Thursday, April 09, 2009 HONEYTRAP -- ‘By the time they reached Lebec, Stephane knew her man like a book’ ERLE STANLEY GARDNER - The Case of the Haunted Husband - -- -Your name is Charlotte- A fatherless- widowed- hungry strategist Veteran player of the Sexes’ Faustian pact Virgin or Vamp- you fought a long battle into Society’s arcades- threading roses- feeding on Anecdotes- scooping privileges by violation Your clientele feeds on Femme Fatale Creme Runs the gamut- between Russia and Rome Babylon & Armageddon- Veuve & Clicquot -Your name is Kiara- You have no sympathies for Luxuries- Legends- Mirages- or magic numbers Throughout your teens you hammered your Brain cells to extend the long embrace- Of mixed emotions and gradual response You left your time zone and rose at an early hour Pitching a luminous morning- well secure from Mass media infringing stealth -Your name is Teresa- You straddle the line between the Ultra & the Exclusive- Blending spectacle- and speculation Navigating a momentous stay-together: You are a diamond with its own security guard: -‘I need the absurd- skip the nametags’- You’re evoking a -perfectly legal- hooded presence Gradually morphing into a push and pinch induced -Nymphet- poised to start a burlesque career -Your name is Gabrielle- You’re a living ad for teeth and hair- Dressed up as an explicit anatomy lesson Your story spins around style and fashion Mingled with veiled commentary on capital ideology Manifested in -rump-hugging- verbal bravado You favor an arresting tableau over rebellion Fine tuning professional acumen- Alternated by intervals of marked street pedigree -Your name is Natalya- You’re a declaration of male inadequacy- A vagrant Belle trapped in Cinemascope You live on the outer fringe of the Freeze Your neighbors are giants auditioning For a late night side-show Personal milestones pass in a slow mincing of words You propose to watch a ‘Sinners & Saints’ episode- A frugal lip-sync jailhouse flick -Your name is Nicole- ‘I’m not into shocking people’ you say- ‘I’m just trying to be me’ You’re as compelling as a street painting A gritty ghost infused with sublime innocence My quickest entry runs through your ears You profess to be an Agent Provocateur A mix of human pampering services Tartness- and manicured chit-chat -Your name is Christina- Month: October Year: 1985 Freewheeling- Clever Cinnamon You relish men in suits- though you’re Not averse to a prickly update- ‘Bath or Yoga? -I need time to concentrate-’ I thread the needle to start the first stitch Interspersed with occasional laughter- We travel niches of dark and weary neon -Your name is Valerie- You boost a less than naturally subdued- Voice- a coda for breaking barriers ‘Science consists in the grouping of facts’ ‘Most men run past things that require attention’ ‘A conscientious observer refrains from reasoning’ I probe no further- a confessed outcast myself- I consider you’re a closet maniac -although -You insist- you’re just another teen-movie -Your name is Alexandra- We meet in the backseat of your life -although- Women are bound to buy by law- you’re a captive no longer Your impersonators are ready to board -Heated Town Cars- en route to mix with art dealers- Engineers- and biased ‘HOW’ manufacturers You eclipsed the stranger in your own life and reflect- On a furnished vacuum with a long history of seduction- Intoxication- and the recurrence of slippery logic -- © Walt 2009 -- posted by Walter at 4/09/2009 Friday, February 13, 2009 PRESENT to PRESENT -- ‘Parasites, don’t have to live inside their hosts; Their genes can express themselves in hosts at a distance.’ The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins - -- Be to Be Add to Add Peak to Peak Flow to Flow Equate to Equate Process to Process Matter to Matter Chair to Chair Track to Track Observe to Observe Increase to Increase Probe to Probe Memorize to Memorize Feature to Feature Create to Create Test to Test Network to Network Method to Method Change to Change Add to Add Talk to Talk Crank to Crank Future to Future Distort to Distort Value to Value Index to Index Err to Err Vary to Vary Fix to Fix Relate to Relate Punch to Punch Blur to Blur Store to Store Touch to Touch Tag to Tag Cut to Cut Forge to Forge Shake to Shake Release to Release Note to Note Post to Post Live to Live Inherit to Inherit Watch to Watch Prove to Prove Muck to Muck Sway to Sway Flatten to Flatten Practice to Practice Remain to Remain Plant to Plant Push to Push Sell to Sell Open to Open Live to Live Urge to Urge Prowl to Prowl Listen to Listen Share to Share Drink to Drink Spin to Spin Assume to Assume Include to Include Solve to Solve Rule to Rule Spill to Spill Fall to Fall Pump to Pump Defy to Defy Tempt to Tempt Divide to Divide Conform to Conform Howl to Howl Pose to Pose Focus to Focus Enjoy to Enjoy Search to Search Change to Change Plant to Plant Party to Party Function to Function Advance to Advance Avoid to Avoid Honour to Honour Deliver to Deliver Kid to Kid Spot to Spot Render to Render Heartache to Heartache Claim to Claim Curse to Curse Pace to Pace Advocate to Advocate Employ to Employ Include to Include Maintain to Maintain Sense to Sense Zone to Zone Ratio to Ratio Depart to Depart Dust to Dust Attend to Attend Share to Share Feather to Feather Preserve to Preserve Attend to Attend Proclaim to Proclaim Tango to Tango Control to Control Chop to Chop Link to Link Monitor to Monitor Voice to Voice Truth to Truth Sign to Sign Core to Core Play to Play Write to Write Win to Win Close to Close Key to Key Scan to Scan Rise to Rise Lash to Lash Bare to Bare Follow to Follow Sue to Sue Linger to Linger Hear to Hear Whisper to Whisper Enter to Enter Entice to Entice Hype to Hype Cultivate to Cultivate Require to Require Profit to Profit Grow to Grow Rock to Rock Exist to Exist Surmise to Surmise Progress to Progress Advance to Advance Spin to Spin Idealize to Idealize Perform to Perform Impact to Impact Fund to Fund Fraud to Fraud Stress to Stress Ditch to Ditch Bliss to Bliss Rush to Rush Glow to Glow Smudge to Smudge Unwind to Unwind Pretend to Pretend Arrive to Arrive Gather to Gather Crave to Crave Care to Care Push to Push Grind to Grind Unify to Unify Prove to Prove Fuss to Fuss Grieve to Grieve Breed to Breed Part to Part Freak to Freak Press to Press Shake to Shake Wipe to Wipe Swap to Swap Note to Note Drink to Drink Blow to Blow Snap to Snap Cheat to Cheat Stray to Stray Pass to Pass Compete to Compete Swagger to Swagger Teach to Teach Contest to Contest Appear to Appear Incite to Incite Nerve to Nerve Reside to Reside Reverse to Reverse Flounder to Flounder Dilute to Dilute Cover to Cover Deal to Deal Colonize to Colonize Stack to Stack List to List Transmit to Transmit Install to Install Continue to Continue Controversy to Controversy Glimpse to Glimpse Ignore to Ignore Operate to Operate Cite to Cite Quote to Quote Whirr to Whirr Rumble to Rumble Morph to Morph Pierce to Pierce Emit to Emit Send to Send Debunk to Debunk Deflate to Deflate Clear to Clear Trigger to Trigger Contain to Contain Ensure to Ensure Stand to Stand Hold to Hold Mate to Mate Prey to Prey Cause to Cause Consolidate to Consolidate Demand to Demand Conduct to Conduct Detect to Detect Debase to Debase Invest to Invest Applaud to Applaud Supply to Supply Share to Share Enrich to Enrich Dispense to Dispense Flush to Flush Eclipse to Eclipse Rally to Rally Protest to Protest Track to Track Certify to Certify Orbit to Orbit Have to Have Harness to Harness Hold to Hold Empty to Empty Flush to Flush -- posted by Walter at 2/13/2009 Tuesday, January 20, 2009 H O R S E - I S -- ‘We need to find a place where we are safe; We walk into that which we cannot yet see.’ Elisabeth Alexander - Inaugural Poem - -- A sporadic Leader Lifted by Opportunity Unflappable Confidant Safety before Scepsis A living bailout Package Wheels for Men A Mixed Bag Pillar of the Mile Tweed Steed Mentally Funded Foundamentalism Transport Paradigm Populism and Champagne Pomp and Circumstance Timeless Rock Solid The Jack & The Hammer Interracial Green Macadam Know what you Eat Equestrian Weekly Headlong Leaps Utility of Shape Aesthetics of Sustainability Epitome of Beaux Arts Carry the Stamp The Plato Touch Crazy Classicist Rough Medicine Runaway Runway Inexplicable Ally Direct Action Inaugural Aide Attribute of Leadership Resume of Whispers Heading for the Hill Some Kind of Truth Bear & Bull Back on Camera Master Stubbs Buying & Selling A Filly’s Folly Secret Nominee Taxpayer’s Parachute Eye of the Needle Distinct Silhouette Dedication & Response Cockpit Avenue Statue of Liberties Fern Hill Saddled Sadie Casques & Armour Charge of the Light Brigade Summit at the Far End Moustaches & Sour Sweat Pinpoint Eccentric Pre-automotive Figure among Figurines Remedial Convalescence Trapped Tracks Poplars & Cranes Deceit and Double-Crosses French Kicks Pleated Heart A Foundling Sheikhs & Local Gentry Ladies & Dames Quotes & other Plans Emperor of The Downs Pained in a Painful Age Bar Equus Progressively Involved Whinny 2 First & Counting Down the Beaten Track Household Cavalry Falling never Failing Jumping Jack Flash Capital Hill Red Rum Peaking on The Flats Into The Crunch Rough & Ready Tool of Tyrants Occupant of the Dream State Lost Luggage Agent Provocateur Corpse Bearer Looking for the Unicorn Cheap Labour In Pursuit Highbrow Gains Lowbrow Culture Master Critic Hotspur Co-worker Pillar of The Machine Out Rocking On Tape No Part of the Chorus A Contender Not a Song- An Anthem Bounce & Throw 10-Lane Freeway Merely Off Duty Smoking a Cigar Not in my Back-Yard The End of The Rope Resonance Crippled by Expectation A Symbol to Symbolize Master & Observer Like a Gun Kept in Memory Forest & Parkland A Whinny Opera Without ID Morphing An Optic Nerve My Right Arm My Left Arm My Quill Beluga & Blahniks Powered by The Chase Ungoverned by Race or Creed Laura (Riding) Jackson Follow-up on a Lead CC Ryder Transient Myth Permission & Forgiveness Hardcore Displacement Unclear Nuclear Bad Stripped Bare Delicate & potent Cultural Critic Painted Black Sometimes A Great Nation Space between Distances Scrambled Communication Outposts & Colonization Famously Familiar Sustainability Configured Local maintenance Worldwide Hub Kernel of a Whole Character Playing the Audience A Plodding Dance Piece Both Means & End If When Because Mad Rush Hovering Hooves Vivid & Sinister Bounty of Booty To Come Back To Stockholders & Abortionists Lasting Strategy Public Oracle Reaching the Bottom Line The Ritz Cocktails & Red Carpet Squires & Highwaymen God & Country Choice in Conformity Bastardised Earth & Fire A Skeleton in The Closet Outfoxed Among Hounds Embedded In The Wild A Speck within The Ellipse Constantly Updated Beyond Bar Codes Ultimate Mobile Hero of The Beat Dialogue of The Brave Undeterred Velocity Blossoming Stable Inmate Whipped into Being Nowhere Else Conscious & Prepared Vigilante En Famille. -- posted by Walter at 1/20/2009 Tuesday, January 13, 2009 P H O T O G R A P H -- ‘A photograph is a secret about a secret, The more it tells you, the less you know.’ D i a n e A r b u s -- There Destitute -Her Only Work- Well-thumbed Artist Shared Countercultural -Fierce- Ideas Lyrical Requirements Personal -Unrehearsed- Visionary Her Present Sores -Rapt- Retired Tracked Accolade Crusade -Mythological- Know That Somehow Electricity Authenticity -Combine- I didn’t I feel I perceive I think Material Milestone Connected Company -Unity- Betrayed Disenfranchised Party People -Degradation- They Believe Because Thousands Bleed Her Absence Her Passage Revered Normally Somehow Struggling Spinning -Committed- I didn’t I didn’t I was I want -Some- Think Things Decades Being United That Blue -Suddenly- Contested Voice Pretty That Night Still -Spinning- Your Physical Meltdown Creatively Coded Books Explore Man’s Insincere Potential Art Milestone Being Unified -Overthrown- That Line- Their Press- -Horrific- Anarchy Redesigns Struggling Feelings -Somehow- Know That They Mixed Standards Was I Like That Personal? -Us As Of- In Lines Hers And -One- Herself -One- -- © Walt 2009 -- posted by Walter at 1/13/2009 Friday, October 17, 2008 THE RAGGED UNTAGGED RICH -- ‘A great city is that which has the greatest men and women’ WALT WHITMAN -- The Rich - Elimination contest The Rich - Freaked patriarchy The Rich - Cute, quick and faulty The Rich - To pitch a fit