Surrealist Play

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MOLOCH From HOWL - Allen Ginsberg

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life"
Pablo Picasso

--Intro to Café Apollinaire--

a poem is an exploding grenade

held in the palm of your hand

a poem is a Molotov- cocktail

tossed into your living room

upsetting your evening routine -

- SHE SAID -

by Gordon Coombes

don't go beyond your station

she said

as the train stopped -

after all these years

she said

finally you are silent -

read only comic books

she said

while watching television -

never rely on anyone

she said

as she walked away -

in the end we are alone

she said

as she hung up the phone -


- COFFEE & MUFFINS:


HAVE A MUFFIN SHE SAYS -

by Gordon Coombes

the cold rain pounds

against the window

and she says have a muffin -

the brown leaves are blown

to the ground

and she says have a muffin -

the darkness surrounds us

our island of light fading

and she says have a muffin -

the shadows of a thousand crows

pass over

and she says have a muffin -

the universe is winding down

as the sun goes NOVA

and she says have a muffin -

the love we had for each other is dying

just a convenient lie to get by

and she says have a muffin -

death squads patrol the city streets

the madmen have taken over

and she says have a muffin -

empires rise and fall

millions on the tv screen are dying

and she says have a muffin -

thousands roam the streets homeless

and she says have a muffin -

another friend fails in their ambition

as she strikes them off her guest list

and she says have a muffin -

take solace in your success

forget about the rest she says

as she bites into another hot buttered muffin -

a thousand mushroom clouds boiling

above the earth

and she says have a muffin -

missiles rain down upon us

and she says have a muffin -

planes crash into skyscrapers of steel & glass exploding

while she says have a muffin -

friends are rungs on the ladder to success

ditch any who stand in your way she said

and offered her guests coffee and muffins -

And no tea & sympathy from me

she added -

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Buddha Enlightenment Print

Aphorisms & Haiku II:
Stonefish & Tiger-lilies
by Gordon Coombes

Free the guilty hang the innocent
Love your enemies hate your friends-

an elephant paces the floor
outside my room
knocks on the door-

Tulips sprout in the toilet bowl
paintings hang from trees
clouds drift through my head-

cars sitting idle at night
on these quiet streets
of what do they dream-

Her eyes were tiger-lilies
her face was a mirror
walking around inside her head
I discover it is a house of mirrors-

paddling through shimmering glass
canoeing across reflected blue skies
& drifting clouds-

On a sunny day there are tropical fish
swimming in the sky-

birds etched trapped in stone
dream of taking flight-

--Continued in list of poems---

MOLOCH from Metropolis - Rescore

Surrealism and Rene Magritte
arigatourban
Pub. 16 Jan 2007

Film & Animation
Licence
Standard YouTube Licence
Music
"Four Women" by Nina Simone (Google Play • iTunes)

ON " DADA " see page at LEFT PANEL
WWI, Cabaret Voltaire & the beginnings of Dada
Byron Caplan
Published on 11 Aug 2013