Many a snake crawls out
from a kiss
and wraps itself around the heart
and squeezes it when the breathing starts
turning AHA ! into abyss
they quickly turn and hiss
and hisses become curses
when the quick path to bliss
has fallen from purses
The secret that the damsel in distress dare not tell
is that the whole point is to attract both the dragon
and the knight who will save her
she is moved by both and would that her knight,
once rid of the dragon might still retain some
of its fire, to match the fire she carries within
and uses to shape her world
and uses to seal your wound
…besides
all the true dragons I know
are all players from the old school
and would never breathe fire at a maiden
for any purpose other than to keep her heart
warm and posturing until her knight do come
| at last as if let go by atlas |
For you diamond is 17
75 is king
99 is bliss
23 is shift
44 is us
55 is you
13 is utter clarity
15 is boo!
54 is the menagerie
gathered at the Zoo
are the snakes that must
or apple cores descend
to dust
untasted
and like vapour
wasted
so pythons
bite on
things that crust
before the mucous turns to rust
in praise of the days
to unravel
I staggered braised to this road
I travel
Intact, and with my virtue back
once draped around a rack
and stretched
and taunted for the price
it fetched
but still I am a mack
gone are mute shadows
that wave like flag
and wail before the storm
here, the light wave activates
and settles in like corn
the future, pregnant salivates
I am a man reborn
COPYRIGHT SANANDA MAITREYA – MILANO 8TH JUNE 2003
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED