I MET A MAN........
I met a man who could recite all twenty three thousand lines
of the “Romance of the Rose” but could not count to five.
I met a man who could recite PI
to one thousand decimal points
but could not find a rhyme
for love nor money
I met a man who laughed at every thing
that wasn’t funny
I met another who cried for ever
because he was happy
and another who laughed at his pain
and one who lost all he’d gained
I met a man who sailed the ocean blue
in search of pastures blue
He told me he was searching
for the “begining of the end”
so I sold him a postcard
and he nailed it to the mast
then I stepped into his past
and went to meet his King
who was laying on the ground
whilst his bodyguards around
put the boot into him
like L.A. droogs with Rodney King
history just sings
endlessly repeating itself
forever shedding it’s skin
cleansing the kin
thinning and culling
and making a date with SIN......
........ACTIC FOLLY
I met a woman who remembered
what life was like before Adam
I met a woman whose hair
scattered rainbows everywhere
as she danced in the moonlight
I met a woman who was me
and she set me free
I met a man who could measure words
to the nth degree
he taught me heresy
and how to pray
and how to give it all away
then he asked me to pay
for HIS fathers crimes
so I said “NO WAY”
and later that day
he tied me to the wheel
but I refused to feel
and I swore to heal
the wounds of my inquisitor
Well I met a man who said “I khan
unite all the nomads on the land”
he said “I’ll lay it all to waste
and the rivers shall taste
worse than bodily waste”
so I went to see my Mother
to ask if there was any other
WAY
to gain an extra day?
as the climate starts to sway
She said “have your say....
.....then be on your way”
Well I met a man and he taught me how to surf
on the crust of molten magma
and I met a little boy
who taught me the joy
of playing in inner space
Well I met a man from the future
travelling back in time
who said “excuse me Mr. RHYME?”
“...but I’ve come from a time
where wrappers are disposable
parts of a product”
“careful how you juggle
your verbs and your vowels
may get you into trouble”
so I burst his bubble
with a “sword” that I drew
from my grandmothers sock
which came as a shock
to the “thought police”
who were waiting in the street
with their “crosswords” COCKED
and their ’doule entendres “ primed
looking for some crime
of the cerebral kind
but I met this woman
who said “ climb into my body
and come with me
to the Ancesters tree
so I climbed aboard and I clung on tight
as her body rose to the highest height
and she showed me what might
or might not come to pass
then she lowered me down
by the hem of her gown
called me her ”linguistic clown”
which made me frown
as I looked all around
to see where she’d gone
and a voice from the past said
“look inside your head
she is not dead
haven’t you read
a word that you’ve said?”
I met a woman who scattered rainbows from her hair
I met a woman who was me and she set me free
