Monday 30 November 2009

On Ice

Before me the icy winter gives shape to my life
That will mirror only my mind,
As a conjuror and his greatest temptations.
The clouded street is heavy,
Is a trial and a constant reminder which I will face.
I take stock of each step and demand the earth push me back
As I get stronger.
The frenzied strains of consciousness are much empowered by the guts,
As they mean to break from the earthly body,
As they force to escape their duty to the past.
Looking back down the street the heart may view its sum,
There is a kaleidoscope of different pictures now cutting up the path,
Soon the mergence of breath will cause unification of action.

Sunday 22 November 2009

Successful Illusionists?

Does your smile always compliment your eyes so well? You never fail to make me warm. You are always so articulate, I wonder if any of your tongue twisters are rehearsed. You always are so busy, I'm surprised I don't see more headlines with your name in them. I often think how fulfilling it must be to have such confidence in your decisions. How well dressed you are, you've truly achieved a sense of personal style, never an off day. Your laugh has filled every room we've ever shared, your jokes are relentless, your mind must race ahead of you. I wonder if the girls have always fallen at your feet like they do, you play them like dominos. Dripping with confidence, your cocky charm wins everyone over - how do you do it? I heard about the new work your making, there is quite a buzz, congratulations - again! You and your family are so perfect together, all so contented. Thanks for the drink, hopefully I'll see you the next time your in town, you'll have even more stories then to tell me. How was your holiday, the photographs look great, yes I got your post card thank you. Well it was great to catch you even if it was for just a few minutes. Ideas everywhere, something new again! Your so prolific, I'd love to see inside your studio, I bet it would be an inspiration, yes I'll see you at the gallery. The client spoke very highly of you, said you were a consummate professional!


An impression ever found in the mirror?

Of Them All

I love you lover
I love you sky
I love you laugh
I love you vision
I love you step
I love you Walt
I love you sacrifice
I love you shadow
I love you new friend
I love you Patti
I love you rage
I love you sea
I love you breath
I remain the most confounding mystery of them all

Imagine Again

      
       Soon another segment somewhere close by
       Unravels in a deeper shade of red.
       Everywhere holes appear in the memory.
       Instincts hoard together, loosing their way,
       Crushing each other, gladly poking fun
       At the confusion, they gayly simmer.
       A familiar breeze teases the senses,
       Fooling around on a well trodden track.
       Summer thoughts in a vast winter midden;
       A reach that had long forgotten its target
       Finds sensation once more at finger tips.
       Shudder creeps into view, onto the lips.
       Breath whispers into the blues, wakes the heart,
       A friendly fear brushes perceptions chart.



Saturday 21 November 2009

Haiku #4

Steaming smile alive;
Frost seeks a place to settle.
Covet exact spot.

Friday 20 November 2009

Excerpt #3

Today I went into the bathroom on the executive floor, I had an errand to run up there. There was a couple in there, she was sitting in the sink and he was between her legs, licking her neck. I watched them until they noticed me, until they turned and stared at me actually. I went into the cubicle and did what I came to and when I came out they were still there and now he was kissing the other side of her neck. I washed my hands in the sink next to them and splashed a bit of water their way just to see if I could get a reaction but this time they ignored me so I left. I just can’t understand why he was spending all that time on her neck. Surely being in the corporate loos must dilute the need for foreplay? Isn’t it more smash and grab in that situation? The kind of in/out that goes with a grimy sneer, smeared across the face of someone your glad to have never had the displeasure of actually meeting but often get stuck behind in the queue in the canteen? What a place to behave like a prude; they’re nothing if not ironic my colleagues.

Thursday 19 November 2009

Excerpt #2

Sapphire water, then inky foam and spray in the distance. Lungs in the waves, big enough to sew fields in but they close when you get near. Wall goes up and up till it takes half of eternity for the water to emerge over the top but wait. I wait for the promise of emersion.

Wednesday 18 November 2009

Excerpt #1

Tin soldiers in white uniforms, a thousand hands holding up a noble temptress. The sky once a checker board now turns to face the woman. It descends, more quickly now. The woman takes out her purse and the sky falls inside. She shuts her purse and another band of tin soldiers run to her to carry it for her. It precedes her as she travels further away. Sometimes she’ll stop and look back.

Tuesday 17 November 2009

On the Road with Palka


Down, never out.

Days that force me to the ground, they litter my life, they ravage my determination, my purpose, they contort shafts of light into haunting visions of incarceration but they cannot not suppress my soul.

When skyward banners of red are up and there is only a desire to sink down remaining, it is difficult to appreciate the great distance between the lowest and the highest points of emotion, it is impossible to comprehend such beauty that is the vastness of variation that humanities emotional life encapsulates. A Great Harp, both woeful and joyful and everything in between and beyond.

