caliban's blues
all of these days
eating me raw
flaw by bloody flaw
win lose or draw
all these centuries
burning me away
rend peel & flay
the devil i say
none of these failures
shall so much as slow me down
for i'm such a perfect clown
i'll dance until i drown
the rise & fall of us all
history is a fickle bitch
she loves to pull a bait-&-switch
in the smoking rubble we're sure we've got her
as we race to the next farce even hotter
history is a crazy dame
she shuns the meek yet strangles fame
as we march to triumph & destiny's seal
she giggles - & drops a new banana peel
Posy
My eyes are wet but I will not weep
This is a little blessing for you to keep
& when you are wishing you could be brave
Your heart can renew this gift I gave
requiem for Pat Lowther
circa 1984
i read your words
& i am still
scared to again
you
are still so good
that i am
going to anyway
haiku for a black ladybug
her 4 scarlet gems
herald beauty's dawn so shy:
enchanted daughter
wake
truth is behind us
growing
we feed its verdict
change is yet ahead
maddening
the themes of its melody
these paths
reveal their pilgrims
others wait
watching & smiling
virtue lives in us
fearing
the day of its awakening
song of madness
i'm out of it i'm inside it
i'm out of it it's inside me
draw the line cross the line
erase the line
i'm still alive i'm still dying
i'm still alive death am i
the world spins the world stands still
in the beginning was the word
in the end only hissing rain
as it was it will be again
but all of this will never ever be
is this heaven's own dew
is this bitter dark blood
another utopia another nightmare
another day another daydream
does this wind have a name
does this hour have a colour
we rise singing we fall screaming
see the moon feel the sun
see the earth disappear ...
di/agnostic prayer
the sun snuck out at the city
someone smiled
a flag was put away under lock & key
the last one ever amen
