Thursday, December 14, 2006

Without a doubt, this is a bounce from a poem by Burning Moon.

Thanks for the inspiration

Insight.

There's a thirty something guy
singing on the corner

Near
the old bakery
which the Asians couldn’t run
and went broke trying

They knew nothing of bread
the way I like it
the way it should smell
as it comes out of the ovens
the risen dough
warm and yielding

The singers voice
flows into the river
coupling with silver flashing fish
infusing their scales with voice
till each twitch and turn
releases melodies to the water
allowing it sing across the rocks
and mossy growth I have slipped upon
with bare feet
landing hard on my arse
laughing and sliding into the shallows

His guitar hauls in chords
one after the other
changing them to his own thread of sound
then letting them go
the thrummed crescendo
muted and fluting into the crisp day

If I stop
I will give him a gold coin
more really
whatever lies waiting in my pockets
I will give

These pockets
which hold a mobile phone and
a receipt stuffed wallet with
$ 50 bills secreted in a zip section
you know about and always find
in case of emergencies.

These pockets
you push your thin blade fingers into
gripping and familiar
seeking the warmth of my erection
pressing through the thin material

Your hands
are my definition
dolphins fins
perfectly symmetrical
slicing through any murky surfaces
between us

The singer slows
winds down
as your fathers clock
finally stopped
when no amount of oil
and careful dissembling
could resurrect it

My pockets are empty
your hands
elsewhere today
manipulating the stuff of life perhaps
in blue-green beams
and red-gold rays

I shrug and pass

moving towards your hands
as they leap and spin
above the surface
then dive
to glide beneath








4 comments:

burning moon said...

I don't know in what way my poem inspired this, but I'm happy to provide any sort of spark!

burning moon said...

you take more time off than anyone else I know!

get back to work you lazy bugger!

burning moon said...

bouncy bounce bounce ...

I'm feeling very tiggerish today.

Have you ever listened to The Chemical Brothers?

If you haven't then you absolutely should. They put me in such a good mood :))))))

Chris Never said...

Inspiration comes in many forms Madame *haughty expression*, some of them make little sense, like mine for instance *grins hazily*

Greetings, I hath returned to the murky depths of internetville for another bout of angst and edgy good humour :P

I hope your Xmas/New Year were/are good/great, I think Ive been Ms Finched lol, Im putting brackets everywhere/ /////

odd lol

Christian, thankyou kindly sir, nice of you to drop by *smile*

Now Moon, how awfully cheeky of you, I do not take more time off than anyone you know, surely you MUST know someone on the dole *grin*.

The Chemical brothers, are they not some sort of suedo tribal outfit lol? I believe they delve into techno trance drug bunny music, obviously since we last spoke, youve acquired a glow stick and some ecstasy *laughs*