When the still sea conspires an armour.
And her sullen and aborted currents breed tiny monsters.
True sailing is dead.
Awkward instant.
And the first animal is jettisoned.
Legs furiously pumping. Their stiff green gallop. Heads bob up.
Poise. Delicate. Pause. Consent.
In mute nostril agony. Carefully refined and sealed over.
… Horse Latitudes (The Doors) 1967
The Horse Latitudes are the subtropic latitudes […]
It’s closer to dawn than the midnight hour
Your misty mind swims in a land locked haze
Glimmering flames are stealing the shadows
Needle like rhythms seem to pierce your brain
You twist and you turn like a meandering river
You’re lost in the dance like a shaman possessed
The soft touch of warm skin falls gently upon you
You’re lost in […]
In the blessed and cold
In the crutch-hungry dark
Was where we flayed our mark
Oh, and we were gone
Kings of Oblivion
We were so turned on
In the Mind-Warp Pavilion
… Bowie (The Bewlay Brothers) 1971
Feeling uninspired
Think I’ll start a fire
Everybody run
Bobby’s got a gun
Think you’re kinda neat
Then she tells me I’m a creep
Friends don’t mean a thing
Guess I’ll leave it up to me
… Stone Temple Pilots 1993
The Lizard (December 8th 1943 - July 3rd 1971)
One hot afternoon
I entered father’s garden
With a handful of friends at my side
We walked among
The cold grey marble
We had no reason to hide
The sun pierced the trees
And spat at the ground
Like summer rain it pattered down
We were drawn to the place
Where the Lizard King was laid
A […]