“Stay” She said Not looking me in the eye “I’ve got a packet of cigarettes And a bottle of red wine We can listen to music And perhaps you’d light a fire It’s still early And I’d like you to Stay For a while Just a little while” “Won’t you stay With me We can […]
Some people think And some people act That’s a basic difference And that’s a basic fact Some think too much Some act too fast Some think love is real Some think it can last But you and me we come from such different sides of town You are always up While I am sometimes down […]
I really don’t know what to say Been on this case for a couple of days And when I get close It slips away Like the waves on the sand My sense of duty is wearing thin I don’t where I should begin Or where to turn to look again Two Three Four Where’s the […]
I’ been running all day I’ been running away I’ been running to work Running to play Things are happening to me in a haphazard way And I’m glad it’s the weekend So what do you say? Let’s get away We could drive to the coast We could stare at the sea We could walk […]
I need a drink Can you show me to the water? You pick the pieces And you throw them into the pot You chase your shadows You take on board the whole lot You get the picture You turn away You feel conflicted But you choose to stay And in the end you don’t know […]
Burn now cigarette I want to watch your smoke Eddy against my ceiling I love the feathery tendrils My breathing breaks And your taste of death Seems somehow real © Ian Lilburne 1975
Out of necessity for one Unnumbered I’ve wandered Through books and fantasies In search Like reading brail Or listening to music The echo only Of wistful violins Poised So perfectly On air But then Enraptured I’ve raged At volume ten Through a Wild Bent Night Entered the maze In its mystery And pulled the thread But […]
A spiral uncircling in time A spring unsprung This mortal coil unravelled Revealing the themes That orbit inimically Above and beyond The tract of a life © Ian Lilburne 2016
1 CARY GRANT Perfect hair Perfect tan The twentieth century’s Leading Man Retired thief Accidental spy Marketing man Private eye Complex look Always the same A cypher read Many ways A cultured accent Mid Atlantic A sexual riddle Enigmatic An elegant actor An acrobat A metrosexual Soft-footed cat Mistaken identity Cash + Cary? Mistaken identity […]
So long — it’s been so long now So far — we’ve come so far so far But the frame of thought and time Is etched and grey And as the cracks at last appear I strangely sense you very near Wild hair, raven dark and curling A wry laugh, piercing pensive eyes An A […]