twenty

- do you have twenty cents for him ?
- no sorry
- i have forty, but he must get sixty
- i´ll ask one of the guys

purchasing, owning, saving,
yes
purchasing, owning, saving

stubborn and not wise

there is a small boy,
somewhat angular and really quite shy,
beneath
within
inside
the man who tries to be an hombre,
a real one, a beacon,
to say he has learnt from the road travelled
but
seven into fifty-two
goes seven
with three left over

sixes and nines

6 drums
9 tomtoms
sweet sweet snares
three two one
two da-dee-dah dooh-wop
NOW !

one 4 2009

dipping the feet in
striking the colors
striking the nines
picking up the slack
so far

which sails ?

which seas are you sailing ?
which optical ?
which topic, which point x , which sugar, how much salt ?
when does the returner return,
when does the cash hit the button , the lobby,
when does the bear sleep ?
when the crumbs stick to the tabletop
and the veiled intricacies don´t fascinate despite their relevance

old invoice

What are you going to do with it all when I die
When I die
When my English heart gives up the beat
When the reflexes stop
When my shop´s closed up for good
What are you going to do with it all,
With some 9 billion bit players
And a couple of thousand speaking parts ?
I guess
it´ll be crumpled together
and discarded
like an invoice that was paid some time back.

stand-up man

first time tragedy,
second time comedy,
then history, then mathematics & algebra
then sociology & economics.
stand-up man keeps coming back
and hits you hard !