Sly Tulips - Collaborative Spring '98

Inspiration: Wakefield Quebec poet Meg Barker pitches with vancouver cowpunk Paola V during an elvis evening of tributes to Hank Snow

SLY Tulips Commit to a Maudlin Dawn

Sly tulips comit to a maudlin dawn
Frosted, feeble heads
droop in sorrow,
thin red lips clamped
in a green elipse.

Crisp. begins the day. Tulips, lift up your hearts!

Sly tulips consent to a midday Noon.
Stretched, round, red greedy mouths
swallow the sun.
Eight red carpets unroll:
for the King.
Can't wait for royal yellow blaze of expiry.

It's Over.
A short life.
a well-lived pity.

Sly tulips concede to a distant dusk.
What is this?
Eight red evensong troubadours.
Praise be risen.

..........The (broken cellulose,vegetal cell wall, vivid chromotophoes)
Makes (clatter,rip, grind)
From (broken cellulose,vegetal cell wall, vivid chromotophoes)
Disturbs my peace of mind.

!!!!!!!! Curs-ed am I:
to love the bounty of the garden

..........The (broken cellulose,vegetal cell wall, vivid chromotophoes)
Makes (clatter,rip, grind)
From (broken cellulose,vegetal cell wall, vivid chromotophoes)
Disturbs my peace of mind.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Curs-ed am I:
to know their souls

..........The (broken cellulose,vegetal cell wall, vivid chromotophoes)
Makes (clatter,rip, grind)
From (broken cellulose,vegetal cell wall, vivid chromotophoes)
Disturbs my peace of mind.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Curs-ed am I:
When will the broccoli cease its bainful stare,
so I can get on with my dinner?

Where's the food?

Copyright Notice © 1998 Margaret Barker and Elvis was/were a truck driver