With flag and acropolis,
As animal spirits greeted us
The air shook,
Sound mutinous,
A trade Med with Club dead.
Some of this familiar.
Hurriedly, I put my ear to the ground
To hear junk trembling.
Soon they would come,
These default virgins
Bearing rotten olives
Without demurring.
It was clear, blue, immobile.
Suddenly on command
And quite snappy
In one direction and then another
Straining at both illusion and shadow
It made me quite happy
Getting directional
With every aspect of infinity
A trade of itself
So pure
I stayed up late
Uncorrelated to behaviour
As he or she was
Or could be
Possibly.
To arrest the error
To tackle the devil
To offer steps to Sibyl
To unravel the riddle
Of trade perpetual.
I give you a séance/stance
Of monkey dance
And half a chance
To get to France
To fix the farmer who went to Basel
To clip my hedge
German or French
Watched from my floating note
With trail upon trail.
He seemed to be in the grove,
Where the eye meets dot.
Press send,
I said passing him
On the cross between Strand and Fleet.
Acknowledged as friends
Amid the bright din
A delete with unknown horn yet.
Wasted was this breath to stop his melody,
As he turned
As quick
Into traffic:
Walked across the road in front
The watch he had still watched
A world on its axis stopped
The flame was bright still and he fought
Then gave a rattle, a rally,
A man approached
The shoe traveling,
An air of hostility in flight
A vision.
Screaming inside amen.
Nothing goes inside this tank,
It’s called a bank.
Not even the pay
Which used to flow
Like the sound of music.
Yes, the hills were alive
And loaded.
Now we crawl around,
Inside this dry acquarium.
There are no fishes or loaves
With with which to conjure miracles.
Not even a blade of bread
With which to bury the dead.
With the mental strength of Daniel
And the paws of Samson,
This double of Ben Johnson,
My watchful Boson,
To you is dedicated my song.
In conversation rare was your rank,
Not just among dogs
But also amongst men.
In stuff that stuff is made of
Your friends included
Shakespeare, Bacon and Donne.