The Planets 6 - Uranus, The Magician

A poem from 2019

Something wicked’s coming

A twisted magick

The jolly fat man with ice cold heart

Dark eyes, moustache, benign

Plays a tune with chanted words

Beats you over the head

Repeatedly, deafening you

Lightning flashes before dizzy eyes

Carnival, coming to eat you up

Chaos enclosing

Men turned into rabbits

Is all lost?

Hope is coming, silencing him

The King of a deeper magic

Pass the Popcorn, Please! (A ballade)

A poem from 2016

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Watch those suckers fighting!

They devour each other every day

They claim to be uniting

Pressurised to stay

While desperate to get away

Crawling crimson knuckles and knees

Relish the internecine fray

Pass the popcorn, please!

Brothers, sisters, biting!

Politicking power play

Pledged allegiance owing

Fragile oneness, come what may

Half-mast the red flags barely sway

In the gently blowing breeze

Watch the acid shower spray

Pass the popcorn, please!

Nuclear winter approaching!

Observing the Hell to pay

Blood and bones displaying

Hominid puree

Do you wish you could replay

And make the time we squandered freeze?

With horror and dismay we say

Pass the popcorn, please!

So crack open the Beaujolais!

Discard for once our heart's disease

Sit beside me, interplay

Pass the popcorn, please!

Boom Bang A Bang

A poem from 2016

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Come closer, come closer and listen
The pounding of missiles
I notice it most when not sleeping
Come closer and cuddle me tight
Loud in my ear
Pounding away, pounding away
 
It’s such a frightful feeling
Don’t go away
I want to live
I want to live
Close to you

Your smile is so false and forced
Grinning, bearing
Hold me, give me hope
Love me tonight
Forever
That’s right
Let’s pretend it will stop soon

It’s such a scary feeling
When I’m in your arms
Hearing their arms
I feel your heartbeat
Fast and loud

In your arms
I hear your heart beat
I hear
I…