haiku for a black ladybug
her 4 scarlet gems
herald beauty's dawn so shy:
enchanted daughter
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Salad Daze Archive Unit 29 (1997)
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
Monday, May 24, 2021
Salad Daze Archive Unit 28 (1993)
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 ...
Salad Daze Archive Unit 27 (1994)
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
Monday, March 1, 2021
Monday, November 23, 2020
The Perpetual Morbid Bias Of Reality Filters
There has never been a boon without someone to take credit for it.
There has never been a blight without someone explaining it away as the "mystery" of an omniscient deity or of a dead deterministic universe.
Monday, August 10, 2020
Salad Daze Archive Unit 26 (1997)
nux vomica
There is no center here
and now ignorance shrinks terrified
Here is a worthy note for us all:
the curses of all children unfed
There are accidents over us
or can you not face them
There is no light here
so there is no point in turning away
Here is a lie applying to us all:
we couldn't do anything to change things
There are maniacs hunting us or
have you seen them yet
There are no terms here
as our spirits wounded shake and cry
This the trophy undiscovered:
in equal amity to grow unchained
There are monsters inside us or
are you one already
There is no edge here
and a tide pulls me harder
Here is a guess aimed at us all:
the sleepwalking is sweetest at the cliff
There is too little from us
or did you not notice
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Salad Daze Archivee Unit 25 (1998)
the death o' me.
I promise more storms & with them more joy,
after the death o' me.
Perhaps then I won't even lay down to die,
long past the death o' me.
Days turn strange with tender new change,
after the death o' me.
Yet I'd know you word for word, someone just heard,
long past the death o' me.
See where I sail, don't you open my mail.
after the death o' me.
For it's my vague belief some might smile with relief,
upon the death o' me.
Nights wlll keep kisses for many shy misses,
after the death o' me.
My heartaches sincerely are costing us dearly,
'twill be the death o' me.
I promise more storms & with them more joy,
after the death o' me.
Perhaps then I won't even lay down to die,
long past the death o' me.
Days turn strange with tender new change,
after the death o' me.
Yet I'd know you word for word, someone just heard,
long past the death o' me.
See where I sail, don't you open my mail.
after the death o' me.
For it's my vague belief some might smile with relief,
upon the death o' me.
Nights wlll keep kisses for many shy misses,
after the death o' me.
My heartaches sincerely are costing us dearly,
'twill be the death o' me.
inferno (Salad Daze Archive Unit 24 -- 1993)
inferno
disdain this cold hand
the wind lets o'er your skin
renew the fire inside alive
push the fumes in deep
punish this instant with force
relinquish to me this sullen light
sow the gift of insane happinesses
the rain slides o'er your skin
refrain that aches next my heart
soothe each torment alas
with oh so many smiles at last
renew with a gesture smooth
disdain each shade of bloom
that lurks below your gaze
disdain that cold hand
submit to these commands
the wind lets into your eyes
with oh so many tears
close the locket deep
claim each pulse for only me
with senses brought to life
harvest these new fires
the rain will never end them
with mere wishes hissing
amaze my ancient spirit
that frolics freshly spawned
submits to your commands
awaken your dormant embers
be my lorelei petal
as the heat enters eternity
dance among angels among avatars
without heed of victory
as dew glistens on my cheek
hold heat in this theatre
the night will never discover
as a bird invokes our sorrow forgot
touch a moment flaming
without your darker side remaining
as the light brightens this embrace
astonish our bodies in novelty
be an archangel of eros
awaken my dormant embers
define the faces of history
through a warped mirror
fly with my childish eye
deny us to the bloated moon
though our sexes wax with yearning
dive with me in dreams
destroy the prisons of fear
through a simple gambol
unknown its shivering abandon
denude the icy veil within
though comfort is in its sting
define the phases of mystery
kiss your fingers to midnight
laughing at a serpent flowing
crimson 'neath that jester
taste its unaged musk so new
revel as my desire lies asleep
crucified above this gesture
swim toward some invisible eon
laughing while it falls asunder
crashes into silence
languish a day in bondage
until the tears wound me
chrysalis of an alien destiny
create a song of earth
layers of gentle warmth now
kiss my wings to noontide
fuel our futile triumphs
while the age rolls sideways
element of pulsing passion
frisk in this sweet furnace
fraught with peril finally forgotten
element of sighs and tempests
sail o'er a morning flowing
while our blood calls us
element of tides and of life
ignite the sword of romance
that frolics freshly spawned
fuel the feeble triumvirate
press the shield of hope
near fury with desperation
to a new allegory
allow another asterisk alms
reveal its hidden bouquet
to my delighted sense
master these days with solace
near the gates of madness
to comic oblivion meandering
persist even through wounds
reveal my enigma screaming
to some unnamed goddess
two loves here did collide
fantasy alone gave them life
press the crest of mutiny
only with union your decline
insists upon sacred conflagration
smoke of forests releases
own a kingdom of gasps
yes justice slumbers
behind your sizzling vision
oh how distant you are
insists my mind in this darkness
yet still you are embracing me
opium of sacred lust
that frolics freshly spawned
only with fusion our sweet climb
race toward my comfort
let your misery fade to black
a paradox wrapped in ether
sound mutual depths with fire
leave their molten memory
a polished emblem for other eyes
bear new truths to this year
