with apologies to Elmore James

The Watergate story was unfolding

the summer I often found myself

covered in dust. Bowie’s Starman

had landed from another planet.

I was a recovering uni dropout

with no clue what to do next.

I don’t remember it raining much.

Still, you could only stand it

for an hour or two. We parked

our bins in an alley out of sight

of the ...

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So I hear from you all that he has died,
the man that touched so many lives.
He has not left you in your heart,
now it's time to do your part,
keep his music alive through the dark.
His shining light will never depart.
He left a legacy to show,
his wishes for those who know.
Never let your creativity die,
From the starman waiting in the sky.

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The Dark & The Light

This cruel winter

claims its marionettes

in a heartbeat.

The dark man

raised from the black rock.

Turning

as the glittering light

cascades over the road,

casting long shadows.

He sees a face

and then another

and then another,

a rainbow chameleon

changing with the wind,

never setting

always fluid.

Rebirth.

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rag my workaday clothes on the hobo tree

the messianic alien has descended once more

from the canyons of manhattan to remind all

and sundry just what we’ve been missing

more avuncular, maybe?, than those times before

but lay down the prayer beads and rosary

a wonderful day has arrived

(available on vinyl, download and cd)

less vanguard of the wired new wierd

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