The Last Enchantment
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Back Street Crawler (no 2)
A diamond necklace played the pawn
Hand in hand some drummed along
To a handsome man and baton
A blind class aristocracy
Back through the opera glass you see
The pit and the pendulum drawn
Columnated ruins domino.
Canvass the town and brush the backdrop
Are you sleeping ?
Hung velvet overtaken me
Dim chandelier awaken me
To a song dissolved in the dawn.
The music hall a costly bow
The music all is lost for now
To a muted trumpeter swan
Columnated ruins domino.
Canvass the town and brush the backdrop
Are you sleeping, Brother John ?
Copenhagen 2006
Back Street Crawler ( No 1)
I was gambling in Havana,
I took a little risk,
Send lawyers,guns and money,
Daddy - get me out of this.
Friday, October 27, 2006
So, tagged by that little twat Tam Lin eh ? Actually this isn't half as difficult as I thought:
1. I know that my daughter is the most precious thing in the world.
2. I know that there's more to life than sex and money (although I enjoy an abundance of both).
3. I know that you can kill my body but not my spirit.
4. I know that I choose my friends carefully and without 3 or 4 of them I'd never have got through the last few years. I love them for this and they know it.
5. I know that I've under-achieved through a series of wrong turnings but it still isn't too late to "win the war after losing every battle" as Bob Dylan would say.
2. I know that there's more to life than sex and money (although I enjoy an abundance of both).
3. I know that you can kill my body but not my spirit.
4. I know that I choose my friends carefully and without 3 or 4 of them I'd never have got through the last few years. I love them for this and they know it.
5. I know that I've under-achieved through a series of wrong turnings but it still isn't too late to "win the war after losing every battle" as Bob Dylan would say.
Howzat ?
M.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Jade
Time stops - the light goes on
A thundering head and no body
Washed up and woke up on the beach
Seaside breakfast , a tender egg on white sand.
Legs long and tan without a break, even to the neck,
Suddenly, simultaneously, an eclipse and a snowfall,
Flakes melt instantly on the shoulders like wet silver
Burning little holes all the way to the marrow.
Puckered flesh like avocado sags into a green pool,
All the birds leave turquoise ruts across the velveeta sky
It's time to scream.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Apropos Alpha Females (Part IV)
Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way.
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's clouds illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all.
Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way
But now it's just another show
You leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care don't let them know
Don't give yourself away.
I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take, and still somehow
It's loves illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all.
Apropos Alpha Females (Part III)
Vanished weeds in window jars
Tarnished beads on tapestries
Kept in satin boxes are
Reflections of love's memories.
Letters from across the seas
Roses dipped in sealing wax
Valentines and maple leaves
Tucked into a paperback.
Guess I'll throw them all away
I found someone to love today.
Dark with darker moods is he
Not a Golden Prince who's come
Through columbines and wizardry
To talk of castles in the sun.
Still I'll take a chance and see
I found someone to love today.
There's a sorrow in his eyes
Like the angel made of tin
What will happen if I try
To place another heart in him?
In a Bleeker Street cafe
I found someone to love today.
Apropos Alpha Females (Part II)
I was dreaming of the past,I began to lose control,
I began to lose control,
I didn't mean to hurt you,
I'm sorry that I made you cry,
I didn't want to hurt you,
I'm just a jealous guy.
I was feeling insecure,
You might not love me any more,
I was shivering inside,
I was shivering inside,
I didn't mean to hurt you,
I'm sorry that I made you cry,
I didn't mean to hurt you,
I'm just a jealous guy.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Apropos Alpha Females
"The down lift came first, the young American stepped easily into it, and Jerry resumed his post. The door marked C opened; he saw her come out, and turn to double-lock it. Her clothes were everyday. Her hair was long and ash blond but she tied it in a pony-tail at the nape. She wore a plain halter-neck dress and sandals, and though he couldn't see her face he already knew she was beautiful. She walked to the lift, still not seeing him, and Jerry had the illusion of looking in on her through a window from the street.
There were women in Jerry's world who carried their bodies as if they were citadels to be stormed only by the bravest, and Jerry had married several; or perhaps they grew that way under his influence. There were women who seemed determined to hate themselves, hunching their backs and locking up their hips. And there were women who had only to walk toward him to bring him a gift. "
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
" I honestly do wonder, without wishing to be morbid, how I reached this present pass. So far as I can ever remember of my youth , I chose the secret road because it seemed to lead straightest and furthest toward my country's goal. The enemy in those days was someone we could point at and read about in the papers. Today, all I know is that I have learned to interpret the whole of life in terms of conspiracy. That is the sword I have lived by, and as I look around me now I see that it is the sword that I shall die by as well. These people terrify me, but I am one of them. If they stab me in the back, then at least that is the judgement of my peers."
