Concealed Exit Ahead - Nonsense prose poem read at the launch of Cyril Wong's The End Of His Orbit, Aug 25, 2001 open window
what does the boy hear in the wind why why ghost of a stir here goes a fly by night bird strea bleek over edg of white absent vowl a toy head revolving freaky night in gale quick flip page enraged the fowl flung out of cage missing persons winnowed by sense tense he watches the stars go out what s dat bats hear what the human ear can t while a clandestine ray glides over dreamer devil fish angel or apostrophe flee here s a dish for easy empathy downed with assumptions and after words toss plastic bag into the sea black against blight of a very certain star startled he sees images only beautiful images sagely clear papyrus white why why fly undone what s the poetry worth saddled with cross heavy poultry addled in meaning no rotting hot night a head dotted with pot holes detours dead ends so look above half moon catacomb smoked with secrets traffic amber flickering a lost sheep or two hoo is the northern star the way home and how does the magus paddle to slip here s a sleep road to temptation horizon the godly rule that leads to a clean mellifluous future slowly suture unstitching the end crowing stow a way driving close to the bend a happy hen By Yeow Kai Chai QLRS Vol. 1 No. 1 Oct 2001_____
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