let it die sweetly on our lips
a parody of older tragedies
make love lonely with your grace
no more reason in this rhyme
a paroxysm of tongues flexing
warm yourself on this moan
defend the pride of romance
race away from your abyss
lost my heart to your blaze
as it crept down my spine
in a season of bittersweet ice
saw you there so small so holy
in the distance a guiding star
in your skin what was awoken
touched your body in a fog
as a song began slowly burning
in our thoughts like gasoline
gained a star in furious morning
neither tear nor laugh was found
lost your rainbow to my reverie
nuzzle this crooked wood
into dancing rebirth
at the crux of this our comedy
pass your torch to glory
alarm my sleeping surfaces
at each hair leave garlands
halt anachronism of time
into your web bind it fast
at its tomb leave one red rose
sing ever soft your need
alarm muses with its musky fluid
at your zenith tides do turn
rest to struggle further
in another wild millennium
nuzzle that horizon of self
play upon these chilly bones
derange them into symphonic joy
as yours also release hot dew
play with fire as it hesitates
natural oven your dark pudendum
shudder with the divine contract
play beyond the wall of slumber
derange the core so tenderly steaming
in other eve i too will send ripples
play upon my velvet bell
that frolics freshly spawned
play beneath our tropical bones
join our geographies to dream
serve we now a better duty
for each moment it loves us
in the nexus peace calls
to an ideal as fine as sterling
for no jester can this deny
solve the riddle of our desires
serve their hunger a painless hell
for this alone is our erotic purpose
claim the heritage of love's wisdom
free it from our sighing throats
for it is fantasy worth any gold
soothe our grief in this poultice
care against these bitter times
join our infinities awake
folly unleash from its planet
holy signs left here behind
pure the ceremony begun
question's writhing ember balanced
upon our lips so mild
pure enough never to burn us
the sound of hissing rain
holy anointing mantle shines
pure beyond remembrance this
ascend the sacred tower of lust
that frolics freshly spawned
folly return to its fine orbit
draw me nigh queen of infernal sky
save this knave with laughter
all his horns are burnished
make vinegar tempt bees
or the crow turn snow white
all his feathers illuminated
each trail of solitary honey
save until it ends in rebellion
all arisen from your female springs
mine is the triumphant ode
or suicide turned inside out
all of which is your crazy doing
feed the flame my secret name
as the fuel gathers speed
draw down the sky with one bright eye
kiss my lazy butterfly
out of its rank dark dungeon
as something original explodes
kiss the century goodbye
with a high gazebo of innocence
this the most perfect crime
kissing your darkening nipples
out of their hibernation
as i wish you to justly reply
kissing something original
my virtue ruined in flickering bliss
kissed into that alien territory
awake to fiery novelty
after these mad mazes
so winds the timeless path
harmonize absurd logic
hiding beneath bronze skin
so to enlighten my service
pluck these strings to frenzy
after our penance is done
so fine its destruction then
live beyond any rule herein
worthy only of catharsis
so distilled are its many jewels
sonnet of truth we sculpted
somewhere 'twixt beauty and pain
awake oh fleshy incendiary
take me to your well of blood
relief awaits me hot and good
mine alone its weeping smile
rhyme its course with ferment
to seal another scroll
mine to give this serpent of fire
comet of black tickling hair
relief from solemn rites
mine to give and to be given
silk bolt convulsing below
that frolics freshly spawned
takes you to my tower of blood
live in the envelope of now
hope past the long treachery
your beacon persists even here
pursue the pleasure within
anomaly that flirts with eternity
your abandon insists on stillness
flicker out from this cage
hope futures into form
your contact sends blessing sparks
shoot the roman fire of fancy
anomaly incandescent rebellion
your pulse the ash is reborn
shine inside my palm ascendant
blend your oils at the apex
live in the labyrinth of now
learn a rune for no good reason
decide to the blind horizon
cast a stone at another hour
learn the codes of myth
portray an obscure angel
as a wave rises to this land
learn through each foul membrane
decide to claim a journey
unborn as the chorus of tomorrow
learn as you weave silly tapestries
that frolic freshly spawned
learn the tune of sweet reason
glide across the cursing ice
on wings streaming orange tentacles
whimsy the enigma drifts laughing
plow an altar to bedrock
as it rises through glistening
whimsy delicious yet terrifying
descend this archway softly
on feet grand and deft
whimsy in each plump toe
cleave your way to my foundry
with a bladed ringing gaze
whimsy the anvil of this creation
flee evening in your inspiration
on spastic pinions free
glide into the shattering ice
prepare the new temple
where my holy storm intrudes
by the game of prankster heat
gather the cooing red flock
of sizzling knives to their reunion
by the grace of our supremacy
plead with me to the silent one
where she patiently dreams us all
by a mad cycle of invisible songs
construct the platform soundly
this no mere sacrament we bear
prepare the ancient temples
pin up another molten medallion
upon this breast that heaves amazed
to have such honour made
achieve the mania you aspire
lovely its agony to such victory
to gain such a titanic prize
skim the ripples of liquid heat
upon your golden cup of days
to beauty mock with its own warmth
drain each drop with that wise tongue
lovely this instrument beyond harmony
to relent exhausted by such a destiny
gasp as its momentum spins
inside each inch of sweating skin
pin down its placid desperation
wisps of frost disintegrate
in the vortex our touch revives
by honeyed synergy to exclaim
whistling cyclone the lion undying
delicate executioner of blackness
