gate is wide, and the way fast.  Anoint your head and do not throw your terrified blue eye."

"Do them, be like you, then thieves do not break in, and you are free of generally unclean living and eventually will not become alienated."

"Truly I say, the last penny, seek and you will be judged."

"Forgive us darkness how great and blessed are the meek poets."

"‘You shall love your neighbor and do not take an oath until heaven and earth pass their studies learning to perform by their fruits."

"The unjust are the merciful for they judge  the judge."

"Look at the birds when you pray, everyone who looks is in the kingdom of heaven."

"Lead us into life, not more food than your Father sees in secret."

"For truly I say, whoever murders, do not be anxious, be comforted, blessed are your words fearful Infinity."

I started to get sleepy. The words sounded familiar but made no sense.

The mountain then said. 

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"My name is Burroughs, don't you recognize these are cut-ups of the Beatitudes from the Bible?"

Burroughs pulls out a shotgun.

I run like hell, fearful of cut-up talking biblical mountains and rainbow intelligence service assassins.

One good night of sleep,  just one, is all I want, enough of this madness.

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In August of 2021, Burroughs in a UFO landed in my yard and demanded his message be posted. I asked them what he liked about the aliens. Burroughs said the food was better. The aliens had more than one asshole. The aliens did not shit in their own beds like humans who destroy the planet that supports life. Above all, Burroughs said his cats were happier.

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David Penn Trinley Arndt 2021.