Saturday, 25 December 2010

Nullabor Song (Excerpt 8)

rock collapse
swing darlings
millions of years
in perpetuation
their atomic crunch
denser in station
than plasma of suns
tiny mimics
though they are
of those mighty
solar pumps
signpost infatuation
or however you wish
to describe the
cosmic carpentry
with all its inconceivable
manifestations
complex mathematical
formulation
quite acceptable
if the right equation
is part of your
imagination

beautiful lonely cloud
your tracks will
only last for so long
and then they will
be gone like jazz
faded waves
no memory traces
tears which will one day
rain down and ruin
the carnival
are your babies
deep in the middle
of mystery places

weather changin’
rearrangin’
something new
endless
regurgitation
land water air
these heavenly horizons
punched back
as far as i can see
space on earth
here we can
stand the stretchin’
accommodation
to the southern dream
as bells ring empty
exhortations
to contemplate
meditate
and pull apart
the bars of the heart

excavation
diggin’ in
open out
down an’ down
circling deep
power punched
hand of man
precious cargo
pulled back up
particle prize
awesome
penetration
24/7
gold shake
but immense crust
devastation
is the price

powder puff stuff
day in day out
beers
bordellos
signals fried
far away
from any other
kinda country
in cowboy stretch
immensity
run to the coast
12 hr time bubble
highway ridin’
road house / road horse
inhabitations
spine tanked
then you rest

country bop
railroad radio
land – pancake flat
makes me wanna
start imaginin’
how far ya have ta go
to reach new territory
turn yer head north
put one foot in front
of the other
an’ start walkin’
eventually for sure
you will arrive
at those rocks
worth of currency
for any population
but how far?

fires under stars
in spiral climbs
special times
when the moon is right
in its turnin’
an’ we are waitin’
for the knowledge
of how it all rides
to fall from outta the sky
an’ hit the crust
bounce in the dust
to be picked up
without any fuss
by a worthy claimant
but ya know
that kinda show
was many years ago
if ever in fact
maybe jus’ again
my imagination

- from Nullabor Song