in undulating tails you anoint
nova of pleasing now releasing
that frolics freshly spawned
whispering miles of naked ballad
fashion a heraldry that breathes
from layers of history hearkening
molded in motion with gesticulation
stir shadows false in your torch
arc it past the frigid skyline
molded in rebirth screaming
return intact the igneous egg
from its dank nest so alluring
molded by these velveteen pressures
coalesce faithful dear child of fire
to one great purpose conquer
molded between our gentle fingers
salvation true in this laurel
so link it unto perpetual comedy
fashion a visage that pauses
proclaim my fealty to that glow
so as to bind it sternly
drop of wax bears soft glad regalia
let one candle stand for two
an edge of light we now defy
drop of wine the holy discovery
blood of the air that feeds us
so every laugh can ring the strongest
drop of red dew is this coal
strange feast of your hot breath
that frolics freshly spawned
proclaim your treason to this night
capture with earthy gazes
the fringes of my silhouette
lines that liquefy in this current
pose a circus march of loiterers
arch solid blinding lightning
lines that breed afterimages
retain without any mnemonic
the quivering knives nearly singing
lines soldered into a monolith
stoke the unknown engines
arch spine like spirit dragon
lines traced in night sky making faces
risk all futures on an imperial gesture
loiter at the threshold of ignition
capture with celestial gazes
paradise is within inferno concealed
fortunes of liberty are set in stone
licence somehow its rules revealed
panic claims its banquet of revelry
drools eerie trails of viscous vapour
spectra bubbling in greying chorus
pacific tide of waves on fire
fortunes flock to surreal certainty
true as the bullet of my climax
pathway etched in cracking steel
it frisks and meanders dreamily
paradise is beyond inferno unsealed
flare out of the cauldron of years
sweet smoky child survivor
drift o'er the landscape of fuels
flow with the music always
extinguish not thy purification
drift loose when the crux draws nigh
deign to grace us with salvation
sweet fumes of delphi in thy gaze
drift to me o'er tides restlessly
descend with praise oh flame of thought
pronounce these epicycles worthy
drift beneath them with heated wit
flood icy evening openly
a deed too true for these words
flaring into the vase of moments
labyrinth of sultry touch
branding the dark with visions
collide awake as my arousal
crackling silence of these sighs
mated to impossible light
collide with exploring novelty
recline alas unjoined herein
branding the black sky with wishes
collide in chaos in holy truth
conspiring erotic jewel of fancy
that frolics freshly spawned
labyrinth of chill longing
ode so small so righteous
you inscribed through a haze of smoke
incandescent seraph so shiny
chorus madly invoked then
my eyes illumined with romance
incandescent laughter of forever
unseen beings beheld the rite
you grew from foetal reveries
incandescent in its vast maturing
ink of red and paper forest green
my eyes fluttered with their marriage
incandescent respendent and wild
destroying time with pleasure
liberty our only authority
ode so long is this clear river
resonate with darkness smould'ring
defy every cold and faceless tower
with the candle of immortal cupid
resort to the fire of my sex
the blooming growth finally freed
by the captivity of thy shadow
resume other concerts gladly
defy even this if whim commands
balance totality at perihelion
resounding angelic wind of orgasm
that frolics freshly spawned
resonates with light bursting
flickering beads in opaline vision
crowning the sculpture of profiles
cataract of lust that sacred smoke
spill another grandiloquent drop
crowning the mantle vermillion
cataclysm of fulfillment crackling
meander in these allegoric forests
crowning their sentinels orange
catlike kinetic fluid of imaginations
laze beneath the tree of paradox
crawling to conquest merrily
catalysts distilling with gestures
rendezvous with some empathic sprite
yearnings twist like strange serpents
flickering beads of fire leap blindly
glow along with this blood sceptre
plunging gift of eager trance
we each collapse before this knight
master the slow dance of unity
wet streams scorch the bodies now
we assent to its blue-white beams
glorying in a naked promenade
plunging into this lava
we can only cry out triumphant
consume this bubble of ambrosia
while we push aside each barrier
glowing amidst this plebian theatre
delve 'neath a meniscus of stars
dare to enjoy your secret island
inflamed with my unicorn of lusts
merge into this effervescence
tease the cool mask of history
infuse it with a charm thus born
wave to the sky at last sublime
dare the simplest courages
inflame my nervous surface now
charge quixotic yet still victorious
tease the edges of another eve
infuriatingly delight this tongue
with such liberty wisdom makes
while our humid hearts stirring
delve above a field of stones
moan a song of sweet dissonance
hallowed hymns in erotic trance
repent the metropolis once again
moan with your musky sacraments
drain my flask unto oblivion
as the galaxy wheels over elegant
moaning our loving intersection
hallowed as these shaking limbs
dare the smallest fear to death
moan at infinity suddenly ripe with heat
that frolics freshly spawned
sing the noises of assonance
embrace this darkling meteor
as it crosses your invisible cosmos
thrust against its insisting power
return to the first sparks
as they scrape us out of dust
thrown together gasping in ecstasy
flash those dusky eyes of youth
as the horizon bursts with sunsets
thrilling the marrow of dying day
brush against this beautiful abyss
asking for only a few hours to kiss
through which to cheat its archives
wrap the breast of evening in
a standard of pure flame
embrace this sparkling phoenix
bend this light of my vision
startling in its first discovery
find the gold of this spirit
whole at last our vanquished solitudes
