Archive for January, 2008

ALWAYS FOREVER
2008/01/26

for Denis Vanier, 1949-1999 RIP
Slip me a knot
As I jump through hoops
Where fire breathes no more
Aiming at the release
Staring at the future’s booty

Entering the temple
Through the big open door
Any day now
We will get released.

BEAT WORKS
2008/01/25

Like a weathering Jesus
Stuck to the dashboard
With a cello between her knees
Her soul kneels to the occasion
I spit in the rearview mirror

As if I could make it think
While the beaten up vehicle tears
Down the dirt road

To another colour hell

It used to be another story
Mostly in another town
Now it’s mostly waiting
For [...]

CALLING OFF THE SEARCH PARTY
2008/01/10

No need for search
Parties are such a bore
Once the ice is melted
Not even a red light
Is left set to blink

Announcing the end
Of the coming meltdown
And the beginning of
Time’s running astray
In the same direction
I originally took

I am walking the rim
Where I can slip off
The edge of a chart
Exactly where [...]

PLANNING WITHOUT PERMISSON
2008/01/07

Think of our children if you can
Running barefoot on the sidewalk
Fleeing in swarms
The monster we have cloned
To replace their hope
Of something near a future

Simply imagine if you may
Our genetic continuum
Fighting to escape
The perfect enslavement
Well nurtured by governments
To fill the gaping hole
Where humanity’s assets used to lie
 
Deep down under the ground
Plan on making [...]

A QUICK GLITCH
2008/01/02

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