This is what I woke up to this morning.
A little over two years ago, I met a boy.
He was my first boyfriend.
He’s been my boyfriend ever since.
And I think he’s wonderful<3
With Confusion Comes Inspiration
John Lennon’s Abecedarium (1968-9)
A is for Parrot which we can plainly see
B is for glasses which we can plainly see
C is for plastic which we can plainly see
D is for Doris
E is for binoculars I’ll get in five
F is for Ethel who lives next door
G is for orange which we love to eat when we can get them because
they come from abroad
H is for England and (Heather)
I is for monkey we see in the tree
J is for parrot which we can plainly see
K is for shoetop we wear to the ball
L is for Land because brown
M is for Venezuela where the oranges come from
N is for Brazil near Venezuela (very near)
O is for football which we kick about a bit
T is for Tommy who won the war
Q is a garden which we can plainly see
R is for intestines which hurt when we dance
S is for pancake or whole-wheat bread
U is for Ethel who lives on the hill
P is arab and her sister will
V is for me
W is for lighter which never lights
X is easter—have one yourself
Y is a crooked letter and you can’t straighten it
Z is for Apple which we can plainly see
This is my story both humble and true
Take it to pieces and mend it with glue
Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2009/09/john-lennons-alphabet.html#ixzz1fIJP59YD
I first saw this two years ago, and I couldn’t make any sense of it but there was something intriguing about it. I liked it for reasons I couldn’t explain.
But I guess some chaos is better left that way. Sometimes the most beautiful things are the ones that are chaotic and misunderstood.
