1
only the air can hold you
when it comes to survival
drifting from the seaside
memories of children
a sepia photograph
a dead balloon
put them aside
to play with
when you’ve tried
all that you’re able
and dried your eyes
sympathy
has a hat in his hand
and his eyeballs keep begging
you’ll understand
only the air can hold you
so go on playing
at being a superman
2
the stoned man scores
a peaceful planet
bubbling waterpipes
rivers in it
very little moves
he contemplates
what does
but that voyager
who can’t be satisfied
with anything less than juggling
iron balls on a thread
fills his veins with wandering
3
on the ocean
yachts are sleeping
the race from their timbers
left behind
in the garden
insects are shaking
their wings a band
that goes on rocking
from cradle to grave
night falls
on memory & desperation
frenzy & trance
on spider & fly
grasshopper & ant
like a wave