disappear under such lightning
find the key here that releases it
reign here in this secret grove
startling its unwelcome tranquility
find the new storms of your heart
refine them to dazzling clarity
that frolics freshly spawned
bending that night of our visions
enchant this thudding heart
deranged by your smoky musk
kindly does it beckon to me
wrap my kisses deep within
the orchid of your vulva
kindling this rite of new virtue
twine our fingers together
deranged in their perpetual mingling
kind combat they then make
flex this feminine majesty
the feast of my virgin tongue
kin to the small glowing pink coal
rage with sweating pleasure
as my kisses seek your explosion
enchant this peaceful heart
a reddening soft conflagration
offering upon its dewy altar
the marvel of a heaven in life
a ruby beyond any price
that gains conquest by surrendering
its fantastic sense of wholesome joy
a banquet of soft groans
offering our fires to history
while we tease the winter to shreds
a swollen hooded demon
emerges as you signal your rapture
a blushing stiffening conflagration
deny that cold hand
the rain sends o'er your skin
return to this panting demand
tense oh beast waiting within
to the last insistent force
spread long soft wings for final flight
sow the seed upon its course
the zenith now of my own hot delight
refrain that shudders deep within
soothe each torrent at last
with just this many smiles that spin
springing forth gestures so fast
distinct each gasping command
below your gaze there is oblivion hot
denying this cold hand
submit to those commands of thought
their chain frees my own surprise
with such a burning shower
close to you its length does rise
with each pulse of my bursting flower
our swooning senses revel in life
my purple bulb, your ruddy nest
their reign of endless union blessed
with a wish here newly dawned
amaze this bashful request
that frolics freshly spawned
submit to love with sighing rest
disdain this cold hand
the wind lets o'er your skin
renew the fire inside alive
push the fumes in deep
punish this instant with force
relinquish to me this sullen light
sow the gift of insane happinesses
the rain slides o'er your skin
refrain that aches next my heart
soothe each torment alas
with oh so many smiles at last
renew with a gesture smooth
disdain each shade of bloom
that lurks below your gaze
disdain that cold hand
submit to these commands
the wind lets into your eyes
with oh so many tears
close the locket deep
claim each pulse for only me
with senses brought to life
harvest these new fires
the rain will never end them
with mere wishes hissing
amaze my ancient spirit
that frolics freshly spawned
submits to your commands
awaken your dormant embers
be my lorelei petal
as the heat enters eternity
dance among angels among avatars
without heed of victory
as dew glistens on my cheek
hold heat in this theatre
the night will never discover
as a bird invokes our sorrow forgot
touch a moment flaming
without your darker side remaining
as the light brightens this embrace
astonish our bodies in novelty
be an archangel of eros
awaken my dormant embers
define the faces of history
through a warped mirror
fly with my childish eye
deny us to the bloated moon
though our sexes wax with yearning
dive with me in dreams
destroy the prisons of fear
through a simple gambol
unknown its shivering abandon
denude the icy veil within
though comfort is in its sting
define the phases of mystery
kiss your fingers to midnight
laughing at a serpent flowing
crimson 'neath that jester
taste its unaged musk so new
revel as my desire lies asleep
crucified above this gesture
swim toward some invisible eon
laughing while it falls asunder
crashes into silence
languish a day in bondage
until the tears wound me
chrysalis of an alien destiny
create a song of earth
layers of gentle warmth now
kiss my wings to noontide
fuel our futile triumphs
while the age rolls sideways
element of pulsing passion
frisk in this sweet furnace
fraught with peril finally forgotten
element of sighs and tempests
sail o'er a morning flowing
while our blood calls us
element of tides and of life
ignite the sword of romance
that frolics freshly spawned
fuel the feeble triumvirate
press the shield of hope
near fury with desperation
to a new allegory
allow another asterisk alms
reveal its hidden bouquet
to my delighted sense
master these days with solace
near the gates of madness
to comic oblivion meandering
persist even through wounds
reveal my enigma screaming
to some unnamed goddess
two loves here did collide
fantasy alone gave them life
press the crest of mutiny
only with union your decline
insists upon sacred conflagration
smoke of forests releases
own a kingdom of gasps
yes justice slumbers
behind your sizzling vision
oh how distant you are
insists my mind in this darkness
yet still you are embracing me
opium of sacred lust
that frolics freshly spawned
only with fusion our sweet climb
race toward my comfort
let your misery fade to black
a paradox wrapped in ether
sound mutual depths with fire
leave their molten memory
a polished emblem for other eyes
bear new truths to this year
let it die sweetly on our lips
a parody of older tragedies
make love lonely with your grace
no more reason in this rhyme
a paroxysm of tongues flexing
warm yourself on this moan
defend the pride of romance
race away from your abyss
lost my heart to your blaze
as it crept down my spine
in a season of bittersweet ice
saw you there so small so holy
in the distance a guiding star
in your skin what was awoken
touched your body in a fog
as a song began slowly burning
in our thoughts like gasoline
gained a star in furious morning
neither tear nor laugh was found
lost your rainbow to my reverie
nuzzle this crooked wood
into dancing rebirth
at the crux of this our comedy
pass your torch to glory
alarm my sleeping surfaces
at each hair leave garlands
halt anachronism of time
into your web bind it fast
at its tomb leave one red rose
sing ever soft your need
alarm muses with its musky fluid
