| For David Bowie If you say run, I’ll run with you If you say, hide we’ll hide crisp starry winter cold when moonlight becomes lovely and serious many a summer love found and lost under a moonlit night multi-faced and faceted pearl-like beautifully creviced like a grandmother’s face a magician’s assistant disappearing and reappearing old man and pubescent tune maybe even see a rune on my childhood bedside wall the cow jumped over the moon it’s cliché but you have to sometimes howl at the moon lest it all get too serious Bowie a Bugs Bunny of personas keep dancin’ in the moonlight gender-bender music-sender befriender may the music of the spheres be heard within your timeless ears Note: title and epigraph from his song “Let’s Dance” Mankh (Walter E. Harris III) is an essayist and resident poet on Axis of Logic. In addition to his work as a writer, he is a small press publisher and Turtle Islander. His recent book is “Drive-thru Theofascism & The Hero's Journey” and the newest is “Dear_______, poem-letters to friends and enemies.” You can contact him via his literary website. READ MORE POETRY AND ESSAYS BY MANKH ON AXIS OF LOGIC © Copyright 2016 by AxisofLogic.com This material is available for republication as long as reprints include verbatim copy of the article in its entirety, respecting its integrity. Reprints must cite the author and Axis of Logic as the original source including a "live link" to the article. Thank you! |