Friday, August 7, 2009

Gaton Update

If you are a follower of Gaton you may already know that he did not attend his own re-release at the end of July. Two things happened to cause this.

1st: He (Gaton) took one look at the issue that was to be put-out and decided that the boys at Teppichfresser had no idea what they were doing. Aside from the Endnotes being referred to as "footnotes" they were also talking about releasing the original page from the first section of the poem entitled "Secret" which is actually a self censored page of automatic writing where in the lines that least resembled Grenada were omitted. Though this didn't happen it was enough to push him to follow through with his plan which is the second reason.

2nd: He has decided to return to Israel. After the passing of his beloved wife Gaton has for some time talked about needed a new connection. He has found it in returning to the faith of ancestors. Though only a small portion of his bloodline may actually be of Jewish descent it does come down through his mother's side so despite being raised Catholic he has decided to go to his roots.

I actually drove him to the airport in Milwaukee on what would have been the day of his only reading in Milwaukee. He claimed some desire to see what he referred to as "the situation on the ground" and what indeed could be done to bring peace in the Middle East.