at your zenith tides do turn
rest to struggle further
in another wild millennium
nuzzle that horizon of self
play upon these chilly bones
derange them into symphonic joy
as yours also release hot dew
play with fire as it hesitates
natural oven your dark pudendum
shudder with the divine contract
play beyond the wall of slumber
derange the core so tenderly steaming
in other eve i too will send ripples
play upon my velvet bell
that frolics freshly spawned
play beneath our tropical bones
join our geographies to dream
serve we now a better duty
for each moment it loves us
in the nexus peace calls
to an ideal as fine as sterling
for no jester can this deny
solve the riddle of our desires
serve their hunger a painless hell
for this alone is our erotic purpose
claim the heritage of love's wisdom
free it from our sighing throats
for it is fantasy worth any gold
soothe our grief in this poultice
care against these bitter times
join our infinities awake
folly unleash from its planet
holy signs left here behind
pure the ceremony begun
question's writhing ember balanced
upon our lips so mild
pure enough never to burn us
the sound of hissing rain
holy anointing mantle shines
pure beyond remembrance this
ascend the sacred tower of lust
that frolics freshly spawned
folly return to its fine orbit
draw me nigh queen of infernal sky
save this knave with laughter
all his horns are burnished
make vinegar tempt bees
or the crow turn snow white
all his feathers illuminated
each trail of solitary honey
save until it ends in rebellion
all arisen from your female springs
mine is the triumphant ode
or suicide turned inside out
all of which is your crazy doing
feed the flame my secret name
as the fuel gathers speed
draw down the sky with one bright eye
kiss my lazy butterfly
out of its rank dark dungeon
as something original explodes
kiss the century goodbye
with a high gazebo of innocence
this the most perfect crime
kissing your darkening nipples
out of their hibernation
as i wish you to justly reply
kissing something original
my virtue ruined in flickering bliss
kissed into that alien territory
awake to fiery novelty
after these mad mazes
so winds the timeless path
harmonize absurd logic
hiding beneath bronze skin
so to enlighten my service
pluck these strings to frenzy
after our penance is done
so fine its destruction then
live beyond any rule herein
worthy only of catharsis
so distilled are its many jewels
sonnet of truth we sculpted
somewhere 'twixt beauty and pain
awake oh fleshy incendiary
take me to your well of blood
relief awaits me hot and good
mine alone its weeping smile
rhyme its course with ferment
to seal another scroll
mine to give this serpent of fire
comet of black tickling hair
relief from solemn rites
mine to give and to be given
silk bolt convulsing below
that frolics freshly spawned
takes you to my tower of blood
live in the envelope of now
hope past the long treachery
your beacon persists even here
pursue the pleasure within
anomaly that flirts with eternity
your abandon insists on stillness
flicker out from this cage
hope futures into form
your contact sends blessing sparks
shoot the roman fire of fancy
anomaly incandescent rebellion
your pulse the ash is reborn
shine inside my palm ascendant
blend your oils at the apex
live in the labyrinth of now
learn a rune for no good reason
decide to the blind horizon
cast a stone at another hour
learn the codes of myth
portray an obscure angel
as a wave rises to this land
learn through each foul membrane
decide to claim a journey
unborn as the chorus of tomorrow
learn as you weave silly tapestries
that frolic freshly spawned
learn the tune of sweet reason
glide across the cursing ice
on wings streaming orange tentacles
whimsy the enigma drifts laughing
plow an altar to bedrock
as it rises through glistening
whimsy delicious yet terrifying
descend this archway softly
on feet grand and deft
whimsy in each plump toe
cleave your way to my foundry
with a bladed ringing gaze
whimsy the anvil of this creation
flee evening in your inspiration
on spastic pinions free
glide into the shattering ice
prepare the new temple
where my holy storm intrudes
by the game of prankster heat
gather the cooing red flock
of sizzling knives to their reunion
by the grace of our supremacy
plead with me to the silent one
where she patiently dreams us all
by a mad cycle of invisible songs
construct the platform soundly
this no mere sacrament we bear
prepare the ancient temples
pin up another molten medallion
upon this breast that heaves amazed
to have such honour made
achieve the mania you aspire
lovely its agony to such victory
to gain such a titanic prize
skim the ripples of liquid heat
upon your golden cup of days
to beauty mock with its own warmth
drain each drop with that wise tongue
lovely this instrument beyond harmony
to relent exhausted by such a destiny
gasp as its momentum spins
inside each inch of sweating skin
pin down its placid desperation
wisps of frost disintegrate
in the vortex our touch revives
by honeyed synergy to exclaim
whistling cyclone the lion undying
delicate executioner of blackness
in undulating tails you anoint
nova of pleasing now releasing
that frolics freshly spawned
whispering miles of naked ballad
fashion a heraldry that breathes
from layers of history hearkening
molded in motion with gesticulation
stir shadows false in your torch
arc it past the frigid skyline
molded in rebirth screaming
return intact the igneous egg
from its dank nest so alluring
molded by these velveteen pressures
coalesce faithful dear child of fire
to one great purpose conquer
molded between our gentle fingers
salvation true in this laurel
so link it unto perpetual comedy
fashion a visage that pauses
proclaim my fealty to that glow
so as to bind it sternly
drop of wax bears soft glad regalia
let one candle stand for two
an edge of light we now defy
drop of wine the holy discovery
blood of the air that feeds us
so every laugh can ring the strongest
