music and fireworks
before being bathe'd in flames
just so much hot air
~
n.b. How patiently the crowds wait, how quick to disperse.
CLP 20/03/2023
on time
Tag Archives: People
on time
I got to shake hands
with a guitarist who played
in Bo Diddley's band
~
n.b. In 1986 I met Bo Diddley after he played with a pick up band at Dingwall’s, Camden Lock and still have his autograph. Small(ish) world.
Bo Diddley, carried his guitar travelling solo, playing with backing bands throughout his career. Possible due to the terrible financial terms he had naïvely signed up to with Chess Records in Chicago.
CLP 11/10/2022
on Ukraine
sat in their silos
weapons of horrific strength
attention focused
~
n.b. Whatever my thoughts on this, writing them would only trivialise the seriousness of the current situation humanity now faces.
on hope
everything ran true
nothing to worry about
learning every day
~
CLP 13/09/2022
on water
fens drained for farming
commons mopped up by gentry
raindrops or teardrops?
~
n.b. First the common land under James I, then the water boards under the Tories. If we need it, they control it. Through legislation for the landed gentry, by the landed gentry, generations of people remain in the thrall of robber barons. Time for change.
CLP 27/08/2022
on time
the congregation
depart bathed in victory
everyone happy
n.b. Not so great for the visiting opposition, admittedly.
CLP 17/07/2022
Morning Sickness
Light draining from summer sky
Life draining from a marriage
Nothing matters anymore
Choking on tears
Everyone can hear them
Windows opened to cool night
A domestic blister bursts in
Removes all dream of sleep
She's beyond distraught
His vocabulary in retreat
It's twenty-to-two
She's twenty-nine, in pain
Trying to end it all
Before dawn throws it all up again
~
CLP 22/05/2022
on light
lights, but nobody home to hope, still despair wins until the next time
~
n.b. What is going on in there? Who knows, but more importantly, who cares? The rhythm broken, habits forgotten, routines disrupted; stuff yer Premier League!
CLP 28/02/2022
on love
turn towards the light
step inside, come be with us
we are no different
~
CLP 21/03/2022
on time
vomitorium
expels people into street
return home to what?
~
CLP 10/02/2022
Voyage des Mots 