Sunday, November 22, 2009

MYTHOLOGY 101 WITH HAFJAK AND SON THIS WEEK VAMPIRES BY HAFJAK DIVIZ

WERE WALKING THE DOG
ME AND MY BOYS
ITS NIGHTTIME AND ITS DARK
MY OLDER SON
HES SCARED
ASKS ME
IS THERE SUCH A THING AS VAMPIRES

I LOVE IT WHEN HE ASKS ME THESE QUESTIONS
THEY ARE SO BASIC AND TRUE
THEY GET MY MIND ON A SIMPLE TRACK
AND IM ALWAYS SURPRISED BY MY ANSWER

I HOLD HIS HAND
WATCH MY DOG SQUAT
SEE IF THERES ANYTHING TO PICK UP
PAT MY POCKET
YES I BROUGHT A BAG

MY ANSWER TO HIM IS SHORT
WEVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE

NO I SAY
THERES NO SUCH THING AS REAL VAMPIRES

THE KIND HE SAYS
THAT SUCK YOUR BLOOD

THATS RIGHT I SAY
A VAMPIRE IS JUST A MYTH A SYMBOL
A FAIRY TALE TOLD TO TEACH OTHERS
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR IN LIFE

LIKE A VAMPIRE COULD BE A GUY
WHO STEALS ALL YOUR MONEY FROM YOU HE SAYS

WOW
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE

YEAH I SAY
A VAMPIRE COULD BE A GUY WHO BORROWS MONEY FROM YOU
AND NEVER PAYS YOU BACK
KEEPS BORROWING MONEY FROM YOU
YOU GO POOR
HE DITCHES YOU TO BORROW MONEY FROM THE NEXT GUY
A LEECH
SOMEONE WHO IN SOME WAY
SUCKS THE LIFE OUT OF YOU FOR HIS SURVIVAL

REDUCING THE BIG BAD MONSTER
TO AN ANNOYING PERSON
SATISFIES MY BOY
WE FINISH THE WALK
GO INSIDE

I CONTINUE TO PONDER THE SUBJECT

ITS FUNNY HOW VAMPIRES HAVE BECOME SO SEXY AND POWERFUL
IN MODERN IMAGERY
BUT THE KERNEL OF TRUTH IN THEIR MYTH
IS THAT THEYRE LEECHES
PARASITES
ALL THEIR BEAUTY STRENGTH AND POWER
USED TO FEED ON YOU

OR THATS HOW I INTERPRETED THIS MYTH FOR MY BOY

IN THE BRAM STOKER NOVEL
THE VAMPIRE AND HIS MINIONS
REPRESENTED INFECTION ADDICTION THEFT
FOREIGN INVASION

NOWADAYS
I BELIEVE MORE IN THE JUDITH ORLOFF
PSYCHIC VAMPIRE
THINK I AM ONE
I THINK WE ALL ARE IN SOME WAY
US GROUPS OF PEOPLE
FEEDING ON EACH OTHER
TAKING FROM EACH OTHER
DO WE GIVE

I BELIEVE IN FINANCIAL VAMPIRES

IN THE DRACULA NOVEL
THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE

IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
THE MONEY IS THE LIFE
AND EVERY EMAIL IN MY INBOX
EVERY CATALOGUE AND BILL IN THE MAILBOX
EVERY MESSAGE IN MY CELLPHONE
EVERY BILLBOARD AD
EVERY BUS BENCH AD
EVERY STOREFRONT SIGN
EVERY TELEVISION AND RADIO COMMERCIAL
EVERY INTERNET AND BLOG AD
EVERY STORE MEMBERSHIP
EVERY CREDIT COMPANY

WANTS MY MONEY
WANTS TO FEED ON MY BANK ACCOUNT

THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF WAYS
TO INTERPRET THE VAMPIRE MYTH IN MODERN TIMES

IM GONNA WATCH THE DELUXE TWO DISC EDITION OF TWILIGHT
TO CLEAR MY PALETTE OF THIS POEM

WEREWOLVES UP NEXT

JAK
OVER AND
OFF

COPYRIGHT 2009 HAFDRAK DIVIZ
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


Saturday, November 21, 2009

FROST & MIKO 22

Happy Saturday and thank you for clicking into the Ganerda's Business Blog!

Well.

Usually at the end of the Frost & Miko posts, I write "...To be continued next Thursday!" From now on I'm not going to be so specific with the day! Yes, It's Ganerda Grul here with another late installment of your second favorite comic strip Frost & Miko! Your first favorite is, of course, the first high quality publication from yours truly, "STOP MAKING CRAP" by HAFJAK DIVIZ! Or is it "Cathy?"

Please enjoy the comic strip, and please continue to visit our blog for exciting Ganerda's Business updates! Oh blog, sweet blog, you are the karaoke of wannabe writers...