drop of red dew is this coal
strange feast of your hot breath
that frolics freshly spawned
proclaim your treason to this night
capture with earthy gazes
the fringes of my silhouette
lines that liquefy in this current
pose a circus march of loiterers
arch solid blinding lightning
lines that breed afterimages
retain without any mnemonic
the quivering knives nearly singing
lines soldered into a monolith
stoke the unknown engines
arch spine like spirit dragon
lines traced in night sky making faces
risk all futures on an imperial gesture
loiter at the threshold of ignition
capture with celestial gazes
paradise is within inferno concealed
fortunes of liberty are set in stone
licence somehow its rules revealed
panic claims its banquet of revelry
drools eerie trails of viscous vapour
spectra bubbling in greying chorus
pacific tide of waves on fire
fortunes flock to surreal certainty
true as the bullet of my climax
pathway etched in cracking steel
it frisks and meanders dreamily
paradise is beyond inferno unsealed
flare out of the cauldron of years
sweet smoky child survivor
drift o'er the landscape of fuels
flow with the music always
extinguish not thy purification
drift loose when the crux draws nigh
deign to grace us with salvation
sweet fumes of delphi in thy gaze
drift to me o'er tides restlessly
descend with praise oh flame of thought
pronounce these epicycles worthy
drift beneath them with heated wit
flood icy evening openly
a deed too true for these words
flaring into the vase of moments
labyrinth of sultry touch
branding the dark with visions
collide awake as my arousal
crackling silence of these sighs
mated to impossible light
collide with exploring novelty
recline alas unjoined herein
branding the black sky with wishes
collide in chaos in holy truth
conspiring erotic jewel of fancy
that frolics freshly spawned
labyrinth of chill longing
ode so small so righteous
you inscribed through a haze of smoke
incandescent seraph so shiny
chorus madly invoked then
my eyes illumined with romance
incandescent laughter of forever
unseen beings beheld the rite
you grew from foetal reveries
incandescent in its vast maturing
ink of red and paper forest green
my eyes fluttered with their marriage
incandescent respendent and wild
destroying time with pleasure
liberty our only authority
ode so long is this clear river
resonate with darkness smould'ring
defy every cold and faceless tower
with the candle of immortal cupid
resort to the fire of my sex
the blooming growth finally freed
by the captivity of thy shadow
resume other concerts gladly
defy even this if whim commands
balance totality at perihelion
resounding angelic wind of orgasm
that frolics freshly spawned
resonates with light bursting
flickering beads in opaline vision
crowning the sculpture of profiles
cataract of lust that sacred smoke
spill another grandiloquent drop
crowning the mantle vermillion
cataclysm of fulfillment crackling
meander in these allegoric forests
crowning their sentinels orange
catlike kinetic fluid of imaginations
laze beneath the tree of paradox
crawling to conquest merrily
catalysts distilling with gestures
rendezvous with some empathic sprite
yearnings twist like strange serpents
flickering beads of fire leap blindly
glow along with this blood sceptre
plunging gift of eager trance
we each collapse before this knight
master the slow dance of unity
wet streams scorch the bodies now
we assent to its blue-white beams
glorying in a naked promenade
plunging into this lava
we can only cry out triumphant
consume this bubble of ambrosia
while we push aside each barrier
glowing amidst this plebian theatre
delve 'neath a meniscus of stars
dare to enjoy your secret island
inflamed with my unicorn of lusts
merge into this effervescence
tease the cool mask of history
infuse it with a charm thus born
wave to the sky at last sublime
dare the simplest courages
inflame my nervous surface now
charge quixotic yet still victorious
tease the edges of another eve
infuriatingly delight this tongue
with such liberty wisdom makes
while our humid hearts stirring
delve above a field of stones
moan a song of sweet dissonance
hallowed hymns in erotic trance
repent the metropolis once again
moan with your musky sacraments
drain my flask unto oblivion
as the galaxy wheels over elegant
moaning our loving intersection
hallowed as these shaking limbs
dare the smallest fear to death
moan at infinity suddenly ripe with heat
that frolics freshly spawned
sing the noises of assonance
embrace this darkling meteor
as it crosses your invisible cosmos
thrust against its insisting power
return to the first sparks
as they scrape us out of dust
thrown together gasping in ecstasy
flash those dusky eyes of youth
as the horizon bursts with sunsets
thrilling the marrow of dying day
brush against this beautiful abyss
asking for only a few hours to kiss
through which to cheat its archives
wrap the breast of evening in
a standard of pure flame
embrace this sparkling phoenix
bend this light of my vision
startling in its first discovery
find the gold of this spirit
whole at last our vanquished solitudes
disappear under such lightning
find the key here that releases it
reign here in this secret grove
startling its unwelcome tranquility
find the new storms of your heart
refine them to dazzling clarity
that frolics freshly spawned
bending that night of our visions
enchant this thudding heart
deranged by your smoky musk
kindly does it beckon to me
wrap my kisses deep within
the orchid of your vulva
kindling this rite of new virtue
twine our fingers together
deranged in their perpetual mingling
kind combat they then make
flex this feminine majesty
the feast of my virgin tongue
kin to the small glowing pink coal
rage with sweating pleasure
as my kisses seek your explosion
enchant this peaceful heart
a reddening soft conflagration
offering upon its dewy altar
the marvel of a heaven in life
a ruby beyond any price
that gains conquest by surrendering
its fantastic sense of wholesome joy
