Language

Angels can’t succeed in hellSaid Ambergris to Trixie The day is long in old Hong KongSaid Troubadour to King I see three kingsI worry thingsI cannot be ambrosial Today is like a dream of lifeSaid Ampersand to Drake We re-present experienceAnd hold worlds in our mindLanguage is the shadowOf things we never find ENVOI Half

Love is…

a bridge that trembles when you walka mind that opens when you talka bird that flies from time to timea dream you have in arms like mine a vision on the secret stairsa heart that you feel everywherea hug that comes from anodynea kiss that brings your soul to mine a cage for convicts one

Leopard Step

I walked as the ghost of get down cityIn all weathers, in every conditionI performed a whistle and a jigI must admit to feeling a little uneasyWhen she went down to try the laces of my shoe… It is impossible, try as you might, to find sustanence within the established order of thingsHereby, we find

Prayers

our fatherwhose will is heaven hearken to my feet give us this bread, this form, this lifeand forgive no evilas we begin to kill ourselves bring us not into the lightbut protect us with darknessand feed the feverstarve the cold as it was at Motownas it was at Stax for blind is the kingdomand hollow

There’s a Place

There’s a place where words can’t goI know it very wellIt’s just a mile beneath the sunInside a wishing well In this place the world slows downAnd everything looks oddAnd nothing sits down where it shouldAnd everyone is God There’s a place where words can’t goIt’s in a baby’s smileIt’s in the wind that buffalosIt’s

Summer

The man who refuses to acknowledge summerWalks alone at nightWalks straight and sullenKicks up dustAnd doesn’t care When the man was youngerHe embraced summerWith red armsAnd eyes as blue as the summer sky He jumped and laughedDallied with the best of themRolled down the long green hillDaisy-stained and chainedWith the rest of them He rode

Some Favourite Shows

Drama: I, Claudius (1976)The Sopranos (1999)Homeland (2010)The Leftovers (2014)The Fall (2013)Stranger Things (2016)The Crown (2016)The Americans (2013)Star Trek: Next Generation (1987)Breaking Bad (2013)Sharp Objects (2018)Mad Men (2007)Line of Duty (2012)Twin Peaks (1990)Prime Suspect (1991)Brideshead Revisited (1981)Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)The Prisoner (1967)Hannibal (2013)Westworld (2016)The Wire (2002)My So-Called Life (1994)Rectify (2016) Comedy: The Kids in the