Christopher Barnes
A City of 1282 Bridges
(Socialism) "not of the clenched fist, but
of intertwined fingers, the erect penis, the
escaping butterfly..." - Van Duyn
The Kabouter's Manifesto
Into the scuttling tram we huddle
a richochet, blenching-point.
Hooked-up at the whim of wayward springs.
You talk years.
Thrashed from a diary,
the crack of scrawl
spells the name Kabouter.
A cartology, impossible revolutions,
jittery slip down Leidesplein.
In turn our scuffles were microfiched.
Glimpsed from side to side.
In pungent bazaars we keep late hours
inhale essence of time,
string via twinkles, lamplights
to the tug of the busker's pluck.
What's more we're mouldering. Slow grumbling,
we moor along the glacis
where tumbledown dredgers
corrode indelible paint.
Cutting edge of conscience,
a window of Cafe Kadinsky,
we've won a free and easy
liberal sort of life.
of intertwined fingers, the erect penis, the
escaping butterfly..." - Van Duyn
The Kabouter's Manifesto
Into the scuttling tram we huddle
a richochet, blenching-point.
Hooked-up at the whim of wayward springs.
You talk years.
Thrashed from a diary,
the crack of scrawl
spells the name Kabouter.
A cartology, impossible revolutions,
jittery slip down Leidesplein.
In turn our scuffles were microfiched.
Glimpsed from side to side.
In pungent bazaars we keep late hours
inhale essence of time,
string via twinkles, lamplights
to the tug of the busker's pluck.
What's more we're mouldering. Slow grumbling,
we moor along the glacis
where tumbledown dredgers
corrode indelible paint.
Cutting edge of conscience,
a window of Cafe Kadinsky,
we've won a free and easy
liberal sort of life.
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