Sincerely,

Ganerda Grul
Librarian and Publisher
www.ganerda.com



...To be continued next week!
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Friday, November 13, 2009

FROST AND MIKO 21

Thank you for clicking onto the Ganerda's Business Blog!

I have been a bad liitle publisher, posting these comics a day late, a week late, and I apologize for that. I know that you need your Frost & Miko, the comic strip that evolved into "STOP MAKING CRAP" by HAFJAK DIVIZ! I will try to be punctual with these comics from now on. I wish that I could promise to be on time, but my world is so hopelessly overscheduled and cluttered up that that promise to you I would break.

If you are searching for "STOP MAKING CRAP" by HAFJAK DIVIZ in Texas, look no further than Titan Comics in Dallas! Soon they will be receiving their order! Thank you Tony!

Ganerda Grul
Librarian and Publisher
www.ganerda.com



...To be continued next Thursday!
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FROST AND MIKO 20

Hello and thank you for clicking onto the Ganerda's Business Blog!

This Frost & Miko is for last Thursday! Please enjoy the comic strip and hello Jim Hanley's Universe in the Big Apple! Thank you for having us on your shelves!

Ganerda Grul
Librarian and Publisher



...To be continued next Thursday!
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Sunday, November 1, 2009

DISCO BALL BY HAFJAK DIVIZ

THE PARTY WAS A SUCCESS
DINNER DRINKS DANCING
THEY MARKED HER FORTIETH WELL

THEY CLEANED UP THE NEXT DAY
WASHED THE DISHES
TOOK DOWN THE DECO
STREAMERS LANTERNS
ALL EXCEPT THE DISCO BALL

HE LEFT IT UP THERE
NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A HASSLE TO HANG
BUT BECAUSE
IT LOOKED LIKE IT BELONGED UP THERE

EVER SINCE THEY MOVED IN
THAT BARREL CEILING REMAINED EMPTY
MANY DISCUSSIONS OVER WHAT TO HANG UP THERE
NO AGREEMENT
NO ACTION

NOW THIS KITSCHY NUDGE AND WINK OF A DECORATION
EXQUISITELY OCCUPIED THE EMPTINESS
DAZZLED

HE THOUGHT IT WAS LOVELY AT NIGHT
BUT DURING THE DAY
THE LIGHT BOUNCING OFF
ITS HUNDREDS OF FACETS
TOSSING A CONFETTI OF SUNSHINE
AROUND THE ROOM
WELL
IT LOOKED LIKE A PARTY

THERE WERE MORE PARTIES
THE DISCO BALL DEMANDED THEM
IMPROMPTU PARTIES
INVITATION PARTIES
NEIGHBOR PARTIES

THEY STARTED TAME
ENDED WITH DANCING

ALL HE HEAD TO DO
WAS TURN ON THE BALL
AND THE MUSIC
JAMIROQUAI
BRAND NEW HEAVIES
KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND
EARTH WIND AND FIRE
THE BEE GEES
CHIC
THE JACKSON 5
DONNA SUMMER
ANY KINDA MUSIC YOU HEAR AT A WEDDING TOO
JOURNEY

A LITTLE WINE
AND THE BOLD WOULD STEP ONTO THE DANCE FLOOR
DRAG THE BASHFUL WITH THEM
AND IT BEGAN

WAS WONDERFUL HOW EVERYONE
WORKED THEIR PROBLEMS OUT ON THE DANCE FLOOR
STAMPING ANXIETY UNDER THEIR FEET
FLINGING STRESS OFF WITH A TWIST AND SPIN
FEELING THE DUST CRUST AND RUST
TUMBLE AWAY WITH EACH MOVE
BODIES PUMPING
HEARTS PUMPING
BEAT PUMPING
ALL NIGHT
TILL THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT
BUT TIRED SMILES SWEATY HUGS HIGH FIVES
AND GETTING HOME TO A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP

ANY TIME HE FELT A LITTLE DOWN
HED THINK OF THAT GLITTERING DISCO BALL
AND THE LIFE CELEBRATED BENEATH IT
KIDS DANCING
GRANDMA DANCING
FRIENDS DANCING
AND HED SMILE
TEETH GLITTERING

HE HUNG A LITTLE DISCO BALL IN HIS CAR
IN THE MORNINGS
HE WOULD TURN THE JAMIROQUAI UP
AND HIS COMMUTE BECAME A ROLLING DANCE PARTY
COFFEE INCLUDED

