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trust he sd 2 me, th system is nervus & deth interrupts th dansing

by bill bissett

[ poetry - december 03 ]

trust he sd  2 me

in th godesses n gods
who made us  howevr

intrpretid  all thees flowings
flowrings  my bodee thn

shining  in th suddn
hedlites   turning 2 see

our eyez meeting  his
th drivrs  n mine  he

pulls in  stops  i get in
n  we ar sew off  n

th stars  n moon
spin  n dance

 

th system is nervus

is th system sew nervus

th central nervus system is
veree sympathetik  xcellent

have yu bin looking at th
evning sky  its sew veree
beautiful     espeshulee

aftr running n swimming
with yu   running my
tongue all ovr yu  thru

our mouths   evreething
we long 4  n dreem uv
liquid dreems thru our

beings merging 4 a whil
with each othr  what we
want 2  having  or not
we can go sew far astray
without  climb in heer

2 bothr  th othrwize
singul  n separate  we
loos  our distansing
engayge  n honour each
othrs flesh  minds  souls
being  taste th rain  n

feel all th heet  cum
our endocreen empa
theez  bathe in each
othr  sighs n murmurs th
glandular swellings all
ovr  enveloping  feel

our greefs  joys  needs

 

deth interrupts th dansing

we wer kayjun dansing  yu know thats from
akadian  2 th great sounds uv  swamperella
great kayjun band  me n dr bill  n manee othr
kool peopul  dansing n ther  at th gladstone
hotel  qween west  rainee toronto oktobr nite

it was getting sew rocking it was veree calm  th
dansrs n th band  sew great  playing 2gethr  n
keepin th fires goin  whn  just ovr ther  th man
who had bin smiling at us all nite  on his back
on th floor  n smiling   angels wer all around
us  n th scent uv deth

dr bill is on2 it  n th woman th man bin dansing
with  me n dr bill had bin dansing sew great 2
gethr  with th great band  n now th spotlites
shining on  thumping his chest th dansr down n
cpr  n  anothr doktor in th hous hovr ovr n calling
911  n we get th doors opn  evreewun is sew 2gethr
with ths  paramediks n guernee cum in  th downd
man makes strange sounds  4 a whil ther was no
puls  we all hovr  th band is silent  watching on

we all ar thinking in sew manee ways abt deth  how
it reelee sucks  n evn if we can accept it  how mooving
it is  2 b onlookrs 2 sumwuns transisyun from heer
2 ther  wher is anee uv that  how short our lives ar
reelee  n deth can cum anee time  espeshulee whn wer
not redee  our eyez ar wet  mouths silent  we hold th
doors opn  th man who was dansing goez out in th
stretchr  rides off  peopuls vibes follo him  4 what
evr he needs   th band cums 2gethr  no spot lites on

plays off th stage  on th floor  slowr mournful kay
jun fidduls  bass  drums  haunting songs carree
us thru  all ths  emergensee doktor  cums back
sz th downd dansr is recouping  th band stays on
th floor  starts rocking  wer all up dansing agen sew
fine  deth didint interrupt us 4 veree long  tho we kno
sumwher els it did  a lot   evn if its onlee a courrier