LATE NIGHTS WITH LEONARD

[tigerlady]

LATE NIGHTS WITH LEONARD
{for Lennie, the semi-colon; from so many.}

Mystical music measures movements,
Raps our twisted-arthritic knuckles; we stay
Trapped on Boogie Street, listening to jazz
Here, at the rear of the year; amazed, dazed
We chat; sip tea, suck sweet oranges,
Your lyrics slide to hide within the cracked deep darkness.
A vast yawning dawn creeps up
To spoil our crazy cures and cravings.
Aging old men, bookends, no longer willing
To rage against a sickle moon; she leaves
No heroes stranded,
No children in the seaweed.

Standing to leave, inside-out sleeve,
You button your famous blue raincoat,
Torn at the shoulder; worn out by words.
Clouding the casual-coldness with our icy breath,
We talk our way through yet another dripping-dense day, dancing
To the end of love.
Away from me, candles cry;
I feel so much older
Needing your ancient rhythms to guide me
To provide me with puzzled patterns, which comfort me,
Still crazy
After all these tears, that's no way to say goodbye.
My brain echoes; we walk on, smiling through the rain,
Homeward-bound, sounds bouncing,
Whistles and bells, meeting every train, invited again
To your place near the river, where
Staring, loping wolf-like dreams hunt
Stealing hungry scraps of conversation,

Outside;
A bird on the wire, who by fire, struts
Higher and higher, to bring us
Another restless, lazy-late night.
My master sings the sacred chord
Drowning out the dryness, refreshing applause,
Teasing the celestial music of the turning-spinning spheres.
It splinters through this crumbling tower of song;
Our two aching voices long to blend, to send
Perfect energies through another
HALLELUJAH!
As we hug farewell,
We say a loud AMEN;
And, once again
The bells are ringing out for Christmas Day!
It's time to climb the real mountain.............
Ca va? Shalom!
Go raibh maith agat
May the Rat and the Ox bless the Dog,
That's the plan........
I'm your man!

PAUL DARBY, looking forward to a chatty December in Montreal, with thanks to Suzanne xxx.
See--Late Night with Leonard at http://www.fengshuidoctor.co.uk ....news page

[lizzytysh]

Early in the reading of this, my comment was that it has a melancholy I like so much. Reading the last lines, written at the bottom of it, so much more is added to its meaning.


~ Lizzy

Now, having made a cursory visit to the site provided, I'll check it out more thoroughly later.

[Cate]

Hi TigerLady,

This seems like it would have been fun to write.
I wonder if this was this was the set list of the concert you went to?

[tigerlady]

hi cate--no--its just a few of my favourite 'bits'--if u read closely u will see a couple of paul simon quotes in there to--along with a christy moore---but leonard is the man--and the poem just flowed once i started--
the concert was AMAZING--just kept willing it not to end!!!!
thanks for your comments-
all good things,
tiger lady