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The Shark Ballads14.01.10i found these today in the flat, some poems that my rather wonderful friend Robert wrote a few years back. He will probably demand i remove them from here as soon as he knows they're up, but until then, enjoy - _______________ THE SHARK BALLADS _________________ THE SHARK ARRIVES Cool down the rocks in fresh water Do not burn the guest He is about to arrive Present him with pre-shelled pistachios Gold-leafed pine cones Whiskey over iced champagne Remove the dust, paint the halls Bleed the carpet red The shark has come to visit What a day for me and mine The shark slumped on my sofa No more second rate bovine guests What grace at the table What wit in his speech How elegant the cut of his suit But please move your God eyes Slightly to the side You are here for supper not for my mind. THE SHARK'S HARP Today I have learnt how to play the Shark's Harp In a narrow corridor of ocean Somewhere south of Polynesia It has charmed men and fish Lured even sirens It has drowned birds and monkeys Whale and squid have shook hands And shyly circled each other Building courage to dance Mighty Architeuthis reduced To school disco shame By my novice fingers What gift for the shark Kind enough to share this His greatest creation I shall, unlike the others Not make him my slave. THE SHARK'S HEIST He has slyly robbed me His jaundiced gills slapping my face Knocking me out with his stench of rot We should never have met Never have circled with his family Made plans to swim the moon All hail the magnificent shark Silent mugger Coarse breathed friend THE SHARK DIES I've made heavy cordial Of the ocean The shark is dead His head is staked As a subtle warning To a thousand blind fish No one is grieving him A cruel master Deposed, reborn, deceased Dropped in the struggle The harp is lost Somewhere beneath the Pangean ghost Silly that we bothered To become such friends For nothing But I shall still say a prayer as I fall asleep That you are safe out there in the mist. |
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