Being on the road is hazardous, and falling down is an inevitability, rock bottom is a place with which I am frequently familiar. Being on the road is about moving forward and so it is conducive to a productive, fulfilled life to focus not on the amount of time you can taste the earth but on the amount of elegance with which you can pick yourself up.

Sunday 15 November 2009

Withheld Knowledge

On Friday at precisely 13:21 a suicidal maniac fell over in the street on his lunch break from the local cafe. He hit his head. On Monday at around 09:42 he enrolled in flower arranging classes. A year later he had his own florists and prospered for the rest of his days. That weekend will remain a mystery, he took his memory to the grave, funnily enough.

Saturday 14 November 2009

Rain in the Night

Scourge against the window panes,
A colour melted into the transparency,
Together we bleed into the view.
The reach of an ant carries no favors to the mountain,
Invading cold along a deeper path.
Brutal numbness transfixed with alien sweat.
Water of life mocking a drowning bird,
A mid-flight execution, obscured objective.
Unify all the earth! Unsheathe the lamentable confusion.

Ode To Betty Goalie



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Thursday 12 November 2009

De-capitulate

Recalculate dash dash dash, Dashed whims.
Thank God, Thank Fuck. But how long can one stay the course?
For 'evil' fingers are merely ticklish rogues
Impatient to entice you into a schticky mess.
Recapitulate for yourself that eggshell blue kitchen table,
Shelves of weighty books and copper pots and pans.
Is it your dreams or yourself now on the shelf?
Bah! Exclamation, hoity-toity nonsense babble.
Sometimes it seems you'll find the allure in anything,
What a good quality! Being able
To cherish the oozing pustules of human nature,
Licking that warty mass with such love
It now becomes a beacon to behold.
Numbers are no longer added together
But fitted beside each other as a jigsaw.
A formula of such ancient beauty
Now wears the laughable dress of a hoar.
And soon a painted shack must be called love,
For a life with out such must be a lie,
Even if we must lie to be accomplished.
Look back in anger if you must
A gloating sign post is bound to glint in the distance,
Perhaps it might have a mate somewhere further up the road.
Deep needn't be the depths.
Sell off all those tatty saplings,
You shall never find the need to plant them,
If you decide to live high above the ground.

Tuesday 10 November 2009

One Way or Another

Pavements across the world littered with footprints,
Some of them yours, some of them mine.
Wanderings across the streets, strides along the pier,
Some full of trepidation, some made with resolute decision.
I see a frozen frenzy laid out before me,
The chirp of a frustrated wrong turn in my ear.
I see jade birds glide over our heads,
They move so effortlessly from nest to nest.
Back on the ground, dirty tracks cross my path,
I follow them for a while, I confuse my destination.

Charm Offensive

And now sir you must reconvene your wits. It seems that your council has up and left or perhaps been replaced a band of bawdy lechers. Such gluttony is most unbecoming, not for me sir but for you. Today you look a shade more grey than yesterday, I'm quite sure you feel it, ha! I see you squirming beneath your expensive suit. On that note when did your taste in cufflinks become so garish? I should like to suggest, in fact I insist that you scourge away your new taste for 'adventure' as you choose to term it, I worry that you could become accustomed to such debauchery and lose for good your ability to identify those worthy of your time and those worthy of your boot! Have you forgotten what great endeavors we have planned? I refuse to allow you to squander your noble beliefs in favor of the misguided whims of trollops and sinful jesters. Hold fast to the course good sir! Greatness is almost an inevitability, do not be so careless with your gifts, they are your entitlement!

Unchained Sentiment

Maybe I'll never know,
Never know the purpose of a feeling,
Always feel trapped in emotional construction.
Wells of sensation as bookends to each endeavor
Lording over troughs and misspent energy.
Uncertainty is all that is certain,
Now define a good choice.

Request

Patti breathe hard, Patti breathe heavy,
My constricted chest pines for your resolve.
Drop black lace atop my eyes,
In your shroud of passion I immerse ever deeper.
Hum gently your musings into my ear,
The rain will punctuate your words, my inspiration.
Patti hold me close, Patti hold me tight,
Let me press my head to your heart a while,
In your embrace I feel enlightened, beyond satisfaction,
Your hands hold the power of countless noble battle cries.
You make me come undone.
Patti listen to the aching quiet with me,
A thousand lines then spring into mind.
Guide a young fool poet to a green bed,
Teach me how to listen to the truth.
Patti awaken in me the rapturous instinct
Which you use to define your days, your world.
Patti lay with me, Patti wake with me.