THE LAST PAGE
by Joanna Gilman Hyde
The Tomato-coloured Couch 4:40pm
My Fame Will Be
This World’s
Freedom
–
When I Am Found Out
Inside & Out
We Will No Longer
Believe
In Schizophrenia
Bi-polar
& Other Multitudinous
“Psychiatric Illnesses”
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Silver Will Sky-rocket
Gold Will
Linger In Its
Old-fashioned Luster
–
Man & Woman Will Live Together
Unrivalled
“What exactly is a dream?”
Why is this question in quotes?
Because the words are not mine. They come from a song written by Syd Barrett.
Did that song just end with the question, “Just what exactly is a joke?”
Yes. It was the final track of ” A Saucerful Of Secrets” by Pink Floyd.
You might also find some of the discussion at
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=5813
interesting.
Ben, thank you for all this. I did not know who Syd Barrett was though I listened to Pink Floyd as a teenager (and later as my 73 year old husband loves Pink Floyd) — I am intrigued with the concept of trying to explain things like “reality,” “dreams,” and yes, JOKES TOO — after-all, The Meaning of Life to Me, as you know, is one big huge fat humongous joke — the kernel of which is THE REASON FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA.
So my comment was in the ball park then. 🙂
Yes!