Post-lunch Friday punch-drunk post

It's been a very long day, so here are a few oldies.

'September Dreamwish'

For you, the Louisiana circus ringmaster dons sparkly cloak of stellar spells, and conjures a September dreamwish that cloud-floats you on by, by, out of the bayou. As cheeks and eyelids lay down wild yet mellow, slow and low, with the million and one sweet intimacies of water lillies, flecks 'n' flashes light a path, clear of the caves of darkness, down here in the Basin, where the blues vie with lullabies to project your dreamy innervisions. Watch the Mississippi tapestry pass you by in steamboat style, with dancin', carousin' and a gamblin'. Taste the bourbon trickling past your lips, slim. You is my rock-a-bye-baby-sugar-cane, and you don't even know it...

31st August 2004


'Freefall, Brother'

We are joined
together,
in a multitude
of unseen ways,
brother.

Break the bonds
that tie you
to pain, brother.

Come,
hitch yourself
to my star -
it's not far,
brother.

Let us weave,
interconnect,
stellar-spanning
stitches,
brother.

Freefall
with me, brother.

28th April, 2004


'Teflon'

Standing at the crease
I swing hard.
I hear a pleasing thunk;
My bat is smeared in red.
No matter,
for this frying pan
is coated in Teflon®,
and no matter
how many times
I smash you
in the head –
thwick thwacking away
your blood won’t stick
and neither will the charge:
for my lawyer is slick.

Teflon is a registered trademark of DuPont. DuPont do not recommend the use of Teflon cookware for assault or murder and use of the Teflon brand does not imply any endorsement by DuPont of criminal acts. Remember to wipe down all surfaces after disposal.

23rd January 2004