The Rich - Kicking up the fire The Rich - A playlist of exuberance The Rich - Your life as they see it The Rich - Improper governance The Rich - Tyrannosaurus Rex The Rich - In livid memory The Rich - Comrades in the fold The Rich - Gorgeous clientele The Rich - Wall Street purge The Rich - Shelter Solitaire The Rich - Invalid justification The Rich - Parasites of the behemoth The Rich - Expired The Rich - Home wreckers The Rich - Reconciling morality The Rich - In denial The Rich - Farewell superpower The Rich - The long Adieu The Rich - Way out of depth The Rich - Economy’s surplus The Rich - Season of reason The Rich - At their most forceful The Rich - Timeless epitaph The Rich - Vanitas’ pageant The Rich - The banker who forgot The Rich - Holidays in Hell The Rich - By principle The Rich - Technicolor stalemate The Rich - Concealed The Rich - Bold-faced and low key The Rich - Slaves of temptation The Rich - Psalms in Harry’s Bar The Rich - Unofficial The Rich - Growth for growth sake The Rich - Momentarily The Rich - By descent The Rich - Less ordinary The Rich - Dead, unless loved The Rich - True to type The Rich - Kempt, unkempt The Rich - Underwritten The Rich - By proxy The Rich - Ever hungry The Rich - Going tribal The Rich - Orphans of wealth The Rich - The geek, the jock, the misfit The Rich - Devotion turned deadly The Rich - The harder they fall The Rich - The great emancipator The Rich - Putting it bluntly The Rich - Lords of bling The Rich - Red and blue blooded The Rich - Haven’t started yet The Rich - Of gold not golden The Rich - Lucky to leave The Rich - Boom or bust The Rich - Spotting the winners The Rich - Fairy dale The Rich - Jail bait on the loose The Rich - Eve of destruction The Rich - Off the fringe The Rich - They befell us The Rich - Boom day to doomsday The Rich - Now they tell us The Rich - Société Anonyme The Rich - True or false The Rich - Make my day The Rich - Thin man, fat man The Rich - Under the surface The Rich - Black heart The Rich - Legacy of the unnamed The Rich - Without quarter The Rich - Expo of expense The Rich - Judgement and naivité The Rich - Just because The Rich - Come in first, and check out last The Rich - Uncharted Untagged The Rich - Lurid rich The Rich - Bloody rich The Rich - Structural access The Rich - Ubiquitous silence The Rich - It's the economy, stupid The Rich - Conscience unstirred The Rich - Objects of the gaze The Rich - Laundromat deLuxe The Rich - Constructions of decay The Rich - Affection unaffected The Rich - A course in selfhood The Rich - Editor, editor The Rich - Monomaniacal perspectives The Rich - The bacchanal branch The Rich - Convergence and public image The Rich - A case of multiple guises The Rich - In loving memory The Rich - Waiting for Godot The Rich - The next big thing The Rich - Self imposed solitude The Rich - Either out far, or in deep The Rich - Declassified The Rich - Off the list The Rich - To catch a thief The Rich - Cranks & Hipsters The Rich - By necessity The Rich - Rushes without footage The Rich - True or false The Rich - Filtered applicants The Rich - Spoils of a car-boot sale The Rich - Risks out of proportion The Rich - Ratio to ratio The Rich - Love lippy The Rich - Money honey The Rich - Gucci & Klein The Rich - Boost without cost The Rich - Violent hangover The Rich - And so off to war The Rich - Governing icons and emblems The Rich - Tic Tac, tic Tac The Rich - Barefoot travellers The Rich - Now departed The Rich - A new Blue-collar class The Rich - A poll of damnation The Rich - Captains of the vacuum The Rich - Compassionate anaesthesia The Rich - Life is a battlefield The Rich - Shaped in our likeness The Rich - Gold Almighty The Rich - Miles without milestones The Rich - A record of tainted history The Rich - Past and prologue The Rich - Spirited and picaresque The Rich - Climax of descent The Rich - Napoleon Solo The Rich - Fading fixtures The Rich - Zone therapy The Rich - Sacrificing standards The Rich - Credible crocodiles The Rich - The next village is far The Rich - Slam-dunk capitalism The Rich - Congregation in-the-know The Rich - Born brut The Rich - Brothers by Decree The Rich - A celebration of dressing down The Rich - Sleeping fat, walking thin The Rich - Have they discovered evolution yet? -- posted by Walter at 10/17/2008 Sunday, September 21, 2008 METRO TAGS -- ‘Music in a bottle’- a pseudonym for Gin- Is the best track for jumping -Off- The podium without a soundcheck. -- Kid Power summons a Transatlantic air -Braided ponytails glazed with shine serum- -The challenge- Is to break a sweat. -- High-strung supermodels waxed for the big event are flat-ironed onto vinyl -The obsession with art, beauty and pop culture- Suddenly a -mer sans boire-. -- Radio City echoes deep German Baritones There’s nothing like singing Nietzsche -to crank up a romantic past- Hail! -Wanton euphoria of unprompted smiles- - Private is the other half of earth’s atmosphere -Grandiose- unique and uncharted -a civilization has disappeared therein- Comprised of a small town elite -whispering in Globalese- -- © Walt 2008 -- posted by Walter at 9/21/2008 Wednesday, August 06, 2008 ALL THAT IS NOT -- ‘All that is not eternal, is eternally out of date’ - C.S.Lewis - -- A clone is not a clown A car is not a charm A trace is not a trail A mind is not a brain A fight is not a duel A duo is not a tandem A vagrant is not a vagabond A railroad is not a rake’s progress A bird is not a cage A well is not a fountain A dream is not a mountain A crevice is not a grave A dog is not a synthesis of man A first lady is not a flagship A sniff is not a snort A tribe is not a herd A socket is not a pillar A premise is not a probability A local is not a native A whack is not a quack A sensor is not a synapse A kilt is not a skirt A dump is not a wasteland A vocalist is not a troubadour A niche is not a gap A look is not a style A meter is not a mentor A factor is not a conclusion A gathering is not a meeting A guise is not a guide A wink is not a blink A spark is not a sync A concept is not a plan A yardstick is not a standard A circus is not a roundabout A curtain is not a veil A key is not a catalyst A song is not a singer A blow is not a punch A trial is not a take A majority is not a party A change is not a U-turn A remake is not a tribute A pinup is not a bag of silicone A dance is not a ball A drop is not a fall A religion is not a renunciation A cabin is not a lair A prisoner is not a convict A lie is not a slip of the tongue A smile is not a antidote A tart is not a debutante A cocktail is not a grateful union A sub is not a tortoise A sentence is not a second term A portrait is not a natural state A hunch is not a notion A bridge is not a crossing A publisher is not a provider A visionary is not a philanthropist A producer is not a facilitator A screen is not a monitor A poem is not a divine confirmation A manifesto is not a dictate A mirage is not a utopia A procedure is not a protocol A glare is not a shimmer A cheat is not a fraud A slut is not a prostitute A break is not a timeout A hesitation is not a doubt A stir is not a touch A vigil is not a tribute A prank is not a pratfall A puncture is not a direct hit A response is not a point-and-click A superhero is not a crusader A character is not a personality A prisoner is not a canary A slide is not a tumble A soufflé is not a piece of cake A chapter is not a horde of thugs A party is not a feast A standoff is not a gridlock A beefeater is not a vegetarian A genre is not a trend A king is not a queen A public office is not a scaffold A Raul is not a Fidel A soliloquy is not a filibuster A purpose is not a direction A target is not a consensus A babe is not a bagatelle A sense is not a feeling A who is not a how A point is not a mark A politician is not a diplomat A jolly fellow is not a fellowship A view is not a focus A concierge is not a doorman A chairman is not a chair A rebuff is not a reprimand A midget is not a dwarf A volunteer is not a humanitarian A career is not a future A notion is not a bright idea A cliché is not a validation A remainder is not a spoil A eureka is not a war cry A means is not a vehicle A list is not a register A license is not a warranty -- posted by Walter at 8/06/2008