a banquet of soft groans
offering our fires to history
while we tease the winter to shreds
a swollen hooded demon
emerges as you signal your rapture
a blushing stiffening conflagration
deny that cold hand
the rain sends o'er your skin
return to this panting demand
tense oh beast waiting within
to the last insistent force
spread long soft wings for final flight
sow the seed upon its course
the zenith now of my own hot delight
refrain that shudders deep within
soothe each torrent at last
with just this many smiles that spin
springing forth gestures so fast
distinct each gasping command
below your gaze there is oblivion hot
denying this cold hand
submit to those commands of thought
their chain frees my own surprise
with such a burning shower
close to you its length does rise
with each pulse of my bursting flower
our swooning senses revel in life
my purple bulb, your ruddy nest
their reign of endless union blessed
with a wish here newly dawned
amaze this bashful request
that frolics freshly spawned
submit to love with sighing rest
Monday, June 15, 2020
Salad Daze Archive Unit 23 (1993)
II. Terpsichore
you hide my wild gestures in esprit
the realms of darkness & light
while they struggle free effortlessly
to the tableaux of noon & midnight
there are only bodies straining wildly
beneath my voluminous quilt of gasps
you force them from your breast
the milts of myth allegory trance
this is where lays liberty
this wheel pulsates with living blood
you send the thrill to its target
the realms of my sister muses
while inspiring visionary reverie
that the fate of each sense chooses
there are treasures in my touch
o for those few who will dare try
you can enter my fog of raptures
the sails of whimsy grace delerium
these are the gates & keys you love
send them to their purpose yes
you reveal to me your blushing charms
the intimacy of crimson energies
you clasp this wind in welcoming arms
my synergy your heart to appease
you hide my wild gestures in esprit
the realms of darkness & light
while they struggle free effortlessly
to the tableaux of noon & midnight
there are only bodies straining wildly
beneath my voluminous quilt of gasps
you force them from your breast
the milts of myth allegory trance
this is where lays liberty
this wheel pulsates with living blood
you send the thrill to its target
the realms of my sister muses
while inspiring visionary reverie
that the fate of each sense chooses
there are treasures in my touch
o for those few who will dare try
you can enter my fog of raptures
the sails of whimsy grace delerium
these are the gates & keys you love
send them to their purpose yes
you reveal to me your blushing charms
the intimacy of crimson energies
you clasp this wind in welcoming arms
my synergy your heart to appease
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Dawn Of The Titanic Twenties Ahoy!
Societal non-viability will continue becoming more inflationary - & deadlier - until/unless sentience usage improves sufficiently to counteract it.
Monday, September 9, 2019
Salad Daze Unit 22 (2001)
from one of the living who doesn't envy the dead
although i am not hers
this is no defeat
in what we never shared
i will ever after linger
no pain can solve such love
these tears are lies
although she is not for me
i am bathed in victory
although i am not hers
this is no defeat
in what we never shared
i will ever after linger
no pain can solve such love
these tears are lies
although she is not for me
i am bathed in victory
Salad Daze Archive Unit 21 (2001)
homage to an unknown poet
there is a
huge cold hammer
coming down at me
but this is not a dream
it is blind & patient
the edge is too far
to quite run to
this is more than its shadow
if we laugh
may it then dissolve away
but we still aren't laughing
this is still the same
there is a
huge cold hammer
coming down at me
but this is not a dream
it is blind & patient
the edge is too far
to quite run to
this is more than its shadow
if we laugh
may it then dissolve away
but we still aren't laughing
this is still the same
Friday, August 2, 2019
Salad Daze Archive Unit 20 (1997)
detritus
if i am a stain
on your glorious wall
where the hand
washing me away
or the arms to hold
& forgive away this
if i am an angel
in your milky smog
where the eye
sure swift true & merciful
to snipe me down
& burn away history
or the lips to kiss
where worlds begin
if i am a stain
on your glorious wall
where the hand
washing me away
or the arms to hold
& forgive away this
if i am an angel
in your milky smog
where the eye
sure swift true & merciful
to snipe me down
& burn away history
or the lips to kiss
where worlds begin
Friday, July 5, 2019
Salad Daze Archive Unit 19 (1997)
dumbshow
this stage
bends & flows
over it
players strut & rage
as the sand
laughs into its bowl of glass
scripts blur
in rains like knives
eyes meet bewildered
by the theme music
that has just disappeared
as slowly
this stage rises to meet us
onto it
we flow like curtains
this stage
bends & flows
over it
players strut & rage
as the sand
laughs into its bowl of glass
scripts blur
in rains like knives
eyes meet bewildered
by the theme music
that has just disappeared
as slowly
this stage rises to meet us
onto it
we flow like curtains
Salad Daze Archive Unit 18 (1997)
teasing song
will i learn this
ere it destroys me whole
neither serving nor dictating
neither pen nor page
do i find this
ere it casts me to the dogs
of all my enigmas whole
of each season's shining arm
may i do this
ere the klaxon sows panic
both throat & pendulum
both wolf & lamb
did i make this
will i learn this
ere it destroys me whole
neither serving nor dictating
neither pen nor page
do i find this
ere it casts me to the dogs
of all my enigmas whole
of each season's shining arm
may i do this
ere the klaxon sows panic
both throat & pendulum
both wolf & lamb
did i make this
Monday, June 24, 2019
Salad Daze Archive Unit 17 (2001)
Soft Target
Sacred goods for a profane market: make way for the advent of the next Soft Target...
