I got off to a weirdly early start this morning—including checking the Poetry Marathon website for interesting prompts that came after hour 12. The hour 17 prompt (basically the same as the hour 4 prompt, but with different photos—I chose this one by Wei Ding), combined with the Paddy McAloon/Prefab Sprout song ‘I Trawl the Megahertz’, inspired this poem.
It’s no ‘Disaster in the House’ or ‘The Roof is on Fire’, but here it is.
I have no idea what prompted this.
I was in editing mode today, but I finished this just before midnight.
Somehow I fell asleep while watching Jaws, prompting this poem. (Yes, it’s true—I have never seen more than the first 20 minutes of Blade Runner, because I fall asleep whenever I try to watch it…)
Can’t have Side A without Side B:
State of Contraction – Barry Adamson
Speak Now (Or Forever Hold Your Peace) – Cheap Trick
Short of One Dimension – Exit North
It’s No Game (Part 1) – David Bowie
Korendor – 細野晴臣 (Haruomi Hosono)
Black Hearted Love – PJ Harvey & John Parish
Same As it Ever Was – Class A [except I slowed it down and chopped it up so it lasts longer]
Porno 3003 – Pizzicato Five
Inspired by this playlist I just made. It’s Side A because I can only play cassettes in my car these days:
Do You Know Me Now? – David Sylvian
Invisible – Pet Shop Boys
Patience (pt. 1) – Areni Agbabian
Blue Period – Jon Hassell
What the Fuck Are We Saying? – Lenny Kravitz
The Pretender – Jackson Browne
To Live and Die in L.A. – Wang Chung
Out of My Mind – Vertigo Angels
Patience (pt. 2) – Areni Agbabian
Inspired by seeing the cover of Kate Mulgrew’s book How to Forget…
A weird vision for this afternoon…
So much for hope…
Ordinary Average Thoughts 