"Envelope"
We knew what we were about
when we signed up
the other side of the mirror
mothers become gods
for a short while
and perhaps
long after
what servant is man
when he believes
he’s as big a god
in the realm
of playing children
lost for a time
in Bedlam
forgotten
sunk in the idea of building
something better, drunk on
below depth power
another's mindfield sucked on
like marrow from the bone
errant property lost somewhere
in that runaway train
women have always
held the Circe key
golden apples 3
before a goddess
unbreakable power held
within
true strong queens
locks
never guarantee
safety
and doors
sometimes disappear
in the undertow
invisible
drowned
and
envelopes
closed portals
don’t open
(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)
"Lilith" / Halsey
https://youtu.be/arSQHqPqxx8
LYRICS/ "Lilith", Halsey
https://genius.com/Halsey-lilith-lyrics
Categories:
halsey, muse,
Form: Free verse
Low lamplight at midnight
Ripped jeans & fishnets
Red smeared on stained lips
Twelve steps
You taste like a Halsey song
But vanish like a daydream
Categories:
halsey, 12th grade, angst,
Form: Free verse
Coast watchers, coast watcher in the Solomons,
Mad Aussie Coast watchers,
Mad Aussies behind the Japanese lines,
Sucking coconuts, coast watchers,
When JFK’s PT109 was cut in half, who got him,
The coast watcher, Evans got him saved his life,
Downed pilots yes they’d spot ya,
From Rabaul right down the slot ,
The Japanese were hotter,
Every island seemed had one,
crazy Aussie or Kiwi coast watcher,
Of 42 as Admiral Halsey said ,
An early warning on a raid,
Aussie Teleradio caller read ,
40 Jap. planes, the bearing made,
Australia had these men,
who worked as planters in the islands,
District officers some of them,
With natives there to guide em,
Gaudacanal, big island Aircraft Carrier,
Knew when Japanese came down the slot,
Dauntless dive bombers, Yanks were there,
Ironbottom sound still holds em yeah,
Japanese ships still parked, in lots,
Carrier Enterprise fought battles there,
Was bombed, but didn’t die,
Coast watcher saw Jap. Carrier where?
And Yanks they filled the skies. 2am 6-nov-11 Don Johnson
Categories:
halsey, adventure,
Form: Ballad
building up to a
well then
could hardly
wait a minute
cantcha see?
it's gonna be
pretty quick now!
jus' in time!
holy cow!
Halsey Hall!
seems to me
okay then
'boughta minute
geeze louise!
hope ya know!
'tween you an me
jus' cuz ya said so
ain't gonna be!
but jus' in case
somebody butts in
to letcha know
that yer ok!
smile at 'im
and say
sure!
* how sum of us.... 'Up-North' here talk!! (but not me! you betcha!)
Categories:
halsey, funny
Form: Limerick