AT THE JOB
HE HUNG A LITTLE DISCO BALL AT HIS DESK
ITS TINY SCALES SHIMMERING
WINKING AT HIM
FLASHING DISCO MEMORIES IN HIS HEAD
FLASHING PROMISES OF MORE TO COME
FLASHING IMAGES OF HIS BRIDE
SHY HOMEMAKER
ART HISTORY ACADEMIC
TRANSFORMED
INTO SLINKING PANTHER LADY BY THE MUSIC

GRRRRROWL

HE PUT ON HIS HEADPHONES
GOT MUCH WORK DONE
WIGGLING IN HIS SEAT TO THE BEAT

HE WAS VERY EXCITED TO WORK MUCH
THEN HEAD HOME

HE HAD BOUGHT HIS WIFE A GIFT

SOME EARRINGS

YEAH


LITTLE DISCO BALLS




FOR DAD
HIS PERM
AND HIS MIDLIFE
NIGHT FEVER

AND TO MAC
FOR THE PARTY INVITE

JAK
OVER AND
OFF

COPYRIGHT 2009 HAFJAK DIVIZ
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


DARK PEARLS BY HAFJAK DIVIZ

MAN OH MAN
FEEL SO GUILTY
WHENEVER I POST THESE POEMS
BUT THE ONLY THING I DREAD MORE THAN POSTING THEM
IS NOT POSTING THEM


INTRO


EVER FEEL
LIKE THE WORLD WAS OUT TO GET YOU
FOR BEING AN AWFUL PERSON

EVER FEEL
LIKE AN ASSEMBLY OF DEFENSIVE MECHANISMS
SO DENSE AND DEEP
THAT WHAT WAS BEING DEFENDED
HAS BEEN SUFFOCATED AND BURIED BENEATH THEM

WHAT ARE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF YOUR BIRTH
HOW WAS YOUR SCHOOLING EXPERIENCE
HOW DO YOU BEHAVE IN SOCIAL SITUATIONS
DO YOU BECOME ONE OF THE CROWD
OR DO YOU STAY JUST ONE

THIS POEM IS FOR ME
FOR THOSE WHOVE MADE MISTAKES
FALLEN FLAT ON THEIR FACES
NOW SCAN THE PAVEMENT FOR TREACHEROUS CRACKS
AND FORGET TO LOOK UP AT THE SKY SUNSHINE AND SMILES



DARK PEARLS



SHE WAS TURNING 40
HE WOULD GET HER JEWELRY
LEAST HE COULD DO

HE WANTED TO GIVE HER THE WORLD
SPRINKLE A 1000 DIAMONDS ON HER BACK AND HAIR

NOT EVERY DREAM COMES TRUE

THE SALES LADY SHOWED HIM THE PEARLS
THEY WERE DARK GREY
GORGEOUS
HER SALES WRIST COVERED IN TINY SPHERES
EACH CONTAINING A ROILING STORM

THE PRICE WAS NICE
THE JEWEL PERFECT
BY CUFFING HER WITH BANDS OF PEARLS
HE WAS SORT OF GIVING HER A GIFT
BUT MOSTLY MARKING HER AS HIS
AND HE WAS NOT A DIAMOND OF A GUY

HE WAS DEFINITELY NOT A DIAMOND OF A MAN

HE WAS A DIRTY LITTLE SPECK
SOMEHOW HE GOT IN
SLIPPED IN UNSEEN
IMBEDDED HIMSELF

EACH MOMENT OF EVERY YEAR
THE HOST ORGANISM
DEFENDING ITSELF FROM THIS FILTH
THIS CANCER
COATED HIM WITH DEFENSIVE OOZE
LAYER AFTER LAYER OF IT
UNTIL THE SPECK HAD GROWN
DENSE DARK SMOOTH

A TINY PELLET OF LIQUID IRON ARMOR

THE PRODUCT OF A 1000 ATTACKS
THE COLLECTED RESIDUE OF A 1000 STORMS

YUP

HE WAS NOT A SHINING DIAMOND OF A MAN
THE DARK PEARLS WERE PERFECT

THEY LOOKED GOOD ON HER
SHE LIKED THEM
SHE REALLY DID
HE WAS SURPRISED HOW MUCH SHE LIKED THEM
AND THAT SHE WORE THEM EVERY DAY

HE TROTTED OFF TO THE JEWELER
TO GET HER THE MATCHING EARRINGS

DAAAAATS RIGHT
DARK PEARLS BY HAFJAK DIVIZ

OHHH
A THOUSAND ATTACKS
A THOUSAND STORMS

YEAH
I KNOW
I GET CARRIED AWAY

PLEASE READ DISCO BALL
AFTER READING THIS ONE
THEY ARE THE SAME POEM
WRITTEN THROUGH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

FOR MOM
A PEARL HERSELF
BUT A BRIGHT SHINING ONE

JAK
OVER AND
OFF

COPYRIGHT 2009 HAFJAK DIVIZ
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED