Song - My Father is a New Man - from Brother, by Larry Goodell

holder and "sun" with willow rays
larry goodell

SONG (text only)

my Father is a New Man
he sings forth out of the Haunches      of the Old Woman
his great-great-great-great Grandmother

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I come again

with one glance

I burn the suits off yr Flesh

you walk before me gray & metallic
I burn the suits off yr Flesh

because it is the person NEXT to you      who 1 renew,
& come down in      the Person who Speaks

Everyone in this ring KNOWS whose suits are burnt OFF
whether they know it or not      knows they are burnt off

& I proceed to enter the air      evade procedures
I am the air & the source of the sun
which rests solidly       on the haunches
of yr great-great-great-great-great Grandmother

believe you me She is moving me
or maternal mover in the spring
comes down in autumn-winter        to bring me back
or she started moving me or I started moving her
in the first place.

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my Father is a New Man
he sings forth out of the Haunches      of the Old Woman
his great-great-great-great Grandmother



SONG (My Father Is A New Man)    (items for performance)

   (on back of sun disk so it can be read while holding it & moving)

walk to sun disk, forearms crossed right over left, grasp it
my Father is a New Man
moving the disk slowly out of the ring
he sings forth out of the Haunches      of the Old Woman
his great-great-great-great Grandmother
continue moving the disk W, rt elbow lifting over the top of it 
body turning to follow it W
I come again
moving toward picture on W wall
with one glance
I burn the suits off yr Flesh
you walk before me gray & metallic
I burn the suits off yr Flesh
backing off from picture
because it is the person NEXT to you      who 1 renew,
turning with the disk, to face N
& come down in      the Person who Speaks
moving back to center of room while continuing to face N 
Everyone in this ring KNOWS whose suits are burnt OFF
whether they know it or not    
knows they are burnt off
stand still
& I proceed to enter the air      evade procedures
I am the air & the source of the sun
which rests solidly       on the haunches
of yr great-great-great-great-great Grandmother
start moving E
believe you me She is moving me
moving E
or maternal mover in the spring
comes down in autumn-winter        to bring me back
or she started moving me or I started moving her
placing sun disk in  ring, rt forearm over left
in the first place.
let go and stand
my Father is a New Man
he sings forth out of the Haunches      of the Old Woman
his great-great-great-great Grandmother

larry goodell / placitas, new mexico

This poem piece is part of Brother which I put together in 1970.
I have put all of Brother on Issuu the best I can. Please look here. This piece is on pages 50-51.
It immediately led to my Ometeotl Trilogy (still stubbornly unpublished). Much of the Trilogy can be found on my Youtube Channel.