You got screwed over in our clover, but now you've come back for more.
We'll let you choose which way to lose - do you prefer Virgin or Whore?
We built this city on your aching spine, which suits us just fine.
You can march in our parade while your ideals fade, you're such a good gold-mine.
It's so much more fun than denial & regret: all hail the rise of the new Soft Target...
We grant you a heritage where brother eats brother, it makes your dreams nice & easy to smother.
All you have to do is shrug & turn away, so while the children burn our fiddles can play.
It's payback time so cough up that dime, you know exactly what for.
We stole your choice & altered your voice, you're such a good little war.
Bless you for swimming into our gross net - get up on the altar, you're the next Soft Target...
Sacred goods for a profane market: make way for the advent of the next Soft Target...
You got screwed over in our clover, but now you've come back for more.
We'll let you choose which way to lose - do you prefer Virgin or Whore?
We built this city on your aching spine, which suits us just fine.
You can march in our parade while your ideals fade, you're such a good gold-mine.
It's so much more fun than denial & regret: all hail the rise of the new Soft Target...
We grant you a heritage where brother eats brother, it makes your dreams nice & easy to smother.
All you have to do is shrug & turn away, so while the children burn our fiddles can play.
It's payback time so cough up that dime, you know exactly what for.
We stole your choice & altered your voice, you're such a good little war.
Bless you for swimming into our gross net - get up on the altar, you're the next Soft Target...
Salad Daze Archive Unit 16 (2001)
Panic's Wheel
from Panic comes Prophecy
from Prophecy comes Knowledge
from Knowledge comes Survival
from Survival comes Innocence
from Innocence comes Care
from Care comes Law
from Law comes War
from War comes Peace
from Peace comes Panic
from Panic comes Prophecy
from Prophecy comes Knowledge
from Knowledge comes Survival
from Survival comes Innocence
from Innocence comes Care
from Care comes Law
from Law comes War
from War comes Peace
from Peace comes Panic
Salad Daze Archive Unit 15 (2000)
Heart's Fancy { a Satyre }
imagine me not imaginary
I am your heart's apothecary
wrapped in panic cold & alone
here is the ballad of each shaking bone
this beauty discarded on a summer's day
whispers our warning from its muddy lay
feel me near as kind as ever
I am the cord you cannot sever
wrapped against both hands & swords
none unravels this knot of words
these same burnt eyes seek anew
to share the kinship always with you
know me not quite unknown
I am the elixir you never own
imagine me not imaginary
I am your heart's apothecary
wrapped in panic cold & alone
here is the ballad of each shaking bone
this beauty discarded on a summer's day
whispers our warning from its muddy lay
feel me near as kind as ever
I am the cord you cannot sever
wrapped against both hands & swords
none unravels this knot of words
these same burnt eyes seek anew
to share the kinship always with you
know me not quite unknown
I am the elixir you never own
Salad Daze Archive Unit 14 (2002)
for the unknown empress
pretty maid wild & true
in trousers or a dress
the one no-one can guess
i bore a sacred key
a phantom you swore never to find
i loved you enough not to mind
noontide's half-blind side
strange new spirit majesty
a gentle truth that melted me
you felt like such a zero
when you were my only hero
while i surrendered i learned
from the greatest lyric ever
your voice's small clean river
pretty maid so smooth & fair
you made each day my perfect day
the bergamot in my earl grey
pretty maid wild & true
in trousers or a dress
the one no-one can guess
i bore a sacred key
a phantom you swore never to find
i loved you enough not to mind
noontide's half-blind side
strange new spirit majesty
a gentle truth that melted me
you felt like such a zero
when you were my only hero
while i surrendered i learned
from the greatest lyric ever
your voice's small clean river
pretty maid so smooth & fair
you made each day my perfect day
the bergamot in my earl grey
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