Vestiges

Contents

iii Table of Contents Our Rooftop Catacombs………………………………...1 Big World, Small Talk………………………………….. 2 Disposition/This Position! ................................................ 2 Pens I’ve Held………………………………………….. 5 Death’s Fame……………………………………………5 Age……………………………………………………... 6 Dictatorship…………………………………………….. 6 My Finding………………………………………………7 In the deeps…………………………………………….. 8 What Use? ......................................................................... 9 Pilgrims’ Evergreen……………………………………... 10 At table…………………………………………………. 11 This Burning Desire…………………………………….. 13 Waiting for a Call……………………………………….. 14 Crazy Carpet……………………………………………. 14 The Whiskers……………………………………………15 Flirt in Flight…………………………………………….16 The Wings……………………………………………… 16 Wholly Whole…………………………………………... 17 Pin in Their heart……………………………………….. 17 Downsizing……………………………………………... 18 Roonians’ Home………………………………………... 19 My Shirt………………………………………………… 19 In a Trap? ......................................................................... 20 I Am Proud…………………………………………….. 21 Gusty Winds……………………………………………. 23 Draught………………………………………………….24 My Fantasy………………………………………………25 Sun Rays………………………………………………... 25 iv The Bang……………………………………………….. 26 Falstaff Bastille Souvenir………………………………. 27 Commitment : Tender’s Key……………………………. 27 Cleansing Droplets………………………………………28 Migrants…………………………………………………28 Heart…………………………………………………… 29 Po Eh Tree……………………………………………... 30 Spelling Victory………………………………………… 31 Scarecrow………………………………………………. 32 Nimbus, My Cry…………………………………………32 From Inside-out…………………………………………33 Hanging Tulip…………………………………………... 34 A Find? ............................................................................. 35 Thirst Quenching………………………………………. 36 Dear Mourner…………………………………………... 37 Little Imp………………………………………………. 38 Clan of Skunks…………………………………………. 39 Those Dreams………………………………………….. 40 The Weapons……………………………………………41 Auto-Critique (Then and Now)………………………… 41 Their Pen……………………………………………….. 42 The Throes……………………………………………... 43 Loving Mums……………………………………………44 Notes to Keep Afloat……………………………………48 A Train Ride From Paris X Nanterre…………………… 49 Digger Digger…………………………………………....49 Their Gift to Us………………………………………… 50 Old Boys’ Story………………………………………… 51 Agony Free Freedom…………………………………… 52 Daddy Sixty…………………………………………….. 53 That’s Him………………………………………………53 Lives in My Head………………………………………. 54 v The Jewel……………………………………………….. 55 Bitter Pill………………………………………………... 55 As the World Goes Round………………………………56 My Here and There……………………………………... 57 Stirrer……………………………………………………58 Farewell………………………………………………… 59 Farewell II……………………………………………… 60 Farewell III…………………………………………….. 61 Farewell IV…………………………………………….. 62 Farewell V……………………………………………….63 Farewell VI……………………………………………... 64 Farewell VII……………………………………………. 65 Farewell VIII…………………………………………….66 Marshals in the Marshes…………………………………67 May Tree……………………………………………….. 68 Class of 84……………………………………………… 69 A Hopeful’s Day………………………………………... 70 Spare Me………………………………………………... 71 Portuguese Lobster……………………………………... 72 Won’t Sink in Sync………………………………………72 With the Sails Set………………………………………. 73 Where the Ravens Gloat………………………………... 74 Brides of Gold………………………………………….. 76 This Dark World…! ......................................................... 77 P5 & 8…………………………………………………...78 vi ...