October 2010
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Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.
Miles Davis
Shoes
Middle of the news conference, Iraqi television journalist Muntadar Zaidi stood up and shouted “this is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog”, before hurling a shoe at Mr Bush which narrowly missed him. The second shoe …(BBC News, December 15, 2008)
the twice beautiful trajectory –
a pair of flying shoes
halts the insignificance of one man
falters the poise of the king
a pair of flying shoes
like a dose of marvellous reality
falters the poise of the king
in ticking away, modern day Baghdad
like a dose of marvellous reality
the man’s words follow the arc of his shoes
in ticking away, modern day Baghdad
“for the widows, the orphans, all those killed”
the man’s words follow the arc of his shoes
stark truth the king could not avoid
“for the widows, the orphans, all those killed”
(imagine a carpet of shoes sailing across the sky)
stark truth the king could not avoid
shapes a thousand rainbows, tinges a thorned land
(imagine a carpet of shoes sailing across the sky)
confounds the geometry of the state
shapes a thousand rainbows, tinges a thorned land
halts the insignificance of one man
confounds the geometry of the state
the twice beautiful trajectory
Charles D’ Anastasi
sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
miles davis
