beyond 20/20

a little verse on friend ranmal's exhibit,
a pair of spectacles made from bicycle wheels,
in a recent art show ...

out of focus
hocus spokus
circles frame
roundly blame
an ungreen vision

peddle hope
pedaloscope
foot up n down
greenin' the town
a cleaner vision

tis spectacular
a bike-ocular
gandhi glasses
moving masses
the inner vision

ode to andrew symonds

i don't hate you, roy,
cos you're white, cos you're black
i hate you cos i am human
and you have what i lack

the yesterday blues, take 2

i'm in the arctic circle,
the sun never rises
night is never ending
since my baby stopped pretending

the yesterday blues
i got the yesterday blues
beg steal or borrow
i can't see tomorrow
i got the yesterday blues

she hugged me and she squeezed me
she made me gasp for air
then pawed me and clawed me,
she was a polar bear

the yesterday blues
i got the yesterday blues
beg steal or borrow
i can't see tomorrow
i got the yesterday blues

i was laid down in cold ice,
i was laid low in snow
my mind, soul and body
frozen from bare head to toe

the yesterday blues
i got the yesterday blues
beg steal or borrow
i can't see tomorrow
i got the yesterday blues

the yesterday blues, take one



the face behind the daily mirror
morning reflects glory
but you don't want to see it
thinking it's the sad old same story

afraid to hurt the one you love most
afraid to hurt your own self
hoarding pages of your past
cluttering mindspace in your bookshelf

blank all the walls of your jailhouse
you prisoner of yesterday
the safety blanket you call memory
is just silicon wafer wasteaway

hope in vain, no better tomorrow
pain is everlasting
trapped in perpetual motion
of self-pitifying lambasting