Friday 26 October 2012

Just a simple suggestion.


Fall..
..heavy
completely
into these arms my sweet
with all manner of weight
and expectation
have neither single doubt
nor resignation
for this very moment
I’ve been waiting all my days
That intent filled smile
suggestive
once captured
I'll carry away,
for keeps.

Thursday 25 October 2012

a tad extra slice this month..
P.O.V

When I look down.. this is what I see..

But what I'd really fancy.. 
is you.. 
looking up at me..

Sunday 14 October 2012

choice cuts #20...

Spiders
by
Editors
Probably in my top 5 current live acts getting around, although they've been a little quiet of late.. (perhaps in the studio recording).
This track is one of those that I like to listen too when I've woken up on the darker side of the bed. You know the place. It can't always be sweetness and light, can it? Not for me it seems. And so I like to delve into tunes that empathise with my mood, enhance what it is I'm feeling, in order to explore the spectrum of my experience and the lasting effects on my memory. On me. This track, does just that.
(no cause for alarm)

So I’ll just sit here and wait
For continental drift to take me
Someplace warm
Where the mulberries have no worms
Where time is more tolerant
And swifter on my wounds
Where memories fade faster
And more completely
And the surreptitious laughter of angels fills the room.
If you search hard enough
You’ll find me there amongst the rogues,
The misfits, the circus fanfare
And all those vying for the attentions of the pretty things
Made ever more fetching since they lost their wings
Through circumstance of course, not deeds
(so they say)
And so I wait
A morose unearthly undercurrent threatens to take
Me someplace worn
Someplace sedate

Illustration- SamWeber
Words- bhp

Saturday 13 October 2012

x-ray vision

It's funny how things come about.. particularly when you involve children.
I was having a wonderful conversation with my 5 year old niece yesterday, who has only recently come around to speaking with me over the phone.. She's only met me a couple of times, and the deep voice on the end of the receiver used to frighten her. Not anymore.. now she just prattles on and on and on. I love it. She's incredibly astute for her age, and hilarious. I was on speaker phone so my sister and the other kids could hear me and chime in from time to time. They must have recently been getting into super heroes, because she asked me what my super power would be, if I could have any one in the world. Off the top of my head I said X-Ray Vision.. And she cackled.. Why? The ubiquitous response.. I had to think fast.. So that I could look inside all the animals and people who were sick and see what's wrong with them so they could be fixed. In the background I heard my sister (what can only be described as) guffaw. Because she knew only too well for what purposes I would use my super vision. I'm guessing you do too.

But what would you good folk out there choose, if you could, as your super power? Do tell.