BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WON'T DROWN

BERLIN O TROPE

and so EXPLODE out over the ocean

one thousand colours heart colide o scope

heart in hand humble alive
i wish i were

head in hands

half way house

and the forest eats up
and desire
and desire
and............................................................

Larmer tree festival, July 2010

JUGGLING BALLS AND LIQUORICE
ACROBATICS, TRILBIES,
CELLO MUSIC AND CARNIVALE
FIRE POI, FAJITAS, FUDGES
ELVES, PEACOCK. WOOLFE
PIXIE CHILD. GYPSY BAND.
KNITTING, RAIN. SUN. CARA
VAN CARAVAN CARAVAN CARAVAN

Beggars of life,
we search for the Wilde ones, the vatic* tramps

Weathered and dog-eared, we hurl ourselves over the cliff edge
and cling on only by silver threads spun out of the past

But with boy's own biceps we climb back up,
seal our cuts with electrical tape and torn dresses

and a-top the broken skylight we stand; facing East,

and shout





*of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a prophet

and our language became quilted and the day was our pillow

and thrown from the bed where scores of not scores but what came from the flames

and our language became quilted

and your languages became quilted 

and the day was our pillow